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People say to me a lot how do you do this show if you’re in a bad mood? How do you do your show if you’re sad or, don’t you have bad days? I’m a human being and I have bad days and I have sad days. But when I walk out here and you all cheer and when you’re here to dance, you’re here to laugh and I know I make people happy. It changes my mood. I come out here and I can do anything because of the energy I get.

But today is a hard day for me. Today is bad. I am not capable of coming out and pretending to be funny and on when things are going so terribly wrong right now.

I’m so sorry; I’m just not able to pretend. So I’m going to tell you the story. I’m going to get over it and we’re going to have a good show and we have a great show. So it’s going to be funny and it’s going to be everything that you turn the show on for.

Here’s what happened. I love animals. I love animals. I rescue them and I’ve adopted so many animals and found so many animals homes over the years. On September 20, I adopted a dog from a rescue organization here in the area. I got it neutered, I got it trained and I paid my vet extra money to take it home to sleep in the bed with him at night instead of a cage. I spent $3000 on this puppy to acclimate it, to train it to be with our cats. It was just too much energy and too rambunctious.

My hairdresser who I see every single day, she and her husband have two little girls, eleven and twelve-years-old. They were just looking for a puppy. They have a dog. They said, “We love Iggy can we have Iggy?”

Iggy has been with them for two weeks. I get updates every single day and pictures every day of how happy Iggy is and how much their daughters love Iggy. The organization contacted me yesterday and said, “How’s Iggy?” And I told them the truth. I didn’t lie. I said, “Iggy has a great home.”

Well, I guess I signed a piece of paper that says if I can’t keep Iggy, it goes back to the rescue organization. Which is not someone’s home, which is not a family. These two little girls had bonded to the dog. I thought I did a good thing. I tried to find a loving home for the dog because I couldn’t keep it. I was trying to do a good thing.

Because I did it wrong, those people went and took that dog out of their home, and took it away from those kids. (Wells up with tears). I feel totally responsible for it and I’m so sorry (sobbing) I’m begging them to give that dog back to that family. I just want the family to have their dog. It’s not their fault. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have given the dog away. Just please give the dog back to those little girls.

I’m sorry I didn’t call you. I’m sorry I did the wrong thing. Just give it back to the family. Please please please.

That’s the story and that’s why I’m feeling like I am responsible for trying to do something and I did it without reading all the things I should have read. So I’m sorry.

(Changing the mood, takes a breath) What a great show we have for you today.

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Rory,thank you for your comment.I agree.

i missed yesterdays show i wanted to see Mathew Goody so bad looks like you don't have a video of his interview

Ellen,
I understand that you LOVE animals, just like me, you love rescuing them, finding them homes and it ENRAGES you when you hear of animal mistreatment, right? I also know you are a spokes-person for CoverGirl, which TESTS ON ANIMALS, if you love animals so much, why do you support a company that hurts and mistreats animals for a persons eyeshadow, or mascara!

As i said before I LOVE animals, and do everything I can to help prevent any kind of animal abuse whether it is the fur trade or animal testing or ariel hunting, or dog fighting, or whaling or just flat out neglect. I try and try to educate people on these topics, but a teen can only do so much! That's why I am asking you if you could just consider talking about abuse, MILLIONS of people will hear you and those millions of people will take a step towards stoping abuse.

Thanks,
Rory

hey ellen love your show i requested tickets for the 15th of december but never got a call or email so we missed it :-(

-J

I Have been trying to do this for a while now, we my wife and I are A HOME LESS COUPLE AND i TOLD HER THAT I was going to say hi to you we live on the river in a home made yurt here in Omaha NE have (no phone) thank you just wanted to say HI ellen

My name is Ricky, and i love the show. my mom lost all her brothers ,and is depressed at this time of year. She has no family left,but us kids. can you send her a card. She loves the show. 11425 Hawthorne, Southgate Michigan.48195...Love you girl
Ricky Barbosa

hi

high ellen we had a dog in america for 9 years it was a lamb and new founlind mix we had are troubles there and when we left we had to go to turkey for other reasons so when we left we coudint bring our dog named fluffy and now we want to find her she got adopted in ney york vet in a jfk vet we want know where she is and we know you love animalis my name is david im using my mom email thank you

