Hello, I am Maggý and I live in Dayton Ohio along
with my husband Jeff, two sons Valdi and Kristinn and four dogs, Rocky,
Adrienne, Snotra, and Spurðann.
Our first dog Rocky, a Boston Terrier came to us in
2002. A year later we got Adrienne, also a Boston Terrier. I guess
I could say, at that point I was hooked, I just new I was getting
another dog, I just had to convince my husband that we needed more than
two.
While growing up in Iceland, my father would tell me stories about his
dogs Spurðann (Ask him) and Hvað (What), when people asked him about
their name, he would reply with "Ask him" or "What" and that would make
people so furious. He was such a joker and when people would tell his
parents how rude their son was he would get a kick out of that. I
loved listening to his stories and always dreamed of having Icelandic
Sheepdog myself. Now for the hard part, I had to convince Jeff we needed
another dog, but he said, go ahead and look but I don't think we are
ready for another dog, little did he know. I started looking on the
internet and was surprised that Icelandic Sheepdogs are being bred here
in the States. I knew I wanted a dog from Iceland though and happened to
come across Hörður Thorsteinsson site, he is quite a character and I
could probably write a book on his antics and I have only known him for
a about a year. I used the email and talked to Stína on the phone
to coordinate getting my first Icelandic Sheepdog from him. Now
for the hard part I had to tell Jeff we were going to Orlando to pick up
our puppy but we lived in Fort Walton Beach Florida at the time, I guess
I forgot that I was only looking at the dogs. Now after all these years
my dream finally came true when we got Snotra from Hnúks Kennel in
Iceland in 2004.
Like most other people with Icelandic Sheepdog, one is just not enough,
so again I had to convince Jeff what we needed another Icelandic
Sheepdog, this time he didn't say much I think he knew that it wasn't a
matter of if, but when. I started searching and talked to Hörður
and Stína again, they found a wonderful puppy for me from Helga
Gústavsdóttir at Kersins Kennel in Iceland. Hörður knew the story so he
asked Helga to name him Spurdann in honor of my father and his dog. Jeff and Kristinn went to Frederick Maryland to pick him
up from a wonderful lady Álfhildur who was gracious enough to get him
from the airport in Baltimore and keep him overnight. Spurðann
joined us in January 2005.
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