Food for a Miniature Schnauzer

A miniature schnauzer's diet is very important in maintaining their health. Mini schnauzers can have endocrine and skin problems, they gain weight easily, and their bodies sometimes have problems digesting fats and certain grains. Although mini schnauzers love table scraps, these really need to be limited. Here is a list of great, really good, and good foods for your mini schnauzer. I compiled this list based on my own experience, vet suggestions, and research online, I'm sure there are more excellent brands out there that I am not familiar with. Choose one that both works for your pet's health and that they enjoy eating.

Great foods:
Eagle Pack
Prairie
Innova
Flint River

Really Good Foods:
Wellness (grain-free)
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul
Avoderm (great for the itchy schnauzer)
Iams (some wet/soft products have been recalled in the past)
Eukanuba

Good Foods:
ProPlan Small Breed
Hill's Science Diet (I think might have been recalled in the past?)


There are lots of brands out there to choose from, this listing just selected a few that seem to work with our particular breed. Be sure to talk to your vet and breeder about choosing a food.

Also, if you are changing your mini schnauzers food, do it in increments by mixing in the new food with the old food and changing the ratio of new food to old food over the course of a few days. If you don't swap gradually, you may find yourself clean up "schnauzer urk" all day.

Here are some links concerning dog food:
Recalled Foods
AAFCO definitions of dog food ingredients
Food Pets Die From - article
How to Buy Dog Food
What Wy-O MS feeds their schnauzers