| The Sammie is a
working dog medium sized with the males being approximately
20/22 inches at the shoulder and the females being
approximately 18/20 inches at the shoulder they make a very
distinguished picture with their sparkling thick standoff coat
and strong body and the natural ready smile which greets
everyone.
They have a delightful temperament and think that humans
were put on this world as two legged fussing machines.
They are also very outgoing, mischievous, inquisitive,
(another word for being nosey ) and very intelligent they just
love people to bits, they believe that everyone wants to
stroke and fuss them, they love company whether they are at
home or out for a walk and once you have fussed/stroked one of
them they will never forget you and never leave you alone they
will take as much of your time as possible they are a true
friend and companion always willing to please and never
showing any aggression to anyone.
Speaking from my own experience with my grandchildren and
other peoples children
They will allow babies to climb on them and if one should
cry for any reason the girls will try and suckle the smaller
children.
But be careful if they do become bored they can become very
naughty and destructive
in the house and also outside, they usually start with
digging a few little holes that progress’s to very large
ones if not stopped, they will start barking and will not stop
until you go and stop them, being a rather high pitched and
piercing bark it will drive you and your neighbours mad. They
really do demand a lot of attention and exercise at least
twice a day.
Because they are a medium size they are an ideal dog for
the home, however some like to stay outdoors in a secure
kennel and garden mostly they prefer to stay with the family
so they get to eat the leftovers from the meals.
Samoyeds coats are normally white, but you can get them
with brown/tan patches on a white coat that are called
biscuit, you can also get a cream coloured coat as well.
The coat is made up of a soft undercoat and a harsher
topcoat which has silver tips to it that you can see in the
sunlight and when it is first washed.
They do however lose these beautiful coats at least once a
year, first to come out is the soft undercoat which no matter
how careful you are gets everywhere upstairs downstairs in
your food in your tea/coffee on your clothes that you have
just bought today from the shops, they have no mercy on their
so called HUMAN friends, then they lose the top coat this is
the same but it gets threaded into clothes, carpets,
furniture, you name it and it gets there, there is no place
sacred from the Samoyed hairs
You will if you want a stress less life at this time groom
the dog on a regular basis this is to stop the hair knotting
and try and prevent some of the lose hair getting all over
your home, and your Hoover constantly clogging up, and you
must always before bathing the dog give it a grooming this is
to stop the lose hair knotting together usually the soft
undercoat with the top coat and to save you aching back
teasing it out for hours on end.
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