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Written by Rachel Prescott-Smith
Apparently there is more demand for smaller animals in the UK now than ever before. Teeny, tiny animals have become Britain’s most wanted accessory. I’m sure most of us are already aware of handbag pooches, made famous by the likes of Paris Hilton and other dim-witted celebrities, but I doubt we are aware of just how ludicrous the obsession with tiny animals has become. The documentary Super Tiny Animals gives the viewer a taste of just how bad it’s got.
The programme starts us off in America, in a shop filled with extortionately priced ‘pint sized’ dogs and extortionately priced luxury accessories, including four thousand dollar doggy dresses and a twelve thousand dollar diamanté dog bowl - need I say more. There is no other word to describe the owner of the shop than barmy, branding her dog cages ‘condos’ and employing thirty-five staff members to style the dog’s hair and ensure that dog poo is picked up no later than thirty seconds after it drops.
Then it was on to an Essex dog show, in which tiny dogs are dressed up in tutus, tiaras and diamond encrusted outfits, some even dyed pink for the occasion. We also meet a lady in Hertfordshire who spends her free time making dog clothes for all events, including dog weddings. But it wasn’t just dogs featuring in the programme; it seems Britain has become somewhat disturbingly obsessed with micro pigs as well, so much so that they have appeared in photo shoots around the country.
The fact I found most shocking however was that a British award ceremony had been giving out vouchers in celebrity goodie bags for free micro pigs, so that everyone who’s anyone can have their own miniature pet accessory. Horrifyingly, many people who purchase a mini pig are unaware that it won’t stay the same size forever and they will be left with a farmyard beast roaming around the living room before long; not exactly as cute as they’d imagined. The problem has led to these pigs being abandoned when they reach normal size, and the programme showed us a Pamela Anderson lookalike in the US who, (probably having given up on men), decided to set up an abandoned micro (or not so micro) pig sanctuary, devoting all of her time to stroking giant pig bellies.
Of course the obsession with small animals didn’t stop there; we were next bombarded with tiny horses, some of whom were genetically deformed and referred to as dwarves. Naturally, fascination with tiny horses attracts a lot of local attention, we saw a ‘My Little Pony’ event, where young girls got to play with their own little pony for a day and dress them up; bizarre to say the least. We also saw the editor in chief of the Guinness Book of World Records jet set off to America to meet the world’s smallest donkey, ‘Knee-Hi’, and award his proud owners with their very own certificate. Editor Craig is only too happy to measure small animals and get paid for it, as he then bounds off to meet a genetically deformed cat, the shortest cat in the world.
There’s no doubting that these animals are cute, I couldn’t help but smile when I saw them because of their size. However, I find something quite worrying about putting a dog in a handbag, giving away micro pigs as an accessory for the wealthy and dressing up tiny horses. Nevertheless, Super Tiny Animals makes for interesting viewing, to say the least.
Super Tiny Animals aired on ITV1, Wednesday 30th November.
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