The only fair thing here is to let Mike Vick adopt this animal !!!!

The shelter's owner says that Portia is the one she went over the contract with, and that Portia sent her an email stating the dog wasn't working out for them.

How come Ellen is taking the blame? Could it be that Ellen avoids mentioning her girlfriend on the show because it would make all her "hausfraus" fans uncomfortable?

Slightly off topic, but it sounds like it was mosty the girlfriends' mistake.

I love the no no nonsense "must follow law and order" conservative posts. These are some of the same people who call Ollie North a hero and probably wet their pants with excitement when Scooter Libby was pardoned.

You think the rules must be enforced? How much do you want to bet that the agency was required to change the name on the chip once Ellen paid for the dog? How about THAT rule?

Agreements have provisions in them all the time that are not enforceable. These heartless scumbags got the police involved only because they claimed ownership of the pet and allegedly proved it given the chip. Otherwise, the police don't go around enforcing the terms of civil contracts.

Common sense suggests that if the dog was in a good home it should have stayed there.

So much misinformation and really bad judgment on many here.

Really good shelters, I mean the one's that give a damn, not the ones that buy puppies from mills so they can sell them (I mean "adopt them to customers", at several hundred dollars an animal, and you know who I'm talking about, NSAL...)ca­refully vet their animals out. I know, I've adopted three shelter cats in the last 5 years, including one really problematic cat who I've spent over a thousand dollars on vet bills just this year.

They really care about the animals first, the humans second.

You sign a contract, you'd better damn well live up to it. You broke the contract, you've lost your right to own that animal, period.

So the moral is, if you really want it, take good care of it. It's a living being, and it should become a member of the family, not a piece of furniture, or a fashion accessory.

Moms & Mutts are playing a cruel game at getting attention.

They are not animal lovers they are media whores.

jack jett

After this public relation disaster, the "Shelter", Moms and Mutts, will soon change their corporate name.

Hopefully the press will inform the public of their new name, so people

wanting to bring a puppy or dog into their homes,

will NOT go to this agency but instead go to one of the many good ones. These

people should be OUT OF BUSINESS!

This thread alone defines libdumb nation to a "T".. It is never a libs fault , it is all about them. It takes a village . Never any personal responsibility. And never follow the rules. Thes animals come from a myraid of circumstance ; from horrific abuse , abandonment to just owners not able to care. The shelters do their best , sometimes better than human adoption agencies in placing their animals . They make it crystal clear their expectatio­ns.I had a dog that turned mean after a year and by contract we brought her back .The dog ended up having a mental disorder and could have mauled a child SIMILAR TO SAY A HAIRDRESSER'S KIDS

Dogs with chips? Adoption agents, investigations and forms to determine if you are suitable to raise a dog? Contracts and legal papers to cement the deal? What is going on? I use to get my dogs from the pound to save their lives and give them a good home. Now it is like adopting a child only harder. I understand the need to put them in a good home but this level of red tape seems to discourage people from wanting to take on a dog and give it a good home.

You people are nuts. Sure the rule is stupid. But you know maybe she should have READ the contract BEFORE she signed it.

If you want to 'own' your pet...


avoid 'shelters'




The same thing happened to me... typically these are essentially doggie Auchwitz's­.. underfunding and it has a distinct effect on the way they treat PEOPLE. People who love animals these shelters should be grateful they are taking the animals, but OFTEN things like this happen.

I am glad Ellen's experience is highlighting what many of us have gone thru when trying to save one ofthese animals. They are often run by very mean people who have lost whatever compassion they once had for animals because they have to kill so very many. They are underfunded. I don't have the answers. But this is bad and common.

I agree with Ellen that this an insane situation. The "rules" here seem to be more important than the dog or the families -- it's not rocket science, why couldn't the agency check out the hairdresser's family first, determine if that new family is suitable (which no one seems to doubt) and let the dog remain there? Any contract can be negotiated. Look, any business would never stoop so low as this adoption agency simply because SUCH BELLIGERANCE IS BAD FOR BUSINESS. Sure, they may have the "legal" advantage, but who wants to do business with an agency that judges you "unfit" and takes your dog back -- not because the dog is better off, not because the family is really unfit -- but simply because of fine print in a contract? I wouldn't. There are many much friendlier, more human places to do business.

I'm very curious to know if the pet rescue org, actually inspected Ellens house before they placed the dog with her? How do they know if the animal is going to a good home? Just because someone filled out the proper paperwork does not make them good pet owners. Did they inspect the house of the new owners? How are they judging who is a good pet owner and who is bad??

If they couldn't find what they thought was a suitable home for the dog, would they have killed it?

That there's a great lesson rainey. Not trying to be a jerk, but when exactly does this lesson have any bearing on your life? Are you often called on to trust Ellen DeGeneris? I seem to recall here being an entertainer or comendian or something.­..

If the dog has ultimately been placed in another home, where presumedly it will be kindly cared for, this distraction is pretty much over and done. Except for maybe DeGeneris appologizing to the the shelter for the attacks they've recently recieved as a result of this and calling on her viewers to reframe from being such idiots as to make death threats over this issue.

Someone should ask Ellen what happened to the French Bulldog puppy she bought for Portia last year that she then made Portia give away because it turned out not be convenient for her.

GO ELLEN!!


I hope she wins...