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Interview With Linda Skeels-Hopson

Aired May 11, 2003 - 07:47   ET

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ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Going to introduce you to a little dog. He's formerly known as little Pinocchio. He's one very, very small dog, and he's trying to set a really, really big record. Linda Skeels-Hopson joins us now from St. Petersburg, Florida this morning, with her pet that may be, she hopes at least, the smallest dog in the world. Good morning, Linda.
LINDA SKEELS-HOPSON, OWNER OF SMALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD: Good morning.

ARTHEL NEVILLE, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, Linda, good morning, and happy Mother's Day.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Thank you.

COOPER: So tell us about your dog. That's a tiny dog. What kind of a dog is that?

SKEELS-HOPSON: He's a Yorkshire terrier.

COOPER: And when did you realize that you might have the world's smallest dog?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Probably when he was about six months old.

COOPER: How small is he?

NEVILLE: How small is he, yes?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, he weighs one pound. And he's eight inches long, and he's four and a half inches high.

COOPER: So now, they don't judge these things not by weight -- or they used to judge them by weight, but they no longer do that, is that right?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: Why did they change?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Because people weren't feeding their dogs enough, to keep them smaller.

COOPER: Oh, well, that's no good.

NEVILLE: But you're obviously feeding little Noki, and this is just Noki size.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

NEVILLE: His healthy weight.

COOPER: What does Noki eat?

NEVILLE: Yes?

SKEELS-HOPSON: He eats Gerber baby food.

COOPER: Really?

NEVILLE: Do you have to spoon-feed it, or use like a little droplet or something?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, he eats out of the little Gerber food lid.

COOPER: So, have you actually contacted the Guinness people?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Yes.

COOPER: And what have they told you?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, it takes about six weeks to receive your documents, and so I just got them recently, and you still have to go and have like a camera crew and a photographer and like five witnesses while the vet measures your dog.

COOPER: Now, can you take little Pinocchio walking, or I mean, I would imagine someone might step on him?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, I do take him walking.

COOPER: My mom's got a dog, she keeps him in the house, he was paper trained, you know, a little tiny sort of dog.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: You don't necessarily have to -- I don't know, I mean, it's a tiny dog. I live in New York City. I would worry about that dog on the street. Do you ever worry about him?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, I just walk him on the sidewalk. He doesn't go in the street.

NEVILLE: How old is Noki? How old is Noki?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Oh, how old is he? He's 14 months.

NEVILLE: Oh, so -- but is he going to grow any more than this, or is this it?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, this is it.

NEVILLE: But these dogs, they require a lot of special attention, though, correct, Linda?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, they are about like 2-year-old children. They just love to sit on you and have your attention all the time.

COOPER: And now, little Noki has a Web site. What's the address?

SKEELS-HOPSON: It's tinypinocchio.com.

NEVILLE: And what might we see there? It's all about me -- I see -- oh, Noki has been in New York, and appearances, wallpaper galleries, you've got all sorts of pictures of little Noki.

COOPER: So Pinocchio is becoming kind of an industry here.

NEVILLE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: There's going to be a little maybe a TV series soon. You never know.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, I think a cartoon might be better.

COOPER: Very well possible. Linda Skeels-Hopson, appreciate you joining us. Good luck with getting little Pinocchio into the Guinness Book of World Records.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Thank you.

COOPER: And we hope things work out for you.

NEVILLE: And Linda, I said to you, happy Mother's Day, because, you know, I have a cat, and I'm the mother of my cat, so you are the mother of your little Noki there.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right. Thank you.

NEVILLE: OK. Have a good day.

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Aired May 11, 2003 - 07:47   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Going to introduce you to a little dog. He's formerly known as little Pinocchio. He's one very, very small dog, and he's trying to set a really, really big record. Linda Skeels-Hopson joins us now from St. Petersburg, Florida this morning, with her pet that may be, she hopes at least, the smallest dog in the world. Good morning, Linda.
LINDA SKEELS-HOPSON, OWNER OF SMALLEST DOG IN THE WORLD: Good morning.

ARTHEL NEVILLE, CNN ANCHOR: Hey, Linda, good morning, and happy Mother's Day.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Thank you.

COOPER: So tell us about your dog. That's a tiny dog. What kind of a dog is that?

SKEELS-HOPSON: He's a Yorkshire terrier.

COOPER: And when did you realize that you might have the world's smallest dog?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Probably when he was about six months old.

COOPER: How small is he?

NEVILLE: How small is he, yes?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, he weighs one pound. And he's eight inches long, and he's four and a half inches high.

COOPER: So now, they don't judge these things not by weight -- or they used to judge them by weight, but they no longer do that, is that right?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: Why did they change?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Because people weren't feeding their dogs enough, to keep them smaller.

COOPER: Oh, well, that's no good.

NEVILLE: But you're obviously feeding little Noki, and this is just Noki size.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

NEVILLE: His healthy weight.

COOPER: What does Noki eat?

NEVILLE: Yes?

SKEELS-HOPSON: He eats Gerber baby food.

COOPER: Really?

NEVILLE: Do you have to spoon-feed it, or use like a little droplet or something?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, he eats out of the little Gerber food lid.

COOPER: So, have you actually contacted the Guinness people?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Yes.

COOPER: And what have they told you?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, it takes about six weeks to receive your documents, and so I just got them recently, and you still have to go and have like a camera crew and a photographer and like five witnesses while the vet measures your dog.

COOPER: Now, can you take little Pinocchio walking, or I mean, I would imagine someone might step on him?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, I do take him walking.

COOPER: My mom's got a dog, she keeps him in the house, he was paper trained, you know, a little tiny sort of dog.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: You don't necessarily have to -- I don't know, I mean, it's a tiny dog. I live in New York City. I would worry about that dog on the street. Do you ever worry about him?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, I just walk him on the sidewalk. He doesn't go in the street.

NEVILLE: How old is Noki? How old is Noki?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Oh, how old is he? He's 14 months.

NEVILLE: Oh, so -- but is he going to grow any more than this, or is this it?

SKEELS-HOPSON: No, this is it.

NEVILLE: But these dogs, they require a lot of special attention, though, correct, Linda?

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, they are about like 2-year-old children. They just love to sit on you and have your attention all the time.

COOPER: And now, little Noki has a Web site. What's the address?

SKEELS-HOPSON: It's tinypinocchio.com.

NEVILLE: And what might we see there? It's all about me -- I see -- oh, Noki has been in New York, and appearances, wallpaper galleries, you've got all sorts of pictures of little Noki.

COOPER: So Pinocchio is becoming kind of an industry here.

NEVILLE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right.

COOPER: There's going to be a little maybe a TV series soon. You never know.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Well, I think a cartoon might be better.

COOPER: Very well possible. Linda Skeels-Hopson, appreciate you joining us. Good luck with getting little Pinocchio into the Guinness Book of World Records.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Thank you.

COOPER: And we hope things work out for you.

NEVILLE: And Linda, I said to you, happy Mother's Day, because, you know, I have a cat, and I'm the mother of my cat, so you are the mother of your little Noki there.

SKEELS-HOPSON: Right. Thank you.

NEVILLE: OK. Have a good day.

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