Dogs are animals that have been loved and nurtured by humans for a long time. They are loyal, lovely friends and always ready to protect their owners. However, not all dogs have a beautiful, eye-catching appearance. There are dogs that possess physical characteristics that make them ugly, even strange. But it is those characteristics that make them famous and loved by many people.
Famous ugly dogs
There are many famous ugly dogs in the world. Here are some typical names:
1. Sam – Hell’s Gate keeper
Perhaps it is easy to understand why people gave Sam – a hairless Chinese Crested dog, the nickname “The Crypt Keeper” (hell’s gatekeeper). ). Sam won the “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, California, USA in 2005. That was the third consecutive year Sam won this title. Unfortunately, this was also the last contest that Sam could participate in, because in November 2005, Sam passed away due to cancer.
2. Munchkin – Mysterious hybrid dog
“Munchkin is probably one of the ugliest hybrid dogs in the history of dogs” – that is the comment of the organizers of the “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest ” when they couldn’t determine what breed Munchkin was.
3. Ug – the ugliest dog in England
With an appearance that could not be “uglier”, the dog named Ug (short for ugly meaning ugly), fell into a “homeless” situation. and was fortunate to be adopted by an animal conservation center in the UK. For a long time, no one wanted to adopt Ug because of his unattractive appearance.
After arriving at his new home in Doncaster, Ug was renamed Doug by his owner . To own this special dog, Ms. Parker’s family had to spend 200 pounds (nearly 7 million VND) but they did not regret it because it was quite a large amount of money. Ms. Parker said: “Everyone who sees Doug has to turn around and look a second time, he looks so funny with his strange eyes and slanted teeth… but actually Doug is very good and smart, he’s so funny.” is a lovely dog.”
4. Miss Ellie
The dog named Miss Ellie defeated her opponents and won the title of “World’s Ugliest Dog” – held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, California, USA, in 2019. 2009, when he just turned 17 years old.
Miss Ellie also registered to participate in the contest in 2010, but it seemed that fate prevented Ellie the dog from doing so. Miss Ellie had some health problems and passed away in November 2010.
5. Elwood – the confusion of creation
Elwood – 2 years old, a dog mixed between Chihuahua and Chinese Crested breeds, won the title of “world’s ugliest dog” in 2007. It is known that Elwood ‘s owner – a dog breeder, brought Elwood to the competition after his “breeding results” were not as expected.
6. Hubble – another representative of England
After spending a long time wandering in the forest, fate finally smiled on Hubble , after this dog was adopted by an animal protection center in Leeds. feed.
7. Rascal – traditionally ugly
People are not surprised to see the dog Rascal win the title of “world’s ugliest dog” because Rascal ‘s family – from grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother, have all won. won competitions for ugly dogs. The most obvious example is Rascal ‘s grandfather , the dog “Chi-Chi” who was once recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as “the ugliest dog of all time”.
8. Gus’s final efforts
Only had 3 legs, 1 eye left and had to fight cancer, but that couldn’t stop Gus from winning the “world’s ugliest dog” contest. in 2008. Sadly, Gus passed away not long after the competition ended.