Icelandic Sheepdog International Breeders

There is currently only one Icelandic Sheepdog club in the United States. That club is linked with the parent breed club in Iceland. Decisions are made by the officers and board of directors of that club and comply with the mother country's breed club.

There are many breeders scattered around North America; many, indeed most of the breeders in the US belong to that US club. To the best of our abilities, all of us follow the rules made by the Icelanders.

On the right side of this page you can see some "links". One of those links is to the International Breeders - which is most definitely NOT a club. It is not affiliated with the US breed club nor the breed club of any other country. There are no officers, no rules, no meetings - EVER. There is no voting on anything at all. The listed kennels are willing to ship their puppies and dogs anywhere. The central location is merely a clearing house to make searching for puppies easier. It is that simple.

Each kennel listed decides what it wants to say about its dogs and puppies. They are urged to list health test results, pedigrees, registrations, photos, etc. They get to choose what they want to say or not say. Many, if not all, of the individual breeders and kennels listed in the ISIB belong to their own country's official breed club.

There is a list of questions on the ISIB home page that puppy buyers are encouraged to ask individual breeders. Check out those questions and use them. Our dogs are fully registered with the appropriate individual kennel clubs of our various countries. They have the recommended health tests done. Their pedigrees are complete. In short, they are all healthy, legitimately registered and descended from the original dogs from Iceland.

PLEASE do not confuse "us" with the official US breed club.

Because we are not organized and not a club , no one speaks for "us" including me. We are joined together merely to help one another sell puppies and dogs in order to increase the genetic diversity of our beloved dogs in our individual countries. Our site is not un-like ads in a newspaper - joined together into a similar category - Icelandic Sheepdogs.