Meet 'Chip',
a dwarf dachshund who weighs
only 900g (approximately 31 oz.) and is just 5 1/2 inches tall.
Dog breeder
Emma, 24, who believes her pet could be crowned the smallest in the world,
said: "I'm pretty confident that Chip is one of the country's smallest
dogs - if not the world.
"I'll
be contacting Guinness World Records to pitch him to them."
"I read
about one of the smallest dogs called Tyson last month - and Chip is definitely
about the same size, if not smaller."
"He
eats plenty of scrambled eggs and pasta so we don't know why he's stayed so
small.
"There
were two others in his litter but while they grew he's just stayed the same
size at around three inches tall to the shoulder.
"He was
so cute I just couldn't bring myself to sell him so he's stayed with us.
"We
have to take him out on a cockatiel lead called a feather tether which is
supposed to be used for budgies.
"I've
also fashioned him a little t-shirt out of a sleeve to act as a harness for
him."
Emma says
Chip has already become a local favourite because of his size and personality.
She said:
"Everywhere we go people stop us to take pictures of him and ask why he's so small - I think
people find him a bit of a novelty especially because he's a sausage dog."
Three-month-old
Chip lives with Emma and her partner Mark Sawyer, 45, a lorry driver, as well
as seven other hounds in Tibshelf, Derbyshire.
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