- Herding is also another strongly rooted instinct in the Giant Schnauzers. They are well-known for their alert personalities and the powerful bite they wield! But, if proper training and affection is provided, the Giant Schnauzer will be an extremely lovable pet, when out of duty! See Also Top 10 Heroic German Shepherds.
- Giant Schnauzers are loyal and courageous guard dogs. Because they learn easily, though, you can train Giant Schnauzers to differentiate between welcome visitors and everyone else. Their bite force is enormous and they have one of the highest “bit.
ORIGIN: Germany.
Bite Force – 195 PSI Malinois is a medium breed of dog that is also known as “Belgian Shepherds”. They originated in the French city of Malines, hence the given name of the breed. This breed is recognized for its amazing sense of smell. A tall, black, shaggy giant schnauzer has been turning heads since becoming a member of the U.S. Air Force’s 100th Security Forces Squadron two and a half years ago.
UTILIZATION: Companion dog.
CLASSIFICATION F.C.I. :
Group 2 Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossian – Swiss Mountain Dogs.
Section 1 Pinscher and Schnauzer.
BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Originally the Giant Schnauzer was used in the region of Southern Germany to drive cattle.
Around the turn of the century determined breeders realized that he had excellent employment opportunities and very valuable features in his character. The breed since 1913 registered in a herd, and the Giants Schnauzer was officially recognized in 1925 as a working dog.
General appearance: Large, powerful, stocky rather than slim. An enlarged, powerful image of the Schnauzer.
An imperturbable dog, prepared for the defense, whose appearance fills you with respect.
Important proportions:
– Square build in which height is nearly equal to the body length.
– The length of the head (measured from the tip of the nose to the occipital protuberance) corresponds to the half of the length of the
topline (measured from the withers to the base of the tail).
BEHAVIOUR / TEMPERAMENT: Typical characteristics of this dog are benign, his temperament and his incorruptible loyalty to his boss. He has highly developed senses, intelligence, trainability, strength, endurance, speed, resistance to weather and disease.
His innate ability to tolerate stress and self-confidence make him best suited to being a companion, sporting friend and useful working dog.
CRANIAL REGION:
Skull is powerful, long without clear occiput. The head should be in line with power of the dog. The forehead is flat, without wrinkles and parallel to the bridge of the nose.
FACIAL REGION:
Nose: Well developed nose leather with large nostrils, always black.
Muzzle: ending in a blunt wedge, a straight nose.
Lips: Black, smooth and tight around the jaws. Corners of lips closed.
Jaws / Teeth: Strong upper and lower jaw. The complete scissor bite (42 pure white teeth), is strongly developed and firmly closing.
The chewing muscles are strongly developed but the cheeks must not give distortion of the rectangular shape of the head.
Eyes: Medium sized, oval, facing foreward, dark with lively expression. Eyelids are close fitting.
Ears: Set high, V – shape, the inner edges lying close to the cheeks, evenly carried, turned forward towards temples. Folding should not be above the top of the skull.
NECK: The strong, muscular neck is nobly arched, it leads smoothly into the withers. Strongly set, slim, noble curved, which corresponds to the force of the dog. Throat skin tight without folds.
Topline: Slightly sloping from withers towards rear.
Withers: Forming the highest point in topline.
Back: Strong, short and taut.
Loins: Short, strong and deep. The distance from the last rib to hip is short to the dog and a stocky appearance.
Croup: Slightly rounded, imperceptibly continuing into the tail.
Chest: Moderately broad, oval in diameter, reaching up to the elbow. The forechest is distinctly marked by the point of the sternum.
Underline / Belly: Flanks not raised, forming a well curved line with the underside of the ribcage.
ForHand: Seen from the front, the front legsare strong, straight and not too close together. Seen from the side, the forearmsare straight.
