I Have Suspicions About The Judging At The 25th Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest

I had no real reason to be interested, but I happened to notice this article about a Beagle-boxer-basset winning ugliest dog at the 25th annual world’s ugliest dog contest. After being weirded out that there was such a contest and being concerned about the poor doggies self-esteem, I started wondering about the judging in this contest.

After all, just look at this dog:

Is he a little funny looking? Yes. Is he really that ugly? In my opinion, not for a dog. There are definitely uglier dogs I’ve seen. Let’s take a look at a few examples:

Aren’t these uglier than Walle (the beagle-boxer-basset pictured above)? I certainly think so.

Perhaps I’m just not qualified to judge dog-ugliness, and perhaps this contest just didn’t have particularly ugly entrants, but I have my suspicions about the judging at the 25th annual world’s ugliest dog contest. Seems fishy to me.