We are a Samoyed specialty club formed to bring together Samoyed owners in the Twin Cities area to protect and advance the interest of the breed. Our Sammies make us laugh, work, cry, love, and even sometimes sigh at their stubborness, but none of us can imagine our lives without them. S.A.M.S. hopes to bring together all Sammy lovers from the area for friendship, education, and fun.
We are licensed by the American Kennel Club.
History
The Samoyed (pronounced Sammy-Yed) were a tribe of people in Siberia who originally called the breed Bjelkiers. E. Kilburn-Scott, an English pioneer of the breed chose the name Samoyed to honor the people from whom the founding stock was obtained. The word samoyed is literally translated into “Living off themselves.” Some reporters interpreted this as implying cannibalism, but most believe the truer implication to be one of self-sufficiency — a nomadic people who managed to live off the land by their moving about.
The New Complete Samoyed
by Robert H. and Dolly Ward