Ugliest Dog in England Can't Find a Home

Jul 31st 2009

There are only 27 Mexican Hairless dogs in the UK. You'll find one of them at an Essex shelter waiting to find a home.

E.T. -- the pooch's bald skin reminded his previous owner of the famous fictional extraterrestrial -- has been living at the Hillside Kennels in Waltham Abbey for months without any interest from adopters. Dawn Fields, who works at the shelter, told the Daily Mail that his owner had to give him up because she already had two dogs and was struggling to care for them.

"When I first saw him I thought, 'Oh my God, what is that? What an ugly b****r.'," she said. "I thought he had a flea allergy because it makes some dogs lose their fur, but then I found out he's supposed to look like that."

Fields says it usually only takes a few weeks for a dog at their shelter to find a home, but E.T., who has hair only on his face and tail, has been living at the shelter for months despite the fact he is worth hundreds of pounds. "We've put him in different kennels to see if that helps," Fields explained. "We put him in the first one people see as they come in, but they hurry on past him. Then we put him in the last kennel, but nothing seems to help."