History archive - Samoyed
International Samoyed Museum
This is for anyone who wants to research the breed
Here we collect images and texts that contribute to creating a historical archive about the breed. Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the narrowed material, writings and pictures.
This tab on the history of the breed Is structured like a blog with historical material about the breed. Text and images is structured by country, event such as the era of polar research, the time in Siberia, etc. Under the different subject lines, you will find a lot of larger image archives to browse.
If you have material that should be shared on this page, send it by e-mail to us and we will post it. Both as separate pictures and in a document (word + pdf) describing which dogs they, which year, country and the source
Responsible for cataloging and organizing the collected historical material: Camilla Nyström.
= Press on this this text when you see it at the bottom of the page to move on to the next page with more albums from different eras.
Notes, quotes and articles
03.12.2023
In England after a certain year was it forbidden to do sled work with dogs?
Black and floppy-ears Samoyeds
03.12.2023
From the beginning, we had more colouring in our breed. Colours that was removed in the breedstandard after a few years. It also goes to read about how they, unfortunately, was killing puppies that were born with different colour than White. This is only because the completely white dogs were awarded higher at the show by the judges. A tragic...
In various early writings and debates about the breed, we can read about how early on the Samoyed began to be confused with other white spitz dogs which, according to the specialists, were of a different type and ruined the Samoyed's appearance when people started mixing them up. Both the German Spitz of various sizes, the White Lapland Spitz and...
Misleading information about an old picture
02.12.2023
There is some confusion about the dog Musti imported from Siberia during the early 1900s.
Studies on the prehistory of the breed
01.12.2023
Here we collect articles, analyses, notices, etc. that can shed light on glimpses of the breed's prehistory.
Historical films
01.12.2023
Above:This is the linkup for Rex of White Way on YouTube so you can see him in color and how he moved! The camera follows Rex around when he is near the truck and around feeding time. There really was a Rex who could do all of these things found in his story. He is the lead dog shown on the rig demo in sunny California....
Service dogs
30.11.2023
Dogs in military service
