“””Iggy Pup had been taken “out-of-state” “””
I figured you would be watching that drama play out.
Animal rescue/adoption center volunteers are the most underappreciated heroes. They have a reason for those *no dumping* contracts. Cute puppies & dogs are easily placed - it’s the old ugly ones who depend on *no-kill* contributions and adoption fees. The *home visits* have a purpose - to ensure that adopted animals don’t get transferred to inappropriate environments - destined to be abandoned or mistreated again. Ellen was dumb, selfish and out of line.
I posted something similar on Greta’s blog - but I don’t go there anymore.
I have an 7 year old dog we adopted from a county animal welfare center. There was no "no dumping" clause in the contract. We adopted Molly when she was 8 months old. She had already been placed and returned to the shelter by TWO other families in the first 8 months of her life. Molly is a wonderful dog but she has serious problems that she will never get over. She is very nervous, high strung, gun shy...runs from strangers, and is terrified of the car. To her the car means another trip back to the shelter to be dumped again.
I suspect Iggy will have similar problems due to the poor handling of this situation by the animal "rescue" people. Ellen was wrong to hand the dog off but the "rescue" people should have checked out the new home and left Iggy there if those people were up to snuff. The "rescue" people could have sued Ellen for breach of contract in court without making poor little Iggy suffer the loss of a second home in as many months.