Icelandic Sheepdogs Puppies for Sale in Canada

Black Tricolor Med Coated Six Week Old Icelandic Sheepdog Female Puppy
Chincilla and White Med Coated Six Week old Icelandic Sheepdog Female Puppy
Red and White Med Coated Six Week Old Icelandic Sheepdog Puppy

Chincilla/White and Black Mask Med Coated Icelandic Sheepdog Puppy

Icelandic Sheepdog Puppies for Sale in Eastern Canada - Breeder will Ship across Canada and United States - Perfer Homes in Canada- Ideally looking for Pet/Breeding or Show Homes in Ontario or Quebec or Maritimes.

Both Pet Qaulity Puppies and Possable Show Qaulity Puppies Available.

This litter meet the CISC Breeder Guidelines.
Mother: Ch Belglen Runa -OFA- Good, CERF Normal 1/08- Med Coat -16 inchs-24 Pds
Father: Pineridge Vaskur-Pennhip .39/.50 CERF Normal 1/08 - Long Coat- 18 inchs-29 Pds

Please send all futher questions to this email address
puppies@icelandicsheepdogs1.com

Icelandic Sheepdog in Canada CKC Show Report 2008 Feb 21, 22, and 23rd

Show: Markham Ontario
Date Feb 21st 2008
Judge : Dave Eadie - CKC Allbreed
Greenstone Fire an Ice- BOB BP
Handler-Linda Thompson
Greenstone Black Pearl- Reserve
Handler-Valerie Sharp

Date Feb 22nd 2008
Judge: Fred Gordon-CKC Allbreed
Greenstone Fire an Ice -BOB BP
Handler Linda Thompson
Greenstone Black Pearl-Reserve
Handler-Valerie Sharp

Date Feb 23rd 2008
Judge: Dave Paterson
Greenstone Fire an Ice-BOB BP
Handler- Linda Thompson
Greenstone Black Pearl-Reserve
Handler Valerie Sharp.

Remember if you are paid member of the CISC and you have show results, you need to send them to the club to be included.

Health Information -Rabies Challenge Fund Update on Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club Site.

As all concerned Icelandic Sheepdog owners, this new information is well worth the read and we will update with results as time goes by.

The Rabies Challenge Fund is pleased to announce that the canine rabies challenge studies have begun!!! Permission is granted to post and cross-post the text of our press release below.Regards, Kris L. ChristineFounder, Co-TrusteeThe Rabies Challenge

Fund_http://www.RabiesChallengeFund.org_ (http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/)


CANINE RABIES CHALLENGE STUDIES BEGIN !One of the most important vaccine research studies in veterinary medicine is underway at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison. Dr. Ronald Schultz, a leading authority on veterinary vaccines and Chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences, has begun concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies to determine the long-term duration of immunity of the canine rabies vaccine, with the goal of extending the state-mandatedinterval for boosters. These will be the first long-term challenge studies on the canine rabies vaccine to be published in the United States.Dr. Schultz comments that: "We are all very excited to start this study that will hopefully demonstrate that rabies vaccines can provide a minimum of 7 years of immunity



."This research is being financed by The Rabies Challenge Fund, a charitable trust founded by pet vaccine disclosure advocate Kris L. Christine of Maine, who serves as Co-Trustee with world-renowned veterinary research scientist and practicing clinician, Dr. W. Jean Dodds of Hemopet in California. The Rabies Challenge Fund recently met its goal of $177,000 to fund the studies´first year budget with contributions from dog owners, canine groups,trainers, veterinarians, and small businesses. Annual budget goals of $150,000 for thestudies must be met in the future.Dr. Jean Dodds, DVM states:


