Lassie & His Master Are on Ellen's Side
Bob Weatherwax, famed Hollywood dog trainer and son of Rudd Weatherwax, who established the famous Lassie line of collies, feels strongly about the storm created around Ellen DeGeneres and her good intentions in placing an adopted pet. Bob is pictured here with his current collie, Laddie.
Over the 60+ years that Rudd and Bob found homes for sons and daughters of the nine generations of Lassies, their first choice was always a family with children. Says Bob, "Kids and dogs belong together. Nothing is better than for a child to grow up with a dog and learn about loving care and responsibility." While he admits that, legally, Ellen did sign a contract, he also thinks that the adoption organization could make an occasional exception to its policies.
"After all," Bob says, "what's really important here? Having a dog find a home with a committed family or making it impossible for families to adopt dogs?"
source: TMZ
The dumb bitch from the adoption agency has already placed Iggy in another home. I'm glad she's getting death threats, but Ellen needs to just shut up about it now. People who run these dog shelters are power hungry freaks who abuse their "authority" to pretend it's all for the animals. This bitch doesn't have a business anymore now that she's done this, and she better give Ellen her $3,000. back too. She said she feared that one day, Iggy could be "tied to a tree somewhere." These dog rescuers are a joke, acting like they can plan out the dogs entire life after they place them somewhere. Portia should have just lied when the nosy freak called to ask how the dog was.