Learn about the Miniature Schnauzer
Big personality in a compact package
The Miniature Schnauzer was bred down in size from the Standard Schnauzer farm dog, but kept its sharp rat-catching skills. In our family tree, its ancestors include the old Schnauzer farm dogs and the Affenpinscher. It is the most popular Schnauzer today. Tap a circle inside to keep digging.
Famous Chums
Likely life span
Learn more about the dogs that went into making the Miniature Schnauzer
c. 3000 BCAncient eastern sighthounds
c. 700 BCOld trail dogs of the East
c. 600 BCOld Mastiffs of the East
c. 500 BCOld hunting dogs of the Celts
c. 400 BCLaconian tracking Hounds
c. 200 BCPug
c. 100 BCSegusian tracking Hounds
Corded herding dogs
Zhokhov Island sled dogs
Taimyr wolf
Ancient Chinese court dogs
Tibetan village dogs
Ancient Melitaean dogs
Spanish Water Dog
Puli
Komondor
c. 100Roman drover dogs
AncientCeltic Scent Hound
MedievalRache
MedievalTalbot
c. 1300Chien-gris
MedievalSouthern Hound
c. 1400Old European earth dogs
MedievalLand Spaniels
c. 1500Poodle
1500sOtterhound
1600sWater Spaniels
1890Miniature Schnauzer