"This is the first time in my 43 years ofinvolvement in veterinary issues that what started as a grass-roots effort to change an outmoded regulation affecting animals will be addressed scientifically by an acknowledged expert to benefit all canines in the future."Scientific data published in 1992 by Michel Aubert and his research team demonstrated that dogs were immune to a rabies challenge 5 years after vaccination, while Dr. Schultz´s serological studies documented antibody titer counts at levels known to confer immunity to rabies 7 years post-vaccination. This data strongly suggests that state laws requiring annual or triennial rabies boosters for dogs are redundant. Because the rabies vaccine is the most potent of the veterinary vaccines and associated with significant adverse reactions, it should not be given more often than is necessary to maintain immunity. Adverse reactions such autoimmune diseases affecting the thyroid,joints, blood, eyes, skin, kidney, liver, bowel and central nervous system; anaphylactic shock; aggression; seizures; epilepsy; and fibrosarcomas at injection sites are linked to rabies vaccinations.Study co-trustee Kris Christine adds:


"Because the USDA does not require vaccine manufacturers to provide long-term duration of immunity studies documenting maximum effectiveness when licensing their products, concerned dog owners have contributed the money to fund this research themselves. We want to ensure that rabies immunization laws are based upon independent, long-term scientific data."More information and regular updates on The Rabies Challenge Fund and the concurrent 5 and 7 year challenge studies it is financing can be found at the fund´s website designed by volunteer Andrea Brin at:_www.RabiesChallengeFund.org_


(http://www.rabieschallengefund.org/) .

History of the Icelandic Sheepdog -ISIC Information

http://www.icelanddog.org/index.html

ISIC is an abbreviation for the Icelandic Sheepdog International Committee.

Member nations are: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

ISIC's main purpose is to help and encourage cross-border cooperation in all matters that will benefit and preserve the Icelandic Sheepdog.


Short history

In 1994 the Icelandic Kennel Club, HRFÍ, and the Icelandic breed-club, DÍF, after many years of work, succeeded in convincing the Icelandic Parliament, the Allthingi, that it was a national responsibility to preserve the Icelandic Sheepdog as an inheritance of Icelandic culture.
Allthingi decided to give the Minister of Agriculture the mission to form a committee in Iceland with the purpose to overlook the future of the Icelandic Sheepdog as a national breed to preserve.

The HRFÍ chairman of that time, Gudrun R. Gudjohnsen, became one of the committee-members. When the majority of the committee thought they were ready for a final proposal, HRFÍ did not agree. According to them, a lot of basic information necessary for the final proposal was missing.

HRFÍ and DÍF looked for support abroad, mainly in Sweden, and with the help of the swedish breedclub, Islandhunden-Sverige, the first international breed-club support was given through a common document to the Nordic Kennel Union in january 1996, signed by breedclubs and representatives from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland and Finland.

This was the real start of official international cooperation between responsible breedclubs/breedrepresentatives and resulted in international seminars in Sweden 1996, Iceland 1997, Holland 1998 and Denmark 1999.

At the seminar in 2007, ISIC elected a board consisting of: Gudrun R. Gudjohnsen (chairman), Hans-Åke Sperne (secretary) and Wilfred Olsen (cashier)

The present day situation
One of the main issues have been to find a common computer programme for the registration of dogs, so that all registered dogs in the member countries can be brought together in a database. This will facilitate the tracking of inherital diseases, as well as making it easier to expand the breeding material and avoid excessive inbreeding.

Much work has been done by Pieter Oliehoek in Holland to get the different databases put together, as well as to analyze the genetic variation in the dog population.

Kayla's Story -Icelandic Sheepdog Summer Newsletter Issue 2002

KOLTRYNA'S EARLY DAYS
Chase, British Columbia

The arrival of a new litter is always exciting, as it was for us on April 21st, 2001 when the litter from Lukka fra Keldnakoti and Kolur fra Arbakki was born. Four little girls and two little boys. Colour is always exciting too. Our pups that have been either predominantly cream or black, with white, tan and other shades, show very little change to the predominant colouring. However, this is not the case with the other colours, which lighten significantly from the birth colour.

We had a long list of people awaiting the arrival of this litter. Initially we had planned to exchange two of these puppies with two breeders in Holland, but the Raad van Beheer in Amsterdam would not recognize Miscellaneous CKC registration and wanted the papers issued with full breed recognition, so unexpectedly we then had two puppies to place that we already thought had a home.

