How tall is a Samoyed?

What a Samoyed’s height measures

Height is measured at the withers, the top of the shoulders. The head and ears extend above that line. The American Kennel Club breed profile gives 21-23.5 inches (male), 19-21 inches (female). Choose the sex or size variety above where the source separates them. A range describes the published listing, not the height of every individual dog.

Ranked by the tallest height its standard names (23.5 in), the Samoyed is the joint 122nd tallest of the 297 dog breeds on this site. See the tallest dog breeds ranked.

Drawn at the same 21 in: Bull Terrier, Bracco Italiano and Yakutian Laika. Same drawing, different listings: a Samoyed’s figure is the lower end of its male range, a Bull Terrier’s, a Bracco Italiano’s and a Yakutian Laika’s each the lower end of its range.

This is a published species or breed reference, not a prediction for an individual animal. Where a range is supplied, both ends appear with the reading. Shoulder height and head height are kept apart when comparing animals.

Other working dogs near its height

• American Bulldog 22 in
• Appenzeller Sennenhund 20 in
• Presa Canario 22 in
• Boxer 23 in
• Canadian Eskimo Dog 23 in
• Hovawart 23 in
• Portuguese Water Dog 23 in
• Slovensky Cuvac 23 in

All 50 working dogs by height, tallest first, or every dog breed. To compare your own dog, measure it at the withers.

Published heights