Celebrities Who Rehomed Pets, with Reasons Ranging From Dog Bites to Not Preferring Cats to Choosing Her Male Partner Instead

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Apr 27, 2026
Rachel Leviss

Vanderpump Rules’ Rachel Leviss – Rehomed Dog Graham Cracker

Why? Dog bit incident and choosing “herself.”

Rachel Leviss, who previously went by Raquel, confirmed on Bethenny Frankel‘s iHeartRadio’s “ReWives” podcast in August 2023 that she had attempted to rehome her dog.

“My dog Graham bit my mom’s hand down to the bone, and it was so bad she couldn’t even get stitches. I had the decision to either leave the Meadows and go back and take care of my dog, or try to get him rehomed and finish out my treatment, because I knew I had more to work on. So I chose myself and we researched a breed-specific dog rescue, and they took him in besides his biting behavior. Bottom line, he couldn’t get rehomed,” she said, referring to her mental health therapy center she stay at following her cheating scandal.

It’s said that the dog now lives with her ex, James Kennedy, and has been renamed Hippie.

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