World's Smallest Dog Sets Biggest Record

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World's Smallest Working Dog, Lucy The Yorkshire Terrier, Sets Guinness World Record.

12 January,2012 12:52 pm

A mini Yorkshire terrier from New Jersey is now the holder of a very big world record: worlds smallest working dog.Lucy, who weighs just 2 1/2 pounds, was named the worlds smallest working dog last week by Guinness World Records. In the process, she doggedly beat out the previous record holder: Momo, an eight-year-old chihuahua from Japan that works as a police search-and-rescue dog.By comparison, Lucys job is not as dangerous, but its just as important. She works as a therapy dog, through the Leashes of Love program, based in Cherry Hill, N.J.The tiny terrier makes her rounds each week, visiting hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers. She also works with children with disabilities, and troubled youth.Because she is so tiny, people are drawn to her -- she stops traffic, said Sally Leone Montufar, Lucys owner, in an interview with NBC Philadelphia.Lucy has been brightening up the days of those in need for about one year, but that almost didnt happen.Montufar met Lucy when the Yorkies previous owner was taking her to the animal shelter in a Juicy Couture dog carrier, according to the CourierPostOnline.com.“(The designer tote bag) was very beautiful,” she says, “and out came this peanut.”Montufar decided to give Lucy a home.