The grooming in the Schnauzer is not just about esthetic, in this race becomes necessary, since it responds to health questions, to understand we must it overcome us to the origin of the Schnauzer. As we already know the Schnauzer was a rustic dog that lives mainly in the field, where shared the ceiling with their considered horses, for this relation with the horses in France use to call the schnauzer: " chien d'ecurie " -sorry but I don't remember the correct form to say-. By its instinct of innate hunter, the dog was considered ideal to protect the field of dangerous predator. Thus also by its intrepid temperament and the fidelity to his proprietors, turned it into a true guardian, who represented an indispensable aid during trips in float of the gentlemen of those time. 


In those times there were no drawn up routes affluent, which many of the times represented many difficulties, it was traveled by wooded places. And it is there where the Schnauzer received, without knowing its grooming. 
These Schnauzer which they accompanied the floats, during the trip lost tufts of hair in the brambles and shrubs were a spice of stripping, since it could not lose it of another way, the own nature towards. 

As it is to think, all that is in the past. Many Schnauzer sleep in house. But if all that is in the past not therefore the characteristics of the hair. The action of the man has replaced the nature, and periodically this operation, totally painless and very necessary practices. 

There is something is basic that we understand, the Schnauzer does not experiment dumb of hair -like other races that lose hair and sub hair by physiological exigencies in each change of station. The amount of useless and old hair remains in epidermis and originates problems that repel in the health.

if the superfluous hair is not eliminated, we give opportunity to new hair born. Other thing is, that the skin can be seen affected by the overabundance and the skin can't breath as it would have. In addition to the difficulty to stay it cleans. 

The grooming is recommended to do it from the four or 3 months of the puppy. To this age the hair still is not definitive, and can be woolly, with more sub hair than hair. the definitive hair begins to grow at the six, seven months -more or less-. The brushing serve indeed to clear the sub hair, carrying out slow movements not to cause annoyances to the dog.

I just include the importance of the grooming, not the practice. but I can suggest you, practice at least 3 times to the week the brushing of the hair, to avoid the knots that can become, and the hair of the dog will be clean. It is good to mention that in Europe and America the cut from the hair can be a little different.

Here - in America specifically in Mexico, I imagine due to the proximity with State United, is used the American technique. 

the Schnauzer should be groomed every five to eight weeks to look their best. This is something most people choose to let a professional do, but maybe you choose to learn to do it by your self. The equipment you will need are a clipper and scissors.