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Pip, a 4 month old Pug puppy, is pictured at her home in Dudley. See SWNS story SWPUG; Britain’s tiniest pug has a big fight on her paws, after her owner a heart-wrenching appeal to get her lifesaving treatment – Britain’s smallest KIDNEY transplant. Pip the pug stands just less than four inches tall – smaller than a drink can – but the little cutie is on the brink of death after she was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney failure. Unless the four-and-a-half month old whelp gets expensive tests and scans – and ultimately a donated kidney – sadly her prospects looks grim. Owner Joanne Astley has not stopped crying after she took little Pip to the vet last week because she was losing weight and discovered her condition. Joanne, 54, said: “The whole family is gutted, absolutely gutted. We can’t stop crying. We took Pip to the vet hoping she would get the all clear to run about outside with her sister and mum, but now she faces a death sentence.” 10 June 2015