The smallest dog in height is Miracle Milly, The smallest dog in length is Heaven Sent Brandy, they are female chihuahua. These records according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Guinness World Records currently has two main categories for petite pooches: Smallest dog living (height) and Smallest dog living (length). Pocket-sized pets remain one of the most fascinating areas of the Guinness World Records database, with petite dogs arguably the most popular of all animal records.
The smallest dog living, in terms of height, is a female Chihuahua called Milly, who measured 9.65 cm (3.8 in) tall on 21 February 2013 and is owned by Vanesa Semler of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
Milly's full pedigree name Miracle Milly. She was born on 1 December 2011. she weighs roughly 1 pound (half a kilogram) and is known for often sticking out her tiny tongue when someone takes her picture. When she was born, Miracle Milly weighed less than an ounce and fit in a teaspoon.
Miracle Milly dethroned previous title-holder Boo Boo, pictured below, a long-haired female Chihuahua, owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky, USA, who stands at just 10.16 cm (4 in). Boo Boo was only about the size of a thumb when she was born; so small, in fact, that she had to be fed with an eye dropper every two hours before she could eventually nurse a bottle.
Boo Boo took the title from a fellow male long-haired Chihuahua called Ducky,(pictured above), who measured 12.38 cm (4.9 in) tall on 4 June 2007 and is owned by Lisa Messier of Charlton, Massachusetts, United States.
Ducky had taken the title following the sad death of Danka Kordak Slovakia in 2006, again a long-haired Chihuahua who measured 13.8 cm (5.4 in) tall and 18.8 cm (7.4 in) and was owned by owned by Ing. Igor Kvetko of Revúca, Slovakia.
The smallest dog in terms of length is Heaven Sent Brandy, a female chihuahua who measured 15.2 cm (6 in) from the nose to the tip of the tail on 31 January 2005. Brandy lives with her owner, Paulette Keller in Largo, Florida, USA.
Brandy's date of birth is 31 December 2003. Weighing just 2lb, Brandy hasn’t grown since Paulette first took care of her.
However, while both categories are dominated by Chihuahua’s, the smallest dog ever on record was a fist-sized dwarf Yorkshire terrier named Sylvia who was owned by Arthur Marples (UK). Fully grown, this tiny dog stood 6.3 cm (2.8 in) at the shoulder and measured 9.5 cm (3.75 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail. It died in 1945, just before its second birthday.
Summary: World Record of The Smallest Dog in Length is Heaven Sent Brandy, in Height is Miracle Milly, they are female chihuahua.
Guinness World Records currently has two main categories for petite pooches: Smallest dog living (height) and Smallest dog living (length). Pocket-sized pets remain one of the most fascinating areas of the Guinness World Records database, with petite dogs arguably the most popular of all animal records.
Miracle Milly - The smallest dog in height
Milly's full pedigree name Miracle Milly. She was born on 1 December 2011. she weighs roughly 1 pound (half a kilogram) and is known for often sticking out her tiny tongue when someone takes her picture. When she was born, Miracle Milly weighed less than an ounce and fit in a teaspoon.
Miracle Milly dethroned previous title-holder Boo Boo, pictured below, a long-haired female Chihuahua, owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky, USA, who stands at just 10.16 cm (4 in). Boo Boo was only about the size of a thumb when she was born; so small, in fact, that she had to be fed with an eye dropper every two hours before she could eventually nurse a bottle.
Boo Boo took the title from a fellow male long-haired Chihuahua called Ducky,(pictured above), who measured 12.38 cm (4.9 in) tall on 4 June 2007 and is owned by Lisa Messier of Charlton, Massachusetts, United States.
Ducky had taken the title following the sad death of Danka Kordak Slovakia in 2006, again a long-haired Chihuahua who measured 13.8 cm (5.4 in) tall and 18.8 cm (7.4 in) and was owned by owned by Ing. Igor Kvetko of Revúca, Slovakia.
Heaven Sent Brandy - The smallest dog in length
Brandy's date of birth is 31 December 2003. Weighing just 2lb, Brandy hasn’t grown since Paulette first took care of her.
However, while both categories are dominated by Chihuahua’s, the smallest dog ever on record was a fist-sized dwarf Yorkshire terrier named Sylvia who was owned by Arthur Marples (UK). Fully grown, this tiny dog stood 6.3 cm (2.8 in) at the shoulder and measured 9.5 cm (3.75 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail. It died in 1945, just before its second birthday.
Summary: World Record of The Smallest Dog in Length is Heaven Sent Brandy, in Height is Miracle Milly, they are female chihuahua.