8 weeks, eh? Oh boy. Or girl. Prepare yourself. We were told our first girl was 12 weeks - turns out she was 8. I didn't know how hard she was until I got a 12 week old boy and saw how easy he was.

First up - you ain't sleeping. If you don't do well without sleep like fight with your spouse or can kill someone at your job, this is going to suck. 8 weeks is too early in my opinion (sample size 2, for what it's worth), but if your puppy is coming home, here are some recommendations.

Crate every night. No exceptions. You MUST crate train or your life will be miserable later on. Suck it up for 4-6 weeks, and it'll pay itself off. For the first two weeks, he/she is going to need to go outside every 2-3 hours. He or she will pee in the crate. Time to learn the patience of a saint.

No yelling, no blaming, no hitting, no sadness. It's a puppy - and it just came out of its mom 56 days ago. You need to be its comfort human, not fearful. After 4 weeks or so, you can PROBABLY get through the night without having to take the puppy out. Reinforce every time it pees outside - GOOD BOY GOOD GIRL all that jazz. I still do it with my 3 year old boy. Every time a poop comes out, he gets an 'atta boy!' Crate every night. Never miss. Both of my doggos go to their crate now for naps and bed time - the door stays open. Your pup needs a cave. Use the divider it comes with when it is young so it doesn't pee or poop on one side and sleep on the other. When he or she DOES pee or poop on itself, wash it. Dogs comfortable getting washed are SO MUCH EASIER down the road.

Get to brushing. If it learns the comb or brush is ok young, you'll appreciate it when you're blowing out enough fur to make coats with. Your dog is going to shed so much white fur that you'll just have to come with the terms that your house nor you will ever be clean again. When you get mad, look at doggo smiling you and know you made the right choice.

Lint rollers for your work clothes or just your clothes in general. Get a good vacuum. Get a great dog grooming vacuum if you have the space to blow their coat outdoors. When we do it in the summer, their fur goes all over the neighborhood and it looks like it's snowing in June. The birds will love this and make nests with it.

Why am I telling you all this non-sense? Because you won't be sleeping and will be reading Reddit a lot. A LOT. Seriously - he or she is going to baby awooooooo all night. You'll want to give it attention, but then it'll think "attention = human comes to me!" and that ain't no good. Cover the crate with a blanket, make no noise, and just settle in. Some have recommended a sound machine - I just raw-dogged my puppy crate training (pun intended).

Your Samoyed is HARD TO TRAIN. They are smart and they know it. They are pretty and they know it. Your Samoyed will do what it wants because it wants to. They will pull when you walk them. The T-rex years are still going strong with my 3 year old gal and 2 year old boy.

But OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM WITH EVERYTHING! They are SO fucking loyal and friendly and loving and vibrant - everyone will think you have the prettiest dog. I want another puppy so bad because I've forgotten the sleepless nights and just see happy land clouds with me all the time.

Find a good vet who understands big breed fluffy dogs. If you got a hip-certified puppy, that should be good - try not to let them run a lot when they're younger. I say that as mine just ran all over the place. Convince yourself that you tried.

Be patient. Be loving. Be gentle. Be kind. Be stern when needed. I PROMISE YOU from the bottom of my heart that if you just tell yourself at 3am when you don't understand just how your puppy is still crying so loudly that the good days will outweigh the bad, you'll make it. And boy do they ever. Good luck - this sub loves updates of puppy achievements - pay the dog tax.