and her mama, beth dicaprio in just a little bit. is uncle leo coming, too? uncle leo dicaprio?e's busy. okay. >> anyway, if you want your day to start off -- >> can you take beyonce a second? i'll take jay-z. come here, honey. there's a little boy with a little teeny wiener. how are you? a little -- oh, they are so sweet! so anyway, how's your day going? >> better right now. look at puppies. >> they're all on top of each other, they're all licking -- they're so cute. thank you, beth. we're going to talk to you a little bit later about this little miracle puppy. call frank and see if it's okay if i bring home five puppies. >> no more! how was your weekend? >> first of all, battling -- you know how i get the one eye thing. >> yes, you do. >> the minute we got on virgin america saturday night to come home, we were taking the red eye, the minute the lights go out my eye starts going -- so hopefully in anticipation, hopefully it will work very well. my favorite thing today, advil cold and sinus. hopefully it's going to work real, real well. we'll get to you in just a second. cass is

she's here with beth dicaprio, executive director of the grace foundation and animal rescue organizationou both. >> good morning to you. >> and by the way, i'm holding one of the siblings. this is, no kidding, jay-z. >> of course. >> jay-z. >> they're not really brother and sister in real life. >> look at the difference in size. >> that's unbelievable. >> so, we know why she was called beyonce, but was there something medically wrong with her or was she just born small? >> no. mom was a 8-month-old dog and she had five puppies, very small in there, and she actually was the last. the vet thought she was probably going to be still-born from the ultrasound, but she came out. she wasn't breathing, we were able to get her going. and she is now developing just like her siblings, just a micro size. >> and the mom was a rescue dog. typically, you would put a dog like this up for adoption, but you decided that there's a real message here. >> yeah. it's been incredible. we're so grateful for the outpouring of love and support for her. and what really is tragic is that in the united states, we euth

and out in california this morning, we have beyonce, joining us by remote with her owner, beth dicapriood morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> we were hoping beyonce was live with us. but she just had shots and you didn't want her to travel. >> she's doing great. she really is. >> thank you, beth. i appreciate it. and how is milly enjoying new york city? >> she loves it. >> she loves it? she is getting the star treatment. we're not kidding about that. >> she does like the cameras. >> yeah. >> let's get to the moment of truth here. let's put her on the scale and weigh her. actually, let's heighten the drama a little bit. let's have it done out of l.a. first. beth, can you weigh? there you go. put her on the scale. >> big moment. >> girls never like to have their weight done. >> what does that say? one pound, four ounces. beth, you're in sacramento, not l.a. i apologize for that. let's get milly on the scale. by the way, for those of you who appreciate oh, it's 1.3. by a hair, we have a winner. >> if she drinks water, it's a tie, right? >> milly wins. excellent. let me ask you, astr

. >> reporter: beth dicaprio has been mothering beyonce ever since. puppy is now about a month old and just barely bigger than an iphone. if you don't watch her carefully she can pretty easily get lost in the grass. 500 people have filled out applications to take her home. >> we have made a decision that it would be unfair to just have one person have her. instead we want everybody in the world to be able to continue to love her and watch her grow. >> reporter: beyonce will be a grace foundation dog and she'll have a big job, an ambassador for rescue dogs. as a last chance shelter the ranch is inundated with pregnant dogs that otherwise would have been euthanized. >> we are encouraging people if you love beyonce go out to a shelter, rescue a dog. it may not be the smallest but they may be the world's best ball chaser or have the biggest heart. >> reporter: so sweet. that's edie lambert reporting. the grace foundation set up a fund in the beyonce's name. they hope to build a maternity ward for alt pregnant dogs they rescue and need to promote spaying a

. >> it's the world's most smallest puppy and she -- and she -- and beth dicaprio is her owner and she'sve director of the grace foundation which rescues abused and abandoned animals in california. beth, good morning. tell us about beyonce. how did she come upon finding her? >> well, she's actually a product of the shelter system. her mom would have been euthanized and we were asked to take her in as rescue, and she we thought was stillborn and we were able to resuscitate her, and -- >> this is her brother and sisters here? >> you can see, this is jay-z. you can see -- >> i just want to add, here is the "today" show nug. you can put her right in there. >> oh, my gosh! >> oh, my goodness. >> oh. >> i don't know why she'd be scared. she does look scared. >> how is she doing healthwise? >> she's almost 5 weeks old. she's doing incredible. she's doing as well as her brothers and sisters. we are so great for beyonce to let people know about rescue dogs and the importance of spaying and neutering. and really how much better it is to get a rescue. >> actually i think she wants to drink some mil