Samoyed

Possibly the first Samoyed arrived in the UK as gifts from the Czarina Alexandra to her brother the Prince of Wales, he and the Princess of Wales being very interested in dog showing.  There is a picture of 1888 showing the couple with a Samoyed.  However, the real pioneer of the breed in the UK was Ernest Kilburn-Scott who brought a Samoyed dog back from Russia for his wife in 1889; this was a brown dog with some white.  Some of the dogs used on the first Polar expedition were black though now the correct Samoyed colours are limited to white, white and biscuit and cream.

The Kilburn-Scotts continued acquiring dogs including one they bought from Sydney Zoo who had been used on a Antartctic expedition, and with eight strains of dogs set about drawing up a Breed Standard and developed a breeding programme which soon arrived at a reliable Samoyed breed type.

To do the coat justice takes some effort but the results are well worth it.  He is a very impressive dog, at up to 22" with his luxuriant, sparkling coat he looks bigger but always graceful.  Never bad-tempered he makes a good family dog though like all the Spitz breeds he has a voice and he is not afraid to use it!

Click to read the Samoyed Breed Standard.

Samoyed Breed Clubs

• NORTHERN SAMOYED SOC. Sec. Mrs P M Taylor. Tel No: 01606 889665
• SAMOYED BREEDERS & OWNERS LEAGUE
• The Samoyed Association
• The British Samoyed Club 

Samoyed Rescue and Rehoming

Contact a Breed Club. They should be able to give you information about dogs requiring homes and procedures for re-homing; if you are in the unfortunate position of having to re-home your own dog, please go through breed rescue. They will not be judgmental and are best able to find the right permanent home for your dog.

Also, Samoyed Rescue Society.

Samoyed Breeders

• Appassionata 
• Astutus 
• Murmansk 
• Polarspirit 
• Skiandu 

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Adding Your Kennel

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