By . Nick Enoch . Last updated at 3:00 PM on 16th January 2012 . There's a good chance she'll get a few extra Choccy Drops in her pay packet after receiving this award. A tiny dog called Lucy has been named . by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's smallest working dog. The little . Yorkshire terrier is just 5.7inches high and weighs only 2.5lb. She was handed the certificate in recognition of her work as a . therapy dog with the elderly and disabled. Scroll down for video . Record-breaking Lucy the Yorkshire terrier is just 5.7inches high and weighs only 2.5lb . Aged three and six inches long, Lucy works in a programme called Leashes Of Love and visits hospitals, nursing homes and special schools in Smithville, New Jersey . Aged three . and six inches long, Lucy works in a programme called Leashes Of Love and visits . hospitals, nursing homes and special schools in Smithville, New Jersey. The title . is awarded according to weight - meaning Lucy smashed the previous record held . by a six pound search and rescue dog in Japan. Even . though she weighs less then 12 sausages, she now has a huge status among . working dogs around the world. 'I said I bet she's not the tiniest, . but I'm sure she's the tiniest therapy dog,' said owner Sally Leone . Montufar, 56, on her putting forward Lucy for the title. Lucy with owner Sally Leone Montufar and her new friend Sean in a therapy centre in Smithville . Despite . Lucy being a record breaker, Sally remembered how she came within a whisker of . never owning the pipsqueak dog. 'A . lady came into the pet boutique I work in with several dogs, hoping someone . would claim them before she had to take them to the shelter. 'I . became fixed focused on the lady's Juicy Couture dog bag, and the little nose . poking out of it. 'The . bag was very beautiful and out came this peanut. 'She . was so pitiful and lethargic I couldn't leave her. 'As any a mother . would, I vowed to help her. I wasn't going to turn my back. The . others looked pretty healthy but she didn't.'
Yorkshire Terrier is honoured for her work as a therapy dog .
By . Nick Enoch . Last updated at 3:00 PM on 16th January 2012 . There's a good chance she'll get a few extra Choccy Drops in her pay packet after receiving this award. A tiny dog called Lucy has been named . by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's smallest working dog. The little . Yorkshire terrier is just 5.7inches high and weighs only 2.5lb. She was handed the certificate in recognition of her work as a . therapy dog with the elderly and disabled. Scroll down for video . Record-breaking Lucy the Yorkshire terrier is just 5.7inches high and weighs only 2.5lb . Aged three and six inches long, Lucy works in a programme called Leashes Of Love and visits hospitals, nursing homes and special schools in Smithville, New Jersey . Aged three . and six inches long, Lucy works in a programme called Leashes Of Love and visits . hospitals, nursing homes and special schools in Smithville, New Jersey. The title . is awarded according to weight - meaning Lucy smashed the previous record held . by a six pound search and rescue dog in Japan. Even . though she weighs less then 12 sausages, she now has a huge status among . working dogs around the world. 'I said I bet she's not the tiniest, . but I'm sure she's the tiniest therapy dog,' said owner Sally Leone . Montufar, 56, on her putting forward Lucy for the title. Lucy with owner Sally Leone Montufar and her new friend Sean in a therapy centre in Smithville . Despite . Lucy being a record breaker, Sally remembered how she came within a whisker of . never owning the pipsqueak dog. 'A . lady came into the pet boutique I work in with several dogs, hoping someone . would claim them before she had to take them to the shelter. 'I . became fixed focused on the lady's Juicy Couture dog bag, and the little nose . poking out of it. 'The . bag was very beautiful and out came this peanut. 'She . was so pitiful and lethargic I couldn't leave her. 'As any a mother . would, I vowed to help her. I wasn't going to turn my back. The . others looked pretty healthy but she didn't.'
certificate in recognition of her work as a . therapy dog with the elderly and disabled. Scroll