Schmeichel was discovered on Tyrone Dobbs's doorstep in April 2004, left by Maya Sharma, who felt guilty after abducting his greyhound Monica. He and Jack Duckworth bestowed the name on the dog. Upon finding his missing greyhound, Tyrone found it difficult to cope with looking after two dogs. When Chesney Brown took a liking to Schmeichel, Tyrone took the chance to offload the puppy and allowed Schmeichel to remain with Chesney. Schmeichel once climbed into Les Battersby and Cilla Brown's bath, causing it to plunge through the floor and into the room below. Cilla sold Schmeichel to Yana Lumb in 2005, though he was eventually returned to Chesney. Later that year, Schmeichel was run over by a bus driven by Claire Peacock, which devastated Chesney, though Schmeichel survived after undergoing