As with any dog, care and choice of nutrition is essential to keeping your dog healthy and happy. Keep your dog on a good schedule of vaccination and rabies shots, as required by law in most states. Keep your dog on a regular schedule of de-worming medicines. Also, a proper diet is necessary for a healthy pet. Many people will purchase dog foods ready prepared from the bag or the can. For that special pet, a good diet of chicken, pork, beef, or other meats is good, FROM TIME TO TIME. Beware things such as hotdogs, which contain high amounts of nitrates which can make your dog feel ill when eaten too often. Clean fresh water, on a daily bases, is also necessary. By following these simple guidelines, your Puppy can grow to be a Happy and Healthy Adult, to share the years with you and be a pleasant member of your family. Most of All, your dog needs love and attention. Along with regular veterinary care, all of our dogs, (from puppies to adults), receive better choices in nutrition and care. We are very particular in our choices of foods for our dogs. Purina puppy food is fed to our small puppies. Our adult dogs eat Purina ONE brand dogfood (lamb and rice). We recommend that you be very particular in your choice of foods for your pet as well. There are a lot of worse dog foods out there, some of them with horrible ingredients. I shutter to think about such horrible acts that many food companies perform when making these junk foods. Many other foods are almost completely comprised of filler elements, with only small traces of healthy ingredients. One of the biggest filler elements is ground up corn stalks and cobs. This type of 'junk' food is not healthy for your dog at all, so be sure to read the ingredient labels of any pet food you buy.. for any type of animal. First and foremost, dogs love fresh foods, raw vegitables (not potatoes however).. but things like carrots and apples, and pears. These types of foods give your dog the energy they need.. just as with humans.. and the type of food that God created these animals to eat.

We Give the Puppies their First Hair Cut Free of charge. This will give you a pattern to go by... These dogs are very good for grooming, they are very calm, and take it well. I love grooming the little puppies, it makes such a tremendous change in their appearance, from just a beautiful little hairy puppy to a beautful, little schnauzer, takes just a few minutes to groom them and very easily done, I would be happy to show you how to do it. As we mentioned before, Miniature Schnauzers DO NOT SHED. If you are not comfortable in grooming your dog, there are many places that delight in this type of work, and can be relatively inexpensive.

The Miniature Schnauzer is a breed of small dog of the Schnauzer type that originated in Germany in the mid-to-late 19th century. Miniature Schnauzers developed from crosses between the Standard Schnauzer and one or more smaller breeds such as the Poodle, Miniature Pinscher, or Affenpinscher. The breed remains one of the most popular, and is currently the 11th most popular breed in the U.S.

The Official Standard of the Miniature Schnauzer describes temperament as "Alert and spirited, yet obedient to command. Friendly, intelligent and willing to please. They should never be overaggressive or timid." Miniature Schnauzer) As such they tend to be excellent watchdogs. They are often guarded of strangers until the owners of the home welcome the guest, upon which they are typically very friendly to them. "Miniature Schnauzers are not by nature aggressive, as are some of their Terrier cousins. They should be relatively fearless. Once mature, the Schnauzer has a strongly developed territorial instinct. He is an ideal guard dog as he defends vocally rather than physically. ... A good Schnauzer will bark at anyone who may appear a threat to his home... Schnauzers are not random, incessant barkers. They are discriminating and intelligent guard dogs that assume this duty naturally." from the New Miniature Schnauzer, 2nd edition, pg 12, by Dan Kiedrowski, Howell Book House Publishers, 1997.

The breed is generally good with children, recognizing that they need gentle play. Miniature Schnauzers are generally highly intelligent and easy to train. They are highly playful dogs, and if not given the outlet required for their energy they can become bored and invent their own "fun".

White Miniature Schnauzers have been in existence for over 100 years ever since the breed's early beginnings in the late 1800s.[citation needed] They were not "re-introduced" by crossing to Westies as some people state, but are simply a product of the early cross breedings of the Standard Schnauzer with smaller breeds such as the Poodle, Miniature Pinscher, or Affenpinscher and to bring the size down on the Standard Schnauzer.

Any time one established breed is crossed with another, for whatever reason, part of that breed's characteristics are inherited through the DNA structure, whether it be color, structure, working ability, temperament, disease, or any other inherited trait. The only way to prove whether a dog carries a certain inherited breed trait is by DNA testing.

From pedigree research the "white" (gelb or "yellow" as it was called in early German records) gene was introduced into the Miniature Schnauzer breed mainly through a German black Champion Miniature Schnauzer named Peter V Westerberg (PZ604), born in November 1902.[citation needed] Peter was obviously carrying one "e" gene because it is recorded that he was bred to a female named Gretel VD Werneburg (PZ1530) (color unknown) and produced a "yellow" female pup named Mucki VD Werneburg (PSZ 8) born October 1914. Mucki was bred to a grandson of Peter named Pucki VD Werneburg, a dark S&P PSZ12 who produced the black German Champion Peterle VD Werneburg, PSZ11 born June 2, 1916, who also had to have the "e" gene since his dam was yellow. Peter V Westerburg or his grandson, For example, if you trace every ancestor in the 5th generation of Dorem Display, you will find every dog goes back to Peter Von Westerberg. With so many linebred crosses, it is statistically impossible to eradicate the "white" "e" gene by visual appearance alone. Those former claims that the "white" gene has been eradicated from the Miniature Schnauzer lines could not be proven, because the DNA test was not available until 2006.

