The German Pinscher is almost 400 years old and somewhat of a mystery. Most often they are mistaken for a Doberman puppy, giant Miniature Pinscher, or a very muscular Manchester Terrier. In its homeland of Germany, they are known as a ratter, hunter of rodents and vermin.
	Originally. the German Pinscher litters had both smooth and wire coated puppies.  When the Pinscher-Schnauzer Klub (PSK) was founded in Germany in 1895, it was agreed that only smooth coated pinschers would be bred. By separating the long & short haired specimens in the same litters and by selective breeding, the PSK produced a very remarkable dog.
	After World War I & II the German Pinscher began to slowly lose popularity  in it's homeland. In the mid 1950's Karl Werner Junghof, then President of the PSK saved this breed from near extinction. Junghof was able to find a few of these dogs left in Germany, and start a serious breeding program.