{"id":9415,"date":"2025-05-07T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=9415"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:32:43","slug":"worlds-tallest-and-smallest-dogs-meet-up-for-a-playdate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/05\/07\/worlds-tallest-and-smallest-dogs-meet-up-for-a-playdate\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s tallest and smallest dogs meet up for a playdate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/when-reggie-the-worlds-tallest-dog-met-pearl-the-worlds-shortest-dog-180986553\/\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a> The world\u2019s tallest and shortest dogs recently met up for a playdate\u2014and their unique get-together was just as adorable as you might imagine. Reggie is a massive Great Dane that can easily rest his head on the kitchen counter, while Pearl is a pint-sized Chihuahua that barely hovers off the ground. Despite their size difference, they have at least one thing in common: They\u2019re both Guinness World Record holders. Reggie is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/209661-tallest-dog-living-%E2%80%93-male\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"tallest living male dog, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tallest living male dog<\/a>\u00a0in the world, measuring 3-foot-3 at the withers. Pearl is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/smallest-dog-living-(height)\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"shortest living dog, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shortest living dog<\/a>\u00a0in the world, standing just 3.6 inches tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/when-reggie-the-worlds-tallest-dog-met-pearl-the-worlds-shortest-dog-180986553\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smithsonian Magazine The world\u2019s tallest and shortest dogs recently met up for a playdate\u2014and their unique get-together was just as adorable as you might imagine. Reggie is a massive Great Dane that can easily rest his head on the kitchen counter, while Pearl is a pint-sized Chihuahua that barely hovers off the ground. Despite their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coping-with-covid"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-07-at-14.30.14.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9417,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9415\/revisions\/9417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}