NAME: Giant Schnauzer
OTHER NAMES: Munich Schnauzer, Munchener, Riesenschnauzer, Russian Bear Schnauzer
ORIGIN: Germany
SIZE TYPE: Giant dog breeds
BREED GROUP: Working dog breeds (AKC), Guardian Dog (UKC)
LIFE SPAN: 12 - 15 years
TEMPERAMENT: Loyal, Dominant, Kind, Strong Willed, Powerful, Intelligent
HEIGHT FEMALE: 23–26 inches (58–66 cm)
MALE: 26–28 inches (66–71 cm)
WEIGHT FEMALE: 25–34 kg
MALE: 27–36 kg
COLORS: Black or "salt and pepper"
OVERVIEW
Giant Schnauzer is a larger version of the most powerful and smallest standard Schnauzer. The breed is square in proportion to the length of the point of shoulder to point of buttock equal to height at withers. It is built tough with a thick layer weatherproof color is black or salt and pepper in color.
BODY TYPE
Compact, substantial, short and strong, with great power and agility. The height at the highest point of the withers equals the length of the body of the sternum to the tip of the coccyx. The back section is well developed, as short as possible to compact.
COAT
Hard, rough, dense, consisting of a soft layer and a hard outer layer that, when viewed against the current, is slightly above the back, lying neither easy nor smooth. Thick hair on the top of the head, beard and eyebrows hard Schnauzer seal.
COLOR
The pure black (with black undercoat), or salt and pepper. In the salt and pepper, iron curtains dark gray to silver gray are allowed, but must be a dark mask to emphasize the expression. Distinct light markings on head, chest and legs are undesirable.
TEMPERAMENT
Giant Schnauzer is good natured, even tempered and very loyal to his family. His intelligence, trainability, strength, endurance and natural resistance to disease make him ideally suited to be a companion, utility and working dog.
GAIT
Free, agile and ground-covering, showing flexibility and elegance. The action is somewhat springy and the back remains firm.
OTHER NAMES: Munich Schnauzer, Munchener, Riesenschnauzer, Russian Bear Schnauzer
ORIGIN: Germany
SIZE TYPE: Giant dog breeds
BREED GROUP: Working dog breeds (AKC), Guardian Dog (UKC)
LIFE SPAN: 12 - 15 years
TEMPERAMENT: Loyal, Dominant, Kind, Strong Willed, Powerful, Intelligent
HEIGHT FEMALE: 23–26 inches (58–66 cm)
MALE: 26–28 inches (66–71 cm)
WEIGHT FEMALE: 25–34 kg
MALE: 27–36 kg
COLORS: Black or "salt and pepper"
OVERVIEW
Giant Schnauzer is a larger version of the most powerful and smallest standard Schnauzer. The breed is square in proportion to the length of the point of shoulder to point of buttock equal to height at withers. It is built tough with a thick layer weatherproof color is black or salt and pepper in color.
BODY TYPE
Compact, substantial, short and strong, with great power and agility. The height at the highest point of the withers equals the length of the body of the sternum to the tip of the coccyx. The back section is well developed, as short as possible to compact.
COAT
Hard, rough, dense, consisting of a soft layer and a hard outer layer that, when viewed against the current, is slightly above the back, lying neither easy nor smooth. Thick hair on the top of the head, beard and eyebrows hard Schnauzer seal.
COLOR
The pure black (with black undercoat), or salt and pepper. In the salt and pepper, iron curtains dark gray to silver gray are allowed, but must be a dark mask to emphasize the expression. Distinct light markings on head, chest and legs are undesirable.
TEMPERAMENT
Giant Schnauzer is good natured, even tempered and very loyal to his family. His intelligence, trainability, strength, endurance and natural resistance to disease make him ideally suited to be a companion, utility and working dog.
GAIT
Free, agile and ground-covering, showing flexibility and elegance. The action is somewhat springy and the back remains firm.