Learn
to groom your Miniature Schnauzer the correct way!!
A
grooming DVD for your Miniature Schnauzer
pet! 75 minutes of grooming instruction presented by
top-winning show groomer and Miniature Schnauzer breeder Patty
Ledgerwood. Professional videography by LightCurve, LLC features
beautiful close-up shots and a menu-driven DVD format. Click
link below for more information and ordering, and see customer
comments. Reviewed by Video Librarian
and given a three star
rating and
"Recommended" status!
From
Video Librarian: "Of
course
you'd really have to love dogs to be a groomer, but
when Patty Ledgerwood, a breeder of Miniature Schnauzers, discusses
"how to press the anal glands" - with the
helpful reminder to move your head in order to avoid some of the
oozing - the weaker-kneed pet owners might gladly decide to opt
for
professional care. This straightforward how-to begins with a look
at the equipment needed - Ledgerwood touts name-brand preferences,
which may be helpful for getting novices started - followed by
demonstrations of shampooing and drying, clipping, grooming the ears
(cropped and natural), cutting the hair between the paw pads, working
with the groin area on a male dog, scissoring, "fine tuning
the groom,"
and caring for nails and teeth. She thankfully doesn't
include
information on how to color pet hair (a service advertised by a local
groomer) or paint the dog's nails, and obviously much of the
information here could be adapted for use on other breeds. Personally,
however, I think I'll stick to self-cleaning pets: cats are a
lot less
maintenance. Recommended.
"
We
are also a distributor of a premium raw food
diet for dogs.
Some
of the results we have noticed from our anecdotal experience
are: a happier dog with more energy, better coats, more
muscle, great appetites, healthier skin, smaller and more firm stools
and easier whelping by pregnant bitches. In addition to the raw
commercial product, we feed raw chicken wings or turkey/duck necks
several times a week and our dogs have no tartar buildup on their
teeth, and the teeth are pearly white.
Legacy's Mini-Views
We will be adding these short
feature videos from time to time, on a variety of subjects.
Some will be about puppies, some will be educational and some
will be just for fun. Four current videos are slotted for the
webpage, with an archive to past videos. To peruse the
archive,
click the left or right buttons that show after each video finishes.
Click one the
tiny thumbnails of the videos to view it.
Check
back for
more
feature
videos in the future!
Playing With
the Big Dog
On a cloudy day, a couple of the puppies, now 9 weeks old, play with
our 10-month-old male, Robin. Robin is just a big kid
himself. But he's very good with the puppies
and has lots of energy. And at the end, yes, that's an
earthworm the puppy snacks on. That's what your dog does when
you aren't looking!
Chasing
Bubbles
The dogs love chasing soap bubbles. They were well into the play
session
when I started the video taping, as you can see by the tongues hanging
out. Nonetheless, they still had enough energy to provide us with a
laugh or
two.
Snowday!!
We had four new
inches of snow and the dogs LOVE to play in the snow. These
are
our pet dog Mikey (1 1/2 years old) and four show prospect puppies at
six months age. Makes you wish, for the moment, you could be
one
of them and take part in the fun. In the first part, Mikey
caught
the scent of his favorite bone, turns around, digs in the snow and
finds it. Amazing.
How'd They
Get In Here? At a
recent dogshow, these 8-month old puppies were allowed in the bedroom
of our motorhome, where there is a mirror on the back wall and mirrors
on the doors of the wardrobe. One of them decided she was
seeing
strange dogs in the motorhome and started telling them a thing or two.
The others joined in on the fun and it culminated with the
noisy
girl trying to jump into that area where those other dogs were.
New
Champion: CH Legacy's Rock Around The Clock
CH
Legacy's
Rock Around The Clock (CH Legacy's Rockin' Robin X CH Legacy's Stand By
Me), "Rocky", finishes his AKC championship June 20, 2009 five days
after turning one year old, under AKC Judge Pamela Peat (left) during
the Idaho/Montana show circuit. Rocky is a dark salt and
pepper
dog and the first champion from his sire Robin, who is shown
below. He is a beautiful dog with a
clean head and correct movement, as noted by many of the judges.
Rocky
wins a Best of Breed as a brand new champion!
Rocky wins Best of Breed at the Missoula, MT shows under AKC Judge Fred Bassett
shortly after finishing his championship .
CH Legacy's
Rockin' Robin is shown here at the home of Portland, OR friends.
"Robin" will be headed for Australia this summer. Click
here for more Robin pictures.
Top Producing Dam (tie) in the US for
2005:
CH Carmel Foxy Roxy At Legacy
"Roxy"
had
three daughters finish their championships in 2005, for a total of six
champions produced. And now, with daughter CH Legacy's
Dance-Dance-Dance (Tango) finishing in April, 2006, she has produced a
total of seven
champions!
This is our annual "puppy
picture", taken by Vavra Photography of Gates, OR. These
puppies are from two different litters, all sired by Robin, who is
shown above. They are a rambunctious four months old and are
usually bouncing off the walls. Yes, it was very hard to get
them posed like this, but Jerry and Marty Vavra are great at
what
they do.
Welcome to Legacy Miniature
Schnauzers! We're coming to you from Pasco, in the southeast part of
Washington State, USA, where the Snake and Columbia Rivers merge.
We
wanted to provide a useful, informative and entertaining site for
people who view dogs as companions. Our particular breed is Miniature
Schnauzers, but all dogs are special in ways each of us can appreciate.
I'm reminded of an old quote: "To each dog, his master is Napoleon;
hence, the popularity of dogs". That, after a fashion, sums up the
undying devotion and friendship a good dog can provide, in return for
your care and hospitality. In addition to the dogs, we've always had a
cat or two around, and all pets get along great, in a sort of mutually
respectful arrangement.
We've
bred and shown dogs in AKC conformation and obedience events for some
twenty five years. Over time, one comes to understand the very unique
and
unparalleled nature of the canine/human connection. But you never cease
to wonder, on occasion, at the sometimes inexplicable displays of
communication these fuzzy little creatures can show us.
This
site will always strive to provide worthwhile information, intended to
advance the welfare of all dogs. We can never, however, compete with
some of the special links that are provided (see Links). Your comments
and advice are always welcome, and we hope you leave here with
something of value.
Mack
and Patty Ledgerwood Legacy
Miniature Schnauzers 2813 N. Road
92 Pasco, WA
99301-1577 (509) 544-9350 Email comments or questions to: