 |  | | | Small Dogs | Thursday 7 March 2002 | | |
 Mickey Rourke has one, it's said that Geri Halliwell won't go to meetings without hers, and Queen Victoria helped to make them highly prized in Europe.
The small dog captures headlines and hearts but also invites ridicule. Some say they are "yappy" and barely qualify as canines.
As Crufts begins, Jenni talks to a top breeder about her passion for Pekingese, and to the secretary of the Kennel Club who explains why huskies are her "dog of choice" - she owns twenty-one of them.
Joan Briggs & Derek A Briggs, Bichon Bug, Rolf Enterprises; ISBN: 0953391507, £4.50
Liz Stannard, The Complete Pekingese, Ringpress Books; ISBN: 1860541607, £19.95
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