Multiple people sent me this ugly dog photo, for which the pup involved won an Ugliest dog contest -- and rightly so.
Sam is a hairless Chinese Crested, 14 years old, with cataracts, what looks like a skin condition...
...But Sam doesn't know or care. And that's why he's a Friday image.
Above all, what makes Sam special is that "he's so sweet," Lockhee says. Of her four dogs, Sam is her favorite.
"I've never had a dog this in love with me," she says, "And shortly after I rescued him (I took him in as a rescue), I was diagnosed with cancer. I had to be in radioactive isolation, where you're away from people for almost a week. But they let me take one dog. And I chose Sam. And he just made that time so much fun. He's so crazy. I've just never been this close to a dog before."