The Swedish Vallhund is an ancient and rare breed, developed as a herding dog over 1000 years ago. It very nearly went extinct in the 1940s but was saved and is now growing in popularity. Since Breyer, Schleich, and the like haven’t yet produced a Vallhund sculpt, I decided to rework a Breyer Pembroke Welsh corgi into this red sable Vallhund, now dubbed Värja, which means “shortsword”. He has entirely new ears and tail, and a lengthened and resculpted muzzle, and he’s been repainted in Earth Pigments and acrylics. The pictures don’t do him justice at all; while I am very, very tempted to keep this one, he’s available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/138848.....edish-vallhund - take him home before I change my mind!