Holly was the runt of Maggie and Mickey's litter.       Above is my Salt/Pepper Ruedee.  I still miss her.                                                            Gracie in a baby carrier sitting on a baby bump!. 

                                                                   

                Hi Cathy,
 

Thought it was past time to send you an update about Runa. I can’t believe how fast time passes. She’s 9 months old now. We brought her home the day after Christmas. As I write this she is literally chewing on the cat’s head (who for some unknown reason remains very tolerant of her rough and tumble play). We have had so much fun with this new baby in the house. 2.2 lbs when we brought her home, she is now hovering around 14 lbs. When she was “little,”  Runa was very independent. She liked her space when she went to sleep, or even when she was just laying down. As she has grown, it has been a delightfully surprising to find that she has become a very affectionate cuddler. She thinks she runs the house (which I won’t argue with), and leads the pack of animals in the house (14 yo mini schnauzer, Kimo,  and 3 yo cat, Hemi, as well as my daughter’s cat who intermittently stays with us.

One of the joys with Runa is traveling. Since she’s been a young puppy we have taken her with us on the road. She absolutely loves road trips.  We’ve taken her on a number of road trips to MI, WV and GA. Several weeks ago Runa was my carry-on when I flew to Phoenix. She was a rockstar! I thought the return road trip to OH from AZ might be a challenge, but she happily jumped in the car every day. Every morning she is ready to go with us when we leave for work.

As you can tell, we totally love Runa, as does the rest of the family. Thank you so much for breeding such wonderful dogs! V

PS: The photo was taken last week at Boulder Creek in Boulder, CO. As evidenced by the lack of a leash and good “stay,” obedience training is going pretty well. J

 

 


I have been meaning to write to you. Molly is the sweetest little girl. She
was at the vets last week and weighs 4 lbs. She has had 2 sets of shots so
far and goes back next week for her 3rd. We will schedule her spaying when                                                                    
she is 5-6 months.
Potty training is going very well. She has gone to the door a few times to
be taken out. She will go up our steps but will not go down them.
I gave her a haircut about 2 weeks ago and she did very good except for the
hair in the ears. She hated that and cried. We will try that again at
another time.
She gets along great with the other girls and they have accepted her as part
of the pack. She is just a little wild for them at times. Those teeth of
hers are always biting. 
I hope all is well with you. Did Jilly Bean have her babies yet? Just
wondering.
I will keep in touch,
Judy         

Cathy,
 
Just wanted to share a couple pictures of our beautiful Tilly.  She is now 3 pounds and 7 ounces and a bundle of energy.  She is doing pretty well potty training.  She sits on command, shakes,

and is working on sitting up.  She comes nearly every time we call her.  She has become a very important member of our family and we love her very much.  Thanks for our baby.

 
G and T

 

 

Gracie helping with the laundry.                                                                                                Gracie's first snow.

Hi Cathy,  Today is my  2nd birthday!  I am hoping to play all day long with my dollies and

toss rope and to take long naps cuddled up with my family. I have never torn anything up but I do love my bones and can chew on them for a long time.  Whenever I see anyone

(dogs not included) I know they are just thrilled to meet me.  However, other dogs are just dogs  and I just ignore them.   My family adores me and tells me I am the cutest puppy ever.

But then they were on that stupid computer and looked at your website and I could not believe my ears.  They said that all your dogs are the cutest ever.  The audacity of this could ruin my day.

 After hearing this I pouted for some time but then decided not to let it bother me and I nudged my my mom's foot with y dolly and said " lets play!"  Thank you for giving me such a good start in life. 

Knock on a bone - I am very healthy.  I hope you are doing well.   - Love, Vanessa


 

Cathy, 
I wanted to touch base with you about Ruby.  Our Ruby is such a sweetheart.  It is the first time we've adopted a baby before. 

It was a wonderful experience raising her.  We are so much in love with that little girl.  She weighs about 12 pounds.  She loves playing outside in the yard. 

