Tips & Tricks
The purchases of a Miniature Schnauzer is no decision that to easily may be done. It is a living being and has needs and appropriate attention and cares.
Do not go impulsively to work and put you firstly next questions:
- Can I find the necessary time to walk with my dog and to look after its fur?
- Can I carry the expenses of an optimal feeding, care and of the veterinarian?
- What do I do with him, during the holiday periods? ...
Take your time to find a good breeder, that is commit only with Schnauzers. The dear animal is not a “throw away object”. During years he will take a big place in your family life, demand your attention … and in exchange he will give you all his friendship.
The purchase of a Miniature Schnauzer must happen with a lot of thought!
Beware for people who offers Schnauzers without a recognized studbook of the Royal Society St. -Hubertus, or of some other recognized society of the FCI. Often have they no eye for the breed, but very certain only for the money!
Therefore, buy never a Schnauzer:
- At a merchant that not self breeds but in pups "dealt".
- At someone’s that breeds all sorts of fashion race.
- On a market, ambulant sale point or behind glass somewhere in a store.
- At breeders that for any reason can’t show you their mother dog.
- If the bitches or the puppies are on the one or the other way fearful of people.
- If the animals are listless or ill.
- If the breeder has extreme many dogs, considering in kennels holds.
- If the small Schnauzers grow up in isolation, in a shed, stable, cellar or something of the kind.
- If appeared that the breeder sells extreme many puppy's has, without studbook, because he lets the mother dog throw twice or more a year.
- Let you do never deceive, that you must pay extra for the studbook or whether an European Passport would replace the studbook.
- Well, is an European Passport also necessary.
In all these situations, you can possibly speak of puppy mills or puppy farming.
That is why you have to think very good after and inform you sufficient by the breeders club or by the Royal Society St-Hubertus vzw. They furnish you the names of breeders that are "really" commit with Schnauzers! Visit certainly once the column "Info Baby Dog" on thei website.
De official breeders club for miniature schnauzers in Belgium is the Royal Belgian Schnauzer- and Pincherclub vzw. They will also help you with any kind of questions or problems on Schnauzers .
Once the new pup in your possession, give your pup sufficient time to get used to its new surroundings. Arrange a first meeting with another dog of the family always on a total strange and neutral grounds.
The first night: it’s better to a small bench in which your dog can sleep in This also eases the cleaning process of the dog (a dog dirties its own nest rarely). Possibly give cuddle lay or a toy at your dog.
Cleanliness’s training: In the beginning it will certainly be very necessarily to be watchful.
A pup yet pies awful many. After every meal and approximately round the 2 hour you let him best outside on the place where you it want. Between, to sleep, you better lay him in his bench, as you have a better control and you learn the pup a certain custom.
Sleep: A pup has yet many sleep necessary. Let him never longer than a half hour romp. Obliges him to sleep by putting him in his bench. After a while he will find this perfectly normal and even amusing. Use never the bench to punish! A reprimanding is certainly sufficient for your dog to be learned a little well and may. Do never use violence, this entices only aggression out.
Nutrition: Your pup is used to eat Carocroc dry feed. Give him the dry feed divided over 2 or 3 meals, gladly on fixed moments, but in the evenings no later then 6.30 pm because of the cleanliness 's nights. Let your pup out before sleeping, then he normally will stand the night through till approximately 7 am. Take care that it stands always fresh water, excepted 's nights. If you want switch over to nutrition of your own choice, do it gradually on. At any time we advise to remain giving "Premium" dry feed (Hill’s Sciense Plan, Eucanuba, Royal Canin, Bosh, Bento Crown, …) and to change so little possible of brand
From 6 months on your dog may switch over to adult feeding that you can give him over 1 or 2 meals a day.
Worm treatment: All pups become with us will be already 4 times treated. Once with you, he may have another treatment after 3 weeks and then further once round the 6 month. In order to prevent resistance we exchange Panacur with Dogminth. Both products are medicines available at your veterinarian or pharmacy.
Vaccination: Your pup is with us already one time vaccinated on the age of approximately 7 weeks. The next vaccination you serve to give on approximately 12 weeks. Then 3 weeks later against Leptospirose, then against hydrophobia on 6 month. Afterwards your dog have to be vaccinated annually. All vaccinations, as well as the registration of your dog stand recorded in the European passport that we delivered to you.
Teeth: Your pup begins to change its teeth at approximately 4 month. Check regular or the milk teeth come loose on time so that the new ones can come to stand on the right place
Sexual organs: For a male: check if the testicles are present in the scrotum after 6 months. For a bitch: first estrous cycle on approximately 6 to 7 month.
Fur care: Brush and comb your schnauzer well, minimally one to twice a week. Hereby carefully remove all kilts and if possible all death hair. Schnauzers must be trimmed on regular basis, a good standard is 4 to 5 time per year. Then their won’t be any or almost any hair loss. Your dog must be ready to trim , this wants to say that you can easily remove the hairs with thumb and index Look well after that in the trimming salon they trim the back of your Schnauzer instead of shaving it.
By a good weekly care is washing almost superfluous, but it may in limited extent, and only with dog shampoo. We use exclusively products of Plush Puppy.
Nails check and when necessary snaps. Ears regularly check on refuse and inflammations.
Obedience: For your pup to become a social house dog it is necessary to follow some lessons in a good dogs school. Especially the puppy class is extreme important in connection with the socializing with other dogs extreme and this can already from 12 weeks on.
Walk and friends: 7 to 8 times a year the Schnauzerfriends organize dog friendly walks in a relax atmosphere. Participation is reserved at Schnauzers and Pinchers, their bosses and their friends. The dogs friends of the Schnauzers and Pinchers and the friends of the bosses are of course also welcome. The starting point is each time a dog friendly pub or bistro, the walk is about 8 km long - approximately 2 hour 30 walk - with halfway a rest post, where an snack and a drink for the dogs and for the bosses are offered through the organisation. Register is not necessary and participation is totally for free.
Hopefully these tips and guidelines helped you a lithe bit, however you are committed to nothing.