Claire sent this after my post earlier today about the Valentine’s Pig with heart-shaped markings. (Click each thumbnail to enlarge.)

This cute little long-haired Chihuahua, named “Heart-kun”, was born in May in Odate, northern Japan, with this heart shaped pattern in his coat. Shop owner Emiko Sakurada said that, of a thousand she has bred, this was the first marked with a heart. And before you ask, she says she has no plans to sell him.

It must be a sign that this is going to be a very “special” year!