Miniature pinscher, << PIHN shuhr, >> is a toy dog of the terrier family. It comes from the Rhine Valley of Germany. Germans sometimes call it a reh pinscher (deer terrier) because it looks like a small deer. It has a wedge-shaped head and black eyes. The dog may be red, black with rust-red markings, or brown with rust-red markings. It resembles the Doberman pinscher but weighs only 6 to 10 pounds (2.7 to 4.5 kilograms).