My name is Jessica & I live in Middletown,Ohio. I live with my mother & elderly father helping take care of them. We live on a fixed income and can hardly have the money to take care of ourselfs. We all love animal an hate seeing them cold an hungry & scared. Well we live in Apts. and have a ton of strays (cats & dogs) well None of the local shelters around here will help us, not even A bag of food. These cats didnt ask to be brought into this world, & are weak and its our jobs to take care of those who cant take care of themselfs. Im just asking would you know of anywhere that would help us? please let me know.
Thank You
Jessica Nickle
of Middletown,Ohio

P.S. I love your Show

Dear Ellen, I would love to see a show where mom's thank their daughters we see so many show where daughters thank their mothers, but I have an amazing daughter, and I would just love to thank her for being the caring individual she is.... she is my best friend, my confidant, and she love you what a gift if she could meet you in person, it's a small gesture, but I know she would be shocked to hear from you,,,, Ellen thank you for being you and the amzaing person you are,,,
Maria

Does anyone know exactly when Ellen adopted Iggy, and when she gave him away? How long did Ellen actually have Iggy?

Ok ..... now lets be honest "better than her" What exactly did that comment prove? the answer to that question would be absolutely nothing! This thread is about a dog ....yes thats right.. did you read any of it before you wrote that? It is not about anyone making anyone else look bad. Ellen made a decision....thats what grown ups do. They decide what they think is right at the time and act on it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. As for the rediculous statement that Ellen made all Gays look bad... wake up. There are many people who have answers to questions that they would never have had thanks to questions people like her have asked. Gay, Straight, whatever.. It is small minded comments like yours that make people judge. There are no rules when it comes to loving something whether that be humans or animals....only emotions.
Oh and before I get accused of being a sad "Ellen" lover with a warped sense of reality. You couldn't be more wrong.

Wow, ellen you make all gays look bad. Guess you need all sorts of special treatment huh? Just go away already you were a sad novelty that wore off a long time ago. Your not any better than anyone else so learn the rules or just mgo live in the woods some where.

Sorry I didn't mean the hairdresser taking the dog, I meant the Rescue taking the dog...
You see I'm still so mad that I can't even type straight!
-Paul

Hi I am still livid over the hairdresser taking this dog I don't know what to do. Yes I'm having a delayed reaction, but I didn't know about this story until a few months ago.
Can anyone tell me if the little girl got Iggy back? And what happened to the evil woman who took the dog away from the little girl?
I hate her so much. I know I shouldn't hate, and hate is a strong emotion, but I'm goin' with hate tonight.
Happy July 4th!
-Paul


I can't believe that 20 months later, the Ellen celebrity worshippers are still here trying to defend her irresponsible actions with Iggy and her dangerous and hateful response to the dog rescuers who allowed her to adopt Iggy. Any good she has done subsequently to help other rescues will not overcome the evil that she did until she apologizes and acknowledges that she was foolish and mean.

Ellen may be famous and adored by her fans, but she is not infallible and is not the one who gets to judge whether the home she accepted for Iggy -- by default -- was a proper one. The pet rescue retained that right.

You are only trying to make yourselves feel like you are a part of Ellen's world and matter to her when you are not and do not.

Hi, Ellen! First I must say that you and your show are SO much fun and I have a great time watching your show as often as I can. I have spent about 30 minutes trying to find info on your Halo animal food, and so far I'm not successful. Can you tell us on your show soon how to find out more? Thanks in advance!! Marilyn Curtis in Fort Worth, Texas.

Thank you for your intelligent comments,Jeff and Foster Mom,amongst a few others,who truly understand the sheer dedication that comes with rescuing shelter animals that depend on us to keep them safe and loved and away from death row.

To help at the source and stop all of these poor animals from being killed in our shelters in the first place, please visit
NoKillAdvocacyCenter.Org and AlleyCat.Org
What you will learn on NoKillAdvocacyCenter.Org will shock you.

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