{"id":291,"date":"2005-11-22T22:10:52","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T22:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/22\/worlds-ugliest-dog-dies-at-14\/"},"modified":"2006-03-05T20:16:26","modified_gmt":"2006-03-05T20:16:26","slug":"worlds-ugliest-dog-dies-at-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/22\/worlds-ugliest-dog-dies-at-14\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s ugliest dog dies at 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World’s Ugliest Dog, has died.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said.<\/p>\n

I don’t think there’ll ever be another Sam, Susie Lockheed said, adding: Some people would think that’s a good thing.<\/p>\n

Sam won the ugliest dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair this summer for the third year in a row. The pedigreed Chinese crested had made appearances on TV in Japan, radio in New Zealand and in Britain’s Daily Mirror tabloid. He also had met Donald Trump on a talk show set.<\/p>\n

Lockheed said she initially was terrified of Sam when she agreed to take him in as a rescue dog six years ago on a 48-hour trial basis. Although she fell in love with him, his appearance repulsed her then-boyfriend and prompted the man to break up with her.<\/p>\n

Later, however, Sam became a matchmaker by bringing together Lockheed and her current beau, who saw a picture of the two on an online dating site.<\/p>\n

Lockheed said she had Sam euthanized after she learned Sam’s heart was failing.<\/p>\n

She said she’s felt a little lost ever since, and is sleeping with Sam’s favorite toy a stuffed bear he picked up and carried home.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Sam, the tiny dog whose hairless body and crooked teeth earned him a reputation as the World’s Ugliest Dog, has died.\u00a0 The pooch died Friday, just short of his 15th birthday, his owner said. I don’t think there’ll ever be another Sam, Susie Lockheed said, adding: Some people would think that’s a good thing. Sam won<\/p>\n

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