Samoyed Behavior Towards Children and other Animals
The Samoyed dog is usually very friendly and can get along with just about anybody. Although individual behavior may vary with each dog, Samoyeds are generally known to interact well with children of all ages. Not only is the Samoyed playful by nature but it is active too; it likes to be useful, and will not balk at small tasks such as running across a lawn to fetch a ball or pulling a small cart around. In fact, the Samoyed will tackle these activities with utmost enthusiasm. These medium-sized dogs will keep up with energetic children and still have energy left to spare.
Other pets are not exempted from the Samoyed’s good nature, and this breed will get on well with the rest of the family pets including other dogs, cats and even lizards. With other dogs, the Samoyed will try to lead since it has very strong natural herding instincts, and it may even try with cats too, and at times this may result in conflict but with time, attention and proper training, things will work out just fine.
Experts advise that when introducing the Samoyed into a new family which already has pets, interaction time between the pets should be closely controlled and supervised in the initial stages; starting with five minutes, then ten minutes and so on. Another thing is that if the Samoyed is the existing family pet, you might want to get your cat while the dog is still young so that it can get along much better with the cat.
The Samoyed dog’s gentle disposition allows it to get along with babies and small animals too, but proper supervision is necessary to prevent accidents. It is important to always remember that the Samoyed is a herd dog and so it will chase cats and other animals, seemingly for fun, if its exercise needs are not well met.
Other pets are not exempted from the Samoyed’s good nature, and this breed will get on well with the rest of the family pets including other dogs, cats and even lizards. With other dogs, the Samoyed will try to lead since it has very strong natural herding instincts, and it may even try with cats too, and at times this may result in conflict but with time, attention and proper training, things will work out just fine.
Experts advise that when introducing the Samoyed into a new family which already has pets, interaction time between the pets should be closely controlled and supervised in the initial stages; starting with five minutes, then ten minutes and so on. Another thing is that if the Samoyed is the existing family pet, you might want to get your cat while the dog is still young so that it can get along much better with the cat.
The Samoyed dog’s gentle disposition allows it to get along with babies and small animals too, but proper supervision is necessary to prevent accidents. It is important to always remember that the Samoyed is a herd dog and so it will chase cats and other animals, seemingly for fun, if its exercise needs are not well met.