Seven year-old Scooter is the latest winner of the 50-year competitors that commemorates ‘imperfections that make all dogs special and unique’. Scooter won the honour at the yearly awful dog contest kept in California on Friday (June 23).
The win was a big pleasure for Scooter’s owner Linda Celeste Elmquist. She embraced Scooter simply 7 months earlier after his previous owner might no longer take care of the puppy.
Scooter’s increase to popularity follows he was almost put down quickly after birth. He was born with a defect that implies his 2 hind legs are dealing with backwards. Luckily, the Saving Animals From Euthanasia rescue group, which Elmquist belongs of, stepped in to save his life.
According to his bio on the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds website, there were at first doubts that Scooter would ever have the ability to walk easily by himself. But he quickly showed sceptics incorrect by improvising and utilizing the strength of his front legs to move himself forward.
After years of depending on his front legs implies Scooter now needs some help to navigate. Scooter utilizes a wheeled cart to run from location to location, purchased for him with funds contributed by buddies and rescue groups.
“From the second he sits his hairless little booty and backward legs on your lap, you feel his warm, huggable power to change the meaning of the word ugly,” said competitors judge, Gadi Schwartz. “He leaves you feeling love and inspiration for the differences, difficulties, perseverance and happiness that he radiates like a little heater.
“Even when he’s gone you can’t help but smile thinking of that sideways tongue hanging out his tiny precious mouth. (He also smells so much sweeter than he looks!),” included Schwartz.
