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Key facts
- Other names
- Bjelkier, Samoiedskaya Sobaka
- Origin
- Russia
- Height
- Males
- Weight
- Males
- Color
- White, Cream, White and Biscuit
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog (domestic dog)
The Samoyed (/ˈsæməjɛd/ SAM-ə-yed or /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/ 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 of Siberia. Descending from the Nenets Herding Laika, they are domesticated animals that assist in herding, hunting, protection and sled-pulling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samoyed” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.