Meet Miracle Milly, the world’s smallest dog

 

This handout photo released on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, by Guinness World Records, shows Miracle Milly, a brown female Chihuahua who is the smallest dog living, in terms of height, measuring 9.65 centimetres tall when measured from backbone to paw.

Puerto Rico can now boast it is home to the world's smallest dog - at least when it comes to height.

The brown Chihuahua named Miracle Milly is shorter than a soup can, standing at 9.65 centimetres tall when measured from backbone to paw, Guinness World Records announced Thursday.

She is nearly 2 years old, weighs roughly half a kilogram and is known for often sticking out her tiny tongue when someone takes her picture.

"She knows how to pose," owner Vanesa Semler told The Associated Press.

Miracle Milly dethroned Boo Boo, a long-haired Chihuahua from Kentucky that stands 10.16 centimetres tall.

Guinness also has a second category for world's smallest dog when measured by length. That title is held by Heaven Sent Brandy, a Chihuahua in Largo, Florida, that measures 15.24 centimetres long.