Hello Kitty - world famous Japanese moon-faced cartoon cat is all set to pamper your pet dog with a 3. 9 million yen ($31,660 USD) doghouse set to go on sale later this month. The first-of-it's kind doghouse comes embedded with 7,600 Swarovski crystals and is just large enough for a lapdog like a Chihuahua or terrier. Its manufacturer Sanrio Co. , which is also the makers of Hello Kitty cartoon cat, said the dog house was created especially for a sales event at a Tokyo department store. Designed in collaboration with a maker of high-end pet goods, the luxury dog house has a pillow in the shape of Hello Kitty's face. AP quotes Sanrio spokesman Kazuo Tohmatsu as saying, "There's been a boom in luxury couches for larger dogs, so we thought there might be room for something new. "

Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless and Chihuahua mix has been crowned as the "World's Ugliest Dog. " Elwood was just few days old when he was rescued by Karen Quigley of Sewell, N. J. from a local breeder, who was about to get the canine euthanized because he considered it too ugly to be chosen as a pet.

The Guinness Book of World Records' title for the tiniest dogs has been bagged by Chihuahuas from Leesburg, Florida, and Rockland County, New York. The position has been vacant since Danka, a 5. 4-inch Chihuahua died last year. The new title winner is the 4-inch dog named Dancer from Leesburg, Florida. His owner Jenny Gomes, 40, said her dog is 1 year old and is done growing.

How to deal with a barking puppy while you are robbing a home? Put him in a freezer - that's the way burglars do. Five burglars who ransacked a house in Lancaster, New York were charged with animal cruelty for placing a Chihuahua in the deep freeze while robbing house. According to the New York Daily News, police say the burglars were apparently annoyed by little Roxy's barking and silenced her by freezing her. However, police rescued Roxy alive after a few hours when they were alerted to the break-in by a neighbor.

Brandy the Chihuahua holds the record for being the smallest dog in the world in the 2006 Guinness book. She is 6 inches long and tips the scale at less than two pounds. Brandy's owner, Paulette Keller, takes her around in a sheepskin-lined purse and sometimes dresses her in a pink Hawaiian dress for fun.