{"id":160355,"date":"2025-08-12T03:41:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/she-loves-all-the-attention-worlds-ugliest-dog-2025-visits-today-show-the-press-democrat\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:41:54","slug":"she-loves-all-the-attention-worlds-ugliest-dog-2025-visits-today-show-the-press-democrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/she-loves-all-the-attention-worlds-ugliest-dog-2025-visits-today-show-the-press-democrat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018She loves all the attention\u2019: \u2018World\u2019s Ugliest Dog\u2019 2025 visits \u2018Today\u2019 show – The Press Democrat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petunia won the title Friday at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa
The winner of the World\u2019s Ugliest Dog Contest appeared on the \u201cToday\u201d show Monday, just days after being awarded the coveted title at Friday\u2019s Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa.
Petunia, a 2-year-old hairless French Bulldog mix, appeared on the NBC morning program alongside hosts Savannah Guthrie, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer. She was accompanied by handler Shannon Nyman of the Luvable Dog Rescue in Eugene, Oregon.
\u201cEven a wonky dog deserves to be loved,\u201d Nyman said on the show. \u201cAnd that’s what we prefer to call them: not ugly, wonky.\u201d
The annual contest, administered by the Sonoma-Marin Agricultural District and previously a longtime highlight of the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, advocates for adopting rescue animals.
Petunia was rescued from Las Vegas in May, where her owner hoarded more than 50 canines living in crates, Nyman said<\/a>. She attributes Petunia\u2019s lack of hair to unethical breeding.
\u201cMost of these bully breeds are being irresponsibly bred, unethically bred,\u201d Nyman said. \u201cThey have what’s called BOAS \u2014 brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome \u2014 so they need to get their soft palate reduced in order for them to breathe and function well.\u201d
Petunia, who had surgery to fix her breathing, receives daily coconut oil and sunscreen treatments and will return home to Oregon for some post-victory relaxation. That said, she does enjoy the spotlight.
\u201cShe loves all the attention,\u201d Nyman said. \u201cShe loves all the affection, all the humans petting her.\u201d
Alongside the spot on \u2018Today\u2019 and a $5,000 cash prize, Petunia will be featured on limited-edition merchandise from Mug Root Beer, which sponsors the contest. Items include T-shirts, a custom Mug Root Beer soda can and dog toys.
NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz, one of the contest\u2019s judges, was also on the broadcast.
\u201cShe kinda looks like she\u2019s been hitting the creatine — she\u2019s really jacked,\u201d Schwartz said.
Nyman added that Luvable Dog Rescue is now working to launch Wonky Dog, a for-profit LLC to raise money for rescue dogs.
You can reach Vince Basada at<\/em> vince.basada@pressdemocrat.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Petunia won the title Friday at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa RosaThe winner of the World\u2019s Ugliest Dog Contest appeared on the \u201cToday\u201d show Monday, just days after being awarded the coveted title at Friday\u2019s Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa.Petunia, a 2-year-old hairless French Bulldog mix, appeared on the NBC morning program alongside […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":160356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}