Greenstone Outlaw Josee Wales‏

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Got a wonderful update on OJW, and just had to share a few of his new photos.. my goodness, is the type in this litter just stunning..what a lovely puppy, and I understand that he is very clever and is doing great in his formal training.. I am greatly looking forward to seeing him out at the shows this year.. A huge thank to his family for the update and for giving him such a wonderful home, he is a very lucky boy.

Barks

Greenstone Aris -New Icelandic Sheepdog Photo

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A huge Thank you goes out to Toki family for this new photo update.. he looks wonderful, it was taken in Dec, with the first snow of the year.. what a lovely male ISD, adore his handsome face and love the depth of red to his coat, and despite it not being shown totally, you can see that he has a very pretty curling tail

Barks

Greenstone Marquesa Esmeralda aka Fjola- A lovely Icelandic Sheepdog Lady..

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Got a new photo update on one of the Greenstone puppy Crew, and so without futher adue.. here is the lovely and clearing enjoying the snow.. Miss Fjola!!

Greenstone Marcus Aurilius Photo Update

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Got new photo update on Shivers, and of course his buddy Jazz is in some of the photos. Wow, is it great to see his photos, and I am so AMAZED at how much he still looks like the twin of his sister Duchess, we had the hardest time with them as babies, it was either check the length of white on the paws or get them to turn and look at us so we could see the face blaze, and they are still so much alike.. WOW, an double WOW!

Thanks to Shivers family for the lovely update letter, and for the great photos, I got lots more then I am putting up.. Everyone enjoy seeing his new updated photos.

Barks

Ps, I could not resist, I added a photo of Duchess Face shot taken last weekend, to place it beside Shivers so you can see for yourself how much they look alike.

New Icelandic Sheepdog orginal Artwork for my collection!

Hello Folks,

A Warm thank you goes out to Greenstone Voodoo Child's owner for the wonderful new drawing.. most of you will remember the drawing from last christmas of the puppy playing tug of wag with the Sheep :) This year, the family and VC has been doing lots of cross country skiing.

I can't thank all my folks enough for keeping in touch and sending updates and photos of the puppies as they grow up.

Barks

Greenstone Ruff Diamond aka Duke

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New Photo of RD aka Duke for you to see his development at five and half months of age.. he is looking wonderful, great full coat, so much Ruff on his neck, that it makes him look shorter in neck then he really is.. lovely tail curl and still the most expressive of faces.

Hope you will enjoy seeing him..Don't forget he is available for adoption in the future to the right family. Please let me know if you are interested in him.

Busy, Busy time at the farm, Thank goodness for Icelandic Sheepdog Nannies.

Hello Folks

Crazy busy, huge snow storms ( we have done nothing but shovling snow for weeks now) lots of work in the barns and the house etc, we have new lambs, new kids, new rabbit kits. One of the kids was rejected by its mother, and so its now in the house being bottle feed, it will be moved out in a few weeks when bigger and stronger, but much to my surprise it was Freyja that decided that she would play nanny to this little buck..

He came in very cold and weak, and she took right to him, she had just come out of heat, so I guess her mommy hormones are in full gear, but she just decided he was her's and she has taken to cleaning his face/ears and she lays in front of his box and guards it from the other dogs, she is now letting them come say hello but even when he is up and walking around, she follows him and watchs over him.

I will admit to being surprised as Freyja is a small rodent hunter, but she is so gentle with this little baby, and so I just had to take a photo or two of them together, the first one is the normal, sweet "I will groom you" and the second one was.. Oh, wait, mom has cookies and wants ears..

Well, I had better get back to work on the farm. Hope you will enjoy seeing them together.

Barks

Happy New Year from Greenstone Kennel

Happy New Year from the Waggy Greenstone Gang!

Here is Greenstone Fire an Ice at five months of age, in a very pretty self-stack

Greenstone Cleo and Thunder update

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Here is the most wonderful photo of Cleo and Thunder down in Calf, USA, it looks like they are already great friends, Thunder looks so grown up in this photo, and Cleo so looks in the big puppy growth stage.

Barks

Ch Belglen Runa of Greenstone- OFA Rate is "Good" !

