Masu bincike sun yi imanin cewa Samoyed huskies sun kasance suna rayuwa kusa da mutane kimanin shekaru dubu uku, kuma a cikin wani nau'i na kusan ba a canza ba, tun da mazauninsu yana da iyaka, kuma haɗuwa da wasu karnuka ba zai yiwu ba don dalilai na haƙiƙa.
Wannan nau'in ya samo sunansa daga sunan kabilun makiyaya na yankunan arewacin Urals da Siberiya, wanda yanzu ake kira Nenets. Waɗannan al'ummomin sun rayu dabam daga kewayen duniya kuma sun kasance masu dogaro da kansu, "haɗin kai" - don haka sunan.