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I haven’t commented on celebrity gossip in a while, but since this one involves a dog, i had to give my 2 cents. So we all know the story by now, Ellen De Generes, super funny sitcom star and talkshow darling (i’m a big fan, personally, she keeps it light, she mixes it up, she shows she cares for pets, the elderly, supports her hometown of New Orleans, she donates and gifts a lot, and she’s not afraid to get personal) is in the middle of a doggy controversy.

Basically, she adopted a dog from a non-profit place called “Mutts and Moms”, but things didn’t work out, the dog didn’t get along with her cats, so she decided to give it to her hairdresser who has 2 daughters. The dog stayed there for about month, and as we all know, that’s plenty time for little girls to fall in love with their pet. Then, suddenly, turns out the non-profit place took the dog away from the hairdresser, because, in their contract, it said that if a dog adoption didn’t work out, the original adopter (in this case, Ellen) was obliged to give the dog back and wasn’t allowed to give it to someone else.

The non-profit agency’s case: It’s to protect the dogs. And i get it, it makes sense. This is their business, they take pride and care in placing dogs in families that they approve of, they often have rigorous interview processes (i remember adopting my cat from a humane society and remember thinking “it’s harder to get a kitten than having a baby”, they told us there was even a chance they would come to our house to check out the living situation). So, yes, i get it, their policy makes sense.

Ellen’s case: She also gets it. This is why she was in tears, openly, on her show the other day. She apologized profusely for not doing the right thing and not reading the contract. She felt so guilty for the dog being carter around from one place to another and for breaking the hearts of those little girls. But her point is, this time, this ONE time, instead of sticking to their guns and their policies, why can’t the agency just come over, see the dog’s living arrangements in his new place with the hairdresser, and THEN, based on that, approve or not approve this adoption. Because she knows that these people will treat the dog right, and her only interest is the dog. She feels that the non-profit place is just sticking to their guns for the sake of it and for publicity.

Obviously, i side with Ellen here. Why? Because i’m just a softie that even just a picture of a cute dog or cat makes me ball. So thinking that a puppy has just spent his first 2 months in like 3 different homes is upsetting. I think this has gotten ridiculously out of hand, because, had Ellen not been a celebrity, they would have problably settled this ages ago, and, with respects to that, i think both Ellen and the agency are to blame for purposefully dragging it out in front of the cameras…

So, for now, the dog has gone back to the agency. The police and the courts are involved. I’ll keep you posted

If you want to read more, see here. To see Ellen’s tearful plea on her show, see here (you may have to sit through a commercial first).