Scooter, the Smallest Dog in the World

A Maltese terrier puppy in New Zealand may be the smallest dog in the world, weighing in at only 14 ounces.

The six-month old fluffy white puppy, named Scooter, is also only three inches tall and just under eight inches in length, from nose to tail.

Though he is still considered a puppy, his owner Cheryl McKnight, from the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, says he seems to have stopped growing. If this is the case Scooter will take the Smallest Dog title from a U.S. dog named Boo Boo, a chihuahua that towers over Scooter at nearly four inches tall.

McKnight said the other pups from Scooter’s litter all seemed to continue growing but Scooter stopped around the two-month mark. “He was the same size as the other two pups when they were born but as they grew, he didn’t,” she said.

The typical weight for a Maltese is 4-7 pounds, with a height of 8-10 inches.

If you look at the picture accompanying the article you see that Scooter is just impossibly tiny. I was expecting to read that he was bred that way but from what the owner says it appears to just be a fluke. That is one amazingly cute face, though!

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