The Miniature Schnauzer thread - show your's off here

The Miniature Schnauzer thread - show your's off here

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tonyb1968

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1,156 posts

145 months

Friday 16th September 2016
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The Miniature Schnauzer thread, for owners and potential owners to share their thoughts on the breed.

Put your pictures up, lets see your Pepper and Salts, Whites, Blacks and Black and Silvers smile

May extend it to standard and Giant Schnauzers if enough interest smile

Miniature Schnauzers are great little dogs, they are none shedding and are great for people who have allergies due to having
hypoallergenic coats, they take a fair bit of grooming as a trade off but are lovely, intelligent and loving in return.

So, Lottie is my first Miniature Schnauzer, Black and Silver and she is just over 11 months old and a little darling smile

My reasons for choosing a Miniature Schnauzer:-

For me it was a small dog who didn't need the world but was enthusiastic and fun, great company and a good guard dog.
She seems to have forfilled that role quite well smile plus she keeps me on my toes!

First a few pictures of my little one smile

Welcome to day 1, the first day I went to see her sister (ooops). Lottie was one of 6, 4 boys, 2 girls, a mix of white, black, pepper and salt and
black and silver.
Only the 2 girls were left and someone was coming to see them on the Monday (this was Thursday that I called) and as there was no deposit from
the other people, Katie said come round, so arranged to pop round after doing the Remembrance Sunday Parade (hence the uniform).

On arrival I saw Lottie's mum and Katie brought both of the girls out whilst I sat on the floor, my first choice just looked at me and totally
ignored me but little Lottie comes bounding over and here starts our story smile



After a while she was worn out, all that stroking and tickling did her in smile





Well that was it, I had been chosen! She was just over 4 weeks old in these pictures smile

After a 4 week wait she could come to her forever home smile

Food was the first thing she wanted, well after a sleep of course smile





I think I over did the toys but my girl was worth it.
Here she is with George the Giraffe number 1 (she is on number 5 now having killed the other 4!!!)






And with Sid the snake.



Of course its all hard work and with that.....



She actually settled down very well, think it must have been all of 5 minutes before she was at home.
The evening, ok I may have over done it but the last pup we had was Lucky and she was already house trained and living in a bungalow, Lottie was in a house so
I stayed downstairs for the first few nights, she slept soundly for most of it, maybe because I was there but we have a great bond smile

Moving on a little, due to the poor weather we had (lots of floods in the December/January and heavy rain from November onwards), toilet training was slow going.
Neither of us wanted to get too wet and the yard before the back garden was the best place for little Lottie (the garden was a quagmire tbh), it sort of
put her off the house training a little, even putting her outside every hour or two, it was cold and wet and even a little pup can't stay out too long frown
This meant house training took far longer than expected.... doh!!

Of course she could find all the best places to curl up, the second she could get up on to the couch she was there!



And adopting the position.


One thing you will notice about Miniature Schnauzer pups is they just like to sit down and look sooooo cute smile




It doesn't matter where she sits smile




Now onto those toys of her's.
She loves these squeaky ones, killed 2 of these ducks so far or is it 3?!!!




Oh and lets sit down again!




Moving right up to the last couple of weeks, and a little walk out on the moors.



Note all the grass in her coat, it took 2 days to get most of it out frown



Lottie and my Nephew.




Oh she did find an old victorian semi drain and went down there, thought i'd lost the little sod then frown


Luckily a couple of days after that walk it was hair cut day smile



Note the stolen hanky in the background, takes those out of your pocket!

Thats Lottie's story so far without going too indepth, I did start her off lead just after her first season, so at around 5 months old, she was very good and stuck
close to me, did it in an area away from people and other dogs/wildlife, after that I had no problems letting her off smile Mini's love to run around smile











Edited by tonyb1968 on Friday 16th September 23:50


Edited by tonyb1968 on Friday 16th September 23:53

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Saturday 17th September 2016
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We have had ours for just a week now, decided on a mini schnauzer due to friends having one and seeing what great dogs they are. Wanted a white as they are that little bit different, to the point our vet has never seen one! Named him Casper, and he's settled in very well, loves attention when he is awake, which isn't often at puppy stage, loves sleeping on any body part he can find, from feet to his favorite, my lap. Eats well though it's a minefield as to what's best for him, and the breeder supplied food didn't seem to suit him, but on chicken and veg last few days which has improved matters greatly, toilet training is going well (touch wood) and hoping its sorted soon as, they are really clever and he picks things up so fast I'm confident about it.
First day

Exploring his new home



He's had one bath which went well as he wasn't fussed

Showed him the garage where he will be spending lots of time with me

But generally this is Casper.






Did I mention they sleep a lot? Currently spark out on my lap, he's due his second injection next Saturday at 10 weeks old, then one more week we can take him out, which will help him lot's.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Saturday 17th September 2016
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Cute smile

tonyb1968

Original Poster:

1,156 posts

145 months

Saturday 17th September 2016
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He's seriously cute smile
At about 16 weeks try to get him into a proper groomer who knows how to cut Schnauzers hair, he won't need anything spectacular to start with, just a trim to keep his coat manageable, shouldn't be that expensive either, think Lottie's first cut was £10 or £15, up to £25 now as she is fully grown smile (plus it gets him use to it smile )

rigga

8,727 posts

200 months

Saturday 17th September 2016
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Had a groomer round during the week to get him used to being handled, and the sound of the clippers, nothing really done just slight trim here and there, booked in for his first proper job in 5 weeks time just before we are off to Cornwall and he gets to play on the beach.

