Petition!! Help Ellen with Doggie!!
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free skin care · Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:58 am

I'd like to know more about this story before making a final decision, but I do have a few thoughts on the subject.

manslayerliz is right about the reasoning behind making adopters sign a form to state that if, for any reason, they can no longer keep the animal, they must contact the rescue centre so that they can rehome it. Our charity insists upon that too.

Our policy is to take the responsibility for the animal concerned's welfare for the entire length of its life. Having rescued a pet in need, we intend to make sure that it will ever after be safe and cared for properly. We can't guarantee that if an adopter then passes the animal to someone else without our prior consent or knowledge.

Ellen acted wrongly. She should not have rehomed her former dog without contacting the rescue centre concerned. As manslayerliz said, the rules are there for a reason and, sad to say, I've seen with my own eyes what can happen if this rule is flouted.

Having said that, in this circumstance, we would have admonished Ellen in no uncertain terms for her misguided actions, but we would have undertaken an assessment of the new home and, if it was considered suitable, have made the new owners sign another adoption agreement, warning them to stick to the rules this time.

Ellen gave this dog to her hairdresser, I understand. Now, I'm sure her hairdresser is probably a very nice person, but exactly how well does Ellen know her? Has Ellen ever visited her house, and was she able to assess it properly? Did she meet and speak to the whole family?

You see, people can appear to be the perfect adopters (whether they're just pretending to be nice or whether they are genuinely nice people), but you have to dig much deeper, especially with rescued animals - and rescue dogs can be very difficult to rehome because they can often have behavioural problems due to their past experiences. Sometimes a seemingly perfect home can be anything but.

I feel very sorry for the family concerned, but Ellen should never have done this in the first place. She's a very silly woman, as far as I'm concerned.

As far as taking the dog away from the new family, I'm not convinced that's such a good idea. Dogs need stability. You can't keep moving them from home to home as it can make them feel very insecure and unhappy, and can also lead to all kinds of behavioural problems. The more this dog is messed around and moved about, the lower the chances of him being able to lead a normal, happy life.

Again, I've seen the results of dogs who have been passed around from pillar to post before they came into our care. Believe me, it's not pretty.

I just wish people, including Ellen, would think before they act when it comes to animals. It would make our job so much easier and so much less upsetting when we have to pick up the pieces afterwards.

free skin care · Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:30 am

OK, so Ellen made a mistake, then disgraced herself by crying on her show like a child. I still like her. The dog has been removed and will be placed in another home, so doggie will be OK. Hairdresser's kids will cry but soon they'll recover and learn their first lesson of loss.

I'm not trying to sound like such a naysayer but I truly don't understand the amount of airtime all the news media, talk radio have devoted to this topic, just as I never understood the amount of time devoted to Paris Hilton jail sentence and Lindsay Lohan's recent DUI.

Why do so many people care when Pakistan, Iran, Iraq and Burma are such a mess? Standing down from my soapbox Laughing

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