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.