World's smallest dog dies

SCOOTER, the tiny dog wonder that could fit in a tea-cup and is said to be the smallest in the world, has died at just six-months-old.

At six-months-old, the Maltese pup was claimed to be the smallest dog in the world. He was going to try for the official world record when he turned one.

But he never got the chance, Stuff reports.

He broke his leg jumping out of the hands of a minder earlier this week. His tiny leg was put in a cast but the medication he was given for it caused stomach ulcers and he did not survive.