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The Icelandic Sheepdog (Icelandic: Íslenskur fjárhundur, pronounced [ˈistlɛnskʏr ˈfjaurˌhʏntʏr̥]), 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.
Pit bull–type dog wearing a muzzle. In law, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog. [1] Such laws range from outright bans on the possession of these dogs, to restrictions and conditions on ownership, and often establishes a legal presumption that such dogs are dangerous or vicious to prevent dog attacks.
The Greenland Dog (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Qimmiat, Danish: Grønlandshund) is a large breed of husky-type dog kept as a sled dog. They were brought from Siberia to North America by the Thule people 1,000 years ago, along with the Canadian Eskimo Dog .
Spitz characters appear wholly absent from all British herding breeds, so it does seem most unlikely that Icelandic dogs can have contributed much to their ancestry. And if they did contribute a small amount, this hardly makes them the "basis" of those breeds. There is, I have to admit, a certain logic to importing Icelandic dogs at about that ...
Pages in category "Dog breeds originating in Iceland" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Icelandic Sheepdog
Iceland, which left the IWC in 1992, returned in 2002 with a reservation to the ban and allowed commercial whaling to resume in 2006. Along with Norway and Japan, Iceland is one of the only ...
This is a list of the animal breeds of Iceland. Icelandic Cattle [ 1 ] : 57 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] : 204 Icelandic Chicken (Islanski hænsnastofninn) [ 1 ] : 57 [ 2 ]
The Icelandic [a] is the Icelandic breed of domestic sheep.It belongs to the Northern European Short-tailed group of sheep, and is larger than most breeds in that group.. It is generally short-legged and stocky, slender and light-boned, and usually horned, although polled and polycerate animals can occur; there is a polled strain, the Kleifa.