We are very thorough in checking new owners and the home they will be able to provide for our puppies. Based on an earlier experience, we now send a notice with each pup leaving here requesting first refusal should a new owner find themselves in a position where they can't keep their puppy.

One family had expressed a very keen interest in a puppy for their daughter over quite a long period of time and we had had a considerable amount of contact with them. When they were selected to receive a puppy, they were delighted and decided to fly from Minnesota to pick up Koltryna, rather than have her take a long air cargo flight.

We thought Koltryna was a very lucky little puppy to have such care and planning going into her transportation. The family flew to Vancouver, rented a car and drove to our farm to pick up their puppy - spent some time here and left happily with Koltryna.

We ask people to keep in touch with us and I was surprised that I didn't hear how the journey home had gone. I e-mailed to enquire and didn't receive a reply. I e-mailed a second time and still didn't hear anything. This is unusual.

The next thing I received was an e-mail enquiry from someone who had chosen a puppy from the Humane Society nearest to them, and as Koltryna had also been left with the Canadian Sheepdog Puppy Book, the new owner had read it, seen a picture of who she thought was her puppy (and it was), seen our name and contacted us to see if we were the breeders.

Needless to say we were dumbfounded. Apparently the reason given for surrendering Koltryna to the Humane Society was that one of the owners was allergic to dogs. We couldn't believe that these owners, who were prepared to go to so much trouble to come and get her, couldn't go to the trouble of making a phone call to us, telling us what had happened and asking if we could take her back. We had many people who would have loved to have her.

Very luckily for Koltryna, she has found a new owner who has offered a loving home and has offered a home to many dogs who have found themselves at the Humane Society for one reason or another. We are very grateful to her for rescuing Koltryna and getting in touch with us.

We sincerely hope that all future owners of our puppies will contact us if something unforeseen arises that prevents them from keeping their new puppy.

We have asked Koltryna's new owner if she will write a short article telling the story from when she found her at the Humane Society.


MY RESCUE DOG
Minneapolis, Minnesota

On July, 23, 2001 I had to put my beloved Rusty to sleep. He had a stroke and no longer had a comfortable quality of life. He has been my friend for fifteen years. I was thoroughly devastated.

So, on Saturday, July 28, 2001, I found myself again at the Animal Humane Society of Golden Valley, Minnesota, "just looking". From past experience, I knew better than to go to the shelter "just looking", as I knew I would not return home alone. Of course, I did not.

I adopted an Icelandic Sheepdog, about eleven weeks old. She was not the first dog I looked at that day. What attracted me to her was her outstanding personality. She is extremely intelligent, outgoing, very friendly and exceptionally alert. After spending just a few minutes with her, I knew I had to have her. I named her Kayla even before I had signed the adoption papers.

I was told she is a purebred Icelandic recently purchased from a professional hobby breeder. She apparently was given up for adoption two weeks after purchase due to the new owner having allergies to dogs. After my veterinarian had found a tattoo in Kayla's right ear, I became curious as to her origins.

When adopting Kayla, I was provided with a copy of the Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club's Puppy Package which featured dogs from Pineridge Icelandics along with other CISC members dogs. She looked so much like Pineridge Koltryna, I emailed this breeder requesting information. Jill Fike contacted me immediately, both by telephone and email. I was so excited to find out Kayla really is Pineridge Koltryna. Jill and I have been corresponding periodically since then regarding Kayla's care.

Kayla has made some very interesting choices for her favorite toys. I do not know if this is something particular to Icelandics, but Kayla's favorite treats are ice cubes. She has great fun when I give her a large non-spill bowl full of them. I even freeze her beef bones before giving them to her. She gets along very well with my other rescue dogs, Buster and Skye. Watching them all play together is most entertaining.

For me, adopting a dog is a lifetime commitment. I choose rescue dogs because they are most in need of loving homes. There is no greater return on my investment of the heart than the unconditional love of a new canine companion.

