🦮 Large · Russia (Siberia)
A friendly, sociable spitz breed with a dense white coat, high grooming demands, and a strong need for closeness with its family.
The Samoyed is friendly, affectionate, and rarely aggressive, with a pronounced need for closeness to its family. The breed generally tolerates being left alone for long periods poorly.
The breed needs regular, extensive exercise and can be well satisfied through pulling sports such as skijoring or sledding. Purely passive apartment living without daily activity does not suit the breed.
The dense, white double coat requires regular, thorough brushing and sheds heavily during its biannual coat blow. Trimming or shaving is not advisable, given the coat's insulating function.
The friendly, low-aggression temperament makes the Samoyed generally approachable, but the intensive grooming demands and strong attachment needs require time and consistency when training it to be alone.
Breed-specific conditions include a hereditary kidney disorder (Samoyed hereditary glomerulopathy) and a tendency toward diabetes mellitus. Hip dysplasia (HD) and progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) also occur.
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This information is for general guidance and does not replace veterinary or breeder advice. Temperament and health vary individually within every breed.
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