Author Archives: NWSams

It has been a fairly slow month in rescue in the northwest, which is fortunate because we have been assisting MidAtlantic Samoyed Rescue with their thirty three dogs. Seventeen came from Delaware and eighteen came from Pennsylvania. Originally twenty nine … Continue reading →

You have seen the word ‘serendipity’ in these reports before, and it’s a part of life we rely on. Every so often a dog comes along and a perfect home comes from nowhere. It happened in October. Two years ago … Continue reading →

Once again we had a slow month in rescue. It’s almost like waiting for the other shoe to drop, because eventually we know we’ll get swamped with dogs again. Still, it’s nice to catch up on our “normal” lives — … Continue reading →

Fostering is always our greatest need, and people who are willing to take a very old senior dog are a genuine rarity. Doug and Michelle still have Char with them, and they report she is shaky and slow to trust, … Continue reading →

Chloe  Early in May a Craigslist ad appeared selling a young female Samoyed for $500. We couldn’t do much, since Rescue can’t pay for dogs, but after a few days another ad appeared lowering the price to $375. Then it … Continue reading →

Last month we took in a young female Samoyed named Faith, who came to us as a stray. She spent the past month with us because we wanted to do a serious search for her family. Finally we reached the … Continue reading →

About four days before Easter, a woman living west of Cle Elum noticed a stray white dog hanging around an intersection not far from her home. She tried to approach the dog, who always ran across to the opposite of … Continue reading →

On February 24, Sandy Goodspeed’s dogs Meekah and Loki escaped her home.  A number of club members immediately offered to help search for them, and email was sent to all the major email lists. Flyers were posted, miles were put … Continue reading →