AKC Working Group
Samoyed
Friendly. gentle. Yours.
There's a moment every Samoyed owner knows, you're sitting on the couch, minding your own business, and a massive white head materializes in your lap like a cloud that decided it needed scratches. That perpetual smile isn't just adorable marketing.
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"There's a moment every Samoyed owner knows, you're sitting on the couch, minding your own business, and a massive white head materializes in your lap like a cloud that decided it needed scratches."
From our Samoyed field notes
The Samoyed experience
You know you're a Samoyed owner when...
●The 'Sammy smile', that permanent upturned grin that makes strangers cross the street to meet your dog. he 'Sammy smile', that permanent upturned grin that makes strangers cross the street to meet your dog
●Fur tumbleweeds that drift across your hardwood floors like tiny white ghosts, year-round, with two annual 'coat blow' apocalypses. ur tumbleweeds that drift across your hardwood floors like tiny white ghosts, year-round, with two annual 'coat blow' apocalypses
●The 'woo-woo', not quite a bark, not quite a howl, entirely an opinion delivered at maximum drama. he 'woo-woo', not quite a bark, not quite a howl, entirely an opinion delivered at maximum drama
●Leaning their full 50-65 pounds against your legs like a fuzzy, sentient pillow that chose you. eaning their full 50-65 pounds against your legs like a fuzzy, sentient pillow that chose you
●Herding children, cats, and other dogs in slow, deliberate circles because someone has to keep this family organized. erding children, cats, and other dogs in slow, deliberate circles because someone has to keep this family organized
At a glance
alsoKnownAsSammy, Sammie, Smiling Sammy, Bjelkier
size35–65 lbs
temperamentFriendly, gentle, adaptable, alert, playful, stubborn
lifespan12–14 years
energyHigh (think enthusiastic hiking buddy, not couch ornament)
goodWithFamilies, children, other dogs
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