After testing several unrelated white dogs from around the world, it has been recently proven by DNA testing that the genotype for the White Miniature Schnauzer is "e/e" at MC1r (commonly referred to as the "E" locus). "E", normal extension of black, allows the A-series alleles to show through, and "e", recessive red/yellow, overrides whatever gene is present at the A locus to produce a dog which shows only phaeomelanin pigment in the coat. Skin and eye color show apparently normal eumelanin, although some "e,e" dogs appear to show reduced pigment on the nose, especially in winter (snow nose), but after sunbathing in warm weather, they regain the black pigment on their noses, much like humans getting a tan in summer. Most white Miniature Schnauzers with correct harsh coats will have a yellowish streak on their backs and head when their hair is hand stripped and the ends become blown or dead. It is assumed this is why they were originally called "yellow" in German records.

There are two forms of melanin (pigment) in mammals' hair coats. The first is called eumelanin. The base form of eumelanin is black. Eumelanin can also appear brown (often called liver in dogs) or blue-gray. The second pigment, which varies from pale cream through shades of yellow, tan, and orange/red is called phaeomelanin.

All dogs have alleles at every locus. Not all proposed alleles have been proven to exist. The generally recognized color loci in dogs are referred to as: A (agouti), B (brown), C (albino series), D (blue dilution) E (extension), G (graying), M (merle), R (roaning), S (white spotting) and T (ticking.) There may be more, unrecognized gene series, and in a given breed, modifying factors may drastically affect the actual appearance. The newest proposed locus is the K locus for dominant black in certain breeds, including the Miniature Schnauzer.

White Miniature Schnauzers do not possess the "d" allele, which is commonly known as the Dilution gene responsible for diluting both eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigment. This stands to reason because true white Miniature Schnauzers have black skin pigment and dark eyes.

Some of the early breeders of Miniature Schnauzers thought the white puppies were albino because when they are first born, they have pink skin and noses. Many early breeders destroyed them at birth mistakenly thinking they were albino and therefore defective. Those who did not destroy them found that within a few hours and days their skin pigment turned to black on their noses, around the mouth and eyes and the pads of their feet and bellies.

Through rumors circulated that the white minis carried defective or lethal genes similar to the blue merle dogs or white boxers and that the white miniature schnauzers have medical problems and deafness,[citation needed] the truth is the white minis have no different health problems than their colored counterparts. In fact, many owners claim they are healthier and less susceptible to skin allergies than the colored minis.

Another rumor that has spread throughout North America is that the White Miniature Schnauzers were fraudulently bred up from West Highland White Terriers to get the white coat color. The white coat color more likely came from the original crosses with the Miniature Poodles who also have the "e,e" coat gene for white. That is why you will many times see wavy or curly coats on the Miniature Schnauzers of every color when their hair is long.

Germany is the country of origin of the Miniature Schnauzer. The Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) abides by the breed standards set forth by the countries of breed origins. Germany's Pinscher Schnauzer Klub (PSK), the original parent breed club, includes the White Miniature Schnauzer as an acceptable 4th color for breeding and for show. Although the Canadian Kennel Club is recognized worldwide, the Canadian Miniature Schnauzer Clubs in North America decided to establish their own breed standards for judging the Miniature Schnauzer which does not recognize the White Miniature Schnauzer for conformation shows. The White hii Miniature Schnauzer may, however, compete in any other registered sanctioned events such as agility, Canine Good Citizen, Obedience, or Earthdog trials.

The White Miniature Schnauzer may be shown in conformation events in the USA in international dog shows sanctioned by the IABCA (International All Breed Canine Association). White Miniature Schnauzers are still considered a "rare" breed in the U.S. and may also be shown in the rare breed classes in IABCA.

To the right is one of our schnauzers that we sold to the Rice sisters a few years ago, She is now a champion, She was out of our wonderful female Precious Dreams Come True. Throughout most of the rest of the world, the White Miniature Schnauzer may be shown in Conformations shows sanctioned by the FCI in International competitions. The White Miniature Schnauzer is becoming very popular in Europe as a show dog. The White Miniature Schnauzer Initiative was established in 2006 in Germany for friends and breeders of the White Miniature Schnauzers worldwide to promote interest and provide an informative network for sharing ideas and information and to give breeders the opportunity to exchange and expand the gene pool of the white Miniature Schnauzers worldwide.