Miss Ellie (dog)
Encyclopedia
Miss Ellie a blind
American Chinese Crested
hairless dog
, was the 2009 winner in the pedigree section of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest
. She appeared in shows at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
, and was featured on the Animal Planet
cable show Dogs 101
. Miss Ellie died on June 1, 2010, at age 17.
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
American Chinese Crested
Chinese Crested Dog
The Chinese crested dog is a smaller hairless breed of dog. Like most hairless dog breeds, the Chinese crested comes in two varieties, both with and without fur, which are born in the same litter: the Hairless and the Powderpuff....
hairless dog
Hairless dog
A hairless dog is a dog with a genetic disposition for hairlessness. There are two known types of genetic hairlessness, a dominant and a recessive type.-Dominant genes:...
, was the 2009 winner in the pedigree section of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest
World's Ugliest Dog Contest
World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is an annual contest held in Petaluma, California, U.S., as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, to decide which of the dogs entered in the contest is the ugliest...
. She appeared in shows at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, located in the southeastern United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 5,875....
, and was featured on the Animal Planet
Animal Planet
Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...
cable show Dogs 101
Dogs 101
Dogs 101 is a show that airs on Animal Planet. It is centered on Dogs and what they are like.- Plot :Dogs 101 features 6 breeds of dogs per episode. This show explains each breed of dog and features opinions by experts ranging from trainers to groomers to veterinarians...
. Miss Ellie died on June 1, 2010, at age 17.