Tiny chihuahua looks more like a porcupine after a run-in with static electricity

Feel free to try this at home. Our Mashable test dog loved it.
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Tiny chihuahua looks more like a porcupine after a run-in with static electricity
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What a week, huh? It doesn't particularly matter which week you're watching this, even — I'm sure it was a week. Thankfully, we have hilarious pet videos to distract from everything else going on in the world. Like this one, featuring a tiny pup with a big electric charge.

In this short but sweet video, a chihuahua-yorkie mix gets a fuzzy rubdown from its owner, causing wild static hair. While I can't take a ruler to this dog, her hair stands almost as tall as her legs. She resembles a blonde porcupine afterwards, but she doesn't seem to mind at all. She shakes it off and continues her business. Let us all be like this por-chihuahua.

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Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.


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