She is always the last one in and she usually finds a stick or piece of mulch or even sod.  She won't come in if we don't let her bring it in.  If we try to take it away

from her at the door she takes off.  So we let her bring in her treasure.  After she is in she willing gives it to us.  She's a little stinker for sure. 

Debbie May I always be the kind of person my dogs think I am!
Hi Cathy!

I have been meaning to send you some pics of our little guy (we named him Bowzer). We purchased this pup from you in July of last year. Also wanted to let you know how much we absolutely love him and that he is really a good dog.
He is sleeping in my lap at this moment. We love this dog so much and he really is more fun than any other dog we have had. He became good friends over the holidays with a friend's English mastiff (140 lbs!) and it was funny to see such different dogs playing!

Thanks again for selling us our best friend! Nancy
       

Hello Kathy: I know it is probably hard to remember all of your customers, but this customer will never forget Cathy, because of all of the joy that Brackett brings into our lives every day.

He is my buddy and even though, technically, he is our daughter Natalie’s dog, it has been decided that he is going to stay with “Grandpa” when she goes off to college next year. He is the icon

of a typical schnauzer (self willed, protective and always wanting to play ball). I get the biggest kick out of him. I think that mini schnauzers are the best dog’s on earth and when I compare Brackett

to other schnauzers we see around you can tell he is well bred.  Just thought I would keep you up to date. Hope things are going well in the schnauzer business. Nancy and I have actually talked about

breeding them in our retirement. Thanks for helping to preserve the quality of the breed.  Since you are a professional breeder you may be interested to  know that our oldest daughter is in a Veterinary

Ophthalmology residency at the Univ. of GA. As a part of the program she did a research project and successfully reproduced live cornea cells. This has never been done before in the history of medicine

and she is now internationally published and got to present her research at the International Ophthalmology Conference in Copenhagen this past year. This will now allow new medicines to be tested on live

reproduced cells instead of live animals. She definitely gets her brains from her Mom, HA! Hope you have a nice holiday season. Linc


The East Coast is in the middle of an unusual December blizzard! We here in Maryland are supposed to get 20" of snow or more!  Thank goodness it is Saturday and traffic is not too heavily impacted! 

Anyway, I thought I would send you three pictures of Maedchen (pronounced Maychin), our Georgie Girl/Tux off-spring who is growing beautifully and happily.  We love her and so do our grand daughters!

Maedchen just loves the snow! She runs back and forth and burrows her head in it, shakes it off and does it all over again! We had her to our groomers on 12/13 who fell in love with her, too.  She behaved very well

and wasn't afraid of the clippers.Well, enjoy these pictures!Thanks again,Meredith and Jimmie

 

Hi Cathy,

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to give you an update on Buffett and to thank you again for
breeding wonderful miniature schnauzer puppies! He is 10 1/2 lbs now,
very playful, and very loving. He was easy to house train...seemed to
get it right away, and even readily goes up the stairs when its
"bedtime." Attached is a picture we just took with him on his favorite
"perch", the top of the loveseat. We did give up on trying to keep him
away from the Christmas trees...he is just a puppy after all, and not
perfect! So as you can see, the trees are in a cage rather then the dog!

Take care and have a wonderful Christmas with you family...

Steve and Janet Jones
   & Buffett

Sparky has learned several words he knows mommy and daddy, he is so smart, but he doesn't like the word no, but he does obey!! 

I bought a 20 foot leash, a wind up one with a handle that pays out and he walks or runs, but he doesn't like the cold weather. He loves a tennis ball

when I throw it and he goes like a flash and brings it back to me and drops it at my feet to throw it again.  He has several toys, his favorite is a battery

powered dog that laughs and rolls all over...he grabs it and shakes it!!!  When I pick him up and hold him and turn him over, I rub his belly he loves it!!

 
Perry


 

                    

Betty holding Ebby on Mother's Day.                         

