First care for a puppy!
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Is this your first experience with a Samoyed?!
Below we have gathered some basic information to help you care for a baby Samoyed, including specific aspects of breed, hygiene and feeding!
The puppy's choice
the decision to choosing a puppy is very important. First of all, you need to be aware that, in addition to the arrival of a dog, many changes in your life will come with it.
Happiness, joy and companionship are all part of the package. But above all, know that a puppy is a living being , innocent, that will depend solely on you! He doesn't know how to buy food and doesn't know where to relieve himself. He will need your attention, care and, above all, your love!
Samoyeds have an average lifespan of 13 years. Before choosing a sammy to be a part of your days, imagine your life in the future for a decade and ponder if you will be available to take care of a puppy. Weighing all the pros and cons, it's time to decide!
A little about the race
The Samoyeds originate in northern Russia and Siberia. As a working dog, they were originally used by prehistoric Samoyed tribes - Bjelkier - (from which the name of the breed originated) to hunt, herding reindeer and pulling sleds.
The history of the breed is very old. Due to its geographic isolation, the Samoyed race is primitive and one of the purest races, along with three other races (Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute and Chow Chow), descends directly from the Gray Wolf , with no miscegenation of the race with another type. of wolf, fox or primitive dog breed. Its origin comes from the prehistoric era! More than 5000 years without human intervention.
The history of the breed is very old. Due to its geographic isolation, the Samoyed race is primitive and one of the purest races, along with three other races (Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute and Chow Chow), descending directly from the Gray Wolf , with no miscegenation of the race with another type. of wolf, fox or primitive dog breed. Its origin comes from the prehistoric era! More than 5000 years without human intervention.
In the 18th to early 20th centuries, Samoyeds were brought to Europe as gifts to royalty, and to America, I return of polar expeditions.
In the 1980s, the Scott family imported some samoyeds and standardized the current color of the samoyed, which was not just ice white as we see nowadays. There were black or dark-spotted Samoyeds, as you can see in the images below:
'Ernest Kilburn Scott and Sabarka.
Photograph taken about 1893
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen. Polar expedition on 10.20.1919
In 1920, Ernest Kilburn Scott left his family and dogs and moved to the US. Clara continued the breeding program in England alone. According to international writings by breeders, many developed bloodlines of the breed, but Clara is credited with building the breed. Many believe that while Ernest brought home many of the dogs for the foundation, it was Clara who monitored the breeding program by studying the matings and evaluating the results. Additionally, Ms. Kilburn-Scott is credited with fostering admiration and recognition of the breed around the world. It can be said, then, that the story of Mrs. Clara Kilburn Scott is the story of the formation and dissemination of the Samoyed race.
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The Samoyedos incorporated their dogs into every aspect of their daily lives and depended on them year-round for hunting, herding, guarding and pulling sleds during their relocation trips and sometimes for fishing and boat pulling. His dogs were considered part of his family. They included the dogs in meals and even brought them into sleeping chooms where they were used as "warmers" (especially with children) to add warmth on cold Arctic nights. The Samoyedos relied on their dogs so much that they left their children and their possessions (including their valuable reindeer) while they were hunting or weaving hides for them to protect. And so the Bjelkiers did, fending off wolves and fighting bears if need be.
In Russia, from the 17th century onwards, a mapping of the lands made with sledges began, where the Russians traveled the coast of Siberia from the border with Europe to the Bering Strait. That was how the Russians began to know the qualities of the Samoyeds, until then known as Bjelkier (speaking Bielker). They quickly became protected by the Russian Czars, who, realizing their attributes, did not allow them to be sold to foreigners. Only occasionally was one given as a gift to European royalty. Bjelkiers came to be used to pull sleds in Russia, including the sleds of tax collectors. ( Source )
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By 1912, the Scotts Kilburn had 50 dogs on their roster, and they sold it to fans and explorers. Between 1892 and 1912, the Scotts exported a number of Samoyeds to the US. The first specimens of Samoyed dogs that arrived in England were not the same, that is, they belonged to morphologically different types. Ernest Kilburn-Scott classified them into several types, in total eight types, of which the most important were the so-called: Foz (zorro), Bear (bear) and Wolf (wolf). The zorro type was eliminated from the creation of the then Farningham Kennel, the Scotts' kennel, because the dogs had a black mask around their eyes and the Scotts decided to create only the white, biscuit and cream dogs. There were then 2 types that mixed together to give the first breed standard. The stronger, more robust "wolf" type, with more harmonious movements, more powerful traction, harder fur texture, closer ears, narrower skull, longer muzzle and less conical head. The "bear" type is a little smaller compared to the previous one, compact, with a lot of fur, but with little volume, sharply conical head, smaller and more distant ears, shorter legs that sink into the snow, with shorter movements than make it difficult to perform the function of pulling loads. These types were mentioned at the beginning of the breed's formation, as it was what existed at the time. ( Source )
Only in 1959, the International Cynological Federation - FCI , entity to which we are affiliated, published a valid official standard, even though other countries already have their own standard or the English standard.
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