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Here is Greenstone Cool Hand Luke aka Olof, out for a run outside, goodness the snow will just not stop.. another half foot in the past two days..

Well, Runa has finished her heat, and so we are expecting the litter to be born around Feb 20th.. will keep you posted on how the Ultrasound goes! in a months time. Runa's formal adult OFA has come in and she is OFA Good!!! This is wonderful news, Now both of her living siblings have been tested and the whole litter is OFA Good, as is both of her Parents and all her Grandparents are tested in Iceland, Three are Fri-A and one is C. In the coming litter, it is a overwhelmingly postive mating in terms of clean Hips.

Well, I am so looking forward to the holidays, even though its just Jason and Myself, it looks like it will be a very good holiday none the less and we are planning our normal special treats for the barn critters, I make everyone treats and on Christmas morning, everyone gets health special visits, apples slices are the goats favorites, Sweet feed is the sheeps favorites, Sunflower seeds are the birds and rabbits favorites, Cats and dogs get fresh turkey in a nice warm broth..

I hope that the critters enjoy their treats as much as I enjoy getting the buckets and different treats together.

Have made my own homemade bird food this year for the wild birds and they seem to be loving it, all the recipes came from Mother Earth Magazine, but if you want to try one for Christmas, here is my birds favorite.

* 1 pound lard* 16-20 oz. crunchy peanut butter* 3/4-1 cup raisins* 3/4-1 cup black oil sunflower or mixed birdseed* 6 cups cornmeal* 5 cups all-purpose flourMelt lard in microwave. Pour into a really large mixing bowl, stir in other ingredients in order above. Pour mix into cake pan, cool and cut into blocks to fit your feeder.

Freeze in zip-lock bags.

Yields 6 blocks roughly 4" square and 1-1/2" thick from a 9x12 cake pan, and these fit perfectly into our suet 'cages'.

http://www.a-home-for-wild-birds.com/bird-food-recipes.html

This is a great site as well for information on how to make homemade bird food, just rememeber that the birds that stayed because of your food, need you to feed them all winter and well into the spring, so keep those feeders full and before you know it, you will be having to buy bird books to figure out who all is visiting your feeder, and if you are like me, it will become a high point of the day, watching the birds off and on thoughtout the day.

Duke got into something that upset his tummy yesterday so have been keeping a very close eye on him yesterday, but he seems fine by today.. was very unhappy that I brought out the pink.. but afterwards so much better and will watch him very carefully today.

Well, had better get busy on my daily chores, have a great day.. Don't forget I am still looking forward to those bed hog or christmas photos of any Greenstone dogs!! so crack out those Camera's over the next few days..

Barks

Icelandic Update on a Grave Matter -Duke is

A Major! Bed HOG!!

I just have to write that baby Duke is the worlds worst Bed Hog!.. Somehow even though we go to bed with him near our feet and with me having my half of the bed.. somehow when I wake up.. he is on top of my head, or has his head tucked into my neck, and or he has managed to take the whole middle of the bed.. leaving only the edges for his human parents...

He sleeps like the dead and if you move him, he is will let you, with no issues, and yet somehow.. like magic within the time it takes to fall alseep and wake up.. he has wormed his little furry body back to where "he" thinks it belongs.. and he always has to sleep upside down.. belly up..

What a strange little ducky he is.. LOL

So guys, write me a story about your bed hogs, and I will share them if you give permission..

Bed Hog Story #1 -I love this photo!! Four in the air, and a feel of total contentment!

Here is a lovely Greestone Bed Hog down in the states!! So very cute, thanks for sending it.. come on folks..Get out those Cameria's and keep sending them in, and I will put them up to be shared with your fellow Greenstone Icelandic Sheepdog Family.

Icelandic Sheepdog Puppy Photos -Foxy Brown..

Thank you goes out to Foxy Browns mom and Dad for the new photos that arrived in the mail box yesterday! She looks wonderful, clearly a puppy and loving her world.. I am putting up three of my favorites for everyone to see how she is developing.

Exciting news! - Runa has started her heat so the countdown as started, will update on when she is breed, and then update on her ultrasound and then before you know it... newborn puppies!!!

