Dog is smaller than a teaspoon

Apr 3 2009 By Amanda Graham

Tiny Tom Thumb

A TWO-WEEK-OLD miniature puppy named Tom Thumb is staking his claim as Britain’s smallest dog.

Susan and Archie Thomson’s Chihuahua Spice gave birth to the tiny black and tan coloured dog, which weighs around one and a half ounces and measures just eight centimetres from head to rump, on March 18.

Despite its size, the baby Chihuahua and Jack Russell cross dog is holding its own and even pushing its brothers and sisters aside at feeding time.

Susan, from Renton, West Dunbartonshire, said: “I looked on the internet to see if I had to do anything with the wee one because he is so small, but he’s feeding himself. He’s the first in there at feeding time and doesn’t let the bigger ones bully him."

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