The Icelandic summer is short and already august is coming to an end. The summer has been eventful -Fiona gave birth to her litter and so did Rispa. Fiona had two bitches and Rispa had one bitch puppy. Both mums are fortunate to have such great owners and families that have taken such good care of both babies and mums. Indeed, that goes to say about all the four breeders that have mated their bitches with Felix over the last year and a half.
One of Fiona's little girls, Midnight Sun (Lotta), will join our family here in Garðabæ and we couldn't be more pleased. She is a lovely puppy with a sound temperament. Thank you so much, Vignir and Guðrún.
(Lotta (Midnight Sun) 7 weeks old, picture from the breeder Vignir Sigurðsson.)
This summer I also visited my friends Birgitta and Per Svarstad at the Moorwood kennel in Sweden. It is always such a pleasure to see them and their beautiful shelties.
When I left I had a precious luggage, as my friend, Sóley, is buying a blue boy from the Svarstad's. His name is Moorwood Caribbean Blue Lovelace (Ch. Grandgables Say it Again Sam and Moorwood Caribbean Blue Heather), the only blue and the only boy in a litter of three. For the first months he will stay with my sister in Denmark, or untill he is old enough and passes his bloodtests to leave for quaranteen in Iceland.
Needless to say, we are so excited for this little guy, a new colour for the small sheltie population in Iceland and with such a strong pedigree. Besides, after spending a week with him at my sisters house in Denmark, his character is just adorable.
(Moorwood Caribbean blue Lovelace, 10 weeks old. Picture: Birgitta Svarstad. )
So, that´s it for now, love from all of us here in Garðabæ,
Lilja
With so few breedable shelties in the country and so much trouble we've had bringing the litters up, every new little sheltielife is so unbelievingly precious to us.
