Agalu akhungu lokhuthala kumpoto kwa Russia amatchulidwa kale m'zaka za zana la 18 m'maulendo. Pambuyo pake anawatcha dzina la fuko la Samoyed, lomwe linali kusunga tsitsi lalitali loyera komanso nsonga yamitundu ina yoweta mphalapala, agalu osaka nyama, ndi agalu oyendetsa zigero. Scott adabweretsa Samoyed woyamba ku England, komwe adakhazikika pakuweta Spitz yoyera yomwetulira.
Pansipa mupeza ma tattoo 10 abwino kwambiri agalu a Samoyed: