A samoyed though? Beside being a spitz breed and not super social outside of the family, they don't seem like a bad choice. I have to admit that I haven't know

A samoyed though? Beside being a spitz breed and not super social outside of the family, they don't seem like a bad choice. I have to admit that I haven't known too many though. The impression that I've gotten is that they're hairy shedding beasts, but are relatively low-maintenance as far as exercise once they're two or three years old. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. It's a better choice than a siberian or many of the sporting dogs. I don't think I'd spend much time talking someone out of a samoyed unless they had a lot of visitors to their home. But I guess anyone who is buying an animal in a reaction to a big life event is going to be at high risk of having to rehome them. It's so foreign to me to consider buying a living thing without the intent to keep that animal happy and healthy for their natural life span. I just cannot get into that headspace. A big part of why I was hesitant to buy a horse was the idea that I either needed to be stable enough to care for an expensive animal for 25-30 years or be able to rehome it. I couldn't bring myself to even think about selling my mare, so she's traveled around the country with us. We're at about 12 years of her being part of our lives and nowadays my husband(not a horse guy) won't even consider the idea of selling her even though I don't have the time to ride. Oh, and the kingsnake, which I decided to take on out of a bad situation, has a lifespan of 25-30 years. My husband and I weren't married or even living together at that point and it needed a home, so I took it without consulting my husband. He was pretty upset because he doesn't care for reptiles. He was even more upset when he found out they live up to 30 years. But even the guy who doesn't like snakes was appalled when I explained what kind of living situation I got the animal out of. And now we've owned a snake for the last 6 years and it's kind of part of the family and part of the furniture. They sell for $30 as babies and people get them as easy starter pets. They are easy. Extremely easy. But I don't think most people realize that they're getting into a multi-decade commitment when they buy a snake at 18 years old.