Jer_1974

1,497 posts

192 months

Saturday 17th September 2016
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My female Giant through the ages who is now six.















Edited by Jer_1974 on Saturday 17th September 22:07

Borris-Bear

815 posts

244 months

Wednesday 21st September 2016
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Thought i'd update on here Ottos doing really well now still a little painful for him but we think it may be some worms that he has causing inflammation still. Anyway onto some pics :-)



With his housemate, a 14 year old Cairn Terrier who he torments incessantly thankfully even at 14 hes a hardy old dog and just puts up with the silly puppy antics!



and so far his favourite sleeping position!!


TeaNoSugar

1,229 posts

164 months

Friday 23rd September 2016
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With dogs like Schnauzers, and airedales, welsh/irish terriers, lakelands, wire-haired fox terriers etc., I've often wondered if there's any purpose to them having their coats groomed in such a way as to give them a little goatee and massive eyebrows?

It's particularly exaggerated in Schnauzers, but I've never known why it's done.

We used to have a brilliant dog when I was young, a Lakeland called Ted. When he came back from the trimming "salon" the first thing we always did was trim his eyebrows back so he could see properly (he used to run into the doorframes when his eyebrows were long!), and trim his goatee a bit so it didn't get dirty really quickly.

Anyone know? Is it just for looks, like a poodle with its hair cut into giant fluffy balls? I wouldn't have thought so as they're all working dogs??

tonyb1968

Original Poster:

1,156 posts

145 months

Wednesday 28th September 2016
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TeaNoSugar said:
With dogs like Schnauzers, and airedales, welsh/irish terriers, lakelands, wire-haired fox terriers etc., I've often wondered if there's any purpose to them having their coats groomed in such a way as to give them a little goatee and massive eyebrows?

It's particularly exaggerated in Schnauzers, but I've never known why it's done.

We used to have a brilliant dog when I was young, a Lakeland called Ted. When he came back from the trimming "salon" the first thing we always did was trim his eyebrows back so he could see properly (he used to run into the doorframes when his eyebrows were long!), and trim his goatee a bit so it didn't get dirty really quickly.

Anyone know? Is it just for looks, like a poodle with its hair cut into giant fluffy balls? I wouldn't have thought so as they're all working dogs??
Its a bit of both I think, some looks and then short as their coats are pretty fine and knot up very easily so keeping them short is good smile though saying that, Lottie sleeps on my bed and if she is cold she crawls under the covers lol.

chemistry

2,122 posts

108 months

Thursday 29th September 2016
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TeaNoSugar said:
With dogs like Schnauzers, and airedales, welsh/irish terriers, lakelands, wire-haired fox terriers etc., I've often wondered if there's any purpose to them having their coats groomed in such a way as to give them a little goatee and massive eyebrows? It's particularly exaggerated in Schnauzers, but I've never known why it's done. Anyone know? Is it just for looks, like a poodle with its hair cut into giant fluffy balls? I wouldn't have thought so as they're all working dogs??
I think it's because they were/are ratters. Long hair on the beard/legs/underbelly ('furnishings') was allowed to mat. Then when the rats tried to bite the dog, all they would get is a harmless mouthful of fur, giving the dog time to finish them off. Presumably long eyebrows offered similar protection for the eyes. See here (at about 20 seconds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRszUp7GrN8

Awesome little dogs; we love ours (Scrabble) very much!








tonyb1968

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1,156 posts

145 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Well I have an addition to the Miniature Schnauzer family, little Max has joined his big sister Lottie (well half sister to be precise smile ) and its oh so much fun for him, just not for poor Lottie lol.

So Max is 11 weeks old now, can sit and lie down to command redface but that is only because I learnt that taking Lottie to puppy training classes smile
She is a little more sedate, it was a touch and go thing about getting little Max as Lottie really isn't a dog type dog, she usually keeps out of the way of other dogs so my bright idea was to get her a brother to keep her occupied, its sort of working and she is more friendly towards other dogs, if a little cautious, but Max being a puppy is quite boisterous and that is one thing Lottie doesn't like lol, so she keeps up high and keeps him in check as much as she can, he will grow out of it soon (hopefully) but he is more confident overall and copies what she does to a certain extent.

If I come in then I'm normally greeted by Lottie and she gets lots of hugs, Max now goes to the door and Lottie gets to be on the chair, she gives out more hugs and kisses than Max but hes young and he is learning, its trying to give them both the same amount of hugs as each other which is difficult and keeping Lottie as top dog (which means she gets hugs first, food first etc so Max understands there is a pecking order but not to over do it as to make Max feel not wanted), so the balance of having 2 dogs (which is new to me) is very fine, about 5 seconds difference between hugging Lottie on entering the house and Max and then hugging both together.

But this is no good without pictures!!

We have Little Max looking cute, then Max sleeping funny, then Lottie and Max playing tug o war (that took some doing!) and then Lottie looking after her tired brother smile

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