Ellen Degeneres Dog Adoption Saga Takes a New Twist

Oh dear!

It seems the Ellen DeGeneres dog adoption saga is far from being resolved.

According to a leading New York newspaper page, this is not the first time DeGeneres has given up an adopted dog from her care. In fact, the reports coming out of NY say this is the NINTH time the US talkshow host has been involved in a similar situation although one of the sources is famed ’shock jock’ Howard Stern, another is a quoted source.

Page Six, a New York gossip page, says:

Kerri Randles says she gave DeGeneres a male mutt named Stormy two years ago, only to find out less than two months later that fickle Ellen had re-gifted him to a member of her staff.

“She may have had it for much less time than that. I only say two months because that’s when I called to check on the dog and found out she no longer had it,” Randles said. “I was totally shocked. I thought she was out of her mind.”

Generes may have passed along several other dogs over the years. Howard Stern said on his Sirius show that he’d heard she had done this nine times before.

Randles said DeGeneres seemed a perfect pet owner at first, but she quickly discovered the daytime TV hostess was “neurotic and crazy.”

When Randles took Stormy to NBC studios to meet DeGeneres, she was “drilled” for four hours by the star, her assistants and the crew.

DeGeneres finally decided to keep the dog for a few nights to see if he’d fit into her home. She suggested that Randles take the dressing room next door to “tell the dog privately that she’d be going home with Ellen.”

This may put a whole new complexion on Mutts and Moms stance to take back the dog but ultimately, if DeGeneres is unable to commit to giving a dog a stable, long term home and has constantly been re-adopting dogs and then passing them on, then it’s about time dog adoption shelters and rehoming organisations across the United States put up a picture in their front office: “Do not adopt a dog to this lady”.

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Ryan O'Meara is editor-in-chief of K9 Magazine, the lifestyle magazine for dog lovers. He lives in the East Midlands with his own two dogs, Mia and Chloe. - See this author's webpage

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