Nice looking pup! The thing with Ellen is that she adopted a dog, she couldn't get it to peacefully co-exist with her cats and was forced to give it up. Rather than just turn it back in to the shelter, she found it a good home with another family that had a kid who bonded with the dog. The shelter had a rule about giving up adopted pets which I think is really not aimed at people who give them to good homes but anyway, they came and re-possessed the dog from it's new family - broke the kid's heart and everything...
