Meet Scooter, the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest
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A Chinese Crested pooch born with backward hind legs — a rescue once destined for death — has been crowned the "World's Ugliest Dog."
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The ‘World's Ugliest Dog' competition has a new winner — meet Scooter
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Meet Scooter, the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest
The competition, held in Petaluma as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, promotes dog adoption and showcases extraordinary canines that have defied adversity - in the case of Scooter, who has deformed hind legs, a narrow escape from being euthanized.
Scooter, a Chinese Crested, was the winner of this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, held in Petaluma Friday. The 7-year-old pup with wispy hair, deformed hind legs, and a hanging tongue narrowly escaped being euthanized after he was born.
Scooter, the Chinese Crested dog, won the grand prize at the 2023 Ugliest Dog Contest in California, followed by Wild Thang, the Pekingese, and Harold Bartholomew, the senior Chihuahua
