Photo: Zonjah · CC BY-SA 3.0 dog breed · 927 on Animalso
Icelandic Sheepdog
Iceland
- Animal
- Dog
- Origin
- Iceland
- Height
- 42 cm
About the Icelandic Sheepdog
The Icelandic Sheepdog, is an Icelandic breed of dog of Nordic Spitz type. It derives from dogs brought to Iceland by Viking settlers in the ninth century; it is both similar and closely related to the Buhund of Norway and the Vallhund and Norrbottenpets of Sweden, which derive from the same ancestral stock.
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- Icelandic Sheepdog — Zonjah · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file page
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