Colors
traced through prominent imports
By:
Phyllis Shaw
Virtually all color varieties of miniature
schnauzers trace back to Peter v. Westburg, whelped
in Germany 1902. He is described as being one of the
three main pillars of the breed. Imports of three
dogs influenced the early miniature schnauzer lines
in the U.S.A.
AKC recognizes the breed in 1926.
Over
10 years 108 imports arrived to the United States
of America, mostly from Germany.
In 1933 the American Miniature
Schnauzer Club (AMSC) was formed.
Key
black miniature schnauzer families developed.
1945
CH Dorem Display was whelped by Dorothy Williams.
Willia Maguire of California produced the first AKC
black miniature champion from breeding of German imports.
In 1935, CH Cunning Asta of Bambivan started winning
and finsihed in 1936. Lines carried from CH Dorem
Display, Jovinus Rodin of Anfiger, from England, Italian
Mayla Gunter from Italy and Koniglich The Groom from
Australia. Rodin and Groom trace their lines to Display
through Jovinus Risotto. Jovinus Risotto, the dam
of Rodin brought nine lines from Display. Groom doubly
bred on Risotto, has 18 lines, plus another through
his maternal grandsire, Eng. CH Deltone Deldisplay.
In
1964, Anne Eskrigge (Anfiger) of Massachusetts imported
Jovinus of Rodin of Anfiger. In 1965, Alice Gough
of Minnesota bred salt and pepper Gough's Pickwick
Silver Belle, CD, bred by Ursula Buys, to Rodin. Alice
Gough bred this salt and pepper female intensely bred
within the Ruffian branch to Rodin. The Rodin-Belle
breeding produced three blacks: a male, Gough's Ebony
Royal Guardsman, and two bitches, Gough's Ebony Guardian
Angel and Gough's Ebony Gay Gidget. Gough's Ebony
Royal Guardsman was killed by an automobile at age
three, leaving only three litters.
Key
salt and pepper miniature schnauzer families developed.
1960's
John Huber founded Blythewood Kennels known for salt
and pepper miniatures. In the, 1970's Penny and Lanny
Hirsten established their kennel naming it Penlan.
In 1984, Marsha Felds family pet whelped a black and
silver male. She named him CH Feldmar Nightshade,
he set the standard for the black and silver miniature
schnauzer.
CH
Woodhaven's Black Gough Drop's dam was Gough's Ebony
Echo and his sire was Gough's Ebony Knight Longleat,
CD.
Gough's Ebony Royal Guardsman son
Gough's Ebony Knight Longleat, CD, sired CH Woodhaven's
Black Gough Drops and sired CH Dufferton Mack the
Knife.
Gough's
Ebony Royal Guardsman surely carried the white gene
because both CH Woodhaven's Black Gough Drops and
CH Dufferton Mack the Knife also carried the white
gene. In approximately, 1965, 8 years after the standard
had been changed that the white schnauzer began to
emerge out of the black and black and silver miniature
schnauzers. It was absolutely taboo to have white
miniature schnauzer genes in your line. So many rumors
circulated that the white miniature schnauzer's were
a defect. It was assumed that they have medical problems
and deafness. Breeders having white puppies were often
told to drown them at birth, due to the misconception
that they were a genetic defect. Fortunately, select
breeders principally from the east did an excellent
job of preserving the black and silver along with
the white schnauzer. In the U.S.A., for 40 years the
white schnauzer's origin and legacy has not been understood.
The American Miniature Schnauzer Club standard describes
them as undesirable and they should not be bred. To
this day, we still have not found any documented facts
as to this reasoning. Researching the white miniature
schnauzer with the PSK reveals that they have no known
congenital or lethal white gene theories. These white
miniature schnauzers are not albino, they exhibit
black noses, eyes and pads of their feet. They are
affectionate and robust miniature schnauzers who exhibit
all the qualities of their colored counterparts.
When
did the American Miniature Schnauzer standard change
to exclude the white miniature from being shown in
the U.S.A.?
In 1957 the American Miniature Schnauzer
Club voted to change the standard for the miniature
schnauzer to exclude the white schnauzer from being
shown in American Kennel Club shows. The American
Kennel Club accepted this change in the standard,
but continued to register the white miniature schnauzer.
This A.K.C. registration, allows our white miniature
schnauzer to be shown in all F.C.I. affliated member
clubs across the globe. F.C.I. member clubs are clubs
in different countries who have accepted the parent
breed country standard, as their own. The American
Miniature Schnauzer Club is one of the few clubs that
does not accept the parent breed country standard.
They prefer to have their own standard.
What registries allow the white miniature schnauzer
to be exhibited?
