Update 2011

Kaldi

Rebbi

It's crazy that 2 years have gone by since I put information on our blog. We are now  family to 2 Icelandic sheepdogs, Rebbi now age 4 and Kaldi almost 2. Believe it or not they are related as Kaldi's mother and Rebbi are half siblings. Both boys are so affectionate and complete goofballs chasing each other around the house. And no bad guys will ever get in our house with their ferocious barks. WE love you boys.

Kanata Rebbi's health information 2009-10

For anyone interested in considering Rebbi as a sire, here are his CERF and Penn Hip Scores for 2009-10.
ORIGINAL

CANINE EYE REGISTRATION FOUNDATION

P.O. Box 3007 Urbana, IL 61803
Telephone:217-693-4800 Email: cert@vmdb.org ~

BREED Icelandic Sheepdog
REGISTRATION CERF # 18-361/2009
NAME Kanata Rebbi
REGISTRATION DN17615906
BIRTH DATE 04/10/2007
COLOR GOLD WHITE
SEX M
DATE EXAMINED 08/27/2009
PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION 146328483 A

CYNTHIA KNOWLTON
2310 CHARLESTON RD
WELLSBORO, PA 16901
BREEDER OPTION DIAGNOSIS (detail on bacl<)
~--No inherited eye disease found
:;--THIS
CERTIFICATE IS VALID ONLY FOR 12 MONTHS, FROM DATE OF EXAMINATION.Certification relates 10 PHENOTYPE (appearance) on~ at time of
examination; it implies no clearance for GENOTYPE (possible "carrier") or for heritable ocular disease developing subsequent to date of examination.
WARNING:certificate invalid if background not printed in blue ink with the word ·original" printed in red ink.

Penn HIP scores as of 5/2008:
Left and Right Hip Distraction Index 0.41 These scores are in the 90th percentile laxity profile ranking.
No evidence of Degenerative Joint disease.

Happy Holidays from our winter wonderland!

Doggie Kisses

Rebbi truly exemplifies the "Icie" personality. He is very much a family dog seeking us out and staying right where we are. He is wonderful with our kids, Aidan here 7 years old. He is tender and quick with an affectionate lick.

Just look at that face--the picture of contentment.

Nah nah na-nah nah! Dad is letting me sit on the couch with him.

Kiska and Rebbi-expecting??!!
We are very hopeful that Rebbi will be a papa after our first joint venture in long distance artificial insemination with Russ and Linda Hansen of Lokasteinn Icelandics' Kiska. Of course nature would not cooperate when the 2 dogs were in the same area. We had to go high tech.
According to the local reproductive expert in Madison---Dr Jesse Sondel at Spring Harbor Veterinary Clinic--Rebbi is quite the stud....literally. "I'm not familiar with this breed but I have never seen so many active, healthy swimmers in a specimen!" We had the easy part though. Kudos to Russ and Linda who made numerous trips to the Vet College at Cornell to make this happen. We're hoping for Valentine babies!

First Thanksgiving

Well it is apt that this Thanksgiving one of the things we are thankful for it the addition of Kanata Rebbi, now to be known as Rebbi, to our family. He has been with us for about 2 weeks and we are having such fun getting to know each other. Our family consists of my husband Michael, our 2 youngest children Merete 10, and Aidan 7. Our 2 older sons, Ethan and Benny are out of the house on their educational adventures so blogs may mention them from time to time. Oh, I cannot forget the grande dame of our house, our 16 year old Pommie Lakota, Kota for short. She is slow to warm up but the 2 canine kids are getting along pretty well I must say.

Can't wait until our first snow--more adventures to come!