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down’ version of the much larger Dobermann, Pinscher’ and the very small ones referred as
although people can be forgiven in coming to ‘Regpinschers‘’as late as 1878. This was about
that conclusion due to the similarities in colour the time that the real differentiation between
and conformation. Louis Dobermann did not the Reh pinscher and the older larger type
breed his first real specimen until 1890, stating Deaitscher Glathaar Pinscher began. It was
that he wished to breed a giant terrier that would officially recognised in Germany in 1880 and
look much like the 5lb Reh Pinscher but fifteen an official standard was included in the German
pounds heavier. In his objective he used a larger Stud Book. The breed has come along way
German Shorthair Pinscher, native German since the first humble beginnings of the short,
Shepherds, and the Rottweiler. Later breeders cobby, elegant body of todays adult Miniature
used crosses to the larger Manchester Terriers. Pinscher and has no resemblance to the Italian
Greyhound or Dachshund or even the Black
It was not until 1912 that the Dobermann Club of and Tan terrier. There is little doubt that the rich
Germany was formed. The Miniature Pinscher red colour was originally derived from the red
is in fact the older of the two breeds and was Dachshund.
recognised as an official breed in Germany
several years before the Doberman Pinscher During the mid-1800s German fanciers tried to
separate the varieties within the Pinscher family,
and in 1895 the Pinscher-Schnauzer Klub
was formed. This recognised six varieties of
pinscher for registration – the Giant Schnauzer,
the Standard Schnauzer, the Miniature
Schnauzer and Affenpinscher (being the wire-
haired varieties within the group) and the Old
was developed.
In 1852 a writer named Weil stated that the
Reh pinscher belonged to the terrier family,
so there is no doubt that the breeding of the
Reh Pinscher as a pure-bred dog did not
start in Germany until 1870. Before that time,
outcrosses were undoubtedly made in an effort
to improve the breed. The breed was sometimes
referred to as the ‘Edelpinscher’ or ‘Noble
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