Ellen update from Fox Noise*

The attorney for Mutts and Moms, the adoption agency that took Iggy back from Ellen DeGeneres's hairdresser, said on the O'Reilly Factor Thursday that the hairdresser and her family were offered the opportunity to formally apply to keep the dog but refused to do so.

Attorney Keith Fink: "We did offer this family the ability to come in and file adoption papers. But Ellen DeGeneres wants it Ellen DeGeneres' way. She refused, and the family refused to come in and fill out the adoption papers."

This story just keeps getting better and better.

I hope the dog is OK and is happy with his new family.

* Shout-out to Keith Olbermann!

Down memory lane with Ellen

I thought my memory was right about this not being Ellen's first time giving back a dog.

The New York Times reported back in 2003 that DeGeneres had to find a new home for a mixed breed puppy she had because of her cats.

"If there has been any discord in Ms. DeGeneres's life recently, it has been the way her two cats reacted to Lucy, her mixed-breed puppy. They were 'not thrilled with having dog energy' around the house, she said, 'especially puppy energy.' So she had to find Lucy a new home."

She had the dog on the show when she first got it and had a contest to name the pooch.

I think Ellen needs to seriously consider not getting another dog.

Iggy pop culture war?

Poor Ellen. She gave away a dog and can't understand why that was a bad thing.

Here is what others are saying about it:

Los Angeles Times

E Online

Washington Post

Emil Steiner, the Post blogger, asks the question if he is the only person in America who wasn't moved by DeGeneres's on-air sobbing about the dog.

Add me to the list, Emil.

DeGeneres calls the agreement to give the dog back to the adoption agency a technicality. I remember when I got Kate from the shelter in Manhattan back in the stone age that I had to sign a similar agreement.

She could have handled it much differently. If she had called the agency and told them that she had lined up a suitable family for the dog, then the agency could have checked them out.

And someone with her resources couldn't have set aside an area of her home where the dog wouldn't bother the cats? Just wondering, that's all.

Ellen's 'good deed' comes back to bite her

She may play cards with a dog in her American Express ads, but Ellen DeGeneres couldn't handle what was dealt her and gave away one of her pets.

According to this Associated Press story, Iggy, a Brussels Griffon mix, was adopted by DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi in September from Mutts and Moms dog rescue.

The poor pooch didn't get along with the couple's cats, so DeGeneres gave Iggy to her hairdresser.

M&M found out about the trade off and reclaimed the dog. They apparently have a policy where if someone can't keep the dog it has to be returned to the agency.

The talk show host has pleaded on air that the hairdresser's kids desperately want the dog back. (Expect a commercial before the video plays.)

Let's see if DeGeneres can dance her way out of this one.