She was a tiny bit early, she is on a six month cycle, and was due to start her heat on Christmas week and has started it the first week of Dec..

I am greatly looking forward to this coming litter, I think they are going to be Darling puppies..

Barks

Icelandic Sheepdog and Snow!! A winning combo

This is Greenstone AJay out for a stretch of Leg.. Love this photo!!
Greenstone Cool Hand Luke "Olof" at 4 months of age, looking very fine!!

We always take a few dogs with us for chore time, and these were the lucky two that went yesterday afternoon.. I just wanted to share their photos.. Hope you will enjoy..

New Greensone Icelandic Sheepdog Puppies Photos

WOW, some of these Icelandic Sheepdog Puppy Photos playing in the snow is amazing!!

Tons of new updated photos of the puppies.. Enjoy.. make my christmas folks, how about all my pet owners send me new photos of their dogs regardless of their age!!

Duke is still looking for his Forever home, here he is out playing on the deck in the snow, going for his 3rd health check and shots, he is a lovely med coated red/white/black male pet puppy.

Duke has his CERF normal, and is coming along very well in obedance and housebreaking.. he is going to be on the small side for a male, about the size of female ISD is my guess, maybe a little bigger, he is already 14 pds at 4 months of age, so a good size boy. Very sweet and Charming..for those that have meet him, he is very much like Zander in temperment

Here is a new photos of Greenstone Fire an Ice.. Enjoy..

Congrats to the new UKC Championships and wins by our ISAA Icelandic Sheepdog Friends in Washingston State.. Two new BIS by an Icelandic, Way to Go!

A huge congrats goes out to Sandi and Canadian Bred, (by Pineridge Kennels) Perla for going to the AKC Agility nationals, they did the Icelandic Sheepdog World proud!! Sunday was a very good day for them.

A amazing Congrats goes out to Katheryn and Viva (Granddaugther to another Canadian Bred dog, ARBA Ch Pineridge Elsaka CGC, UKC CD) for placing # 7th overall in the AKC Agility Nationals in the 16 inch catalog!

This was the first year that the Icelandic Sheepdog was able to compete in AKC Agility and we were so proud to have two teams be able to go this year, and they did amazing!!!

New Litter planned between Ch Belglen Runa of Greenstone by Pineridge Vaskur, Both parents have CERF Normal and Normal Hips, for more details, email isdpuppies@hotmail.com

Snow and Icelandic Sheepdog puppy Duchess

Let it snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...and then let me go play in it...Throw the ball will you, please!!!!!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.... buttwiggle of delight..

Greenstone Maria Update

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Got a wonderful Update on Maria Aka Rowan, she is settling into her new home well, and starts puppy class next week, I love it when folks send in photos of their puppies as they grow up and I am always so thrilled to get any updates on my Greenstone Pups..

So without further waiting, here is Sweet Maria with her new furry housemate..

Keep the updates and photos coming..

Barks

Structure Evaluations- Icelandic Sheepdogs

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Well, went to have a outside view on the three "possable" keep backs, because in truth, I only want to keep back and grow out and hopefully show one puppy from the 2007 litters..

I was stumped on how to value different strengths and weakness on Greenstone Cool Hand Luke, Greenstone Cleopatra Jones, and Greenstone Duchess of York. How do you ever pick between three such hot bodied and sweet tempermented puppies.

But it has to be done... LOL

So the little pup that is staying with Greenstone Icelandic Sheepdog Kennel and I can't wait to get her out in the show ring in 2008, is Greenstone Duchess of York..

It looks like I have a wonderful home for Greenstone Cleopatra Jones, so she is spoken for, and I will let you know if for any reason she becomes available again.

So Greenstone is pleased to let you know that Greenstone Cool Hand Luke is available as a pet male, I would love to find a home that would consider keeping him intact but he can go to a home that would like to alter him.

Cool Hand Luke - Nickname is Olof, is a big boned, long coated med-darker Red Sable Pied, and what a handsome, an striking male he is, the only reason that he is pet quality is because, he has single dewclaws on all four legs, and I would like to keep only Double dewclawed puppies, having said that, you can show him if you want, the standard does allow single dewclawed dogs to be shown but doubles are to be given preference. Luke is so sweet, a typical male ISD, a total love bug, and he loves all peaple, this is one pup that is comfortable in his own skin.. would do well in any type of home.

