Bear

The temperatures were in the 90s today with high humidity but Bear obliged, sort of, by letting me take some photos.


Bear's double-dews are "on the ground" which makes wonderful sense, evolution-wise, to me for dogs that go running through wet, soaked land like a marsh or a moor. They are also better adapted for climbing the volcanic and icy countryside in the mother country. From Siggi av Vartun through Skreppengs Gryssli to Bear (Bersi av Isheim) the fifth toe on the ground as a true toe sometimes skips a generation but it always comes back. Over the years, judges have said that Siggi and Gryssli had only one dewclaw before being politely told to actually count the toes.

A judge looking for dew claws on the side of the leg could possibly miss the fifth toe on the ground and sometimes they might need to have it pointed out to them as an actual extra digit.

Check out these shots.
(Click to enlarge.)

(The first two photos are Bear's claws, followed by Sherwood Forests Gunnar, aka Edgar, and Alaskastadirs Korpur. Count their toes carefully.)

Bersi and I tried to stay in the shade to take his photos but it was still hot.





I learned today that Bear's, in my opinion, wonderful korkur tail came from Siggi av Vartun through Somi av Isheim and then through Skreppengs Gryssli, and Sigga av Isheim, his dam.





The second tail-photo shows the corkscrew tip in white fur peeking through the tail-feathers. (Again, please click on photo once or twice to enlarge.)