IggyGate

This is in reference to Ellen Degeneres and the terrier she adopted and that she gave away to the hairdresser.

I kind of felt like there was a side of the story missing, especially since the shelter wasn't talking and the only person we were hearing from was Ellen. The Houston Chronicle has what appears to be an editorial / commentary in Monday's paper.

The details here have me changing my tune a bit. Just a bit.

I still feel the rule about not being able to find alternative homes when things don't work out is an arbitrary rule in 9 out of 10 cases. I also think it's not enforced in most cases so it's a mute point.

Ellen had the dog 10 days. Hardly a trial period. I doubt she saw the dog much at all in that time frame with her work schedule. That's not enough time to even let the training work.

Also, according to the article and the lawyer for Mutts and Moms, they would have let the dog stay at the hairdressers house, but she wouldn't go to their offices and fill out the paper work.

Something smells.

Now my conspiracy theory hat is on. What if Ellen got the dog for them, because she knew they couldn't get the dog because of the under age of 14 rule?

I don't know ... what I do know is ... the rule is still stupid. The dog was still in a safe home.

But Ellen, apparently, was a celebutard rule breaker elitist. And I don't really care for that.