How's this for one killer dog? Just kidding.
Chihuahuas may have reached their peak cultural relevance in the early aughts with Paris Hilton’s Tinkerbell, the Taco Bell dog, and the Beverly Hills Chihuahua film trilogy (yes, there were three), but a tiny one is making a play for the spotlight in a Frenchie-fied world. And we do mean tiny.
Pearl, who’s just 3.59 inches tall and 5 inches long—making her about the size of a dollar bill—was deemed the world’s shortest dog by Guinness World Records this week. And, despite being shorter than a Popsicle stick, she’s “a bit of a diva,” according to her owner.