Another thread brought up fond, misty memories of the late, beloved Sam, the World’s Ugliest Dog. Linking led me to the most recent Ugly Dog Contest . . . Yikes. All I can say is yikes. And “jeepers.”
Archie, I served with Sam the Ugly Dog, I knew Sam the Ugly Dog, Sam the Ugly Dog was a friend of mine. Archie, you are no Sam the Ugly Dog.
I vote for Elwood.
In Yellowknife at Caribou Carnival (spring), there is an ugly truck and dog contest. One year, a Vietnamese Pot-Belly pig won.
OMG, what is it with those dogs and the tongues hanging out??? I’m glad there are folks that can love dogs like that, cuz I couldn’t. 
I was enjoying the stories of the naturally ugly dogs, but I felt really bad for the ones whose ugliness stems from disease. Minnie and Victoria are so sad, and several of them have no teeth!
Which event?
Miss Ellie has the burned out hooker look down pat.
I second that. Elwood all the way.
However, Sam could have easily taken any of these dogs.
I kind of like “Tator Tot”, if only because when it’s spelled that way, it makes him look like he’s some Masters of the Universe villain.
This really is a wonderful gallery. Note that many of the dogs have their tongues sticking out of their closed mouths like they suffer some kind of lingual palsy. Does this condition come with the “ugly”?
I dunno…Victoria looks like a pretty close runner up.
My best friend wants to get one of these ugly little rat-like substances. I dread the day she asks if she can bring him over. My overly cute cats won’t be able to tolerate that level of ugly. And neither will I!
Good grief, those poor Chinese Crested dogs get a bad rap. It’s not their fault they’re so ugly.
But did Sam ever round up any ugly sheep?
:dubious:
I agree. Their owners need to breed the ugly out of the poor little things.
It cannot be done; as breeds all over the world are refined and made more handsome and noble-looking, the Ugly must go somewhere, because the quantity of Ugly in the universe is a constant. Unfortunately for the Chinese Crested dog, they have been chosen to receive the Ugly that has been bred out of other lines.
Why was Oscar in an Ugly Dog contest? Pugs are not ugly. Sure they have the squashed nose and bug eyes, but at least they look like dogs and not a failed experiment by Dr. Moreau.
I don’t know about “freaky”, but yeah, Parker sure qualifies in the “ugly” part.
What a karmatic concept. It explains so much of life.
I must meditate upon this.
Thank you for your wisdom.
I think I dated Victoria once. She used to be a bartender named Paul. “Hiya, baby, howya doin’?”