Abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba i-Samoyed huskies ihlala kufuphi nabantu malunga namawaka amathathu eminyaka, kwaye kwimo engatshintshiyo, ekubeni indawo yabo yokuhlala ilinganiselwe, kwaye ukuxuba nezinye izinja kwakungenakwenzeka ngezizathu ezicacileyo.
Inzala yafumana igama layo kwigama lezizwe ezihlala kwiindawo ezisemantla zaseUrals naseSiberia, ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yiNenets. Ezi zizwe zazihlala ngokwahlukileyo kwihlabathi elijikelezileyo kwaye zazizimele, "zihlangene" - ngoko ke igama.