A breeder's listing here is not an endorsement by the Miniature Pinscher Club of India.

The Miniature Pinscher is not a scaleddown, smaller version of anything, especially the much larger Doberman. Both the Doberman and Miniature Pinscher likely descended from the Old German Standard Pinscher, (considered by many to be behind several German breeds) but there the relationship ends. Historians agree that the Miniature Pinscher originated in Germany several centuries ago as an efficient barnyard ratter. In an AKC Gazette column of 1935, Helen Coster stated that in response to her inquiry, the German Kennel Club in Stuttgart, said in their letter to her "the Zwerg or Dwarf Pinscher is a pure German breed from olden times, and that it has nothing to do with the Doberman or the Manchester Terrier." The Club also calls him the "Reh" Pinscher, but this term is only used for a dog of stagred color, "reh" referring to a small red deer found in German forests years ago.