Introducing my Abbey schnauzer
 

We just adopted Abbey Wed Oct 21 from rescue. She is 1 1/2 years old, purebred schnauzer who was an owner surrender because she was an escape artist. She was in rescue for just 6 weeks. She's a doll. She needs work walking on a leash, I want her not to mouth when she gets excited, and I would like for her not to jump on everybody. Everything in good time.

I have seizures; my previous schnauzer was good about it. I'm hoping Abbey will be good too.


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Aw, she's adorable! :D I hope she learns well and you'll have a good friend for years to come. :)

She is really cute.

But..... she has a certain look in her eye! Looks like you have
your work cut out for ya!

We've had her one week today, and yesterday she earned her middle name, Mischief! Got into EVERYTHING. I just shook my head and picked up. My fault for leaving interesting things around. One of the Dog's Property Rules should be "If I can reach it, it's mine." LOL

LJP

What a sweetie Abbey is! However, I do agree about the look in her eye. This is a very intelligent girl with high energy. When she learns her boundaries and her 'people', she will be a terrific citizen!!

In time, she may actually be able to alert you to a seizure before it starts. Many young dogs learn to sense this in their owners. Studies have been done - - and they have proven it happens...they just don't know how the dog knows before the owner.

Good luck with her - - and kudos to you for taking a rescue dog.

Sue

Ah she's adorable. Thanks for sharing. I had a friend's dog get into everything at 1st. She's much better now. Glad you have her.

befuddled2

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I miss my schnauzer! She was 16 when we lost her a few years ago. We havent had the heart to go puppy shopping again. She was an awesome doggie, and what a great breed. Very intellegent and wants badly to please you. Mine was a breeze to train.

Give her a cuddle for me. I miss my own. :hug:

She is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the sweet picture.

Thanks for welcoming my sweet schnauzer girl Abbey. Today is exactly 4 weeks that she's been a member of our family. Our issue this morning is shoes; she loves my slippers(wants to suck on them) and a pair of "yard" tennis shoes I wear to go out with her in bad weather.

I'm finding her to be very sensitive to me; she seems to be picking up on the nuances of my seizures. I think in time she'll be good at it.

Every moment with her is a "teachable" moment, and yes, she is very smart.
LJP

I loooove miniature schnauzers! I had one, but I gave it to my mother when I went to college. I couldn't take him back now.

They're really smart, really loving dogs!

Congrats on your new furbaby! I've never had a schnauzer - give me time, I'm on a mission to have one of everything lol - but I understand they are very intelligent and intuitive.

She will love that you have a *job* for her - watching for seizures. All dogs want to contribute, especially high energy, super focused dogs like yours.

She is really pretty. And so lucky to have you! Thanks for adopting.

:)

Just for fun I looked at a pet astrology chart. Abbey and I are both Aries; maybe we'll be closer because of that? The description for an Aries dog nails her to a T! She has a "soft mouth" and finally has a plush toy she dearly loves to play with, and suck on. Picking it up to toss for her is like picking up a big, wet wad of I don't know what!!

I was worried that she wouldn't bond very well to my hubby who drives semi truck for a living and is gone 6 days at a time. While he's home his 2 1/2 days, I'm chopped liver; she's glued to him. Then when he leaves again, she's like glue with me. She's adjusting nicely in that respect.

I don't recommend a schnauzer to anyone who has never owned a terrier. Before Abbey, we had Molly schnauzer and before that Cricket wire fox terrier. I can see traits of Molly and Cricket both in Abbey. We love the terriers, although I will say that we prefer schnauzers because they are more family life oriented. Cricket disliked other adults, small children, other dogs, cats, birds, you name it. She didn't travel well because of her dislike for so many things. Molly schnauzer on the other hand loved everybody and everything. Easy to live with and travel with.

Abbey, Molly and Cricket all agree on one thing: TERRIERS RULE!!!!