                                                                    

This little Black/Silver girl, Molly, now lives in Florida with her new playmates.  Looks like Molly is Daddy's girl.                                       Molly grown up.

Hi Cathy;
This is Pat & Jennifer from Marathon Florida, in the Keys.  We got Mollie from you back in March of 2007.  Am attaching a few pictures of the Baby and she is so precious! 

The last 2 years we have lost 2 of our 4 babies -Lilly- Mini Dachshund -13 years old- liver Cancer Louie- Cesky - 14 years old- old age-- just this last Wednesday We looked at your

Website and we are not ready to take the female you currently have available around X-Mass. We would like another Molly if we could get one, runt of the litter, great personality and extremely SMART!!!

Hope all is well with you guys and nothing changed here except we are all getting older. 
Sincerely;
Pat & Jennie
                        

 

 

Dear Cathy.......just a quick note to tell you that I had my first encounter with a Ground Hog.  Mom is very very upset with me, but I held my own.  He, she or whatever "it" was, came in to my property....mind you MY PROPERTY! and sat on MY patio.  The worst thing was that it sat next to MY dad.  Dad called mom and by the time mom came outside, we were at it.  I held my own, but the ground hound had his fangs out.  Dad was yelling, mom was yelling and the groundhog was in a ball rolled up and then sprung to his feet and I chased him out of MY yard and he took off for the wood line.  Imagine that.....just to come in my yard and plop without even asking? Now mom is worried that he she or it, will come back and so I have to be watched 24-7 while I am in the back.  Mom was upset as she has NEVER seen that side of me and yet dad has told her over and over that I am a "ratter" and that's what I do!  I mean I can't be cuddly all the time and sit on laps and such.  I mean I AM A RATTER AFTER ALL !  Anyway, that is the news to report of late! I hope you are feeling better and are back in the business of making more "mees".!  Love always, Good Golly Miss Molly...Molly to her friends!  XO

             

Well good morning to you Cathy.

I am getting my Thanksgiving and Christmas Hello's out of the way early as I have a lot on the agenda to do.  (or so mom says I do). 
I soon have to go for my annual checkup, which I know will be a breeze, cause I'm one "healthy little girl".  (or so my daddy says)  As a matter of fact, he was looking at me yesterday with those endearing eyes of his.  You know those eyes don't you?  The ones that look at you as if to say " I love you soooo much that I cannot see what a devil you are eyes"?  Still got him wrapped around my tail ya know.  Anyway, it is to the doctors for my annual, then I will be going shortly thereafter for my grooming so I look  soooo beautiful.  I know I am just that also, as you know who (dad) is so ridiculous with "those eyes" and keeps telling mom every day what a beautiful girl I am. Must be so if dad says it is.  I am trying not to get a big head over all of this and then Mom comes along and assures me I am just a dog, a member of the family for sure, but just a dog and not something that has come down from the clouds to sit next to my dad!  It was good while it lasted though!
Have been helping with the leaves around the house too and that is a job in itself.  Between chasing the squirrels, who are showing me NO respect at all, and picking those sticks up out of the yard and such, it is a job in itself.  I will tell you this........sooner or later I am for SURE.......going to get that little sucker with the fluffy wagging tail.  I mean Mom cannot be there every moment watching my every move!  I will get him, I promise you that.  I think and dream of the day I have that little badger hanging out of my mouth, tail fluffing an all.  I will walk right on over to dad and plop it down at the bottom of his feet!!  I mean I will!!!  Can't do that to mom as she will have a heart attack for sure....just to dad.  He will smile and tell me how good I was!!!  I in the meantime, will be puffed up like a rooster, knowing I finally got that "annoying rodent". 
Mom just doesn't get it.    As a matter of fact, in my opinion, she just doesn't get a lot of things that Dad and I do....such as running and running off the leash at the "doggie park" not far from home.  Mom doesn't want dad to take me there for fear of germs and such and oh yes, I might get bullied by other dogs!  Well, dad has already told me I am one tough little girl and could hold my own.  See....no worries!
Don't know how I got off on this tangent, but my purpose was to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas....not Happy Holidays!  I hope you are coming along well, health wise and you have good things to look forward too.
Thank you for being there for me when I came into this world.  You know.....you were a big part of my being here!  Bet you never thought I would have a mom and dad like this did ya? I mean do you remember the letter my mom first wrote about being "broken hearted".?  Love to you and my extended family....Molly

