- History of Icelandics 10

Click on photo to enlarge.

Dogs; Their History and Development, New York,1927, Edward C. Ash


"The Iceland dog, or Fiaar-hund, Colonel Smith suggests was brought to Iceland by the Norwegians.' A race which at present is not found in the parent country, the head rounder and muzzle more pointed than the Esquimaux dog, the ears upright, the colours white-and-black or white-and-brown."

(From The Iceland Dog 874 - 1956, Mark Watson )

= = = = = = =

Spendyrin (Mammals), Reykjavik,1932, Bjarni Saemundsson


"Dogs - Description of:

'One type is most common and original and this is the one usually called the Iceland Dog (in Scandinavian languages 'Spids' or 'Spidshund') - This dog is just under average size, fairly short, however well proportioned in build; the tail is of medium length and carried curled and turned out to the left side. The legs are fairly slim and the pads are average. There is often a thumb-pad with a claw, sometimes double, but without the corresponding bone at the top of the foot (instep). The head is fairly large with a medium broad nose and a fairly broad and large brow; the ears are short, but pricked (erect); the eyes are small and the pupil circular as is customary with dogs. The fur is considerable, particularly on the lower neck and tail, but reasonably soft. The pads are naked. This dog is generally of a single colour, yellowish-brown (red-yellow), white or entirely black, but often with a white belly, white toes and point of the tail ('thief-light' in the tail), sometimes it is dark with a white neck or spotted.'

(From The Iceland Dog 874 - 1956, Mark Watson )


= = = = = = =