September 2014
One of our first adopters recently told me they saved a lot of the hair they combed out of their first Sammy, who has since passed. Now they are doing the same thing with their current dog. They travel a lot in their jobs, and she keeps a bag of their hair in her suitcase (the TSA hasn’t busted them yet). In each new place they visit, they find a place to release a little bit of that hair, so their boys can be part of their travels.
To date they have left Samoyed hair in two places in Maui, New Orleans, Sitka & Glacier Bay in Alaska, Apple Valley, Carmel, San Diego and San Francisco in California, many places in Oregon, plus Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado. But the best is a tuft of hair hidden in a ceiling cranny of a 16th-century hotel in Paris, France.
What do you think? Should we all start doing this and keep a list of where our Samoyeds have been?
This was a quiet month in rescue. We had a request to take a dog that belonged to a woman’s neighbor, but since it didn’t come from the owner we couldn’t do anything. If the owner calls we will work with them because the dog is apparently not wanted, and was given to their daughter who has since moved without it.
Applications continue to arrive, but we haven’t had dogs to place. Each time we explain the shortage of Samoyeds and tell them their wait may be lengthy. As of this moment we have twenty-five families waiting, and the last few years have seen a half dozen dogs per year. That’s a wonderful thing for Samoyeds. Not so great for people who want one. When someone strikes us as right for a puppy we offer to let them know when we hear of a litter. We’re always careful to ask breeders first, and let them see the app of the family we’re thinking about. Once or twice a year we find a good match.
Judy Carrick showed us a design a while back we thought would look good on shirts. We’ve been working with her since, and shortly after this year’s National we’re going to announce it and take orders. She has generously offered to donate a nice percentage of the proceeds to Northwest Samoyed Rescue.