The shortest dog ever recorded was a dwarf Yorkshire terrier owned by Arthur Marples (UK) who was a former editor of Our Dogs weekly newspaper. The fist-sized dog stood at 7.11 cm (2.8 in) in height and measured 9.5 cm (3.75 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.

But did you know the record for the smallest dog EVER belongs to a dwarf Yorkshire terrier from the UK, who passed away in 1945. The tiny terrier was owned by Arthur Marples and stood at just 7.11 cm tall, and measured 9.5 cm long!