Posted on 06/25/2016 10:22:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Second place came with a $200 prize, which was given to Josie, a pup whose nails were painted bright blue
Sixteen unseemly pooches vied for the surprisingly coveted title of World’s Ugliest Dog at the Sonoma-Marin Fair contest Friday.
Judges, including TV personality Bob Lacey and broadcaster Sheri Lynch, crowned 17-year-old SweePee Rambo — with a tiny blonde mohawk, claw-like legs and one eye twice as large as the other — the winner.
Hundreds of people at the competition cheered on the blind Chinese Crested Chihuahua mix, as his owner, Jason Wurtz, burst into tears and shook a homemade sign that read “SweePee Rambo for President 2016,” according to the Press Democrat.
This was SweePee and Wurtz’s third run at the $1,500 prize, and it finally paid off. The pair, originally from Encino, made the seven-hour trek to the competition in a van teeming with fans and relatives. The award money will go towards removing a tumor from SweePee’s gums, the Press Democrat reported.
Second place came with a $200 prize, which was given to Josie, a pup whose nails were painted bright blue. Rue, a small, dark canine that resembled a pig more than a dog, placed third and earned $150.
The competition was established in the 1970s, and having been around for 28 years, now attracts over 2,000 people each year. According to the Sonoma-Marin Fair’s website, dogs are judged on their first impression, unusual attributes, natural ugliness, personality and audience impression.
Last year’s champion Quasi Modo, a hunchbacked German Shepherd, won because he “epitomized excellence in ugliness,” according to Chief Judge Brian Sobel. Quasi Modo participated in press events in New York and San Francisco and even appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
SweePee’s popularity with the public will determine if he, too, will get a media tour.
Why did I look?
Aw, poor thing.
Despite looking like some sort of canine Cryptkeeper, the dog’s sweet disposition still shines through in the photo, doesn’t it?
Zombiedawg rises.
Aww...
Yellow matter custard . . .
Because ugly dogs need our love, too.
I rememer Quasimodo. Missing some vertebrate in his spine, but a sweet pooch.
Good God, that thing is hideous! Blind in one eye, can’t see out of the other. Some people love ugly things, because they feel sorry for it. As with pugs, a rather homely breed, in my opinion.
In before the Helen Thomas picture.
Judging by the infection in one eye and likely agonizing pressure behind the other, even more than “love”, it needs a vet.
People intentionally let their dogs suffer curable health problems to win this “contest”.
It makes me sick.
The gene that causes hairlessness also causes all of their teeth to fall out, yet people continue to breed these pitiful creatures.
And then there’s the brachycephalic and achondroplastic dogs.
Yeah, I recently quit on a job building a house for a couple who had one of those ‘deformed on purpose breeds’ of dog. It was a very tiny thing that had to have been baking in our 105 heat, being so close to the ground, as it would attempt to run from one shade spot to the next as it followed the owners. But worse, the poor thing constantly struggled to breathe, and that’s even after they paid for surgery to enlarge it’s airways due to having bred away it’s snout. They pay a lot of money to obtain those deformities. I had to quit because their personalities were as messed up as breeding dogs that way.
Better luck next year, Michelle.
Canine Cryptkeeper. LOL!
Dogs are funny that way. The most hideous ones are often still charming.
This was a sub-contest of the ugliest mammal crown.
Helen Thomas hold that distinction.
Me too Salamander. I don’t like this “ugliest dog” shit.
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