He was apparently a very affectionate little sweetie. He was a Chinese crested, which are acquired tastes to begin with, visually. They look a bit like mostly-hairless chihuahuas but with great tufts of hair coming out of their ears and tails and other strategic points. If you don't mind freakish, they look all right, until they start getting old and their hair goes straggly and their skin gets saggy. Then they look a bit sad, poor things. As you can see, Sammy got some cataracts and warts in addition to wrinkly skin and lifeless hair, plus he had some other ailments, the details of which I can never remember.
I'd rather see an ugly dog competition than most other beauty contests. At least with ugly dogs, you're not training them to
be sluts place great emphasis on superficial beauty from a young age, and it really is just a bit of fun. In fact, I think it's beneficial in the long run, because there's now a whole subculture of people - myself included - who are likely to adopt the more physically unfortunate pooches, who would ordinarily stay unadopted for years, from animal shelters because we've seen they can be just as appealing as fluffy young puppies. In their freakish ugly way. :)
And I already am a pet owner, so there's no "inner" coming out here. I'd be just as happy entering my rodents in competitions that would be demeaning and humiliating for humans. If only they had a Most Idiotic Roborovski Hamster or Most Moronic Rat competition...
Updated On: 6/24/07 at 12:37 PM
