Miniture Pincher... what do you know about them?

please don't mutilate his ears. that's a little puppy you're talking about. it's bad enough the poor critters already lost some of his spine. how can you look at a beautiful little puppy and think they'd look better when they've been cut up a bit? it's deeply saddnening that there are so called civilised countries that haven't made this sort of thing illegal yet. ear cropping has been illegal in the uk for a long time now, and tail docking is on the way out. it's so wonderful that we're now starting to see dogs like spaniels, with their lovely, long, plumey tails. they really do have a lovely tail. and they wag them a lot. surely if you love your dog you won't force them to undergo unneccessary and painful surgery to make them look different. if you wanted a dog with erect ears you should have got a breed with erect ears, not a breed with floppy ears and then mutilate them so they stand up. please please please. you have a wonderful dog there that will give you many many years of happiness and love and fun. cutting his ears up won't make him better looking, or more affectionate, or healthier or more fun. it's completely unneccessary and it's just not a fair thing to do to a puppy.

my mother owned a miniture pincher and he was the more enregetic dog so i would say just make sure you have space to run and play with him/her alot they need it.

He is gonna need a tough name to live up to his personality. Most little dogs like Bruiser think they can whip the world. I know my little one does, she thinks she rules the roost. Be careful not to allow him to jump too much. Small dogs can often hurt their legs, especially during the first year of growth, by jumping on and off of furniture. If you are going to allow him on the couch or your bed, invest in a set of doggie steps. Also, small dogs are harder to house train. Be perpared, it can be very frustrating at times. I recommend crate training; it seems to work the best.

He look so adorable. You should have named him Hercules. TATA.

Sorry, sweetie, i don't really know much about them. TATA.

Oh wow, I have a min pin puppy as well, his name is Phoenix. I know a lot about this breed coz I made a lot of research about them. A lot of people really think that the smaller dogs are harder to train and they think they own the place, well they are all wrong. They are just being tolerated most of the time because they are cute, like for example, if you have a rottweiler dog, jumping on your feet and trying to play with you, of course you would stop him and tell him its wrong. it's because he is big, but try to look at a picture of a min pin doing the same way. Of course you wouldn't stop him coz he just looks so adorable. It's just the way how you train your dog, big or small, they are just the same. And about his ears, you don't really need to cut them, it's their natural look, unless if you want to show him off to people, like the main reason for them to get their tails and ears cut are simply because of their looks, sometimes they are born with extra longer tail or bigger ears which is not the "expected" look for a min pin, but that's totally normal, most countries don't even allow these stuff, its just all about looks, no other reasons. Min Pins are very smart dogs as well, so you won't have a lot of trouble training them, just that they are extra energetic, they play most of the time. :)

Hi, ask your vet, the ears done will help with the ear infections,wax and problems. I have Bouviers, their ears are done. Mini pins are a very active breed. Compared to the Std. Doberman the go 100 miles an hour most of the time. They shed coat 3-4 times a year and live a lone life style. You can find out more by going to the AKC breed standards and look up the breed. Also Dogs in Canada

I don't know that much about them, myself, but I just wanted to say Bruiser is so cute! I rated your picture, btw, too. My nephew had a girlfriend who had a Miniature Pinscher. Hers was a female and she was so cute! She brought her up here to my house one time when she came with my nephew to see my horse. The girlfriend was a horseback rider and she had horses, too. She barrel races, as a matter of fact and my nephew called me before they came to let me know they were coming. Anyway, I didn't mean to get off the subject but I have a little Jack Russell Terrier Mix Dog. Her little dog and my little dog played so well together. They were so cute chasing each other around the backyard, lol! Kathy.