Samoyed

Essentials Guide

Samoyed Essentials Guide

How to prepare your Samoyed for dog shows!

In this 2+ hour lecture-style presentation, your expert instructor Allison Alexander will walk you through the grooming techniques and tools needed to groom your Samoyed for the show ring. Accompanying the presentation is also an overview of breed-specific handling and training requirements for Samoyed!

You asked, we listened: We've received numerous requests for Samoyed grooming tutorials. In the meantime, we have created this in-depth presentation to instruct you how to prepare your Samoyed for the show ring. This is a lecture-style presentation (with slides, similar to our webinars).

Topics covered in this course include:

  • Essential grooming considerations for Samoyed including the hare foot and sloping pasterns, Sammy smile, coat quality, their length of back and leg, and much more.
  • Interpreting the breed standard
  • Bathing and recommended shampoos/conditioners
  • How important the systematic & stylized drying method is for Samoyed
  • How to rake the jacket
  • Recommended brushes, combs, knives, and more
  • Grooming your Samoyed at the show
  • "Coat quality over quantity"
  • Key points of breed-specific handling
  • Hygiene, staining, & more essentials
  • and more!

You will walk away from this course with detailed instructions and the confidence to groom your Samoyed for dog shows with confidence and ease.


The Essentials Guide Bundle

This course has been designed with a set of bundled courses in mind; additional courses that bring together the knowledge and instruction needed to groom and show your Samoyed.

If you are interested in taking your learning to the next level, we recommend our "Samoyed Essentials Guide Bundle" which includes the following courses at an affordable bundled price:

  • (This course) Samoyed Essentials Guide
  • How to Bathe Your Show Dog 2.0
  • Systematic & Stylized Drying 2.0
  • Enhancing & Correcting Coat Colour 2.0
  • Teach Your Dog to Free Bait 2.0
  • Planning Your Trip to the Dog Show: Bathing & Grooming

Learn more about the Essentials Guide Bundle here.

Allison Alexander


Believing that you should always do what you love, Allison Alexander became a professional handler in 1987 and presented Canada's top dogs for over 30 years. Allison has bred, owned, groomed and handled many breeds across all seven groups and has finished more than 2000 champions!

With more than 750 All-Breed Best in Shows, she is proud to have been highly awarded at such prestigious shows as Crufts, the World Dog Show, Westminster Kennel Club, and the AKC Invitational.

In 2017, Allison launched Leading Edge Dog Show Academy, the world's first online dog show training school. Her mission is to help mentor a new generation of dog show enthusiasts through innovative video-based grooming and handling lessons. She looks forward to working with enthusiastic students as they perfect their skills on the way to the winner's circle!

Course Curriculum

  Introduction
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  From The Breed Standard
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  Basics: Hygiene
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  Basics: Maintenance
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  Basics: Show Products and Tools
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  Drying
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  Pre-Show Grooming
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  Troubleshooting
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  The Show Groom
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  Handling
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  Further Learning
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  In Conclusion
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