Happy Easter!

Sheltiewalk

11 shelties, 1 cavalier and their two-legged friends met and walked for an hour in beautiful weather today. Ísi followed the pack and had great fun, wasn't quite sure who owned him and tried to go home with almost every one we met on the way. It was so nice to see the shelties run like a heard ahead of us, different sizes, colours and characters!

At the top of a hill we stopped for a photo and somehow managed to get all the dogs together for a minute. The DOGS from left to right: Flóki, Tristan, Fáfnir, Fiona, Ísi, Bangsi, Lotta, Lena, Fróði, Mira og Leó.

Fáfnir (Fiona x Felix, born 06.2006) - a full brother to Lotta.

Leó (Penni x Píla, born 07.2003)

Welcome to Iceland Ísi!

Moorwood Caribbean Blue Lovelace left Hvatastadir, the quaranteen station in Hrísey, yesterday. He was in very good spirit and accepted his new conditions with an open and happy mind. Thanks to the staff at Hvatastadir for taking such good care of him.
Robbi sent some pictures from his first real walk in Iceland!

He is not the best eater and he is rather thin, so the program next weeks is to get him to eat properly and build up some muscles. The competition with Bangsi, Lotta and Rannsy will hopefully give him his appetite.....

Ísi´s caracter is lifely, he is a typical sheltie in the respect of being very social - he wants to be a part of the family and be where we are. He loves to cuddle and is a quiet companion in the house, but he also loves to play outside and run free with other dogs. His best friend is already Lotta, as I am sitting here writing this, they are in a serious tug of war with an old sock they found somewhere.......

After living with my sister in Denmark up to this age, Ísi is VERY used to children and active households and loves to play with toddlers.

Welcome to Iceland Ísi!

Int show March

Lotta was shown for the first time on March 1st - Int. show in Reykjavik. The judge was Diane Anderson from USA/Norway and she gave her the following critique:

Young puppy with excellent body proportions and topline. Well laid back shoulders. Low hocks. Very nice neck. Still in short puppy coat which affects her appearance. Excellent movement, long reach and drive. Typical shetland head. Good colour. Well presented.

As Lilja was off skiing in Austria, Lotta was shown to her Best puppy of breed title by Þorbjörg, who did it with her usual professionalism. Thank you Þorbjörg!

IsCh Moorwood Caribbean Night Heiress (Dimma) was BOB and got her crowning CACIB for her Int. title. Second best bitch was Lotta´s mum, Aha Hot Fine Fairydream (Fiona) and she got the last cc for her IsCh title. Third and fourth were the Felixbabies Mira and Sunna, both with CK. Great results and congratulations to all!

Out of seven Felix puppies in Iceland, four are already CK winners and three of those CC winners. Not a bad legacy for the big guy!

After Felix's return to Sweden, he has sired two 4-puppy litters and two more litters are on their way! A picture of 17 days old puppies from the Request kennel (where Penni is from) : http://web.telia.com/~u97008242/. Hopefully we will see some of those Felixbabies in the showring in Sweden next year!

Lotta just finished puppyclass and is just the easiest dog ever to train. It´s almost like she just listenes to the teacher and then does what is expected. Our old guy, Bangsi, got the treat of weekly obediance class as well, and its the same story with him, its not really like a training session as he just does everything perfectly.

In other news, Ísi (Moorwood Caribbean Blue Lovelace) gets out of quaranteen today!!! Our friend, Róbert (Sunna´s dad) is picking him up and bringing him to Reykjavik tomorrow. More of that and pictures later!!