Pearl the chihuahua with a 'big personality' becomes world's shortest dog

Pearl the two year old female Chihuahua stood next to a TV remote (Picture: Guinness World Records)

Pearl, a two-year-old female Chihuahua who is "a bit of a diva" with a big personality, is officially the world's shortest living dog according to the Guinness World Records. 

At only 9.14cm, Pearl qualified for the title after a veterinarian measured her with a dog measuring wicket in the hospital where she was born in Crystal Creek Animal Hospital in Orlando, Florida.