The ugliest and most beautiful dog breeds - Beauty & Beast?

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but some dog breeds can be classified as more beautiful or indeed ugly. Learn more about the most beautiful and ugliest dog breeds from around the world!

26.01.2023

The ugliest and most beautiful dog breeds

Let's be honest: Even if you find your four-legged friend in one of the following lists, you would hardly ever call your beloved pet ugly – but when it comes to a spot on the list of the beauties, hardly anyone would say no.

As is often the case when choosing a dog breed: beauty is in the eye of the owner. Nevertheless, there are some dogs that, in the eyes of most people, are not exactly blessed with exceptional beauty—while others are almost unanimously considered beautiful dog breeds that usually also rank among the→popular dog breeds. So, let's introduce our four-legged"Beauty and the Beast":

The 10 ugliest dog breeds

  • Mexican Hairless Dog (Xoloitzcuintle)

  • Bull Terrier

  • →Shar Pei

  • Chinese Crested Dog

  • Borzoi

  • Neapolitan Mastiff (Mastino Napoletano)

  • →Pug

  • Bedlington Terrier

  • Japanese Chin

  • →Podenco Canario

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Which is the ugliest dog in the world?

Admittedly, with some breeds of the ugliest dog breeds you might get some odd looks on the street, so unique are these dogs with their coat structure or snout shape. But which dog breed is actually considered the ugliest?

Of course, humans have come up with something here too, and America decided at the "World's Ugliest Dog Contest", that Scamp the Tramp is officially the ugliest dog in the world. The→mixed breed dog was rescued from the street by his owner and—unsurprisingly—reminds one a bit of a crested or hairless dog with his sparse coat.

The 10 most beautiful dog breeds

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Which dog is the most beautiful?

All dog breeds have something beautiful and lovable about them—yet which dog makes it to number 1 for beauty, which four-legged friend is the diamond among furry noses?

Every year at the "Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show" the most beautiful dog in the world is crowned—so if you think the result is set in stone, you can relax. In the year 2022 more than 3,000 dogs and→dog breeds had the chance to impress the jury with their beauty.In the end, Bloodhound male "Trumpet" took first place in his breed category for the first time. This large representative of the bloodhounds proves that beauty in dogs doesn't have to mean small and cute.

Anyone who has already let a four-legged friend into their heart knows that it's really the inner values that count—and especially our dogs know all about that, overflowing as they are with unconditional love and loyalty. It's almost a relief that our four-legged friends don't hold this competition in reverse form ...

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Lena M.