What is Schnauzer?
[[File:Schnauzer_Size_Montage.png|thumb|280px|The schnauzer types: Miniature, Standard and Giant.]] A '''schnauzer''' is a type of [[dog]] [[breed]] that originated in [[Germany]] in about the [[14th century]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pet360.com/dog/breeds/all-about-standard-schnauzers/xvEO0fx1lEuZE0W6htu2cA?intcid=LINKART%20 |title=All About Standard Schnauzers |publisher=PET360 INC |access-date=11 January 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231644/http://www.pet360.com/dog/breeds/all-about-standard-schnauzers/xvEO0fx1lEuZE0W6htu2cA?intcid=LINKART%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Standard Schnauzer is the oldest of the three Schnauzer [[wikt:variety|varieties]]: Miniature, Standard, and Giant.<ref name=StandAKC>{{cite web |url=http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/standard-schnauzer/ |title=Meet the Standard Schnauzer |publisher= American Kennel Club |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> All three varieties have the distinctive [[whisker]]s, [[mustache]] and [[eyebrows]], which is where they take their name from as in German schnauzer means moustache.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petmd.com/dog/breeds/c_dg_standard_schnauzer |title=Standard Schnauzer |publisher=PetMD |access-date=17 January 2016}}</ref> == History == The Standard Schnauzer is the [[prototype]] from which the other two were [[Breed|bred]].<ref name=StandAKC/> From the [[middle ages]] on they [[Guard dog|guarded]] the [[livestock]] and family members.<ref name=SSCA>{{cite web |url=http://www.standardschnauzer.org/ss_history.htm |title=Breed Information About the Standard Schnauzer |publisher=Standard Schnauzer Club of America |access-date=11 January 2016}}</ref> They are descended from [[Europe|European]] [[herd]]ing and [[guard dog]]s.<ref name=SSCA/> As a distinctive breed, they appear in pictures of the [[14th century|14th]] and [[15th century|15th centuries]].<ref name=Korppret>{{cite web |url=http://www.korppret.com/history.htm |title=History of the STANDARD SCHNAUZER |publisher=korppret |access-d