Meet gus. He's 16, has three legs and one eye, and of course, he's a Chinese Crested. Jeanenne Teed, Gus's owner, flew him in from St. Petersburg, FL, for the competition--and it has paid off. He has garnered a cool $16,000 in winnings, and has earned himself and his owner a showing on CBS This Morning in New York city.
Gus, like many other past winners, was adopted (rescued). Teed's daughter discovered the pooch 'housed' in a crate in someone's garage. But the Teeds have big hearts, and took him in. Well done Teeds. I only hope that when I'm discovered in a garage, missing a limb and an eye and in the twilight of my life, that someone will take me in. I don't even mind if you trot me around in front of the press.
Thanks, Ida.
Photo source: AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Crista Jeremiason
Photo source: KNBC - TV
I dunno - shouldn't actual disfigurement be barred from competition? That hardly seems fair.
ReplyDeleteI've seen uglier.
ReplyDeletei hope that the owners of the dogs that compete in this kind of shows don't do things to the dogs just to win :(
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