Bittersweet news!

Arbakki Bestla, the daughter of Kappu (0.42 and 0.42) and Birta (0.53 and 0.41), just got her PennHIp results back. At L=0.34; R=0.37 she has better hips than 100% of the dogs in their data base. The powers that be decided that Kappu was not a good Icelandic. Kappu is proving to them that they are right! He is not good! He is great!

Bestla is a long furred tan shade chocolate dog carrying tricolor (ayat bb ss). Her mother was the rare clay white color. Bestla has a great temperament.

Here's a photo of Bestla and her pedigree. Click on them to enlarge them.

That's the sweet news. The bitter news is that the leadership of the ISAA and the AKC FSS required that Kappu never be bred again in order for his pups to be "acceptable". Terrible. One has to do more than just talk about diversity; one has to make sure it really exists.

Please check our website by cutting and pasting the following address into your browser (e.g. Google): -

http://www.icelandicsheepdoginternationalbreeders.com/

Look on the top for a list of some of the dogs that our members have exported and imported to add diversity to gene pools.