| Icelandic Sheepdog
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| Alternative names
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| Icelandic Spitz
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| Iceland Dog
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| Íslenskur fjárhundur
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| Islandsk Farehond
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| Friaar Dog
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| Canis islandicus
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| Country of origin
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| Iceland
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| Classification and breed standards
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| FCI: | Group 5 Section 3 #289
| Stds
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| AKC: | Herding (FSS)
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| CKC: | Miscellaneous Class
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| UKC: | Northern Breeds
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| Notes
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The AKC foundation stock service (FSS)
is a registration service for breeds not yet
recognised by the AKC.
The CKC "miscellaneous class" is for
breeds working towards full recognition
by the CKC.
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The Icelandic Sheepdog is a breed of spitz dog originating from the dogs brought to Iceland by the Vikings. Later, dogs were taken from Iceland to the British Isles and became the basis for Border Collies and Corgis. In the Shetland Islands, it was crossed with the Norwegian Buhund and became the Shetland Sheepdog.
Appearance
The Icelandic Sheepdog's distinct features are pointy ears and a curly. It is of medium height, and is commonly golden, reddish, black, or grey combined with white.
History
Plague and canine distemper destroyed over 75% of the breed in the late 19th century, leading to a ban on the importation of dogs. The purebred Icelandic sheepdog was again bordering extinction in the late 20th century and in 1969 the Icelandic Dog Breeder Association (HRFÍ) was established, which had among other aims to preserve the breed.
Miscellaneous
The breed is sometimes denoted in Latin as canis islandicus even though it is a breed and not a species.
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