Text: Gro Moe-Gumø
The backdrop
In 2022 it was decided to arrange a seminar for judges of the polar breeds in Norway. This was scheduled to be held in November 2024. I was 1 of 3 responsible for this in Norsk Polarhundklubb (Norwegian Polar Dog Association) until August 2024. We early on discovered the need for a compendium for the Samoyed and contacted other Nordic countries to see if they had made their own compendium. Long story short, the Finnish Samoyed Club also saw the need for a document in English with interpretation of the FCI-standard and we decided to work on this together. Responsibility for the Samoyed FCI-standard is shared among the Nordic countries (Nordic Kennel Union), so to be able to cooperate with Finland was great.
Long-time breeders and mentor-judges Tuula Pratt, Matti Tuominen and Katja Korhonen joined Eivind Mjærum in the group to secure competence and experience. Approximately one year after we started working, we have a product that we share with pride. This is now an official product on the website of the Finnish Samoyed Club.
We hope you enjoy reading the compendium as much as we have enjoyed working on it.
You can find the approved compendium here. (If you don´t have a printer and would like a hardcopy, we will provide you with a copy and send it by snail-mail).
This compendium is currently translated to Norwegian, and we will publish it after it has been proofread.
If you have comments, questions or if you want a copy, please contact Gro Moe-Gumø at gro-m-gu@online.no.
Kort om hva et dommerkompedium er
Et dommerkompendium er ikke et rasekompendium. Det tar utgangspunkt i den godkjente rasestandarden vi har, FCI-standarden. Vi ønsket at kompendiet skulle lages av et panel med ekspertdommere slik at ikke tolkinger blir gjort av de enkeltpersoner som til enhver tid har frivillig verv i en raseklubb. Kompendiet er til bruk for både nye og erfarne eksteriørdommere på samojed. Kompendiet er tolking og vektlegging av ulike ting under dømming på utstilling. En utstillingsdommer kan kun dømme det han/hun ser av hunden den dagen. En utstillingsdommer kan ikke vite noe om hundens HD-indeks, genetisk variasjon i rasen, trekkegenskaper eller annen merittering. En utstillingsdommer skal bedømme at hundens anatomi, bevegelser og rasedetaljer er av en slik art at hunden kan utføre de arbeidsoppgavene hunden er avlet for og at hunden er i henhold til rasestandarden.