Poor Ellen

If you happened to see the Ellen DeGeneres Show today, you probably saw her crying over a dog she gave to her hairdresser's family.

Here's the scoop in a nutshell...Ellen had adopted this dog, Iggy, from a non-profit agency but realized, even after spending thousands of dollars for the dog to be neutered and trained, that he just had too much energy and was causing problems with her cats. She wanted to make sure Iggy had a good home; she had talked about it with her hairdresser, whose daughters would have loved to have the dog. Ellen decided to give them Iggy because she felt it would be a better place for him to live. The agency found out about it when they called Ellen to check in on the dog and she told them she gave him to a friend. Unknowingly, Ellen had violated the adoption agreement, so the agency went and took Iggy away from the family. So, this ended with Ellen sobbing on air today when telling the story.

Here's a pic of Iggy with a blog post by Ellen from her site.
You can view the snippet of Ellen crying on her show here with an AP story.
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My Opinion

Basically, I feel bad for Ellen. I think the agency could have handled it in a more appropriate and civil manner. Ellen admitted she did not read the agreement carefully enough and thought she was doing the right thing by finding a good home for the dog. Perhaps the agency could have worked out a new agreement with the new family instead of being so harsh with its actions. It's apparent that Ellen feels terrible for how things played out...I think if she didn't care about the dog or for the feelings of those girls then she probably wouldn't have attempted to make things right.

What do you think?