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Giant Schnauzer Did You Know?
- The German name of the Giant Schnauzer is Riesenschnauzer, meaning "the
giant."
- The Giant Schnauzer should closely resemble the other Schnauzers, but
it is important to remember that the three Schnauzers - Miniature,
Standard, and Giant - are all distinct breeds that have simply developed
to look very similar.
- All Schnauzers had their origin in the neighboring kingdoms of Wurttemberg
and Bavaria, agricultural sectors where dogs as farm help were in great demand.
- Drovers, craving larger, more powerful dogs, interbred with other breeds,
including the Great Dane, to achieve the Giant Schnauzer.
- The Giant Schnauzer is in fact not a Giant breed but simply the largest
of the Schnauzers.
- Not until just before World War I did the Giant Schnauzer begin to come
to nationwide attention in Germany as a suitable subject to receive police
training at the schools in Berlin and other principal cities.
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