Friday, December 8, 2023

Icelandic Sheepdogs

 The following photos are from the 1956 book, The Iceland Dog 874 - 1956 written by Sir Mark Watson  and published in 1956 in Nicasio, California where Sir Watson lived and bred his dogs under the kennel name Wensum before going back to Great Britain. The print is a little faded and hard to read in spots. He used as many old sources as possible for his copies of articles and mentions of Iceland Dogs aka Icelandic Sheepdogs. I was surprised by how many of the dogs had shorter hair (fur). The last few photos are of Sir Watson's dogs.


Histoire Naturelle
Count de Buffon 1755

Kari
1882
(I don't know if Kari is the dog or maybe the owner.)

Periah
Iceland Dog 1905
Count Henry de Bylandt
(wild dog)

Njord
Iceland Dog 1905
Count Henry de Bylandt

Fin
Iceland Dog 1905
Count Henry de Bylandt

Dogs of All Nations 1915
Walter Esplin Mason

Spendyrin (Mammals) 1932
Bjarni Saemundsson
Woodcut by
Brehm 1829 - 1884

Huita of Borgarfjord
Die Hunderassen 1935
Aga Grafin vom Hagen

Bosi of Hoskuldsstadir

Brana of Hvana

Gloi of Wensum

Gryla of Wensum

Konni of Lindarbakki

Auli of Sledbrjot

Vaskur of Thorvaldsstadir

Iceland Dog
(name unknown)




Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Sam

 Samur fra Ibuo Landi

Sam lives in Michigan with the rest of my Icy pack.

Some of these photos are from Europe, most were taken here in Michigan.


Samur fra Ibuo Landi

Sam

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Sam

Sam is a black & tan with white tricolor male and he has been CERFed and is normal and has A/A hips. 

 







Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Pila

 Pila (akaVinlands Piaf)  Some photos of Pila: - 












Sunday, October 22, 2023

Autumn Colors In Michigan's Thumb

 Some people travel to the east coast to see fall colors. That's just fine with me; it keeps them away from here. I love the smoky-ness of our colors here, real autumnal, in my opinion. Perhaps I love autumn and the colors as much as I do because the colors are short lived and special. Here are some recent photos from my neighborhood.

















































My Icelandic Sheepdog Boys
Vinlands Tryggur, Vinlands Sir Watson

Vinlands Tryggur, Vinlands Sir Watson, Samur fra Ibuo Landi

Vinlands Sir Watson

Vinlands Sir Watson

(I can't resist including some of my dogs, my loving, non-judgmental dogs.)