Icelandic Sheepdog Peder Hansen Resen Gives account Description

Iceland Dogs should also be exercised efficiently. A play session or long walk daily is best. They need an activity or daily exercise to stay in shape.

The dogs have been looked upon in different ways. Sometimes hated, sometimes loved. A danish scientist, Peder Hansen Resen, gives this account in his description of Iceland in the 17th century: "Dogs are so much the joy of the natives, that hardly any are seen without being accompanied by a dog."

The Icelandic Sheepdog is a breed of dog of spitz type originating from the dogs brought to Iceland by the Vikings. It is of similar type to the Norwegian Buhund and to the ancestor of the modern Shetland Sheepdog and Welsh Corgi. They are still commonly used to herd sheep in the Icelandic countryside.

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