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That's One Ugly Dog!

Pabst the Boxer Wins Dubious Honors

From Buck Wolf, About.com

It doesn't get any more hideous than this. This 4-year-old boxer named Pabst was crowned 2009's "World's Ugliest Dog" at the Sonoma Marin Fair.
Pabst, a boxer mix with a hilarious under-bite, wins the 21st Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest

Pabst, winner of the 21st Annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest

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The folks in northern California have been handing out this award for more than two decades. It's lovingly bestowed, mostly to rescued pets in the spirit of promoting responsible animal care.

More often than not, the award has gone to a Chinese crested breed.

Pabst is a rescued pet, and his owner, Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., thinks that it must be the mutt's distinctive under-bite that makes him stand out from the pack.

He was named after Pabst because he's got what Egstad calls a "bitter beer face."

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