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Ok, who has ever heard of a pet adoption place giving you trouble for adopting a dog and then giving it away to a loving family? Well, I’m curious cause it happened to Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen and her partner whose name for some reason isn’t popping into my head, had adopted a puppy from a pet adoption agency, he was a Brussels Griffon mix that they named Iggy. According to Ellen, it didn’t work out between the new pup and their cat. So, wouldn’t you think in that case its better to give him/her to a home where he would be loved? Nope, not what happened! She apparently violated an agreement by not informing them that she gave the puppy to her hairdresser. Well that mad Mutts and Moms angry (oh yeah by the way that is the name of the adoption place). They went to the hairdressers home and took Iggy. How freaking sad is that. Poor pup he doesn’t know who to love on, he keeps getting taken away from everybody.
Ellen DeGeneres knows what she did was wrong, but spent $3000 getting him neutered and trained to live with their cat. She will be talking about it on her show I think today. So if you want to hear the whole complete story by her check out her show today. I know I will. Poor thing who knew that would happen?
October 16th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
It’s true that Ellen’s case seems unfortunate, but we also have to stand in the agencies shoes when looking at the issue. The entire reason adoption procedures are in place is to assure that the dogs are in loving homes than can afford to give them attention. I’m sure Ellen’s hairdresser is just as suitably apt as she is, if not moreso as is proven by the circumstances surrounding wanting to give ownership over, but when agencies start making exceptions it leads to widespread issues that we don’t want to see - dogs in unloving homes, sold for sport, etc. Whereas our hearts certainly suggest maybe the rules should have been bent this time, we also have to consider why the rules are in place to begin with. Think of it as a child - one would not adopt a little girl, decide she didn’t work with one’s other child, and give her to a hairdresser. I’m not attempting to compare dogs with children, but some people might consider the laws of both aligned.