{"id":130396,"date":"2025-08-09T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130396\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:33:09","slug":"2-la-pups-chase-glory-at-worlds-ugliest-dog-contest-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/130396\/","title":{"rendered":"2 LA pups chase glory at World\u2019s Ugliest Dog Contest \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two quirky pups from Los Angeles headed to Santa Rosa on Friday to compete in the annual World\u2019s Ugliest Dog contest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Truffles, a 6-year-old micro bully with a cleft palate, dangling tongue and a heart as big as her waddle, and Little Prince Wonder, an 8-year-old Chinese Crested with a poke of the tongue out smile are among 10 contestants vying for the title.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s set of contestants is the largest in the contest\u2019s nearly 50-year history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Truffles-Los-Angeles-CA-rotated.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Truffles is a 6-year-old micro bully with a cleft palate and dangling tongue.<\/p>\n<p>The event hosted by Sonoma-Marin Agricultural Association celebrates the quirks of adoptable dogs and promotes rescue efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MUG Root Beer will donate to the Dogwood Animal Rescue Project located in Santa Rosa and award $10,000 in prizes across the top three dogs: $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second and $2,000 for third.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dog that is crowned will also temporarily replace MUG Root Beer\u2019s mascot on a limited edition merchandise line, including t-shirts, a dog toy and custom can, which is available to pre-order on the brand\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mugrootbeer?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok shop<\/a> starting Aug. 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be announced Aug. 11, after the pups walk the MUG red carpet on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/national-international\/the-worlds-ugliest-dog-contest-has-announced-its-2024-winner\/5529401\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last year, Wild Thang<\/a>, an 8-year-old Pekingese from LA, won the World\u2019s Ugliest Dog contest\u00a0 after competing four times and placing second three times.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two quirky pups from Los Angeles headed to Santa Rosa on Friday to compete in the annual World\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,7926,15185],"class_list":{"0":"post-130396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-pets","14":"tag-sonoma-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114995999870964641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}