Samoyed
21–22.5 in tall · long double coat
Next to the average dog it is vocal, outgoing with strangers, playful, and child-friendly. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Samoyed suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
- people come and go a lot
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
- you share walls with neighbours
- the dog would be alone and unoccupied
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Samoyed ( SAM-ə-yed or sə-MOY-ed; Russian: самое́дская соба́ка, romanized: samoyédskaya sobáka, or самое́д, samoyéd) is a breed of herding dog with a thick, white, double-layered coat. They are spitz-type dogs which take their name from the Samoyedic peoples. Descending from the Nenets Herding Laika, they are domesticated animals that assist in herding, hunting, protection and sled-pulling. Samoyed dogs are most often white, and can have a brown tint to their double-layer coat, which is naturally dirt-repellent.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