                                                     

                                                                                                                                                                 

Cathy, Here are pictures of my beautiful Haley, and a couple of my cats. I never thought I could love a                        

dog as much as Chelsea. As I said before, your dogs are beautiful. I could not be happier.

Have a wonderful Easter....Love, Robin

Dear Cathy,

I am writing to let you know how great Winston is doing!  He is almost 12 pounds now and was neutered a few weeks ago. 

He loves to go on walks and play with his rawhide chews.  He also loves rides in the car. he potty trained very quickly too.  

I did want to ask you if you  have any recommendations on how to get him to stop barking at every person that we pass when

we are out on our walks.  He does the same with other dogs too.  If he is face to face with another animal, he is fine, but if they are

across the way, forget it, he barks his head off!  Same with strangers.  If they are near him, he goes up to them and he is fine.  

 It just makes him look like a mean dog because he goes crazy.

Thank you!
Laura

Another thing he does that I am trying to break his habit is growling at me when he puts something in his mouth he isn't suppose to

(like a tissue from the bathroom or something).  When I put my hand in his mouth to take it out he viciously growls and I feel that he isn't afraid to snap at me.   

He is a sweet heart other than those 2 issues!!  I am looking into obedience classes but I just don't have the xtra cash at this moment. 

I don't think Winston could get any cuter if he tried!  But he needs to go to obedience school as soon as possible. 

As far as the growling goes, it needs to stop immediately.  Try feeding him out of your hand and make him

sit before giving him anything to eat.  At this point, he needs to be dominated as much as possible.  Jog with him or

put him on a treadmill and wear him out.  When he is tired, that's when you give him commands and make him follow

through with them..........like sit, stay, down........and give him a treat out of your hand but make him wait before you allow

him to take it.  As far as the barking goes, I would pull back on his collar each time he starts to bark and say "no bark" in a stern voice. 

Keep doing it each time he starts to bark.  If he won't quit after three or four times ..........tell him he is bad and put him in time out......a crate by himself.

 


 

 

Cathy,
I hope you are doing well and are enjoying the holidays.  I was approached a few months ago to have Max participate in local ad campaigns for a Chicago television station.  We went to the shoot a few weeks ago, and I never realized how challenging it is to work with animals on film, but Max did well and the ad turned out really cute.  He was one of about 20 dogs picked to run for the next two months and I would love for you to check out the ad, it is on the television stations web site along with being aired almost everyday on their station, here is how you can find him:
 
Click the link below (it is slow loading)
Click here: wciu - The U
scroll down and click on "Pets:  How do I get my dog on TV" it is on the bottom left corner (again it take awhile to load)
Put the cursor over "top dogs" and then click "vote for top dogs" (this too is slow, I don't know if it is our computer or the web site?)
Then you should see "Max" and his picture, if you click on him it should play his ad!
 
We thought you would appreciate, everyone in our neighborhood loves it, don't forget to vote for him!!!  Let us know what you think.
 
Brittney,Ryan, and Max!
 
P.S.:  Ryan and I were just dating when we picked up Max, we are now engaged and are getting married in the summer, Max was a big focal point in our engagement pictures, he really has made us a family

                                        

Hi Cathy: 

Greetings from Georgia!! Today, as you may remember is the One Year Birthday for Baylie and the rest of her siblings.  What an amazing year it has been.

We have certainly enjoyed her energy and love.  Today she is recuperating from her Spay and the challenge is to keep her quiet!! It is not on her agenda it

seems so we are working at following the Dr’s orders.  She will have her party next weekend and invite some of the smaller dogs in the neighborhood. 

