Noho ʻo "Rattler" mua i loko o nā hale ʻai a me nā hale ʻai, hopu i nā ʻiole a me nā ʻiole, a mālama i ka mahiʻai. ʻO ka ʻīlio mahiʻai "German mua" aia ma ka home ma ke kūkulu hema o Kelemānia. I ka makahiki 1882, ua neʻe ka mea hānai ʻīlio ʻo Max Hartenstein mai Württemberg i kāna mea hānai a no laila ua kūkulu ʻo Schnauzer breeding.
Ua nānā nui ʻia i ka ʻumiʻumi lush a me nā kuʻemaka a me ka waihoʻoluʻu hina maʻemaʻe, ʻoiai ua ʻae ʻia nā ʻumiʻumi ʻulaʻula haʻahaʻa. ʻAʻole i loli nui ka Schnauzer mai ia manawa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lauoho, ka lauoho, a me ka waihoʻoluʻu, akā ua hoʻomau ʻia ʻo ia he ʻīlio kuʻuna. ʻOki mau ʻia ka lauoho ʻōniʻoniʻo.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā peʻa ʻīlio Schnauzer maikaʻi loa 10: