On Saturday July 4th 2009 one of the best bitsches in Iceland, ISCH Kersins Katla IS06521/02, died suddenly and unexpectedly, just 7½ years old.
Steini (Þorsteinn Thorsteinson, Sunnusteins Kennel) was out biking along the river Hvítá in Flúðír, with Katla and her three daughters, Sunna Rögg, Surtla and Brella. Katla and Surtla were loose, playing with each other. Suddenly Steini noticed, that Katla was no longer with them, he turned around and saw Katla lying lifeless in the grass about 100 m away, supposedly hit by a heart failure. Steini didn't want an autopsy made and Katla is now buried at Brún beside her son, Bragi.
Katla is, among others, the mother of my wonderful Stilla, who has inherited her mother's irresistable charisma and personality.
ISCH Kersins Katla IS06521/02 - one week before she gave birth to her last litter (July 2008)