July 20, 2015
About Pineridge Icelandics
Pineridge Icelandics,
breeders of Icelandic horses, Icelandic sheep and Icelandic sheepdogs, evolved from a long
affection for the English Moors ponies. It was while visiting the
Interior of British Columbia that we thought we had found them again. Not so! We had found the Icelandic horse, and that was
where our Icelandic journey started.
At that time we lived at the Coast and had some
horses and a donkey there, however, once our interest in Icelandic horses
was established, a move to more space was required. So retirement
came early and we moved up into the mountains at Chase Creek so that our
Icelandic family would feel as close to home as possible, as we average
six months of snow and cold weather every year, not quite as much wind though!
Our interest in Icelandic horses soon expanded
to Icelandic sheepdogs and Icelandic sheep, and this opened a whole new
and very interesting world to us. A visit to Iceland in 1998 fueled the fire for further expansion.
We have continually been fascinated by
the enormous color range of Icelandic horses, Icelandic dogs and Icelandic sheep.
Our focus with our horses is on color variety, while at the same time providing
good riding horses with great characters. Late in life,
a study of genetics is now called for! While most dogs
are tri-color, there is a predominant color and we have had everything
from cream to black as a main color.
Horses that are exported from Iceland retain the
name of their place of birth as part of their name. It is also
the tradition that Icelandic offspring born outside of Iceland, be given
an Icelandic name. We have followed this tradition for
our foals, lambs and puppies. We only hope we won't have to
pronounce some of the names we have given!
Another interesting item which applies to all
Icelandic animals is that once they leave Iceland, they may never return. This is responsible for Iceland being able to keep its animal population
close to being disease-free.
We also have a small herd of
Jersey cows and after several years, they have earned their spot in the Home
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Pineridge Icelandics 1049 Hepburn Rd Chase, B.C. Canada V0E 1M1 pineice@pineridgeicelandics.com 250-679-3540
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