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{{Short description|Dog and triple champion of World's Ugliest Dog Contest}}
{{Distinguish|Sam (army dog)}}
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| species                 = ''[[Dog|Canis lupus familiaris]]''
| breed                   = [[Chinese Crested Dog]]
| gender                  = Male
| birth_date              = November 7, 1990
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| death_date              = November 18, 2005 <br>(aged 15)
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| title                   = World's ugliest dog 
| term                    = 2003—2005
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| owner                   = Susie Lockheed
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'''Sam'''
(November 7, 1990 – November 18, 2005) was a blind, pure-bred [[Chinese Crested Dog|Chinese Crested]] dog, and three-time champion of the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair [[World's Ugliest Dog Contest]] in [[Northern California]] in 2003–2005. His ugliness earned him international fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/387144/sam-the-worlds-ugliest-dog-dies |title=Sam, The World's Ugliest Dog, Dies |date=2005-11-23 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=2015-10-28}}</ref>

His owner, [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] resident Susie Lockheed, took him in as a rescue dog in 1999 from his first owner.<ref name="mercury">{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/12/13/the-search-is-on-for-birmingham-s-ugliest-dog-66331-25378107/ |title=The search is on for Birmingham's ugliest dog |date=2009-12-13 |last=Oliphant |first=William |publisher=Sunday Mercury |access-date=2009-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interview With Susie Lockheed, Owner of the World's Ugliest Dog |url=http://dogs.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Interview_With_Susie_Lockheed,_Owner_of_the_World's_Ugliest_Dog |author=Kelly Roper |date=2015 }}</ref>

In 2005, Sam starred on [[Criss Angel]]'s 2005 ''[[Criss Angel Mindfreak|Mindfreak]]'' [[Halloween]] Special, which aired on the [[A&E Network]]. Sam played the role of Angel's cat, dressed up in a Halloween costume.
Sam was featured on Japanese television, New Zealand radio and the ''Daily Telegraph'' in England.

Due to heart complications, Sam was [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]] on November 18, 2005, just 11 days after his 15th birthday.<ref name="mercury"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Heart fails hideous dog |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=2005-11-23 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=beMjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6512,999390&dq=sam+chinese+crested+dog&hl=en |access-date=2009-12-29 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of individual dogs]]
* [[Elwood (dog)]]
* [[Peggy (dog)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://samugliestdog.typepad.com/ Official site - Sam & Susie's Blog]

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[[Category:1990 animal births]]
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[[Category:Animal deaths by euthanasia]]
[[Category:Individual dogs in the United States]]
[[Category:Ugly dogs]]
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