2008 Update, Kayla continues to be a much loved member of her new family and both her breeder and the Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club continue to get yearly updates on this adored Icelandic Sheepdog.

Juding and Critiques by Monika Karsdottir Iceland -Canadian Icelandic Sheepdog Club Fall Issue 2007

CISC Eastern Fun Match – July 27, 2007
(Note: not a CKC event)

Judging and Critiques by Monika Karlsdottir, Iceland

Greenstone Blue Swude Shoes
Junior Male #1 Third place male. Best Eyes.
Excellent red and white junior. 41 cm, very small in size. Good proportions. Nice triangular head with good proportions. Beautiful almond shaped eyes of nice colouring. Good pigmentation. Good ear placement, nice small ears. Correct bite. Missing one P1 on top right side. Good shoulder. Correct front angulation, a little bit open in rear. Good tail. Good coat texture but in summer coat. Would like more bone. Good movement.
Excellent rating.

Ch Belglen Riddari
Open Male #2 Fourth place male.
Red and white, 2 years old. Excellent type. 45.5 cm. Good proportions. Nice triangular head with good proportions. Good ears. Full dentition, correct bite. I’d like slightly darker eyes but good eye shape. Good pigment. Slightly upright in shoulder. Good angulation in upper arm good. Lacking in chest. Needs more forechest, more depth and more spring of rib. Looks leggy because of missing chest but proportions are okay. Acceptable angulation in rear. Turns out slightly in rear. Good tail. Good coat texture but lacking in undercoat (summer coat). Double dewclaws in back. Good bone. Good movement from side. Moves close behind. Slightly out at elbow. Excellent temperament.
Very Good rating.

Greenstone Alaxander the Great
Open Male #3. First place male. Best Male, Best of Opposite Sex. Best Dewclaws.
Excellent Black tri. 46 cm ideal size. Excellent proportions. Correct proportions in head. Nice Triangular shape. Full dentition, correct bite. Good pigmentation. Ears correct with good placement and of good size. Beautiful almond-shaped eyes. Good dark colour. Nice Icelandic smile. Good layback of shoulder. Upper arm could be slightly longer. Could have slightly more depth of chest. Good back. Slightly slanted in croup. Croup is a bit long so tail is a little low set and drops when standing. Tail is fine in movement. Excellent curled tail with strong hook. Second thigh should be shorter. Feet turn out slightly in back. Excellent double dewclaws, strong attached bone with slightly smaller weaker second. Slightly close behind. Fine in movement. Happy demeanour, friendly temperament very expressive of mood with ears and tail. Excellent coat texture, in summer-coat. Wonderful Icelandic expression.
Excellent Rating.

Tofra Hroi Grettir
Open Male #4. Second place male. Best Smile. Best Medium Coat.
Excellent deep rich red masculine male on the smaller side 43.5 cm. Excellent proportions. Correct proportions in head. Nice strong skull, triangular shaped head. Wonderful short muzzle. Missing P1 bottom left and right. Correct bite. A little exaggerated smile. Good ear placement and size. Correct eye shape and color, good dark eye. Excellent front. Well laid back shoulder. Good chest, good body. Could use a little more substance but acceptable. Good deep chest, comes just below elbow. Slightly weak in pastern. Strong back. Good rear angulation. Slightly toed out in rear. Good double dewclaws. Flat croup. Good tail set. Nice curl to tail. Excellent bone. Excellent coat texture, quite good undercoat for this time of year. Good movement. When he’s moving he looks slightly higher in back because pasterns are weak. Excellent temperament, friendly demeanor but a little stressed.
Excellent rating.

