Comparison: Dutch Smoushond and Miniature Schnauzer

Dutch Smoushond and Miniature Schnauzer are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Dutch Smoushond	Miniature Schnauzer
FCI group	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs	2. Pinscher and Schnauzer, Molossoid breeds, Swiss Mountain and Cattle Dogs
Country of origin	Netherlands	Germany
Category	Small	Small
Height at withers	35–42 cm	30–35 cm
Weight	7–11 kg	4–8 kg
Life span	–	12–15 years
Recognition features	Square, compact dog with a coarse, unkempt yellow coat Moustache, beard and eyebrows, coat 4–7 cm Affectionate, cheerful and free-spirited	Bushy moustache and eyebrows Wiry coat, most often salt-and-pepper Square build, up to 35 cm tall
Coat	Coarse, wiry, harsh, straight coat about 4–7 cm long with sufficient undercoat, unkempt look; yellow.	Wiry dense coat with undercoat; salt-and-pepper, black, black-and-silver.
Purpose	A Dutch companion dog, originally a "stable dog" and ratter.	A scaled-down German schnauzer bred to catch rats on farms; the most numerous schnauzer.

Breed page: Dutch Smoushond · Breed page: Miniature Schnauzer

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