World's Ugliest Dog Dies

This is worthy of comment.



GULFPORT, Florida (AP) -- A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died.

The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, had cancer. He was 9 years old.

Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in northern California.

Gus came from humble origins. According to the fair, his adopted family in Gulfport, Florida, rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside someone's garage.

The dog had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a cat fight.
Gus' owner had said the prize money from the contest would be put toward the dog's radiation treatment.

Chester:

We dogs do not believe in ugly. As a concept it holds no ground for us. We base judgements more on smell, and some on sound. You cannot judge a book on its cover. But you can on its scent, or stench. That is if the book is a person. And you can tell a lot more about that book-person based on what they say and how they say it than on their cover. Don't get me started.

And, actually, you can judge some, most, books by their cover. Talking here about the kind with pages plastered with words between the covers.

So, here is to Gus. Sounds like a little dog with a big heart. I will toast him with meat or ale tonight, whichever best presents itself.