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Samoyed Did You Know?
- Of all modern breeds, the Samoyed is most nearly akin to the primitive
dog - no admixture of wolf or fox runs in the Samoyed strain.
- The Arctic suns and snows have bleached the harsh stand-off coat and tipped
the hairs with an icy sheen.
- Named for the Samoyed people, primitives of the family of Sayantsi, described
as a race in the "transition stages between the Mongol pure and the
Finn." The Samoyeds comprised a nomadic tribe that traveled from Iran
to the vast stretches of tundra reaching from the White Sea to the Yenisei
River.
- The Samoyed has been used for generations as a constant companion dog
and guard for reindeer.
- Queen Alexandra was an ardent Samoyed fancier, and descendants of her
dogs appear in many English and American kennels today.
- Samoyeds accompanied Roald Amundsen in his successful landmark reach of
the South Pole in 1911.
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