Animal lover Ellen DeGeneres covers Modern Dog Magazine’s spring 2008 issue wearing all white and carrying a white dog. Sweet!

Ellen DeGeneres is making news with dogs again but not like in the past with the whole Iggy business, this time it’s food for dogs!

Partnering with Halo, DeGeneres announced to Parade that the food (unnamed for now) can even be eaten by humans.

Ours is all human grade. It’s all natural. And yes, you can eat it. People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that’s not dangerous for them. There’s a lot of poisonous stuff that they’re putting in a lot of that food, those by-products.”

So you know what that makes one think, right? Has Ellen tasted her own product?

I have not tasted it yet. A lot of my people have. I have my people taste it first. I have people tasters. No, my life’s going pretty good. I don’t need to eat it yet.”

Animal Fair magazine covers the infamous adopted dog, Iggy, by Ellen DeGeneres and re-adopted dog by an unknown family, on their cover for their latest issue. Stay tuned for scans and more info about the article.

The New York Post is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres is trying to revamp her image after Iggy-gate - teaming up with fellow animal lover and former Meow Mix owner Richard Thompson to rebuild shabby animal shelters across the United States.

DeGeneres has featured Thompson on her show to talk about the campaign and the first project - a makeover of a sanctuary in Monkey Run, Ark. - is currently under way, with Thompson footing the bill.

“We’re halfway done now,” Thompson told Page Six. “We’ve been redoing it for a woman named Janice Wolf, who was found by Ellen. We bulldozed the place, and we’re building a new hay barn and a new barn. She’s got almost 60 animals, including a zebra, some Watusi cattle and 20 dogs, some that are three-legged, blind and deaf.”

DeGeneres and Thompson became friends because they are both “pet nuts,” said Thompson, who added that he doesn’t mind his pal basking in the spotlight while he does the hard labor and foots the bill.

“She can be the celebrity. She wanted to do something good. I’m proud of her, she believes in this,” said Thompson, who sold Meow Mix to Del Monte and now runs the animal-based Web site ZooToo.com.

“These pets are bringing the community together. Ellen’s one of the best rescue people I’ve ever met, she got a bad rap over Iggy,” he added.

Thompson will unveil his project tomorrow, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be there to tape it for a future airing. DeGeneres’ rep declined to comment.

Those of you still thinking and wondering about Ellen DeGeneres‘ former dog Iggy can breathe a sigh of relief: The little guy is doing just fine and in a safe and loving home according to Keith A. Fink, an attorney for Mutts and Moms.

The 5-month-old Affenpinscher mix is returning to the spotlight, shooting a new Public Service Announcement for pet adoption awareness — and appears to be very happy.

The dog first made headlines in October after DeGeneres, with the best of intentions, gave the adopted dog away to her hairdresser. Because the move was against the Mutts and Moms pet adoption agency’s policy, the dog was taken back.

Fink would not reveal the dog’s whereabouts “for the safety of the adoptive family,” but stressed that Iggy has been placed “with a family that is a loving and takes great care of him.”

Added Fink, “Iggy likes to play with overstuffed animals and has a special preference for a stuffed turtle.”

For more footage of Iggy, watch Monday’s Entertainment Tonight. The PSA will debut on ET Tuesday.

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