About us

Snegla kennel is actually not a real kennel jet. It is a dream that we have had for 3 years, to introduce and start breeding Belgian Shepherds Malinois here in Iceland. And now we have imported the first Malinois bitch from Denmark and will be importing the first stud dog before the end of the year. We are a family of 7, Stef�n and Silja, and our kids: Sara Bj�rk, Stef�n Gunar and Sindri P�ll that live in Akureyri from Stef�ns first marriage, and S�ldis R�s daughter of Silja and Sk�rnir M�ni our son. Stef�n is finishing his M.Sc. studies in plant molecular biology from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen and Silja is studying psychology and behavioral science at H�sk�li �slands in Reykjav�k.

It all started out when we jointly gained interest in training dogs, both being very much involved in training Icelandic horses. The interest escalated when we read about clicker-training in books from Karen Pryor and the books about dog behavior from Turid Rugaas. We train our dogs by these principles and have seen how good a dog can be when brought up in a loving environment that understands it's needs. Caya was integrated from the first day into the family, goes everywhere with us, has her own space in the house, and is never neglected. This is also our very goal that our dogs will be beautiful, harmonious part of the family, keeping their natural habits like an excellent working drive and loyalty to their owner.

Through her studies Silja has gained interest in training assistance dogs and will be writing a thesis about that matter. She is inscribed into the Etologisk institute in Denmark where she will be studying towards becoming a Animal Behavior Therapists. This fall Stef�n started training towards a C-examine for a Rescue-dog with Caya at Leitarhundar Slysavarnaf�lagsins Landsbjargar .

The family lives in an old house from 1954 in a small suburb of Mosfellsb�r. From here it s easy to take a good walk up in the mountain, nature is very close.