In our breeding of Giant Schnauzers, we breed for an easy going, calmer disposition, that helps make them easier to train to be the kind of companion we expect them to become.

We have cultivated and worked on this particular temperament for the past 8 years. In our breeding program we have exceptional bloodlines, which include many AKC Champions. We are not breeding our dogs to have the high energy, style and spirit that are needed to win a dog show. We select, out of our litters, the puppies that display the temperament qualities we expect. These qualities consist of being easy going, eager to please, quick to learn and easy to train. As well as loyal and loving, so that our giants continue to be the wonderful giants you have come to expect from Schnauzerland. We expect them to come into your lives and into your homes as if they had always been there. If you continue to work on these qualities that we have bred into them, your friends will tell you that your "dog" is better than their children! 

We hand select each of our breeding giants and match them with a mate that we feel will complement the personality that we are so proud of. We lovingly care for them, and interact with them on a daily basis. We socialize them with our miniatures and puppies growing up, where we are able to grade them in the area of aggression. If one becomes too aggressive, we do not breed that particular dog, and find a suitable home to place it in. Finally, at this time, in our breeding program, we are happy to say that very few are found not suitable for the temperament we are looking for.

Our giants are not barky, snappy or fearful. In fact, they are very sociable with everyone they meet as long as their humans are home or with them. (Please be aware that a giant schnauzer is a working, guard dog, and when you are not home, this wonderful, sweet, easygoing member of your family does his or her job of guarding all that they love!) Don't think that anyone can walk into your home to take care of your giant if you need to be out of town. WRONG! Your giant will have to consider this person a member of its family circle. But, when you are there and they feel that you feel this is a person with a good heart, all is well! 

We feel that our giants can be the ultimate best friends that you will ever have had. You will come to feel a fear of "what would you do without your big, fluffy, loving friend". I know! I already grieve for my time when "Midge" will leave me! I have been breeding dogs for the last 25 years, and until my giant "Midge" owned me, I have never felt this way! I truly feel that she is another daughter in my home! And my daughter feels that she has a "big, black, furry, face-licking sister", too! They even have sibling rivalry. 

Just about everyone who works here at Schnauzerland has had to have a giant schnauzer in his or her home! They just give so much companionship, never complain when you are late coming home, just wag their big ole butts, and want to give you a nice big hug and kiss! This is a feeling that I promise you, you cannot express in words! 

We hope you come take a stroll thru Schnauzerland and meet some of our wonderful Giant Schnauzers. It's a memorable experience! 

Now, after saying all these wonderful things about them, I want to say that our puppies are sold strictly for being members of your family and they are sold with a LIMITED AKC registration. This is the only way we will sell them. We have cultivated our giants into a co-dependency on their family that is not really in the breed standards, and we feel that if you want a giant schnauzer for breeding or showing purposes, you should go to a kennel that produces just that, Show Dogs! 

We bought several of our breeding giants from Skansen Kennels in California, and if you are looking to show or possibly breed your giant, then we highly recommend that you contact Skansen kennels and put your name on their list. Their Website is www.skansen.com. There are many Giant Schnauzer Show kennels out there that sell their giants for show, and have their pet quality for pets. We don't grade our puppies for anything but their exceptional pet qualities. So if any of our puppies are not "Pick" puppies, there is something wrong with them, either physically or in their temperament. On occasion, we do have a puppy that we feel will require an above average amount of training because of their "drive" and "energy" level, and we do discount their price to some degree. Other than that, they are all "Picks" here. 

The colors and coats that are available here are the: 

We have just started producing black and silver giants, this black and silver giant schnauzer is a very striking color variation. It's not recognized as a show color with AKC, but is listed on their giant  schnauzer list of colors as black and tan, but it is extremely bright and beautiful. It can be anything from black and tan, to black and gold to a beautiful black and silver.

Black giant schnauzers tend to be the favorite here in the states from what I can tell by inquires here at Schnauzerland. Please keep an open mind about colors. Many people have come here to pick out a black puppy and totally fallen in love with Dalton, our retired American coat Pepper and Salt male from Skansen Kennels. He was one of the very first produced here in the United States, and maybe the world. We feel extremely fortunate to be able to be members of his family and that Skansen Kennels allowed us the pleasure of owning him, or him owning us! We are very proud of his children we have here that are starting to produce our wonderful giants! We also have Marshall, another rare treasure from Skansen Kennels, and he is still an active stud dog here, but we also have his children growing up for our future-breeding giants of Schnauzerland. He is the most easy going, wonderful natured giant schnauzer I have ever met!!! And his children are turning out the same way! Everyone loves him too! 

Thank you for your visit to Schnauzerland. We so appreciate your taking the time to visit us. Please visit our other pages, read our This and That page, but don't leave our site without reading our Schnauzerland Fairy Tales. You will truly enjoy them.

Feel free to e-mail us at info@schnauzerland.net or call  (423-202-1610)
if you have any questions about our schnauzers. We would love to put one of our giants, large or small in your lives. 
 

SCHNAUZERLAND

 

January 20, 2008 Update