I-Schnauzer yinzala yakudala. Yinja yokuqala yomalusi yase-Austrian Tyrol. Imizobo kunye neetapestries ezivela kwi-1492 zibonisa izinja ezifana ne-schnauzers yanamhlanje. I-Schnauzer ikhona kwimifanekiso eqingqiweyo - enye kumfanekiso oqingqiweyo eMecklenburg. Lo mfanekiso ungowe-1620. 'I-Schnauzer' yayiligama le-Wirehaired Pinscher yokuqala eyaphumelela ibhaso (isihloko sangaphambili sohlobo), yaqala ukuboniswa eHanover ngo-1879. Ngenkulungwane ye-15 neye-16 basebenzisa amadevu ukugada iinqwelo zabo njengoko babehamba kwiidolophana ngeedolophana. Ezi zinja kwakufuneka zibe zincinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingathathi indawo eninzi xa zihamba phezu kwenqwelo, kodwa zibe nkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuthintela nawaphi na amasela. I-Miniature kunye ne-Giant Schnauzers yavela kwi-Medium Schnauzer.
Apha ngezantsi uya kufumana ezona tattoos zili-10 zibalaseleyo zeSchnauzer: