They may have been crossed with Pugs, smoothcoated German Pinschers, and a dog known as the German Silky Pinscher[2]. The breed predates and is ancestral to the Griffon Bruxellois (Brussels Griffon) and Miniature Schnauzer. Dogs of the Affenpinscher type have been known since about 1600 and at that time they were a bit larger, about 12 to 13 inches.
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