Shoulders:The shoulder blade liescloseagainst therib cage andis well muscledon both sides ofthe shoulderboneonthe points of thethoracic vertebraeprotrudes. For example,at an angleas possible andwellto the rear, forming an angle ofappr.50 degrees to the horizontal.
Upper arm: Lyingclose to the body, strong and wellmusculed, forming an angle of95degrees to 105 degrees to the shoulder blade.
Elbows: Closefitting, turning neitherin nor out.
White Giant Schnauzer
Forearm:Viewedfrom all sidescompletely straight, stronglydeveloped andwell muscled.
Carpal: Strong, stableinitselfagainstthe structure of theforearm.
Pastern: from the front, vertical. Seen from the side, slightlysloping, strongand slightly springy.
Feet: Short and round, toeswell-knit and arched with short darknails andresistantpads.
Hindquarters: Standing obliquelywhenseen from the side, standing parallel butnot close togetherseen from behind.
Upper thigh: Moderately long, broad and strongly muscled.
Knee: neither innor out.
Lower thigh: Long, strong and sinewy, running throughastronghock.
Hocks:Well angulated, strong, firm, turning neitherin nor out.
Pastern: Short, vertical to the ground.
Hind feet: Toes short.Nailsshort and black.
GAIT / MOVEMENT: Flexible, elegant, smooth andfree.The forelegsshouldswingasfar forward as possible, the hind legs areresilientand have the necessarydrive.Thefront leg ofone sideandthe hind legofthe other sidemoveforwardat the same time.
The back,the ligamentsand jointsare solid.
SKIN:Tight fittingover the whole body.
HAIR:The coat should behardand dense. It consists of adense undercoatand a not tooshort toplayer of hair,it is closeto the body.
The top layeris rough, and sufficiently longto allow thecontrolof the texturematter, it isneitherroughorwavy. The hair onthe limbsis often lesshard.Coatisshort onforeheadand ears.Typicalcharacteristics arethe not toosoftbeard onthe muzzle and thebushy eyebrows, the eyeslight overshadows.
COLOR:
– Pure black withblack undercoat.
– Salt and Pepper.
When breedingPepperandSalt,the aim is toobtain amediumshade withevenly distributed, has a good pepper colorand grayundercoat. Theshadesfrom darkiron grayto silver grayare allpermitted.In allcolor variationsthere isa darkmask, which shouldadaptharmoniouslyto the respectivecolor,and emphasize theexpression.A clearlightmarkings on head, chest and limbs areundesirable.
Sizeand weight:
Height at withers: Dogs and bitches: 60 to70 cm.
Weight:Dogs andbitches: 35 to47 kg.
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to the degree of the effect of it on the health and welfare of the dog.
– For example:
-Head altogether too small or too short.
– Heavy or round skull.
Giant Schnauzer Personality
– Wrinkles on the forehead.
– Short, pointed or narrow muzzle.
– Level bite.
– Strongly protuding cheeks or cheekbones.
– Light, too large or round eyes.
– Low set, too long or unevenly carried ears.
– Throat Skin.
– Throat Skin, narrow crest of the neck.
– Too long, erected or soft back.
– Cross disappearance.
– Long feet.
– Too short, too long, soft, wavy, shaggy, silky, white or spotted coat or other mixed colors.
– Brown undercoat.
– In Salt and Pepper: a black trace on the back or a black saddle.
– Over- or undersize up to 2 cm.
SERIOUS FAULTS:
– Clumsy or light build. Too low or too high on the legs.
– Elbows turning.
– Straight or open angulated hind legs.
– Over- or undersize by more than 2 cm but less than 4 cm.
Disqualifying faults:
– Shy, aggressive, vicious, overly suspicious or nervous behavior.
– Malformation of any kind.
– Lack of breed type.
– Faulty mouth, such as over- or undershot or wry mouth.
– Severe faults in individual parts, such as faults in structure, coat and color.
– Over- or undersize by more than 4 cm.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioral abnormalities disqualified.
NB: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.
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