Ch Greenstone Ajay.
Champion Male #5. Fifth Place male.
Red sable with black mask of excellent type. A bit big, 47 cm. Good proportions overall. Good proportions in head but slightly lacking in type and would like a fuller skull. Full dentition (missing tooth due to accident), good bite. Wonderful almond shaped eyes, dark pigmentation. Slightly snipey in muzzle. Smiling expression. Slightly high set ears. Slightly upright in shoulder, good upper arm. Good front feet. Elbows come out a little bit because of lacking chest. Good forechest. Would like more depth of chest. Strong back. Open angulation in rear. Would like shorter lower thigh. Excellent dewclaws with one bone attached. A bit long in loin. Good croup. Good angulation in hock. Slightly turned out in rear. Excellent coat structure. Good coat for time of year. Good tailset and good curl to tail. Good bone. Good movement but slightly close behind. Good friendly temperament.
Very good rating.

Greenstone Black Pearl
Junior Female #6 First place Junior female. Second place female. Best Junior
Excellent feminine black tri junior. Slightly under-sized, 40 cm. Good proportions and wonderful type. Beautiful triangular shaped head. Excellent ear placement and size. Excellent almond eyes and dark coloring. Good pigment. Full dentition and correct bite. Nice topline, nice neck. Slightly upright shoulder. Underarm nicely angulated. Nice angulation in front and back. Good forechest. Slightly long in loin. Back a little soft. Good croup. Good angulation in rear. Good hock. Double dewclaws. Excellent tail. Slightly toed out in rear. Good front. Toeing out right front (possible injury?). Coat soft in texture, missing undercoat (summer coat). Would like a coarser coat. Very happy expression. Refined overall – bone fits head and body. Good movement. Excellent temperament.
Excellent rating.

Greenstone Black Magic Woman
Junior Female #7 Second Place junior female. Fourth place female.
Feminine. Correct size 42 cm. Excellent type and proportions. Good proportions in head. Full dentition, correct bite. Good ear placement and size, excellent mobility, a little too prominent stop. Eyes a bit too rounded and too light in color. Nice smile. Good pigment. Well laid back shoulder, good upper arm. Good chest and body. Her correct depth of chest contributes to the impression of substance during movement. Good back. Good croup. Correct angulation, good hock. Excellent tail with nice curl. Excellent harsh structure of coat. Missing undercoat (summer coat). Double dewclaws. Excellent movement. Slightly soft in temperament. Good bone, fits her size.
Excellent Rating.

Folda CGN, HI, TPOC
Open Female #8 First place female. Best of Breed.
Red og white female. Excellent type and proportions. Slightly under ideal size, 41.5 cm. Beautiful head. Correct ear placement and size. Beautiful dark almond eyes. Good pigmentation. Missing P3 and a P1 on right upper side. Good proportions in head, nice triangular shape. Good shoulder, good upperarm, good forechesst. Nice wide front. Would like a little deeper chest. Good strong back, good croup. Excellent angulation in back, good hock. Excellent tail with a good hook. Good coat structure. Good undercoat for time of year. Nice ruff. Double dewclaws. Excellent bone. Toes out slightly at back. Good movement from side. A little close behind. Turns front feet out slightly when moving. Stands a bit wide in back. Excellent skirt. Excellent temperament with smiling expression.
Excellent rating.

Ch Belglen Runa of Greenstone
Open Female #9. Third place female.
Light sable, excellent type and proportions, a bit refined and very feminine. 42 cm. Good proportions in head, good stop. Nice triangular shape. Good ear placement and size. A little bit round in eye. Would like more filling under cheeks. Would like slightly darker eye color. Excellent pigment. Missing a P1 on right upper side, correct bite. Slightly upright in shoulder. Good upper arm. Would like more depth of chest and more forechest. Good back. Slightly long in loin, good croup. Good angulation in back, good hock. Toes out slightly in back. Double dewclaws on right. Single with two nails on left. Good bone for size. Excellent tail with slight hook. Excellent coat structure but could be a little longer. Good undercoat for this time of year. Excellent temperament, friendly expression. Nice Icelandic smile. Excellent mover.
Excellent rating.

