Poor doggie, but I gotta say 14 years is a pretty good lifespan for a pooch with so many health problems.
Do I dare click on the picture…?
He’s far uglier than you could possibly imagine. Seriously, he really is hideous. But - go for it.
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Oh. My. God. :eek:
They mentioned his death this morning on Canada AM. They even showed a clip of him. In real life, he didn’t look as ugly as his pictures, but he seemed to have a bad temper (or he didn’t like to be on TV).
Yes, his bark was like Hell’s plugged-up kitchen sink.
Grrwwooowwerrrrsssttttsrrrrrrrggrrrrrrrrr-RUF!
His old master will be happy to get Sam back.
I did. In the enlarged picture it’s clear that Sam is not snarling. The position of his tongue, lower jaw, and especially the hind foot in his mouth make it clear he’s actually yawning.
Look folks…even dogs need someone(thing) to bring them over the river Styx. As far as I’m concerned…that dog didn’t need a penny to get across. I’m betting that it gets to the other side™ and gets a commision that gives it seniority. I’ll agree that it’s the ugliest dog that I’ve ever seen…but I’d also bet that it was a sweetheart. 
Aww…poor little guy. Well, at least he died well-loved.
I can’t help but think of him every time I see ground Buffalo meat at the supermarket. (Which was, as I remember, what his owner said he liked to eat. Incidentally, I had a microwaved soy burger patty for dinner tonight.)
Requiescat In Pace, Sam. 
It just won’t be the Sam without him.
Maybe they used selective editing, but every video I’ve seen of the dog it was snarling or even biting the hand of its owner. It might have just been freaked out from being in a studio though, I guess.
I’ve had a couple of dogs like that—grumpy, even mean, but they were wagging their tail’s when they were snapping at you for disturbing them, and they’d mope terribly when the person they’d “chosen” was away (mope, and/or start harrassing anyone else in the house instead of just ignoring them—like they were saying “all right, damn you, where are you hiding my human? Don’t make me kill you, 'cause I will!”).
Did he have any offspring?
Is there going to be an investigation? I’d say the former SECOND ugliest dog in the world is worth looking at. Well, not literally.
Jesus! That would be scarier than the Twilight Zone talking doll!
I don’t think there were any girl dogs blind or desperate enough . . .
He was famous, though. It worked for Keith Richards.
It would have been a lot scarier if they had had teeth, and one less decade under their belt.
Then again, maybe not…the jawless, 17 year old toy poodle sitting in my lap can be pretty intimidating when she wants to be. (Like if she wants food, or attention. She STILL runs and jumps just like a puppy. Moreso, really.)