Standard Schnauzer - Famous Schnauzers

Famous Schnauzers

• From the AKC: "Rembrandt painted several Schnauzers, Lucas Cranach the Elder shows one in a tapestry dated 1501, and in the 18th century one appears in a canvas of the English painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. In the marketplace of Mechlinburg, Germany, is a statue of a hunter dating from the 14th century, with a Schnauzer crouching at his feet which conforms very closely to the present-day show Standard." "

• George, the cancer-sniffing Schnauzer, has received much acclaim. "

• Blu, Franklin's pet blue dog in Monica's Gang

• Colin, dog in the UK comedy series Spaced, became a regular feature in the middle of the first series.

• Shunaemon. dog from Fortune Dogs

• Asta, the dog belonging to Nick and Nora Charles, in the Dashiell Hammett novel The Thin Man, was a female Schnauzer (presumably a Standard, based on the size she's indicated to be). In the subsequent film series based on the novel, she was depicted as a male Fox Terrier.

• Errol Flynn had two Standard Schnauzers. His first, "Arno", was very well known in the tabloids of the day and was, according to Flynn biographers, loved by the actor more than any human being in his life. Arno was a constant presence on the movie set and on Flynn's yacht, "Sirocco." One night, the dog fell overboard and drowned, and Flynn mobilized the Coast Guard in a search. A gossip columnist, Jimmy Fidler, wrote a scathing piece on the dog's death and Flynn, enraged, tracked him down in a nightclub and beat him senseless. Flynn later obtained another standard, "Moody", which—like Arno before him—accompanied the actor onto all his movie sets.