0 Pooches: When I Thought My Dog was Ugly

When I first adopted Miss M I used to tell people she was a dog with a good personality.
Mostly because I never thought she was very cute.

Vintage Miss M looks like a Vampire!

Miss M was way too skinny with a huge lollypop head and pointy hips. She was missing hair and I thought her head looked like a muppet.

I tried really hard to find the perfect 'old lady name' that would suit her.

We spent a lot of time together in those first few months after I adopted her. Mostly walking.

Sometimes when we were walking, I would hear people yell out "What a beautiful dog!". 

I would always look around, wanting to check out this beautiful dog everyone was talking about, but all I would see was Miss M:

Maybe I didn't realize it at the time, but my gangly, underfed Miss M turned out to be a swan.

Or at least a dog with a big, fuzzy white hat.

 Were you drawn to your dog based on personality, or looks?

Also:
Though you wouldn't expect it, sometimes this happens.
But usually it's this. Or even this.
What I originally thought.