The Austrian Pinscher was bred to be a farm dog, mostly known for its ratting abilities. Other duties often included guarding the house and stables and driving cattle. This breed does make a good guard dog, however it does have a tendency to bark frequently due to its distrust of strangers and unknown things.

Common misspellings are austrian pinsher, austrian pincher, austrian pincheres, austrian pinscher dog, austrianpinscher, austrianpinschers, austrian pinscher dogge, austrian pinscher dogges, austrian pinsher dogs, austrian pinshur.