He's PAWfect!!
A less than adorable 17-year-old rescue dog has claimed top spot and been named the winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog competition for 2022.
Mr Happy Face, a Chinese Crested dog, claimed the crown and got the $1,500 (£1229) cash prize for looking so ugly.
Wild Thang, a fluffy dog took second place while Monkey, a Blue Factor Brussels Griffon was third.
The World’s Ugliest Dog contest, which has been running for 50 years, promotes adopting animals over buying them and celebrates the imperfections that make dogs special.
Mr Happy Face was adopted from a shelter in Arizona after he was rescued from the house of someone suffering from hoarding.
Describing the moment she first set eyes on Mr Happy Face in his competition entry, his owner wrote:
“When I first met him, he was the happiest creature that I had ever met.”
"I vowed that day, he would be so loved that he would never remember how awful his previous life had been.’”
When the family adopted Mr Happy Face in August 2021 they were warned his various ailments meant he may not survive beyond three months.
However, he is fine. ‘Love, kindness and mommy kisses have helped him defy the anticipated short life that we all expected him to have with our family,’ Jeneda added.
Mr Happy Face is understood to dislike climbing stairs and not being the centre of attention with the hobbies of sleeping, snoring, woofing in his sleep and making odd sounds.
