Because M&M is NOT the humane society! They are a private organization and they can adopt or not adopt to whomever the choose. The individuals in the rescue pull these dogs from wherever they get them and spend their time, energy, effort, and love getting them ready to be adopted.

Besides (even though this doesn't really matter) their policies only said that they don't adopt TOY breeds out to children under 14. This is not an uncommon rule for rescues to have.

The rescue we adopted Star from still calls periodically (over a decade later) because her foster mom loved her SO MUCH. We're always delighted to hear from her. I think it's a mark of a great woman that she still cares for the dog she invested so much love into.

Iggy is in a FOREVER home now. As Ellen herself said, this is all about the dog, really, and he has been placed.

As for their 15 minutes of fame...does M&M even EXIST anymore? All of their websites are down, they may very well have been driven out of existence.

M&M gave this family the chance to go through the adoption process, and the family refused. They had every right to reclaim THEIR DOG.