Sygne

As sometimes happens,we just renewed contact from an old-timer.

For a "new breed" to North America like Icelandic Sheepdogs, an old-timer is not from very long ago.

Although the breed is descended from very old North European Nordic dog stock that traveled to Iceland with the Vikings over one thousand years ago, they have been recorded in the "New World" only lately.

It looks to me like Sygne is an excellent example of a wheaten colored Icelandic and not a "true white" dog. Color is endlessly interesting and confusing to me and to many others.

It is also possible (probable) that this color is sometimes referred to as clay-white (leirhvit). If you look closely at the standing photo you can see that she is really a light tan (cream, fawn?). (Click once or twice on photos to enlarge them.)

Regardless, she is beautiful. She was bred by Anne Milkovich and owned by George and Susie Wood.