Miniature Pinschers

My fox terrier is not a miniature. He is a purebred wire haired foxy and he is 20 years and 2 1/2 months old! he is arthritic and he cannot see very well and he falls down quite a bit due to constriction in his lower vertebrae, but he is still interested in food and family.

A normal size miniature pinsher should weigh at 10 to 15 pounds. My 7 month old miniature pinsher weighs 10 pounds.

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Min Pin's are a very Loyal small dog that think that they are greater then they really are. They might become very controlling but all you have to do is show them who is the boss. They are very small and loyal/ obeying, they try to please their owner. Min Pin's are a good dog to have. I have one and we have a porch and we live on a main road and my dog Ginger with no leash would listen to me so she wouldn't run off, very loyal.

ussualy around 1 year, but at about 7 months the growing will slow down so much you will hardly notice it, thats when they are "filling out" hope this helps, i have a rat terrier, about the same size i guess.

my min pin is very fast ,but my friends boxer out sprints em every time.he looks faster cause hes smaller,but they wont beat an in shape boxer.

don't change his/her lifestyle abruptly. gradually lessen their food intake (to a safe level, not too much) and exercise with him frequently. try jogging or walking with him daily or, if you can manage, twice a day. don't go to extremes, though; this will make him want food more. see a vet if all else fails.

Mine looks like a brindle mini vizla. Her mother was a brindle boxer, and her father was a minpin. She weighs 25-27 lbs as an adult and her tail curls back onto her back. She's thin and very tone. She's one of the fastest dogs I've seen and can jump very high from a standstill, but she isn't hyper at all. I think she's a beautiful dog that looks like a breed all her own. No one ever guesses what she actually is.

Like most insects, only a few weeks at the most.

If you mean as in give birth to a schnauzer, then no. Even if you bred the min. pin. to a schnauzer, the babies would be mixed breed and would not be classified as a pure breed schnauzer.

If you mean as a friend, then yes, as long as they are introduced properly.

You need to wait until they come into heat there second time. It is normally when they are around a year old

Theoretically yes, provided that both dog's are sexually active. Despite the size difference, the Boxer male will be just as interested in mating a Miniature Pinscher as any other dog. However, due to the size difference, the Boxer may accidentally injure the Miniature Pinscher during his efforts to mate her. Caution must be taken to ensure that the Boxer's greater weight does not injure the Miniature Pinscher.

Black, Blue, or Chocolate with either red or tan markings. According to my books.

Most miniature's have four to six puppies. It would depend on the mother and father's genes. Possibly one parent has a larger gene and could throw more puppies the the normal. When I bought my new teacup poodle this week, her mother gave birth to four puppies and teacups usually only have two or three puppies.

Min Pins sometimes shake when they are excited. But they also shake when they are cold or hyper.If they do it constantly and get walks and are warm then you should probably see the vet.

You should start training your puppy to potty train as soon as you can. Take the dog out a lot and praise them and give them treats whenever they go to the bathroom outside. If you catch the dog peeing inside say no sternly and take them outside. Leave them out there for a while so they get that they are supposed to go to the bathroom when they are outside. Praise them when they do go to the bathroom outside.

No. The German Pincher (Standard Pinscher) is one of the foundation breeds that were used to create the Doberman. The Doberman was created in Germany by a tax collector Mr. Louis Dobermann. Many crosses were used to create the Doberman. German Pinschers, Rottweilers, Beauceron Pinschers, Manchester Terriers, and the addition of the Greyhound gave the Doberman its' sleek and racey look. The German Pinscher(Standard Pinscher), besides helping to create the Doberman was one of the foundation breeds of The Minature Pinscher. The Minature Pincher like the Doberman had several breeds crosses to set the type for The Minature Pinscher. German Pinchers, Dachshunds, the small toy Greyhounds called the Italian Greyhound helped create a diminuative version of the German Pincher. The Minature Pincher called Min-Pins, and are mistakenly called Mini-Dobie. They did not decend from the Doberman. But both decended from the mid sized German Pincher. (The Standard Pincher). In actuality this answer is incorrect. Karl Frederich Louis Dobermann the creator of the Doberman pinscher did not use the Manchester Terrier or Greyhound. After his death in 1894 his kennel was purchased and the new kennel breeder introduced the Manchester as well as the Greyhound and in all likelihood the Great Dane as the dogs size grew larger after his death.

The German Pinscher is in fact a smooth coated Standard Schnauzer that first appeared in the mid 1700's. Long after the Miniature Pinscher was in existence. It had nothing to do with the Miniature Pinscher (Zwergpinscher) which is simply a cross of the smooth coated Dachshund with an Italian Greyhound. By 1895 the Pinscher-Schnauzer Klub of Germany recgnized the German Pinscher as a separate breed so long as there was 3 generations of pedigree to substantiate it. It was officially given the name "Deutscherpinscher" which in English translates to German Pinscher. For the record there is no breed "Beauceron pinscher". Nor did the German Pinscher play any role in the creation or as breed stock for the Miniature Pinscher. The only documented study ever on the creation of the Zwergpinscher (miniature Pinscher) was done in the early 1800's and posted in 1836 by Dr. Frederich Reichenbach who after years of study concluded the breed was derived from just 2 separate breeds, Dachshund and Italian Greyhound. The other variations as to the creation of the Miniature Pinscher have no basis in fact and were started years ago with no doumentation to support it. It just keeps getting copied and reprinted by everyone who thinks they know the breed but have failed to take time to actually research beyond the shores of the US. Even in Germany the land of origin this rumor is well known to be just that a rumor. German farmers created the breed and for the purpose it was designed for, a swift ratter.

In all likelihood though the "Deutscherpinscher" though not yet recognized as a separate breed from the Standard Schnauzer, was probably used by Dobermann in the beginning. The German Pinscher though nearly became extinct by WWII. If it had not been for Werner Jung, who escaped Germany with what was purported to be 3 registered German Pinscher bitches. Unfortunately with no males to be found he turned to oversized Miniature Pinscher males he found on farms as breed stock. It took him nearly 15 years but by the end of the 1950's he had resurrected the German Pinscher we see today. So the Miniature Pinscher breed stock can be found in the German Pinscher but not the other way around. One more note, the word "pinscher" does NOT translate or mean Terrier. It is taken from the English word "pincher" and was used to describe the biting action of the breed. In fact, Dobermann's do not have this biting action though the German Pinscher does. The Terrier breeds are the only breeds created by man for the sole purpose of killing other animals. Both the Miniature Pinscher and German Pinscher (once recognized) are ratters with high prey drive.

I have one. It runs away from me sometimes when she escapes. I don't bother running after her, she's way to fast. All I know is it seems she can run 100 yards when I walk 10 feet. I live in the country she takes off to a sheep farm near by and will herd them. Has anyone ever clocked one to see how fast can a min-pin run?

"Min Pin" is short for Miniature Pinscher, a breed of dog.

You could but it is very dangerous and painful and sometimes against the law. Even if you did, (which you really shouldn't) since she is so old her ears may not heal right or become infected. So the results may not even be worth it even if she did heal right. Do not clip her ears.