We did have snow this past weekend so I have attached several pictures of her outside – in her new coat!!   

Take care,

Your friend and Sister,

Kiah: Very smart and devoted Salt/Pepper from Ruedeshiem's Dream Chaser.

Cathy, Just wanted to send you a photo of one of your puppies.  His name is Bentley and he is a delight.  He is a great little boy

and he and his big brother Brutus get along great.  He loves to be held and hugged much different from his brother Brutus.  Rena 

 

Jim has allergies but not to Lucy.

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                   

 Bailey is such a love!!  She is always in search of a lap ~ when one disappears she looks around for another!! :)                           Snickers 2008

 She loves to play and takes good care of her little horse toys.  The one that neighs had to be put on the shelve as she

 would not stop making it neigh.  She drags them out in the morning and lines them in a perfect line. 

I have never seen anything like it.  She is lots of fun for sure

 

Hi Cathy,
It's almost that time again----Snickers will soon be two years old!  It doesn't seem possible.  Again, I just want to tell you how much I have enjoyed Snickers, and every day she just gets better and better!! 

She is so sweet and loving, and, as you can see by this picture, she and Maggie just get along great!  I am so happy that I found you as a breeder and I have nothing but the best things to say about you!!! 

Thanks so much!

Nancy

Twyla's Tobey.  Maggie Mae is Tobey's mommy.

Ollie's bed buddy.                                                                Hmmmm.  Which cat should I attack.     (Heidi)

A Kline Christmas.                                                               Schnauzers like to read.

Spencer                                                                      Sidney                                                                              Sidney and Sasha

Nap time for Zoe and Karlie!                                 Molly

S/P Zoe                                                                       Home to New York

                                                         

Wanted you to see our little girl and how much she has grown up.....                                       Snickers best friend.
She is such a sweetie....  she sure has her mommy Maggie's gentle nature!

Regards,
Laura
 

      

Hello.  Pepsi and Parker are doing good.  They were just neutered last week, so if they stay healthy, they are done with the vet for a year. 

They have been busy camping this summer, have probably went 8 - 10 times already and have more vacations planned.  They are over 10 lbs. now. 

Parker (salt & pepper) weighs about 1/2 lb. more then Pepsi (black).  One of the pictures shows them in a bike trailer which they just love riding in at the campgrounds. 

Thanks for these wonderful companions.  We love them with all our hearts!!!!!!

 
Bill and Marlene

Hello Cathy........Miss Molly Mol here.!  Well, without going into a big todo....I'm sending you some pictures of me, so you can see how pretty I am.  Right now, Mom is not in a great mood, but I will spare you the details at the moment, of what I have done to annoy her again.  We have to mail  the pictures to you, cause my mom and dad don't have all that fancy shmancy computer stuff to mail over the internet like you do. We will be mailing you the pictures tomorrow, so be on the lookout for them.  By the way, mom was wondering if you had any "little girls", not nearly as big as me, coming your way soon.  She was just asking, as right now I am a definite handful for them, especially since we ALL travel in the Motor Home....Mom, Dad, Me, and Yeowie the cat.  I, of course, loooooove chasing Yeowie.  He is declawed and that's why I get away with it.  I used to be smaller then yeowie, but NO MOOOOORE!  We run through the house and the MOtor Home playing, until I get a little toooo rough and start body slamming him.  Mom gets really annoyed at me for that!  So
she thinks, maybe in the future, if I calm down, and if I had someone else to play with, I would settle down some and not INSIST on attention from everyone around me!  This is just a thought though, I need to straighten myself up some before mom would think seriously about this!  I would love it though cause I just LOVE to play.  I don't care who it is or what it is ( except a squirrel) I just love to chase those critters till there is nothin left in me!  Anyway, bye for now and let me know what you think of the pictures and just keep in mind about a "tiny" sister.  Nothing definite, just keep it in mind and maybe, if mom doesn't kill me I'll be able to have a sister!   Lots of Love and Licks
Molly Mol

 

    

These little faces say it all.                                               Vega and her big brother Windsor.

