'World's ugliest' dog dies at 14
Purebred 'Sam' became famous for winning ugly dog contests

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World’s Ugliest Dog, has died.

The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.

“I don’t think there’ll ever be another Sam,” Susie Lockheed said, adding: “Some people would think that’s a good thing.”

Sam won the ugliest dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair this summer for the third year in a row. The pedigreed Chinese crested had made appearances on TV in Japan, radio in New Zealand and in Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid. He also had met Donald Trump on a talk show set.

Lockheed said she initially was terrified of Sam when she agreed to take him in as a rescue dog six years ago on a 48-hour trial basis. Although she fell in love with him, his appearance repulsed her then-boyfriend and prompted the man to break up with her.

Later, however, Sam became a matchmaker by bringing together Lockheed and her current beau, who saw a picture of the two on an online dating site.

Lockheed said she had Sam euthanized after she learned Sam’s heart was failing.

She said she’s felt a little lost ever since, and is sleeping with Sam’s favorite toy — a stuffed bear he picked up and carried home.

that's a damn shame. cute little fucker.

Yeah! right! it looks like they did a flea dip in acid.

Heh.

Dig him up after being buried a few years and see how ugly that mutha fucka is then, biatch.

Wasn't Mot/Mott, no hoople/Whofa King Cares using that dog as his avatar for a bit, about three, four months ago?

that is one ugly goddamn dog.

No, that would be an improvement then he would be like ZERO in Nightmare before xmas. qual!

I've seen that 2nd picture before and I thought it was something from one of Peter Jackson's earlier movies.

was

tragedy

it looks pretty pissed

i'd be pissed too if i looked like that.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/22/ugly.dog.ap/index.html

if you watch the video on that link, you'll see the captain of the gay love boat.

This has a link to an older vid about the dog. You should hear it bark.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/22/ugly.dog.ap/index.html

What kind of toy do you think she's been sleeping with?



I mean really.

Poor doggy.

I am not clicking on no link of no video.

cryin shame. I would have probly "put him to sleep" at first sight, though. With a wooden stake.

scary bitch.

Scary thought!

Yep, I did. I have to feel a little sad just because I saw him everyday for a while there.

But still . . . that's one nasty looking animal. I can't even imagine wanting to pet it.

Wasn't it dead before?

no, it just looked like it should be.

You people have no heart.