Greenstone Duke of York, just had his health check up today and he is doing great, wonderful little pup, so pretty and what a striking face, and great temperment.. Duke is available as a pet puppy, and would do well in any home, loves children and is a major snuggle bunny.

Scroll down to see photos of each of these males. If you would like more photos, or more informaton about their temperment tests, their CERF tests, their health tests or any other kinds of questions about the breed or their pedigree, please just let me know.

If you are interest in more informaton or in either of these male puppies, please let me know at

isdpuppies@hotmail.com

Barks

Greenstone Empress India

Good Morning Folks

Here is new photos of India for you to enjoy, what a pretty pup she is.. and I love the photo of her with her kitty friend, I can just see that kitty foot coming out to take that little chew toy away..

Love her Ying/Yang Face markings and she has just such a cute face..

Barks

Two Show/Breeding Icelandic Sheepdog Puppies Available

Planned Icelandic Sheepdog Litter for 2008 - Ch Belglen Runa of Greenstone/PineridgeIcelandic Vaskur - Reservations Recommended.

Greenstone Cool Hand Luke

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I am so excited, The Canadian Association of Dog Trainers is finally holding its yearly three day semiars close enough that I can get to it.. I will be booked in as soon as possable to get to this seminar.

http://www.cappdt.ca/public/jpage/1/p/2008Conference/content.do

The wonderful long hair puppy above is Greenstone Cool Hand Luke aka Olof, and he is showing off his lovely long coat and show qaulity marked Pied markings, in the second photo, he is show off one of his trick commands, which is of course, Kiss, you can't see the clicker in my hand but its there.. Its such a sweet photo that I had to include it, I rarely put photos of myself up, I know this, I don't really take great photos of me, but this one was just so sweet and cute, I had to share.

The second reason I love this photo, is that Olof is showing off the wonderful breed trait of the ear fold, Icelandic Sheepdogs don't just put their ears back on their heads, they have the abiltiy to fold the ear in half in the middle, this is a very old and rare breed trait that I work hard to keep in my breeding dogs.. now I am sure you are asking.. why would you want to breed a prick eared dog with enough movement in their ears to be able to not only move around and lay down but to fold in the middle.. well in Iceland, the wind blows ALL the time, as it did in Northern Canada when we lived in Nunavut, and the dogs will fold over and close their ears off from really bad winds, now think about how great that would be.. its like having built in ear muffs for blocking wind!! to the best of my knowledge, the Icelandic Sheepdogs are the only ones that do this.. if other breeds do it, I have never found anyone yet that knows about it.

So enjoy the cute kiss photo but also see the old much wanted trait of the Icelandic ear Fold..

Barks

Greenstone Duke of York

Hello Folks

Here is a wonderful new photo of Duke of York, aka Dukums.. A wonderful dark red/white, with black Mask male Icelandic Sheepdog Puppy.

Dukums is looking for a pet home at this time, he is a very small, med coated puppy, I would not expect this little guy to be a big male at all.

Wonderful curling tail, very cute foxy face, so expressive in his face, a total peaple ISD, but he loves his play time with the dogs.

Nice Double dewclaws on this tike, and of course a great temperment test and a CERF normal, but he does appear to have a grade 3 heart murmur, it has appeared to get better between his first and second puppy check up, but if you are looking at him, he would make a wonderful family dog, but given his heart, I would not recommend him for a performance dog and he must be altered and never! used for breeding.

If you are normally the person that gets their dog from Rescue or the pound but are madly in love with Icelandic Sheepdogs, then this might be the guy for you.. He has a VERY small adoption fee, mainly in place to weed out someone who would want a free puppy only, I need to know that you are committed to giving him the best home!

I think he would do well with another dog, with cats, or children or in a older folks home, and he is smart!! this is one cute and smart little by and he loves to snuggle and be a lap dog..

If you think you could offer this little guy a wonderful home, please contact isdpuppies@hotmail.com with Duke in the contact line, and tell us all about yourself..

Barks