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Them's the Rules, Folks. The breed standard for the miniature schnauzer, by AKC rules, is 18 to 20 inches at the shoulder for dogs and 17 to 19 inches for bitches (that's kennel-talk, by the way, not cussin', and is drawing-room proper in dog circles). Anything taller is a standard schnauzer by definition and anything shorter is a runt.
As time passed, farmers bred the Standard Schnauzer into a smaller, more compact size for ratting by combining it with the Affenpinscher and Miniature Poodle. The first recorded Miniature Schnauzer appeared in 1888, and the first exhibition was held in 1899.