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Icelandic Sheepdog puppies

Icelandic Sheepdog puppies and litters from UK breeders, with the parents’ health tests and licence details.

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Advertise Icelandic Sheepdog puppies for sale

Have an Icelandic Sheepdog litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.

No breeders are listed here yet, so the first profiles get the page to themselves.

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Is it free to advertise here?

Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.

Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?

In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

Is my listing already here?

We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.

Buying an Icelandic Sheepdog puppy

This page lists UK breeders on caninebreeder.co.uk with Icelandic Sheepdog puppies for sale or litters planned. The breed is on the RKC Imported Breed Register and is not yet established in the UK, so be prepared to join a waiting list or travel to find the right litter. Each listing shows the details the breeder has given us, so check them yourself before you pay a deposit. Ask to see the puppies with their mother, find out what health checks the parents have had and what the coefficient of inbreeding is, and look the parents up on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Tell the breeder whether you would prefer a short or long coat, and be ready for a dog that barks to alert you. Our buyer safety guide explains how to avoid scams, and you can also browse Icelandic Sheepdog stud dogs.

Health tests to ask about

The RKC Icelandic Sheepdog page currently lists no recommended pre-breeding health screening for the breed and no breed-specific breeding restrictions. It advises breeders and buyers to check back often, because this may change as new evidence and research appear. The RKC has no DNA testing package tailored to this breed, although individual DNA tests are available through its testing service. The breed is in Breed Watch Category 1, meaning no breed-specific points of concern have been flagged for show judges beyond those the breed standard already covers.

The absence of a listed scheme is not a health guarantee. The breed standard asks for faults to be weighed by their effect on the dog's health, welfare and ability to work, and males should have two normal, fully descended testicles. Because the breed is on the Imported Breed Register and not yet established in the UK, keeping the gene pool broad matters: ask for the coefficient of inbreeding of a planned mating and where the parents' bloodlines come from. Any tests a breeder has chosen to do and recorded with the RKC can be checked on the Health Test Results Finder. If you have a health concern, talk to your vet or contact the breed health co-ordinator through the RKC's Health and Breeding Support Team.

Health and registration points for the Icelandic Sheepdog (RKC):

  • Recommended pre-breeding health screening: none listed at present
  • DNA testing: no breed-specific RKC package; individual DNA tests available
  • Breed-specific breeding restrictions: none at present
  • Coefficient of inbreeding: can be checked with the RKC's online inbreeding calculator
  • Breed Watch: Category 1
  • Register status: RKC Imported Breed Register

More for Icelandic Sheepdog owners and breeders

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