Viking Litter

On July 9, 2012 another litter of Icelandic Sheepdogs was born to Viking Kennel owned by Liz Stacy-Hurley. I believe the first time Liz bred Icelandics was in 1997 which would make her one of the original owners and breeders of Icelandics in the US. She was one of the original founding members of the Icelandic Sheepdog club here in North America.


Viking Galdur and Viking Viska are the fifth generation of Icelandics with the Viking kennel name in their ancestry. From the oldest to the most recent: - Vikings Freyja - Vikings Bjork - Viking KoKo - Viking Feimin - and now the current litter - Viking Galdur and Viking Viska. Galdur and Viska are descendants of Virkis Tyri who is almost seventeen years old at the time of this post.

The parents of the current litter are Reykjadals Hrafn Dreki, a fairly recent tricolor (black, tan and white) male import from Iceland, and Viking Feimin (lower photo). Look at those Icelandic smiles!


The puppies may end up looking like their mother. (You never can tell for sure what a puppy will look like when it's an adult. That's one of their many charms.) They carry one at-gene for tricolor from their sire and possibly one b-gene for chocolate-brown from their maternal grand-sire Viking KoKo.

Above: Viking Viska - a striking looking female.


Here are two recent photos of the pups who are just starting to move around.
Below: Viking Galdur - a very interesting looking male

If you might be interested in adopting one of these puppies from one of the very oldest North American lines, Liz can be reached through her website - see above on the right - or via email: - squinter@aol.com


Pedigrees showing ancestry are available from Liz on request.


Liz breeds to the official breed standard, performs health checks on the parents before breeding, and is an ethical and responsible breeder.