Welcome to:
Okkar Elskar
We are located in St. Louis,
Missouri.
We are devoted to breeding healthy, happy, and sound
Icelandic Sheepdogs, as guided by the Icelandic Sheepdog Association of America
(ISAA). The ISAA is the only Icelandic Sheepdog club recognized by
the American Kennel Club (AKC) and the only breed club that is sanctioned by
Iceland and the Icelandic Sheepdog Íslenski Fjárhundurinn (ISIC).
We have grown attached to the Icelandic Sheepdog breed
and feel it is one of the best breeds of dogs in the world. They have been
part of our family since 2010 and we feel it is important to breed for dogs that
retain their calm, gentle, and loving temperament and nature that they are
known for, as well as their intelligence and herding ability. We are
trying to preserve the breed by retaining a low inbreed coefficient due to
their low population numbers. This is done because the breed almost went
extinct during the 50's. So by breeding carefully, we will be able to
repopulate the Icelandic Sheepdog with healthy and correct dogs.