Pineridge Vaskur
Veteran Male #10. Best Tail.
Excellent type, black tri long hair. Slightly under ideal size 45 cm. Excellent head and eyes. Good proportions in head. Full dentition, correct bite. Good ear carriage and size. Excellent pigment. Slightly upright shoulder. Good upper arm. Would like more depth of chest. Slightly out in elbows because of lack of chest. Acceptable forechest. Good neck. Excellent angulation front and back. Double dewclaws. Excellent tail with hook. Excellent bone. Turns out slightly in back. Excellent front dewclaws. Good straight front. Excellent undercoat. Would like a little thicker overcoat. Excellent ruff and tail and pants. Could be slightly coarser. Moves a little close behind. Excellent mover with good drive. Good temperament but could be more settled around other males.
Excellent rating.

Tofra Tobba Traustadottir
Veteran Female #11 Best Long coat. Best Opposite Sex Veteran
Red sable with black mask. Slightly over ideal size 42.5 cm. Excellent type. Could be a little more feminine. Beautiful strong head, good proportions, excellent muzzle size and length. Beautiful almond shaped eyes and good color. Good ear placement but slightly tall. Missing P1 on top right and bottom right side. Excellent shoulders, good upper arm, excellent depth of chest. Good forechest. Slightly weak in pastern. Strong back. Good croup but a little flat making tail crush on back. Excellent angulation front and back. Good hock, excellent bone. Good tail, but lies a bit on the back (hairs could stand out more). Outstanding long coat. Nice smiling expression, excellent temperament. Single high set dewclaws.
Excellent Rating.

Greenstone Born in a Storm
Male #12 Best Ears
Excellent type, slightly under ideal size 45.5 cm. Good proportions. Excellent head, nice triangular shape but would like a little more fullness of cheeks. Good proportions of head, slightly round eye, good color. Full dentition, correct bite, Excellent ear placement and size. Well laid back shoulder. Slightly short upper arm. Would like a deeper chest. Forechest okay. Slightly long in loin. Good croup. Little bit too long in lower thigh. Good hock. Good bone. Single dewclaws. Good coat structure, out of coat. Excellent ruff and tail. Slight hook on tail. Beautiful back movement, crossing a bit in front. Pasterns are weak, turns out a little in front. Excellent movement from the side with good drive.
Excellent Rating.


Greenstone Ada
Female #13 (judged July 28, 2007)
Excellent Type, slightly big at 43 cm. Excellent proportions, Red and White, Long coat with lack of length to guard hairs. Good Proportions to head. Would like slightly wider skull. Correct dark almond shaped eye. Very expressive. Missing P2 on bottom left. Would like a slightly shorter muzzle. Ear set slightly low, good size of ears. Good pigment. Slightly upright shoulder, nice upper arm. Strong back. Good forechest, lacking in depth of chest. Excellent bone. Feet slightly too flat and long, slightly weak in pastern. Good straight front. Excellent angulation in rear. Good hock. Very nice parallel back legs but toes out slightly Excellent double dewclaws with attached bone. Excellent tail with loose hook. Friendly, good temperament. Excellent movement in rear. Good reach and drive.
Excellent Rating

Ch Belglen Roskva
Female # 14 (judged July 28, 2007)
Red sable and white female with black mask. Long hair. In summer coat, missing undercoat. Full dentition, good bite. Excellent type and excellent proportions. Good proportions in head, good stop. Nice expression and smile. Eyes could be slightly darker. Good ear placement and size. I would prefer a more triangular shape to the ears. Excellent angulation front and back. Nicely laid back shoulder, good upper arm. Good forechest. Would like slightly deeper chest and more substance. Could have a bit stronger back. Good croup. Good hocks. Her feet are slightly flat. Pasterns okay. Single dewclaws in rear, slightly stronger on right side. Good tail with moderate hook. Nice plumage on tail. Good bone. Very feminine. Coat could be a little bit coarser.
Excellent movement coming and going. Excellent rear. Good front. Excellent breed-typical movement. Friendly, open, typical Icelandic temperament with extremely happy demeanour, with mobile ears. Nice filled-in cheeks and a good smile.
Excellent rating.