The Early Years
Samoyeds are addictive. We've had Samoyeds for over 30 years and one has just never been quite enough. Every single one have added joy to the lives of everyone who met them. In all those years, we never aspired to enter into the world of showing or titles. We had other priorities and we had never met any people with show dogs. The whole "competition dog" experience seemed pretty distant and well...frankly....just not our thing.
Throughout those 30 years we did consciously dedicate ourselves to becoming better Samoyed caretakers. It wasn't because we were "special" - anyone who owns a Sam knows that they just inspire us to be better people. It comes as part of the package....along with all that white fur. We educating ourselves about what makes Samoyeds tick and the latest information on canine health. Along the way of course, we performed plenty of stupid human tricks but God seemed to have given Sams an extra dose of patience and tolerance. Good thing.....
We've certainly had our share of heartbreak and our commitment to life with Samoyeds has certainly been tested. But the tough times have themselves been gifts. They have made it clear that loving and caring for Samoyeds is something we've been put on this Earth to do.
2003- 2004
In late 2003, we knew our precious 13 year-old girl Jheri was starting her walk toward Heaven. She was a truly remarkable girl. She was strong-willed, gentle hearted, resilient, beautiful girl. She had survived a life-threatening cyst that wrapped around her neck, recovered from bloat and pack-trained each of our boys- Benjamin, Solomon (who had both passed before she did) and Abraham.
Before she passed, we committed ourselves to honoring her life by finding the very best girl quality Sammy we could. We owed that to her. And we owed it to our male puppy Abraham who was a young, tender soul. Jheri was his best pal and most valued teacher, and we knew he would grieve terribly until we found him the right companion.
To learn more about Abraham, click here.
"Abraham"
Abraham Austin Wilkinson 
The only breeder we knew at the time had recently retired, so we went to the Internet to being our search. We had no idea what to expect, but we knew how to pray, and we knew we were on a path that would be blessed.
Well, God really overdelivered on those prayers!
Little did we know that we would find the perfect puppy so close to home. And we never could have dreamed that finding her would change our lives so significantly for the better. Research led us to the Polar Mist Samoyed website. One conversation with Lynette Blue led not only to a perfectly magnificent puppy, but four wonderful mentors:
In early 2004, three weeks after Jheri earned her wings, these wonderful stewards of the Samoyed breed made it possible for us to become the caretaker for a truly amazing little girl. She and Abraham were a happy pair from their first sniff. As Abraham's companion we thought the perfect name for her would be
"Sarah"
Ch. Cot’n Pic’n
Gin Fizz O’ Polar Mist
We thought we knew what the joy of loving a Sam was like, but Sarah has proven that we didn't know the half of it. Everything about her is deeply graceful, beautiful and balanced. We are blessed to have her in our lives.
Sarah is our first show quality girl. To say that she has taken us to new places is an understatement! She finished her run for her conformation title quickly, and made every single show a wonderful experience for us. Sarah is the foundation for SnowAngels Samoyeds and she is the unquestioned gentle dog-leader of the SnowAngels pack. She honors Jheri every day in everything that she is, and she reminds us to give thanks to Jheri for leading us to her.
2005 2007
With "help" from Pirate (Ch. Cot'n Pic'n Botel o Rum O Polar Mist), Sarah had her first litter in March, 2005- 4 boys and 1 girl. All 5 of the puppies were magnificent but we could only keep one...and only girl chose us. 
We were looking for a good biblical name for this little girl. Something that could connect nicely with her mother, Sarah. But....as this little gal's personality continued to form...let's just say....it was easier to connect her to the "Snow" part of "SnowAngels."
We think we chose the perfect name for this super intelligent, 1000% sweet, fun-seeking, gentle, athletic gal. We named her 
"Flurry"
Ch. Cot'n Pic'n
Botel O' Gin
Lookin' for Fun!
Flurry earned her Champion conformation title very quickly, including winning 1st place at the 2007 National Samoyed Specialty in the American Bred class.
To learn more about Flurry, click here.
2006
We started to explore and prepare to participate in conformation shows. It was a year of learning and practice. As we started to participate in our first shows, we met many wonderful, encouraging people including another steward of the Samoyed breed, Patty McCallum of White Magic Samoyeds.
We continued to learn and to practice. We had many thrilling moments, including particpating in our first Samoyed Club of America National Speciality where we watched Flurry win the American Bred class (could have knocked us over with a feather). Even those where we left with nothing but sore feet were fun. And thanks to professional handlers Barbara Waldkirch and Cathy Schott, many other mentors, family and friends, Sarah and Flurry both earned their titles in Octobert, 2007. It was a great year. But it was about to get even better....
Thanks to Patty Mc Callum's belief in us, in December, 2007 we were able to become the caretakers for: 
"Halo"
Ch. White Magic's
Heart of Rock n Roll
At 11 months of age, Halo had already won both of his major conformation competitions and had 14 of the 15 points he needed for his Champion conformation title. He earned his title at 14 months by winning Best of Winners in a 4-point major! Halo is as beautiful and balanced inside as he is on the outside and found his place in the pack quickly and gently. We expect lots of wonderful things from him....including puppies someday.
To learn more about Halo, click here.
