Our Schnauzer puppies are socialized and spoiled from birth.  Moms whelp their litters in our puppy room under clean, heated conditions.  Births are carefully monitored with gender, birth order and size accurately recorded.  Mom's are pampered throughout nursing and puppies are allowed to wean themselves slowly, generally being weaned by the time they are 7 weeks old. In addition, we generally breed our Moms only once a year so they have lots of down time to spend with their families. 

As they grow, puppies are exposed to a variety of stimulus to ensure good socialization and people skills by the time they are ready to go to homes.  This includes:

• Play sessions several times a day
• A variety of toys that are rotated often
• Adequate space so that they learn about sleeping areas, play areas and potty areas
• Car rides
• Exposure to various noises including children playing, TV, vacuum cleaner, radio, people talking, clippers running, washer and dryer noises and chairs being dragged around. These sounds are either naturally occuring in their environment or are encountered through a sound desensitization CD that is played several times a day
• Introduction to basic commands such as sit and down and leave it or no!
• Introduction to potty training - either litter trained or introduced to going outside.
• Meeting people in wheelchairs, children of all ages, seniors, adults
• An introduction to bikes, strollers, skateboads (if weather permits)
• Walks on a leash
• Learning to submit to handling of feet, mouth and body, being brushed and getting a haircut
• Being introduced to a crate and being familiar with being in it for brief periods of time

We screen our customers to make sure that each pup is placed with the best possible family. Schnauzer puppies are temperament tested and potential puppy families fill out a questionnaire.  The information from both enables us to match up puppies with homes that suit them.  We will refuse to sell a puppy if we don't feel we have a suitable match:  Puppy to family or family to puppy.  We follow up to make sure the puppy is adjusting well and encourage our customers to keep in touch.  

As miniature schnauzers have a lifetime of grooming ahead of them, we start exposing them to the sights, sounds and feel of grooming as early as possible. Schnauzer puppies have nails clipped weekly and are handled daily until they are two weeks of age. Once they are two weeks old, we begin to brush them with a soft bristle brush a couple times per week. At around 5 weeks of age, they will have their first grooming. Right before they go home, they have a bath to get them smelling fresh and clean and ready for their new home.

All schnauzer puppies are checked over thoroughly by our veterinarian prior to leaving us for their new families. Dewclaws removed when they are three days old.  They are dewormed at 3, 5 and 7 weeks of age and given their first puppy vaccination just before they leave for new homes at 8 weeks of age.

Puppy pick up includes the opportunity for any last minute questions and instructions.  We take a picture of the puppy and it's new family for our photo album of new puppy families.

We guarantee our puppies are healthy before they leave our home however,we suggest that the new owners have the pup checked at their vet also to ensure everyone is satisfied with its health.

Our interest in your puppy does not stop once you take it home. We are always available via email for questions. We LOVE to hear from past customers and see new pictures of puppies as they grow up. Many people in the area that purchase from us, bring their schnauzer puppies back to us for regular grooming so we get to see them as they grow and can answer any questions that arise.

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