Ellen DeGeneres gave her dog away to her hair dresser.

Ellen DeGeneres is in the trouble with a pet rescue agency after giving her dog away to her hairdresser because it didn't get along with her cats.

The talk show hostess and her partner Portia de Rossi adopted Iggy, a Brussels Griffon mix, on September 20th. But when things didn't work out, DeGeneres gave the dog to her hairdresser.

In doing so, DeGeneres violated an agreement with the Mutts and Moms dog rescue agency by not informing them of the handoff.

When the agency called DeGeneres to ask about Iggy, she said she found another home for the dog. The agency sent a representative to the hairdresser's home Sunday and took the dog away.

Ellen DeGeneres said she spent $3,000 having the dog neutered and trained to be with her cats. But the dog had too much energy, she told her television audience.

DeGeneres told her audience that her hairdresser's daughters, ages 11 and 12, had fell in love with Iggy and were heartbroken when the dog was taken away.