‘World’s Ugliest Pooch’ Receives Hero Award For His Work As A Therapy Dog

Beautiful-on-the-inside dog Mugly has won an award for being a hero four years after being named the World’s Ugliest Dog.

At the annual SuperDogs event last weekend, the Chinese Crested was crowned Most Heroic Hound for his work as a therapy dog.

Owner Bev Nicholson, 53, said Mugly won the award on Sunday because his unfortunate appearance puts people at ease.

She said: “Mugly is a therapy dog and he won because of the amount of work he does with children, people with sensory loss and the adult disabled."

Mugly holding court [SWNS]

In June 2012 the dog beat 28 other pets to be crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog at the contest in the United States. He was also named Britain’s ugliest dog in 2005.

Now 12 years old, Mugly has volunteered as a therapy dog since 2010 and helped children overcome a fear of dogs and helped a deaf-blind man ‘come out of his shell’.

He’s quite cute really [SWNS]

Mugly was abandoned at three-days-old because a breeder feared that he would devalue the litter because he was so funny looking.

Bev, from Peterborough, adopted him and claims she doesn’t see him as ugly - because he’s got such a great personality.

She said: "I just don’t see him being ugly, I see those adorable eyes that just make me melt.

"I’ve got five dogs and, none of them can do what he does with people. He has this ability to know when someone needs him, I don’t know how he does it."

She said: "He is a bit like Marmite, some people love him and other people don’t.”

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