In memory of Gus, “World’s Ugliest Dog”
Gus, the irrepressible, one-eyed, three-legged, nine-year-old Chinese crested who was named the World’s Ugliest Dog at the 20th Annual Sonoma-Marin Fair in northern California, has died of skin cancer....
View ArticleNot quite ugly enough to win
Pabst — the newly named “World’s Ugliest Dog” — will be getting all the glory today, but we at ohmidog! think the ugly runners-up deserve some face time, too. So here’s a look at some of the ugly...
View ArticleI left my tooth in San Francisco
After communing with the trees in Redwood Country, Ace and I rushed through the rest of northern California — high-tailing it through Marijuana Country, barreling through Wine Country and feeling a bit...
View ArticleMirror, mirror, on the wall …
Who’s the ugliest of them all? We won’t know that until after June 24 when a panel of judges at the Sonoma-Marin Fair will select the World’s Ugliest Dog from the 21 pooches vying for the honor....
View ArticleA celebration of three-legged dogs
The odds of seeing a dozen three-legged dogs on the same day are rare, but that was the scene Saturday at California’s Mill Valley Dog Park. It was the monthly meeting of the Northern California...
View ArticleWorld’s Ugliest Dog contest is Friday
The World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is finally going to start living up to its name this year, with its first contestant from across the pond. Mugly and his owner, Bev Nicholson, arrived from Britain on...
View ArticleA happy reunion at Marin Humane Society
After realizing a surrendered dog had recently given birth, staff at the Marin Humane Society in California contacted the dog’s former owner and asked about the pups. The owner was “evasive” and...
View ArticleIs the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest getting too ugly?
A Chinese Crested-Chihuahua mix with malformed legs and an “oozing sore” won this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog contest. SweePee Rambo took home the title Friday night at the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair in...
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