Welcome to the Home of the Toy Schnauzer
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THE TOY SCHNAUZER
You may ask, "How did the toy schnauzer come about?" Many Schnauzer enthusiasts claim that more recently, unscrupulous breeders have introduced toy breeds into the schnauzer lines in order to bring down the size of the Miniature Schnauzer. This is far from the truth. Actually, the original American "CORRECT" size for the miniature schnauzer was 10 to 12 inches, which meant that the dogs were about 8-12 lbs. Maximum. That standard of perfection has been changed through the years, raised, raised, and raised again, so that the bigger dogs could win.......to its current 12-14" dogs weighing 14-22 lbs. During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s when the Miniature Schnauzer breed was being established, the Standard Schnauzer was bred to the Affenpinscher, the Fox Terrier, and the Poodle, to bring down the size of the Standard Schnauzer. These smaller breeds created a gene pool for a variety of size and color to surface from time to time. By taking the small size minis and
breeding back to the small size minis, breeders have reinforced the gene pool
that brought the Toy Schnauzer about. These tiny bundles of joy, micro minis
as
some call them, are not dwarfs
or defects in the breed as some would have you believe. They are just plain and
simply a smaller size of the miniature schnauzer. |
Introducing Panda. This is one of my little doll babies. She is a teacup, weighing 5.5 pounds at 10 months old. She loves to grab mama's clothes and pull me away from the others.
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Above is Jim Dandy, my 3 pound, 7 inch wonder!
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Introducing
my pride and joy, OLIVER. Oliver is a liver pepper and tan. He
weighs only 3.75 pounds and he was born in Sept of 2004. Isn't he just
gorgeous??????
Oliver passed away in the summer of
2006. My heart has not healed
since that day.
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This
little chocolate beauty is Bitsie.
She is the smallest yet. Born June of 2004, she
weighed 2.5 pounds until she was spayed
in Jan of 2006. Now she is a
whopping 4lbs. She and Prissy are
best friends.
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Coco here is a four pound Chocolate male out of my Jackson and Faith. |
Above is four pound Snoopy on the left and three pound Prissy on the right. |
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To the right is another picture of my gorgeous little Prissy. Prissy now weighs 4 pounds after being spayed. Bitsie and Prissy are great budies. |
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Here's
Laughin at you, Suzie, "Music Maker’s Suzie Q’te" |
Isn't She Q'Te? |
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Here’s Sassy. She is mama's girl. She weighs 10 pounds and is 11 years old. Sassy is 11 inches tall. She is Suzie Q'te's Great Grandmother. You just have to love those ears.
Here below is my precious little Jewel (Four pound Rowdy's sister). She is a six pound phantom (black and silver). Jewel's mother, Franny is also a toy (weighing 6 pounds).
Thank you for Visiting
Music
Maker's Toy Schnauzers
This
gif as were all of the schnauzer gifs on my site,
was designed solely for myself
by Cathy Tarlton. Should you see it on anyone
else's site, it was stolen.
All text & images property of Music Maker's Schnauzers & Roncat web designs, copyright 2004.
