Rachel Leviss has addressed the drama surrounding her dog Graham Cracker and her ex-fiancé, James Kennedy. The former Vanderpump Rules cast member caused quite a stir last year, in case you were living under a rock.
News came out from the Vanderpump Dog Foundation that Rachel had dropped Graham off at a shelter. From there, Graham was reportedly returned to James. Rachel later alleged that Lisa Vanderpump said Graham had been dropped off at a kill shelter.
Lisa said Rachel didn’t have her facts straight and fans would see what happened as Season 11 unfolded. Whether or not that’s the case, Rachel decided to clear the air and share some details beforehand.
Rachel accuses shelter of breaking confidentiality with her former dog Graham
On the January 29 episode of her podcast, Rachel Goes Rogue, the former dog owner explained her side of the story. She said, “I did not give Graham to a kill shelter. I gave Graham over to a breed-specific dog rescue. This was after I put him in training to work on those issues (of biting), and I tried to get him rehomed with … a different foster family.”
Rachel explained that Graham was so difficult that the rescue needed more money to hire a different trainer. From there, Graham attacked another dog along with members of the foster family he stayed with. “I know that two people were bit, and that’s why he was returned,” she said.
She went on to say, “And I don’t want this to sound like, ‘Oh, of course he was hours away from being euthanized.’ First of all, that’s not true, and second of all, I had no intention of putting Graham down. If anything, I wanted him to live; I just didn’t want him to be with James.”
Rachel further accused the rescue shelter of breaking their confidentiality agreement when reaching out to Vanderpump Dogs for a donation. “They could have reached out to us for a donation; we just weren’t aware of the circumstances.” She added that the shelter didn’t provide updates on the pooch. “We would’ve happily given them money to keep working with Graham.”
Vanderpump Rules Season 11 continues Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
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