Miniature Schnauzer Rescue, Saving the Life of a Mini Schnauzer

So before adopting or buying a Miniature Schnauzer, read through the pages of this website and educate yourself on the Schnauzer breed and dog ownership in general. This way you can make an informed decision for your family.

Miniature Schnauzers may be small in size but they are very sturdy little dogs. Schnauzers are obedient and quick to learn, only wanting to please their owners.

The Miniature Schnauzer is also very playful and affectionate. He needs to live as 'part of the family'. Your Miniature Schnauzer will follow you around and want to go everywhere with you, as the Schnauzer is the most happy when he is with his owner.

Before adopting a Miniature Schnauzer or any dog, make sure you consider some of the responsibilities of dog ownership, like the costs involved in owning a dog!

Before adopting or buying any dog, please take the time to think about the commitment you are making. Discuss the issues with everyone in your family. Is everyone on-board with bringing a dog into the family?

Does everyone, in your home, have a good understanding of what being a responsible dog owner means?

Get the facts. Visit the Miniature Schnauzer Rescue links below, and make an informed decision about adding a Miniature Schnauzer to your family. Also be sure to read the inspirational success stories from those site visitors who have already adopted a Miniature Schnauzer and how much adopting a Schnauzer has enriched their lives. And if you do adopt a Miniature Schnauzer, be sure to come back and share your story with us!

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How would I find a dog with all the requirements?
My 12 year old homeschooled son wanted a dog. Ugghhh. I never thought of myself as a dog person. My husband and I were holding off adopting a dog for ...

Miniature Schnauzer Sybil
Sybil Schnauzer (affectionately known as Snibble Dribble!)

The Schnauzer Club of Victoria rescued 14 female and 3 male schnauzer's from a vile backyard ...

What a funny looking Schnauzer
At a time when we were losing a beloved 14 year-old Schnauzer named Schnitzel, due to poison dog food, we were urged to adopt a Schnauzer who was in ...

Miniature Schnauzer Bubbles
I am a 36 year old mother living in Ohio. I have loved this breed all my life! Although I had not owned a Schnauzer until 3 years ago. Love does not begin ...

Miniature Schnauzer Pepper
Is that a Schnauzer under there?

Pepper was one of 42 animals left in below zero temperatures in an abandoned house by their owner.With little ...

Miniature Schnauzer Maddie
From the Mill to a real life

I am Michelle, and I am a foster mom to a wonderful Miniature Schnauzer, now named Maddie. Before she came to live with ...

Miniature Schnauzers Jake and Fritz To love a rescue
Fifteen years ago Bart, my father-in-law's miniature schnauzer whom we brought home after he passed away, had to be put to sleep due to cancer. Even though ...

Schnauzer Ebenezer is "Love"
Ebenezer came to our home in July, 2008. He was just 8 and a half weeks old when we got him. He was a clean and healthy little guy. We quickly got him ...

Sweet Bella
I'm Bella, a female Miniature Schnauzer that was found as a stray near Eustis, Florida. I spent a month in doggy jail before I was found and taken in by ...

Sydney's Story
I was doing my usual rounds through the local shelter for SRM when I spotted a little gray mass huddled in the back of a dingy cage. It resembled a big ...

Miniature Schnauzer Lacey the "foster failure"
I came to live with my mom a little over three years ago. I was given to a rescue for no reason that me nor my mom can remember. I wasn't a troublemaker,...

Libby's been Liberated
When I was rescued, they called me Liberty because I was liberated from a terrible place called a puppy mill. I was a puppy mill dog used only for ...

Happy Landing for Lexie and Buddy
I had always wanted a dog, and finally decided I was going to get one (I kept saying "for the family," but I wanted one as much as the kids). I researched ...

Its a wonderfull life!
I was found as a stray near Eustis, Florida. I spent a month in doggy jail before I was found and taken in by Schnauzer Love Rescue! I had a great Foster ...

Lonely Not rated yet
I had been debating for some time if I wanted a dog or not, when one day I went to work and a co-worker told me that she was trying to find a home for ...