Ellen's Dog Will Not Be Reunited With Family - Page 2
Ellen made a heartfelt, tearful plea yesterday on her nationally syndicated television show, asking the owners to please return the dog to the family. She repeatedly apologized and said it was all her fault, and not to punish the other family or Iggy.
I said yesterday that she was wrong for not reading the adoption document thoroughly. It is coming out now that her partner, Portia de Rossi, is the one who actually signed the agreement, although Ellen's name was on it. Yes, they should have read it more thoroughly and contacted the agency before giving the dog away. But since the dog is in such a good home, why not just transfer the application from Ellen to this family? If the dog must be kept while an inspection takes place, then fine, return the dog after it is over. What's the problem?
It sounds to me like the owners are just angry that their stringent rules were not followed to the letter. It appears that someone is either on a power trip or being a bit obsessive about rules and regulations. "Zero tolerance policy" is applicable in some areas of life, but in a case like this, where a solution was already found that worked to everyone's advantage, it's a bit much. Cases like this need to be handled on a case-by-case basis.
All this could have been avoided had the agency just been humane and merciful, instead of sticking obsessively to their rules. They could have quietly arranged an adoption with the new family, which I am sure Ellen would have gladly paid for. All they've managed to do is reap a load of bad press and anger many Ellen fans and animal lovers. Who will want to adopt a dog from this agency after this? This is a little pet who found a nice forever home with a loving family. Now they are just being stubborn and hard-hearted, to make some point they feel needs to be made.
I understand that there has to be rules in place, because they don't want people giving the dogs to whoever they wish, people that might not take care of them or dump them somewhere or abuse them. But in this day and age when we read of people like Michael Vick, do we really need to rip apart loving pet homes?  Perhaps, they are just upset because by giving Iggy to another family, Mutts and Moms didn't get a fee for the sale of the dog...but had they been decent about it, I'm sure Ellen would have made a donation to their agency.
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