Icelandic Sheepdog
Iceland · 16.5–18 in tall · medium double coat
Next to the average dog it is mentally demanding, easy to train, child-friendly, and vocal. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Icelandic Sheepdog suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- there is already a dog at home
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you share walls with neighbours
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
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. It is the only dog breed indigenous to Iceland. Its traditional uses include herding of both sheep and horses.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
