A Sisters dog named Nugget (no relation) will compete in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest on August 8 at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California. Nugget’s guardian, Marcey Rhyne, entered him in the contest because, she says, “He has a way of filling people with curiosity and slight confusion. He looks like a piece of pepperoni with fangs.”
Nugget isn’t your average mutt, but rather a blend of 16 identifiable breeds. He is mostly hairless with wrinkles, some peach fuzz, and plenty of spots covering his body.
“His bald snout and lips are so strange, and take a look at that head – looks like a lizard,” Rhyne said. “He has five minutes of memory. Once you’re his friend, you get to befriend him again after five minutes because he won’t remember you. My daughters and I began fostering Nugget in 2022, but after three months still nobody wanted to adopt him, so we officially claimed him.”
After all this time, Nugget may in fact become famous…