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folded if not, a scissors bite, neck well
arched. Built right, he’ll have a good
reach and strong drive in profile, true
coming and going.
Size is critical to maintain one of our
differences from our larger cousin, the
Standard Schnauzer. Miniature Schnau-
zers must be disqualified from conforma-
tion competition if under 12" or over 14"
at the withers, regardless of age.
Miniature Schnauzers in the confor-
mation ring must have a coat that has
been plucked or stripped or rolled to
achieve the hard wiry texture of the outer
coat, with a close undercoat. We don’t
stipulate a length—it just needs to be suf-
ficient to determine the necessary hard
wiry texture.
We have three allowed colors: salt & pep-
per, black & silver and solid black, judged
without preference among the three colors,
black nose required. Salt & pepper refers to
a mixture of black and white banded hairs
and solid black and solid white unbanded
hairs, with banded hairs predominating. All
shades of salt & pepper from light to dark
mixtures are permissible, undercoat color
will vary. The black of a black & silver will
be a true rich black, and basically will fol-
low the same pattern as the salt & pepper.
Black, a rich glossy black with a softer black
undercoat, is the only solid color allowed.
A small white spot on the chest of a black
or an occasional single white hair elsewhere
on the body is permitted. Any Minia-
ture Schnauzer not of an allowed color or
with white striping, patching or spotting
on the colored areas of the dog, except for
a small white spot permitted on the chest
of the black, must be disqualified from
conformation competition.
Add an alert and intelligent tempera-
ment, an affectionate personality full of
life, he’s super smart, sometimes a little
stubborn, mostly willing to please. From
the beginning to the present day, our
Miniature Schnauzers are the best!
We hope you’ll join us at the Schnau-
zapalooza 2013 (http://schnauzapalooza.
com/) from May 8-12, 2013 at Purina
Farms in Missouri. All three size “cous-
ins”—Miniature, Standard and Giant—
will be there with bells on, plus we’ll have
a combined judges education experience!
“Miniature Schnauzers in the conformation ring must have a coat
that has been plucked or stripped or rolled
To ACHIEvE THE HARd wIRy TExTURE of THE
oUTER CoAT, wITH A CloSE UNdERCoAT.”
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