A face only a mothe..no...Sasquatch could love...
One of the joys of living in a small town is the "local event", the event that defines the area. When I lived in the Santa Ynez Valley, we had our Old Santa Ynez Days and Danish Days. When I lived in Santa Barbara, we celebrated the lemon with the Goleta Valley Lemon Festival. Now that I am residing in Marin County, I yearned for a sense of belonging. I was looking for that event that defined the region. Sure we have wine festivals up here...but I think I found what I was looking for at the Sonoma-Marin Fair. Once you get past the star struck awe that is "Cheap Trick", you'll see something else. A contest you say? Pie eating? no...How about ugliest dog? This event celebrates mother nature's actions while she was on LSD, or just finished watching 2 seasons of LOST back to back without sleep or blinking. After the wonderful event, I took a few snapshots to show you the wonders nature provides us, or the horror of which should have been put back into the oven until it was done....One thing I can't really convey to the reader, is the fact none of these dogs have any teeth...so there's a lot of bubble, tongue and liquid action going on. One dog only opened one eye because his other was under constant siege from his tongue which he had no control over. If i got these names wrong, let me know. They were all equally hideous, so I might have mixed them up.
More coverage on Animal Planet Here.
More coverage on Animal Planet Here.
Pee Wee Martini
Archie, 2006 Winner
Elli, best in the pure (in)bred category.
Rascal, 2002 winner and finalist