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Rocky the fashionable Chihuahua has 1,500 outfits

Meet diva dog Rocky - Britain's
best-dressed pooch with an extensive wardrobe of 1,500 outfits
worth a staggering £2,500.

The two-year-old chihuahua sulks
unless he gets the three costume changes a day and is ferried
around in a bespoke doggy pushchair.

His devoted owner Lynsey Noble, from
Maidstone, spends more on his clothes every year than the average
British woman spends on herself.

Lynsey Noble's dog Rocky has 1,500 outfits - more than her
Lynsey Noble's dog Rocky has 1,500 outfits - more than her

Up to 10 times a day Rocky rotates through his 1,500
designer outfits, including fancy dress costumes of an elephant,
dinosaur, panda, bumble bee, zebra, Superman, and his
favourite - a "hot dog" get-up.

And no style icon would be complete
without their fashion staples, which for Rocky includes 15
t-shirts, three tracksuits, six hoodies, four coats and three
body-warmers.

Rocky's sharp sense of style is so
great his owner's boyfriend Daniel Judge, 27, a metal worker, now
sees him as a rival for Lynsey's affections.

The beautician, of Lacock
Gardens, takes her four-legged friend everywhere - and
even shares a bed with him.

Lynsey, 26, said: "My friends and
family tease me about how much I pamper Rocky, but I don't
care.

"I call him my little fur baby and
love nothing more than spoiling him rotten.

"I don't dare work out exactly how
much I have spent on him - he has more clothes than me.

"If I see something and I like it then
I buy it. And if it's in Rocky's size it is destiny and he has to
have it."

Rocky was adopted by Lynsey when he
was just 10 weeks old, which is when the big-spending
pampering began.

Since then the pair have never spent a
night apart.

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Pampered pooch Rocky
shows off his wardrobe

Like any serious fashionista, spoilt
Rocky - who won Mr Pageant Pooch 2011 - can pick from an accessory
drawer of more than four scarves, baseball hats, vests and
bow-ties.

He also has sunglasses, a guitar,
microphone and 12 lead and collar sets in every colour of the
rainbow.

Metrosexual mutt Rocky is never far
from his products, including doggy shampoo, which he enjoys during
luxury baths with his floating rubber ducks.

The fussy pet also believes you should
only put beautiful food into a beautiful body, which is why he
refuses to eat anything except specially boiled chicken - every
day.

Ironically Lynsey admits, the best
places to buy pet costumes and treats are the countries where they
eat dogs.

She said: "But I will never make Rocky
wear anything that he doesn't feel comfortable in. He doesn't wear
shoes as he cannot walk properly in them and it would be mean.

"Strangely the best countries to buy
dog clothes from are the ones where they eat dogs - like Japan and
South Korea. I also buy lots on eBay.

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"I'd
probably get in trouble if I admitted to all the places I take
Rocky with me in my doggy handbag."

Rocky, whose most expensive outfit is
his £39 dinosaur suit, even has his own Facebook page with more
than 1,000 doggy friends who he swaps style tips with.

A survey by pet website
petnet360.co.uk this week revealed 71 per cent of people in the
south east regard their pet as one of the family.

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