Excellent guard, intrepid, strong, with developed sensorial devices good, resistance to the diseases, and a good predisposition for the training. By his excellent size he can live until in a small house (department or floor), where usually he is a great guardian .

Medium or standard schnauzer was first of the three in growing up, probably does about 500 years, in the agricultural areas of Wurttemberg and Baviera (Germany). This dog was shepherd in its origins. In recent years, due to his extraordinary intelligence, it has been used, mainly in Germany, like dog police and, in the days of war, it has acted like messenger and helping the Red Cross. In the United States, where he is very popular from the I World War, is used like dog of self-defense and company. Good swimmer, medium schnauzer has gotten to train so that he receives pieces of hunting of the water

The man has used it like stable dog, by his facility to be understood with the horses and being a great hunter of mice, that at that time infested the stables. The life of a rustic dog, field, is perfect for him, and today, as then it likes to accompany to its owner all parts. In packs one was insurmountable in the house of the wild boar, even that in the city occurred to know like an excellent guardian of houses and automobiles, by his combative spirit it makes not back down before some animal or man. 

It is the race with more present speaking at the numeric point of view, from the first book of PSK, was very important that some breeders began to work with this race obtaining the bases of this bread. And for versality did that the man look for a bigger dog, given the giant schnauzer to increase and to take advantage of some it's qualities also, to create one of small stature to be able to take it to all sides like company, giving the miniature.

World War II like the giant, standard schnauzer it was affected, but as of 1945 was a slow recovery of the breed. All this effort of the breeders was not without results, excellent exemplary took place and still appears in pedigree of the present puppies.

The man has used it like stable dog, by his facility to be understood with the horses. the life of a rustic dog, of field, is perfect for this dogs, and today, as then it likes to accompany to its owner to all places. its great size allows him to be a good guard and at the same time it allows him to live in any type of house. 

At first when it was even spoken of pinscher, the color was not defined, and in many cases it was a mixture of red color, yellow orange or brown dark others of the difficulties that they had to surpass, for example, the closing of the teethes or the hair of the soft and silky tuft. 

Stature also I represent problem, since at that time was a little but under but as it is, not it have changes substantial, in color has restrain to black pure and salt and pepper, the proportion between trunk and head, and closing of teeth, that must obligatorily be of scissors these modifications that must be considered natural, have contributed positively in the development of schnauzer.