                                   

I think it was in July a year ago when my wife Nancy, my daughter Natalie and I drove from Columbus, IN and bought Brackett (his new name) from you.

Attached are then & now pics. We just wanted to let you know what a great dog he is and how much we love him. He has been a great addition to our family and

a good companion for our female, who started out being a little annoyed by him, but now they are great buddies.

Holly is half the size of Baxter.......but Holly is the boss.

I'm going to email you some pictures of my kids.  We bought a jeep wrangler for Todd to drive,

and the dogs dearly love it they ride in the back. We take them a little spin in it with the top off,

and they like to check dogs out while they are riding they love barking at them. Baxter has a lot

of doggie friends in the neighborhood, actually he has a lot of people friends also. He is such the little visitor.

When we take them for a walk Bax goes up to people's porches if they are out just to visit and get loved on.

Holly such the little shy one she usually stands behind me. She is getting a little better.  The other day she

went up to some little kids and let them pet her. It is cute the little kids say Baxter is the friendly one and Holly is the shy one.

I am very proud of my little ones they walk so well without a leash and if I see a dog I don't know I will stop them and they

stay right with me. I wish I could get another baby one, but too expensive at the vet to keep them healthy.

I LOVE MY KIDS, GLORIA

Nap time for Carlee.                                  Carlee waits patiently for her toy.

 

Hi Cathy!
You must be quite busy from what I see on your site. A lot of adorable little "fuzzy faces"!

Maggie Mae's little Sasha's markings are so beautiful now and Miss Minnie's Sidney is just plain "adorable"!

Both have loving dispositions and love to play a lot with our grandchildren and us. What joy they have brought into this ole woman's heart!

Michelle
 

 

Schnauzers are kid friendly.                              Schnauzers are good therapy.

Hi Cathy......Wanted to send you some pictures, and give you most recent progress report.....From May 1 pictures to May 28......Cooper

went from 1lb 4 oz....to 4lb 1oz.....Jazzi went from 1lb 10 oz...to 4lb 3oz......and they are not fat ! ! ! They are VERY smart and "treat training" works very well....

Already some nights they go all night without an accident.....My veternarian says they are very healthy....got 2nd booster and microchips....  Cooper is "so easy"

and Jazzi is a "Fireball".....We love them very much ! ! ! ! !   Picture of both pups in front of flower print was 1st visit to vet....3 pictures on wicker chair were visit on 28th....

I will try to send fewer pictures the next time.... Hope you and Mike are having a good spring......                Take Care.....Linda

 

 

 

Man's best friend.....needs a hair cut.           Laurie's Lizzie after grooming.

 

 

                

 

Baby it's cold outside!   (Mike's Gracie)         Can you say,.......... Go Bucks?  

 

 

Elizabeth writes: Gretchen is very sweet, but a little on the stubborn side.  

 

Sisters                                                            Mattie and her siblings.

Soggy52@AOL.com

 

 

Pistol's nap time.                                                                                         Amy's little Ollie.

 

 

Ollie and Ben                                          Ollie

 

 

Salt/Pepper girl named Sidney.                    Sasha and Sidney are sisters now.

 

 

Who else.............but Ollie!                              Ben and Ollie meet.                                                                     Nosey butt.

 

Barney is doing just fine, and we enjoy every day with him. He tends to get carsick.

We are working on that, and hopefully he will grow out of it. Otherwise he is everything we hoped for.

He still likes to ride on the ATV. We take him for a ride in the woods every evening. Yes, he is spoiled.

 
I know responsible breeding is hard work. It pays off though in quality and the appreciation of your customers.

Good luck in finding good homes for these babies.

 
Sincerely,
Barney's Mom and Dad