All About the Breed: Carlin Pinscher

Also known as the Muggin and the Pug-Pin, the Carlin Pinscher is an intelligent and spunky breed. But how do you know whether you are ready to purchase a pet and if this breed is right for you? This information is absolutely necessary in making the decision to purchase a pet.

History

The origin of the Carlin Pinscher can be traced back to 1990’s France. Three friends, Isabeau Morgan, Katushka Vitirichenko, and Kawika Buenafe, began experimenting with crossing various Toy breeds. Eventually, the Pug and Miniature Pinscher were crossed, and the Carlin Pinscher was finally born.

Throughout its history, the Carlin Pinscher has most commonly been kept as a companion, proving its superior abilities to entertain while providing sweet companionship.

Today, while the Carlin Pinscher is slowly attaining an underground popularity as a designer companion dog, the breed continues to remain rather rare outside of its native France.

Personality Traits

Best known for its energetic and spunky nature, the Carlin Pinscher is full of character. This small breed thrives on strong and dependable relationships with humans. These dogs are highly intelligent and generally easy to train. As a pet, the Carlin Pinscher is obedient, loyal, loving, and affectionate. This breed adapts well to full-time indoor and apartment living, and views spending time outdoors as a special treat.

Train-ability

Due to its need for human relationships and willingness to learn, the Carlin Pinscher generally responds well to basic training and commands. These dogs are easily trained to use litter boxes, rather than going outdoors several times daily. This breed is very intelligent and has the ability to learn to perform most any task its trainer is willing to take the time to teach.

Establishing immediate dominance, trust, and respect is key to successfully training the Carlin Pinscher. These dogs respond best to a confident and caring handler with a stern yet gentle approach to repetitive exercises and tasks.

Benefits and Disadvantages of the Breed

There are many benefits to owning a Carlin Pinscher, such as its no hassle, low maintenance coat. This active breed is always on the go, and often quite amusing and entertaining to watch while at play. These dogs are very bright, easy to train, capable of using a litter box, and have the ability to learn to perform many impressive tricks and tasks. When properly socialized from a young age, the Carlin Pinscher gets along well with small children and other pets, often making friends quickly due to its social nature. This breed is obedient, loyal, loving, and affectionate, making an excellent family pet and companion alike.

Unfortunately, there are also disadvantages to owning a Carlin Pinscher. While these dogs adapt well to indoor living, they do require large amounts of daily exercise and room to run and play. Anyone wishing to purchase this breed lacking the adequate amount of time and space to dedicate to the dog is strongly advised against doing so. A Carling Pinscher not receiving the proper amount of exercise and space will often act out by destroying property, chewing, digging, barking, whining, and ignoring basic training such as housebreaking.

Like many companion breeds, the Carlin Pinscher is known to suffer from separation anxiety. Individuals seeking to purchase this breed who travel frequently, have full time work, or are away from the home on a daily basis are advised to begin researching another breed. During an attack of separation anxiety, the Carlin Pinscher will act out of nervous destruction and may destroy property, chew, dig, bark, whine, and ignore housebreaking training.

As previously mentioned, the Carlin Pinscher remains rather rare outside of its native France and can prove difficult to obtain. Individuals wishing to purchase this breed often encounter such challenges as inability to locate a breeder, high prices, and being placed on long waiting lists.

Common Health Concerns

While the Carlin Pinscher is typically known as a healthy and hearty breed, they do suffer from a few health problems, including: patellar luxation – dislocation of the knee, von Willebrand’s Disease – a blood clotting disorder, liver disease, progressive retinal atrophy, and various dental problems.

Now that you know all about the breed, do you think you are ready to own a Carlin Pinscher? Remember, purchasing a pet is a big decision and should be discussed thoroughly and seriously with your entire family.

Sources:

http://www.heydogs.com/c/carlin-pinscher.html

http://www.greatdogsite.com/breeds/details/carlin_pinscher/