- • Fawn and red in various shades, ranging from cream to reddish brown • Grey shaded • Chocolate brown in various shades • Black White markings always accompany the main colour, lighter shading often occurs on the underside of the dog, from throat to tip of tail.
- On grey shaded dogs and quite often on fawn and red dogs a dark mask, dark tips to the outer hairs and dark hairs in the coat occur (dark overlay/sable).
- Black and chocolate brown dogs most often have traditional tan markings in any of the various fawn colours on the cheeks, over the eyes (eyebrows), below the tail, on the underside of the tail and on the legs.
- Pied dogs have patches of colour on the body on a white background, and can also have the accompanying white markings.
- The patches of colour, which can vary in size, should predominate.
- The white markings, which are often irregular, are a blaze or a part of the face, collar, chest, socks of varying length and tip of tail.
- Preferred: Colour on or near the ears
About the Icelandic Sheepdog
Origin: Iceland
- Typical life span
- 12-14 years
- Size
- Medium — from its typical weight
- Weight
- Male
- 14-16 kg
- Female
- 11-14 kg
- Height
- Male
- 46-51 cm
- Female
- 42-47 cm
- FCI status
- Reconhecida pela FCI
- FCI group
- Spitz and primitive types
- Origin
- Iceland
- Also called
- Perro de Pastor Islandes
- Known hereditary risks
- Not researched yet
About
What is a Icelandic Sheepdog?
Medium-sized spitz-type herding dog with thick weatherproof double coat, prick ears, and curved bushy tail, known for its cheerful and inquisitive nature
Icelandic Sheepdog history and origins
Iceland's only native dog breed, brought by Viking settlers around 874-930 AD and bred in isolation for centuries. Essential for herding sheep and livestock in harsh Icelandic conditions
Icelandic Sheepdog appearance and size
Males typically weigh 14-16 kg and stand 46-51 cm at the shoulder; females 11-14 kg and 42-47 cm.
O que diz o padrão da raça
- Criado para
- Herding dog
- Comportamento e temperamento
“The Icelandic Sheepdog is a hardy and agile herding spitz, which barks, making it extremely useful for herding or driving sheep and other livestock. The Icelandic Sheepdog is by nature very alert and will announce the arrival of visitors without being aggressive. The breed is cheerful, friendly, inquisitive, playful and confident with a gentle temperament”
Quoted from FCI standard n°289. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Referência da raça de The Dog API.
Características
- Tamanho
- Medium
- Necessidade de exercícioLida a partir daquilo para que a raça foi criada, nas palavras do próprio registo: “Herding dog” Isso é uma função de trabalho, não uma necessidade de exercício medida — as necessidades de um cão em concreto dependem da idade, da saúde e da casa onde vive.
- 4 of 5
- Facilidade de treino
- —
- Queda de pelo
- 4 of 5
- Cuidados com o pelo
- 4 of 5
- Convivência com crianças
- —
- Custo de manutenção
- —
- Tolera ficar sozinho
- —
- Inteligência
- —
- Saúde da raça
- Not researched yet
Pros & cons
Prós e contras da raça Icelandic Sheepdog
O que ganha com a raça Icelandic Sheepdog
- Função declarada no padrão: «Herding dog»
- O padrão descreve a raça assim: «The Icelandic Sheepdog is a hardy and agile herding spitz, which barks, making it extremely useful for herding or…»
O que tem de assumir
- Exige muitos cuidados com o pelo — a descrição do próprio padrão é «It is longer behind the ears, on the neck, withers, chest and back of thighs and with…»
Retirado de fontes e não escrito como opinião — investigação de saúde citada, o padrão do próprio registo, e estudos de longevidade revistos por pares. Padrão da raça, FCI. Os animais de um criador podem diferir de tudo isto, e uma coluna vazia significa que não temos nada desse lado, não que não haja nada a dizer.
Characteristics
Padrão da FCI · Icelandic Sheepdog
Pelo e cor
Tal como o padrão da FCI o estabelece. Cada linha abaixo está nas palavras do próprio padrão, etiquetada com preferred.
Coat
There are two variants: Short-haired: The outer coat is fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat.
The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs.
It is longer on the neck, chest and back of thighs.
The tail is bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat.
Long-haired: The outer coat is longer and fairly coarse, with a thick, soft undercoat.
The hair is shorter on the face, top of head, ears and front of legs.
It is longer behind the ears, on the neck, withers, chest and back of thighs and with fringes on the back of the forelegs.
The tail is very bushy and the hair length is in proportion to the coat
Cor
- Preferred
- Permissible
- Undesirable
- Disqualifying
«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» e «disqualifying» — preferida, admissível, indesejável e desqualificante — são as palavras da própria FCI sobre a raça, e ficam em inglês porque é assim que constam do padrão. Descrevem o que o padrão exige — não são uma avaliação de nenhum cão em concreto, nem nossa.
Resumido de FCI standard n°289 — cada etiqueta está nas palavras do próprio padrão, com o veredito passado para a etiqueta ao lado. Leia a cláusula completa na fonte.
Informação ao nível da raça, de The Dog API. Descreve a raça Icelandic Sheepdog em geral; qualquer animal em concreto pode ser diferente.
Health guide
What to ask for in a Icelandic Sheepdog
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Icelandic Sheepdog on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
Gallery
Ainda sem fotografias
É aqui que vão aparecer as fotografias dos próprios donos de Icelandic Sheepdog, a partir dos perfis dos animais que mantêm aqui. Ninguém acrescentou ainda nenhuma a uma página pública.
Uma fotografia num perfil de animal fica privada do seu dono. Não colocamos nenhuma aqui sem que nos peçam.
Puppies
No puppies listed right now
No Icelandic Sheepdog breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.