Abacwaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ama-huskies e-Samoyed ahlala eduze kwabantu iminyaka engaba yizinkulungwane ezintathu, futhi ngendlela engashintshiwe, njengoba indawo yabo yokuhlala ilinganiselwe, futhi ukuxuba nezinye izinja kwakungenakwenzeka ngezizathu eziqondile.
Lolu hlobo lwathola igama laso egameni lezizwe eziyimizulane zasezifundeni ezisenyakatho ze-Urals neSiberia, manje eyaziwa ngokuthi amaNenets. Lezi zizwe zazihlala ngokwehlukana nezwe elizungezile futhi zazikwazi ukuzimela, "zibumbene" - yingakho igama.