Miniature Pinscher ndi mtundu wakale womwe udawonekera ku Germany zaka 200 zapitazo. Kupangidwa kwake kunachitika mabuku ang'ombe asanakhale apamwamba, kotero kuti gawo la nkhaniyi silikudziwika bwino.
Ndi amodzi mwa agalu akale kwambiri komanso odziwika bwino pagulu la Pinscher / Terrier. Chiyambi cha agalu a gulu ili sichidziwika bwino, koma adatumikira mafuko olankhula Chijeremani kwa zaka mazana, ngati si zikwi za zaka. Ntchito yawo yaikulu inali kupha makoswe ndi makoswe ena, ngakhale kuti ena anali agalu alonda ndi ng’ombe.
Mpaka pano, Pinscher ndi Schnauzers amaonedwa kuti ndi mtundu umodzi, koma mosiyana pang'ono. Akatswiri ambiri amatcha German Pinscher kholo la mtunduwo, kumene zosiyana zina zonse zinayambira, koma palibe umboni wokhutiritsa wa izi. Umboni wakale kwambiri umabwerera ku 1790 pamene Albert Dürer anajambula agalu mofanana ndi ma Pinscher amakono aku Germany.