Tialexi Miniature Schnauzer Health

First and foremost please remember regular visits to your vet with your Miniature Schnauzer will help ensure any health problems are caught early, and treated. Regular vaccinations and worming are a must. Regular grooming helps ensure healthy skin, as well as a good quality food, and remember to clean their bedding every now and then.

Miniature Schnauzers are generally known to be a pretty healthy breed, living a long life, and not usually showing their age till very late in years. The good thing about owning a purebred pet is that breeders work to screen carriers of known diseases out of their breeding program. Veterinary science can identify many diseases that are known to occur in a given breed, and with this information, careful breeding can hopefuly rid any problems. With this said it's important to tell you of possible health issues.

Progressive Retinal Atrophy
causes the retina of the eye to deteriorate slowly. Symptoms may not show until your Miniature Schnauzer is three years or older, beginning with night blindness. eventually blinding your pet. Annual eye certification of breeding stock is a must if Miniature Schnauzer breeders are to reduce the risk of this disease.

Miniature Schnauzers inner ears must also be checked on a regular basis. Brown waxy buildup, or redness, may be signs of an infection, and an ear cleaner from your vet may be required

Regular brushing of your Miniature Schnauzers teeth will help prevent harmful bacteria, produced by excess tarter buildup,

It is best to use dog friendly brushes and flavoured toothpaste that can be bough from most good local pet stores.

Healthy means happy