Sharpeigirl Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Hairless pooch wins ugly dog contest July 1, 2005 Print Email Subscribe SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- The owners of the other contestants in this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest may have thought their pooches had a chance - until they saw Sam. The 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested recently won the Sonoma-Marin Fair contest for the third consecutive time, and it's no surprise. The tiny dog has no hair, if you don't count the yellowish-white tuft erupting from his head. His wrinkled brown skin is covered with splotches, a line of warts marches down his snout, his blind eyes are an alien, milky white and a fleshy flap of skin hangs from his withered neck. And then there's the Austin Powers teeth that jut at odd angles from his mouth. He's so ugly even the judges recoiled when he was placed on the judging table, said his proud owner, Susie Lockheed, of Santa Barbara. "People are always horrified when I kiss him. He may turn into a prince yet. He's definitely a toad," she said. "I always thought he'd be great on greeting cards or on a commercial for Rogaine." Sam, who's pushing 15, has something of a cult following after winning the contest - and fans' hearts - for three years running. Last year, huge crowds gathered around Sam and Lockheed at a local parade and Lockheed said she received letters and calls about her pup for weeks. "So many people have told me they've got his picture on their refrigerator. He certainly has a little cult following," she said. "I did years of professional musical theater and never achieved the fame Sam has." Sam will appear in this weekend's Fourth of July parade in Santa Barbara, but the recent events may be the cap on a long, ugly career. Lockheed says Sam's now suffering from congestive heart failure, lung and kidney problems and has definitely slowed down in his twilight years. Still, he enjoys regular gourmet meals of sirloin steak, cheese balls, roasted chicken and flan (so he'll swallow his multiple pills). He also passes occasional weekends at the Gaviota ranch of Lockheed's boyfriend, where the World's Ugliest Dog rides in the back of an ATV with his few remaining hairs wafting in the wind ANd here's Sam [img]http://www.newsreview.info/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=NR&Date=20050701&Category=BLOG&ArtNo=50701005&Ref=AR&maxw=145[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :o i don't know whether you should hug it or run from it, i do feel sorry for sam but he doesn't know he looks like that anyway. btw, here's a bigger photo - [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/felicia24/uglydog.jpg[/img] felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Wow... He is ugly. He looks like a Gremlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis erectus Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Dear god, the bugger looks like he's been mummified, run through the washer/dryer, brought back to life, and then blown up with an ugly bomb for good measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felicia Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 he reminds me of what one of those zombie dogs would look like....damn that's mean, the poor little guy :( lol felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devious tricks Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :o AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 looks like a freaky gremlin :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFox Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 It looks like a rat from hell. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Irena Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 OMG my eyes, my eyes i'm blind :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowie-the-Pooh Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :o Ew. Poor thing. At least he has a great mommy! [size=2]but I'd never kiss him.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :o No wait... :o :o :o Oh my. That is a little frightening. I was thinking the same thing, CoalSky, yeah, people always think Cresteds are odd... But yeah, he has a mom that loves him and that is all that matters. :wink: But if that is a "pedigreed" dog I will eat my hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behle Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 That is one ugly dog. He's indeed fortunate to have a mom who loves him! I laughed out loud at this sentence in the news story: [b]He's so ugly even the judges recoiled when he was placed on the judging table, said his proud owner, Susie Lockheed, of Santa Barbara. [/b] Poor pup! The milky eyes creep me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Yeah, I think that's it, the eyes. It's like that Stephen King story with all the rats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Debbie Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :evilbat: Looks like the Crypt Keepers dog to me............. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 :o i'm gonna have a nightmares for weeks now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malamum Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 :o :o That freaks me out. I can't even bear to look at the picture anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsefeathers! Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Oh, but I could hold him and love him! :iloveyou: Seriously. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deez Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 *twitch*.. Pretty.. Doggie.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadooshkinz Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 My god HF that is some willpower! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObedienceGrrl Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 This lady is crazy. All she does is drag that poor poor dog around and show him off like some freak. She doesn't take care of his skin at all...... He's 14 years old for doG's sake......let it go you nasty person! Sorry.....but it really ticks me off..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Is it just me? [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/felicia24/uglydog.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.formfunctionemotion.net/mt-static/images/yoda.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaDogOwner Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 That is the scariest looking thing i have ever seen. It looks like something straight out of a nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrless Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Here's the beautiful part about this dog though. He doesn't think or know himself as scaryor ugly, he knows he is loved, he is Dog. and would never stoop to judge someone as The World's Ugliest Owner. Would that we all could live like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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