Friday, September 28, 2012

Korpur

Someone asked me about Korpur - he's an amazing American Kennel Club Icelandic Sheepdog that I got from Virginia Crawford of Alaskastaðirs kennel in Alaska almost nine years ago. He has a wonderful gentle temperament; his inbreeding score is 0% at five and six generations. He has Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Canadian, American, and, of course, Icelandic ancestors. He is registered in the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC), the United Kennel Club (UKC), and the American Kennel Club (AKC). He has his Canine Good Citizen award (CGC), his Rally Novice (RN), Rally Advanced (RA), Rally Excellent RE), and Companion Dog (CD) titles in the AKC.
(Please click on his photos to enlarge them. He's even better when you can see him better.*)

                                      (Count his toes on the ground - five, not four.)
He is a very intelligent, masculine male dog. Genetically he has good strong dew claws "on the ground" which act like extra toes and are good for fixing weak dews in a mate; he's also got a marvelous "korkur" (corkscrew or double curled) tail which is good for fixing weak tails. He has almond-shaped eyes, smaller ears, straight legs, a nice top-line. He has produced black, tan and white (tricolor) puppies, tan shade (cream through reddish) puppies, sable pups, and black and white pups in roughly equal numbers.

I'm biased but he is the nicest adult male I've seen up close and in person.

I love this dog! 

* - some of the above photos are courtesy of Cathi Winkles whose photos appear in major dog sport publications like Clean Run.

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