Up-dated Thoughts About the Ellen Degeneres Issue And The Dog Iggy

I can't understand why any dog shelter would take the dog back to the shelter and possibly have to put the dog to sleep. There is no compassion here. If I were in Ellen's shoes, I would contact my attorney and find out all the legal aspects of this adoption process. As I understood the news earlier, the shelter actually owns the dog. So does this mean Ellen is borrowing the dog for a long housestay? Maybe Ellen would be required to pay rent for the dog which is suppose to be hers. That makes no sense to me at all.

The children were old enough to handle another dog. They aren't toddlers. Saw the interview with the older child earlier.

Our daughter adopted a dog and then had a child and then another child. Does this mean she has to return the dog because the kids are under 14?

I'm not questioning you, Pye, but the system. I totally agree with everything you and your pet rescurer friend said above.

My honest opinion, pyewacket, is that it's all a bunch of hoopla. Ms. DeGeneres signed a contract that should have been legal and binding. It wasn't like she did not know the rules. As someone else suggested, she would have done better to just lie to the people when they phoned to check up on the dog. I don't have a lot of respect for "celebrities" who think the rules should be bent in their favor simply because they are who they are. I understand that it was hard for the family to deal with, but she should have come clean with the organization before she gave the dog away.

I have to agree. The owner of Mutts and Moms has gone off the deep end. She's thinking with her own vindictive heart instead with a sensible mind and therefore needs to be taken out of this line of work. She's not going to bend no matter how much "hate" mail she recieves which tells me what kind of person she really is. Not saying "hate" mail is the right way to go but in support of the family that wants the dog, she should bend a little bit.

If anybody has a sensible mind, they should realize it's not the shelters fault that there's one bad apple amoung them because it's like that no matter where you go. I pray that everyone comes to an understanding that if we don't adopt from the shelters then we're putting these little guys and gals at risk of being put down and all over something they had nothing to do with. It's so sad. It really is. All we can do now is pass the word on.

I agree with your friend. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty but I didn't think about the backlash on shelters. I thought This shelter would have to close but the others would be okay.But now I agree that all shelters will have to work extra hard on p.r. to stay in business. What a shame. I think the othesr would have let the family keep the dog . they would have made sure the family had the skills to rear this puppy.And that is all that was needed to happen.

wait wait they are going to put the dog down??!! even though that family WANTS it, a public outcry has been made and THOUSANDS of dollars has been spent?!

i cannot believe that after all the "going to a good home" crap and pretense that the clause in the contract is FOR..that they are going to euthanize the dog ANYWAYS!!!

omg, now im even more pissed about it than i was before!

I agree with you. I think they handled things like a child would by having a temper tantrum. Granted yes she violated the contract and yes that was wrong. But what is also wrong is sending a dog back to a shelter to live in a cage. Ellen did what she felt was best for the dog and that was to give it to a loving family. Ellen had the dogs best intrests in mind when she broke the contract.

Your right this incident is going to make people think twice about adopting now. This whole incident has gotten out of hand and is making animal shelters look bad.

I watched that program where Ellen was so upset about Iggy. It's unbelievable that mutts and moms when so overboard on this. Cops and Animal Care? What the heck was that all about. The poor pup was being well taken care of and that's all that should have mattered.

I couldnt hear what the little girl was saying but still seems to me like Ellen did the right thing giving the puppy to someone who already loved it.. Specaily when Ellen got it from just before they was to put it to sleep! I know she didnt follow the contrct but I see no need fo rthe police and all to be involved and that women is wrong to do what she did.
GIve the dog back to the family that loves him!

From what I've been reading about it the hairdresser and the kids did apply for the dog however Iggy's already been given away to another family. I read this in many places on the 'net, I'm sure I can find some links if you want.

As for the effect this will have on pet shelters I do hope people will realize that this is only an exception and not the rule. I'm very sorry for the pets at Mutts & Moms though as they are probably the ones that's going to have a hard time about it as people will hesitate to deal with that particular agency.

I still hope it will all end up for the better and the dog will be given back to the girls.

Well she did violate the contact, but the Animal Rescue team could have taken the dog back and notify Ellen DeGeneres immediately, since they would have had their contact with her. On the other hand, she could have called the Animal Rescue when she said that she wanted it to give to that family. They would have sent someone over and see that the family would not hurt the dog and given the okay, and everything would have been fine.
So both parties were at fault and I get the feeling that she did not exactly trust Mutts & Moms because she did not want to tell them she gave the dog away until later.