Miniature Schnauzer

Terrier

Coat

Black variety:
Solid:
White Markings: Allowed as a small chest patch.

Black & Silver variety
Tan: with in the traditional pattern. May lack eye spots without fault.
White Markings: Allowed as a small chest patch.

Pepper & Salt variety
Overall appearance is a pepper/salt mixture with markings like traditional Tan:
with blended together (furfile) for lighter dogs.
with or without tipping. The tipping may be equal all over the dog, heavier on the upper body or heavier on the upper legs.

Additional pepper & salt details:
markings, blended ( or with ), or combination of the two placed like traditional Tan: markings (may lack eye spots without fault and may have single chest patch instead of two). If combining blended and solid markings, the blended should be closer to the body. Paws should remain solid .
The muzzle is preferred to have a dark portion using . The dark portion may range from covering just the cheeks or snout, to the whole face, or anything inbetween. Ears may be solid .
White Markings: Allowed as a small chest patch.

White variety
Solid:

Eyes

- preferred.

Nose

Faults

None

Disqualifications

None

Varieties

Black, Black & Silver, Pepper & Salt, White

Notes

The miniature schnauzer should be an exact copy of the standard schnauzer, the only differences being the size, and that the mini may also come in black with silver markings, or solid white.
The miniature schnauzer and affenpinscher share their past and were not separated until 1903. It is believed that the breed was born from unusually small standard schnauzers, popular among noble ladies since the 1600's and 1700's, according to paintings by among others Dürer and Rembrandt.

The miniature schnauzer should be a small sized, square-shaped, wirehaired and compact dog. The head is powerful and elongated, the stop further marked by the eyebrows. The muzzle should have the shape of a rounded wedge. The ears are set high, carried erect, tipped over or cropped. The neck is powerful and carried high. The body should be as long as it is tall, with a deep chest, slight tuck up and slightly sloping topline. Straight frontlegs with well angulated hind. The tail is set high, natural or docked. The coat is wirey, very hard and thick, forming a long beard and scruffy eyebrows.

Breed Files

Filename: SchnauzerM
Offset: 12FF
Base: Scottie
SCP: Labrador
Accepted: December 15, 2008
Notes: Version 2 of the Supernova file. Addballz ears and tail (four carriage variations). Includes natural, docked and docked/cropped variations, as well as beard and leg thickness variations.

Filename: Miniature Schnauzer
Offset: 8FF4
Base: Dalmatian
SCP: Dalmatian
Accepted: February 11, 2006
Notes: Addballz tail and ears, doesn't sit well. Angled legs. Second generations have longer legs.

Filename: Mini Schnauzer
Offset: E268
Base: Great Dane
SCP: Great Dane
Accepted: January 4, 2006
Notes:

Filename: SchnauzerM
Offset: 12FF
Base: Scottie
SCP: Scottie
Accepted: December 29, 2005
Notes: Comes in docked/cropped, docked only and natural. Can have thinner or thicker legs, more or less belly feathering and one of four eyebrow variations. Addball ears and angled legs.