EAST BUCKLAND, England -- A British woman is claiming to be the
owner of the world's smallest dog.
Tiny Tim is still a puppy but his owner Mandy Marks said he has not
grown since he was 4 weeks old.
At four inches tall at the shoulder, he is the smallest dog on
record -- a title currently held by a Yorkshire terrier named
Whitney, who's a half-inch taller, according to a report.
Tiny Tim is four inches from nose to tail and weighs just over a
pound.
His size means that Marks has to be careful with him when guests
are around, while she herself has been forced to change how she
walks at home.
"I tend to slide my feet across the floor, so if I did step on him,
I'd only push him to the side," Marks said.
Marks is used to small dogs. Tiny Tim's mother, a Chihuahua, named
Sparkles, and his father, a Shih Tzu, named Patch, are no giants
either, but Tiny Tim is by far the smallest she has raised.
