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SANTA BARBARA – Some may call it a tale of beauty
\n and the beast. But Sam, a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested, and
\n a three-time champ in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, is the dog of
\n Susie Lockheed’s dreams.<\/p>\n
Lockheed, 53, enjoys massaging Sam’s fleshy, thin, potato-chip ears and
\n running her fingers through the small patches of white hair on his head.<\/p>\n
She likes kissing Sam’s hairless frame, littered with blackheads, brown
\n warts and moles. Even his hindquarters have a large hernia lump. <\/p>\n
Then there’s his right eye, left a reddish-purple from cataracts, which
\n stands out from the other, which is a milky white. <\/p>\n
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\n I’ve never had a dog this much in love with me," Lockheed said. "I
\n really baby Sam, and kiss him a lot. He’s a toad [that’s] going to turn
\n into a prince."<\/p>\n
Sam is one of four hairless dogs that love to groggily lounge on the couch
\n in Lockheed’s Santa Barbara home, where she operates a beauty salon.<\/p>\n
Of course, she operates a beauty salon. Somebody from the LA Times<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SANTA BARBARA – Some may call it a tale of beauty and the beast. But Sam, a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested, and a three-time champ in the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, is the dog of Susie Lockheed’s dreams. Lockheed, 53, … Continue reading
\n has to care for the aesthetically challenged……<\/em><\/p>\n