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Gangway Miniature Schnauzers is the breeding program of Bill Brown, Houston, Texas. We have been involved in breeding and showing Miniature Schnauzers, in various ways, since 1958. Our objective is to breed Miniature Schnauzers of uncompromising quality, as measured by our breed standard. Our recent record for uniformity of quality and success in the show-ring is unsurpassed in the breed. The program is also very limited in size. Consequently, we very rarely have pet puppies available. We do occasionally have available young adult dogs that have finished their show careers and/or females that have finished their breeding careers. Currently, we have both pet and show prospect puppies available. Moreover, we have a couple of retired champion males available for placement in the right home situation.

2009 was a banner year at Gangway! Six new homebreds completed their championships which tied Gangway for top breeder for the year. Along the way that year, this new batch picked up 17 majors, including 5 coveted five-pointers, 52 bests-of-breed, and 16 group placements. According to Schnauzer Shorts rankings for the year, there are no less than four Gangway dogs ranked in the top thirty for the year with one in the top ten and two others in the top twenty. Included in this group, were the three young brothers: Ch. Gangway Murphy's Paradox (top ten), Ch. Gangway Murphy's Exception (top twenty), and Ch. Gangway Murphy's Lawyer, who was BOS at the Devon show on the Montgomery County weekend. And in 2010 another three new champions were added and three Gangway dogs were ranked in the top thirty and two have finished so far in 2011.

This recent success comes on top of five new champions in 2006 and three in 2007 and brings the total for Gangway to 30 homebred champions, 28 of which have finished in the last 10 1/2 years! Notably, all were breeder and/or owner handled to their championships and subsequent wins. As a consequence, at least three Gangway homebreds have been invited to the AKC/Eukanuba invitational show each of the past five years. Beyond just finishing their championships, many of these dogs have gone on to distinguished careers as specials. No less than nine have been nationally ranked with four ranked in more than one year. Additional details about these recent Gangway accomplishments are available by clicking on the news button to access the news section.

When you consider the number of puppies whelped here in Houston you discover that almost all have completed their championships. This is not entirely surprising, since Gangway's matriarch, Ch. Ruedesheim's Gangway Annie was the dam of three all-champion litters: 9 puppies and 9 champions. This is a breed record for all offspring completing their championships. One of these champions was Ch. Gangway's Corner-stone Survivor, who is the youngest AKC champion ever, completing his championship in one weekend with three 5 point majors at the age of 6 months and 4 days of age. And his sister, Ch. Gangway's Final Feature, now has 12 champion offspring with more on the way and is the top living producer and second on the all-time list. Additional details and photos of the older Gangway champions can be accessed by clicking the gallery button.

Prior to starting Gangway, Bill Brown was involved in his family's Miniature Schnauzer breeding program at Kansho Kennels in the 60's. And amazingly, there is a direct genealogical link between the Kansho dogs and the more recent Gangway champions. Additional details and photos from this bygone era can be accessed by clicking the Kansho button.