Carlin Pinscher Dog Names

There are only a few people working together to breed the Carlin Pinscher. Clear Creek Kennels in Mount Vernon, Kentucky is one such breeder. Gambler, one of their Carlin Pinscher sires, is frequently used as a breed ambassador to help educate people about this developing breed.

The Carlin Pinscher began by breeding select Pugs and with select Miniature Pinschers. Now, the breed has evolved enough and breeders are able to breed Carlin Pinscher to Carlin Pinscher to begin setting the type for the breed. The Carlin Pinscher was originally called the Pug-Pin but this name did not seem to go over well with the general public. Instead, they combined the Pug and Miniature Pinscher’s names in a different way. The Pug is known in different countries as the Carlin and of course, Pinscher from the Miniature Pinscher. In 1998, Isabeau Morgan, Kawika Buenafe, and Katushka Vitrichenko began exploring the possibility of re-creating a type of dog that they saw while on a trip to France in 1992. To them, the dog looked like a miniature Rottweiler and the dog’s owner said it was a Pug and English Toy Terrier cross. In Honolulu, Buenafe saw another dog similar to the one in France but this dog was a Pug and Miniature Pinscher cross.

A few years later, Morgan and Buenafe co-owned a champion Miniature Pinscher male with another friend who owned a black Pug female. An accident occurred and puppies resulted. There were three puppies, and all looked like miniature Rottweilers. These three puppies were altered and then placed into homes. A friend of Morgan, Buenafe, and Vitrichenko, named Grant Milionta received one of those puppies and named her Snooz. After watching people’s reaction to Snooz and much more research on both the Pug and the Miniature Pinscher, Grant joined with the other three and decided to begin breeding Pug-Pins. Black Pug females were bred to red Miniature Pinscher males, since black and tan would be the dominant gene for coat color over red; this was the ideal color choice. Once the new breed type was started, the four friends began placing select Carlin Pinschers with breeders they trusted to carry the breed forward. Morgan went back to working with her champion Miniature Pinschers. Buenafe and Vitrichenko also work with their Miniature Pinschers and have become involved in Greyhound rescue and adoptions. At this time, the Carlin Pinscher is not a recognized breed since it is not considered to be a purebred dog. There must be at least three generations of purebred documentation for a dog club to consider recognizing the new breed.