Just wanted to mention that the sire of Meyla's last litter, Grand Champion Arbakki Magni is one of the top 5 Icelandic Sheepdogs in the US and recieved his invitation to the Westminster Dog Show. 
Magni's son, Tri-Star Gander (Max) will be turning 2 at the end of January and will be available for stud.  His Penn-HIP score is L .39 and R .30 and he just had his 2nd clean CERF.
He has full dentition and rear double dews.  He weighs about 34 lbs and I will check his height but I'm guessing he's about 18inches. 
I'm thinking about either using Magni or Gander(Max) for Smá's first litter.
These pictures are of Tri-Star Gander(Max)
Forgot to mention that Max will start hitting the show ring in the spring, maybe before.

Well, today I went with 10 dogs for CERF tests.  Everybody had good eyes.  These puppies aren't really liking the car.  I had a 3 hour round trip for eye exams and for the whole 3 hours one or more puppies cried the whole time!  This is their 3rd car trip, I would of thought they would be getting use to it. I guess this means a few more car trips, maybe with earplugs.

On a brighter note, I have been crating the puppies 2 to a crate for the night and they settle easy and go for 6 hours with no accidents in the crates.  After 6 hours they start to whine and cry to be let out.  They have been getting use to their collars and continue to do fine with nail cuttings.

Temperament tests and structure evaluations were done on Sunday.  All of the puppies scored within .5 of each other.  All the puppies scored right in the middle with their really not being a clear alpha in the litter.

Puppy pictures will be done tomorrow!  I'm going to have to do the litter picture on the back of the chair picture this week too.

I can't believe they are almost 8 weeks old, within a week they will start heading to their new homes.

Today the puppies went to the vet for health checks, first shots and micro chipping.
Everything looks good and they weren't too bad for micro chipping.  It's a really big needle.  I distract them by feeding them food out of my hand.
Hopefully I will get 6 week pictures taken tomorrow.
The puppies are loving to go outside, every chance they get they try and slip out the doggie door.
The whelping and weaning boxes are gone, once they learn that it's much more fun outside the whelping box they cry to get out.  Some are very vocal about telling us they want to be with us, not in their pen.

This was the first time outside for the puppies.

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