"World's Ugliest Dog" dies

From the Associated Press:

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. 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, Fla., rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside someone's garage.

He 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.

Photo: Associated Press

Comments

[jmaich]

god bless gus

[Dawn]

I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for giving this lovely being a forever home all these years

[Suavannah]

I loved your pet. he was so "cute."
I cried when I found out he died.

[B Zimmer]

I feel so sorry for that dog! I would of done any thing for that dog to live. Well, I'm a vet, so I guess I would keep any animal.