9 Stars Who Admit They Had To Rehome Their Canine

Although it may be a controversial alternative, a number of celebrities have opened up about rehoming their pets and shared why it was the very best plan of action for everybody concerned. Whereas they confronted some backlash, these stars really feel that they made the appropriate determination.

Discover out why these celebrities rehomed their pets…

Kaley Cuoco adopted her beloved canine Shirley when she was simply six-weeks-old however after years collectively, followers seen that the actress had stopped posting concerning the pup. In late 2024, she lastly shared that she had made the “very, very troublesome determination” to rehome Shirley with an in depth pal after she started getting in fights with a canine belonging to Kaley’s fiancé Tom Pelphrey. She defined that she did so for Shirley’s personal security in addition to the opposite canines that reside along with her.

“When the love of my life got here into my life, Tom, who can be a mega canine lover, moved throughout the nation along with his lovely German Shepherd, Blue, a pair years in the past — sadly, Blue and Shirley began stepping into some mega fights. Shirley was decided to kill him. It was very scary,” Kaley shared in an Instagram video.

She continued, “She couldn’t reside with us with the way in which she was behaving. I liked her a lot, however I used to be actually scared. I didn’t need one thing actually dangerous to occur or probably an individual by chance be there and get damage…[My pet handler and his wife] have liked her so, a lot, and it was an excruciating determination for me.”

Shirley lived with the pet handler on a “lovely farm” till the tip of her life, when she handed away at age 14 attributable to “a really aggressive bone most cancers.”

Olivia Wilde adopted her canine Gordy at simply two-months-old and took care of him for years. However after her cut up with Jason Sudeikis in 2020, Olivia’s former nanny accused her of giving the canine away so far Harry Types. Whereas Olivia by no means confirmed that she had rehomed Gordy, the animal rescue from which Olivia adopted Gordy defined the scenario.

“Gordy was adopted to @oliviawilde at 2 months outdated and after giving him a lot love and coaching and journey adventures, she realized that Gordy didn’t love the journey life and wasn’t pleased round toddlers. Gordy had shaped a really sturdy bond along with his canine walker and in Gordy’s finest curiosity and after a lot thought and consideration, he was rehomed to his Brooklyn canine walker,” Maeday Rescue shared on Instagram in 2022.

They continued, “We pleasure ourselves on discovering that excellent eternally residence for our Maeday animals and each from time to time the animal is simply happier in a distinct setting and that’s OK. Olivia is a large animal rescue advocate and rehomed Gordy out of compassion and love for him.”

Following Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy’s cut up, their canine Graham Cracker needed to be rehomed. Whereas Raquel says it’s an advanced story, she defined that she took custody of the pup after the breakup as a result of she didn’t really feel that James had sufficient “canine expertise.” She added that she felt that James had inspired the canine’s extreme biting tendencies and was a part of the explanation Graham had a “historical past of aggression.”

When Raquel later checked right into a psychological well being facility, her mother and father quickly took within the canine — however whereas she was away, Graham injured Raquel’s mother. Raquel determined it could be finest to deliver the pup to the California Doodle Rescue.

“My canine Graham bit my mother’s hand all the way down to the bone, and it was so dangerous she couldn’t even get stitches. I had the choice to both go away the Meadows and return and care for my canine, or attempt to get him rehomed and end out my remedy, as a result of I knew I had extra to work on,” she mentioned on iHeartRadio’s ReWives podcast. “So I selected myself and we researched a breed-specific canine rescue, and so they took him in moreover his biting habits. Backside line, he couldn’t get rehomed.”

The animal rescue facility ended up contacting Lisa Vanderpump concerning the scenario, which Raquel says was imagined to be “confidential.” Lisa ended up adopting the canine, which she then gave again to James. Raquel says she believes it was all a ploy to get her to return to Vanderpump Guidelines.

In 2013, Andy Cohen rescued his canine Wacha from a kill shelter in West Virginia however after welcoming his son, Andy realized it was not the very best scenario for his pup. He defined that Wacha had expressed “occasional random indicators of aggression” by the years, which had been addressed by trainers. However when Andy’s son was born, it grew to become a harmful scenario for everybody. Whereas “no effort was spared” to attempt to treatment the problems, it grew to become clear that Wacha can be happier elsewhere.

“When he got here into my life, my world modified,” Andy wrote on Instagram. “After an incident a number of months in the past, quite a few professionals led me to the conclusion that my residence is just not a superb place for him. Protecting him right here could possibly be catastrophic for Ben and worse for Wacha…Once I consider him — let’s be trustworthy, when don’t I consider him — it’s with the readability that we have been meant to come back into one another’s lives precisely once we did, and that he’s pleased, which provides me peace of thoughts. We did rescue one another.”

Wacha now completely lives with the household he typically stayed with when Andy was out of city and Andy will get to see the pup every time he can.

Lily Allen admits that she as soon as rehomed an adopted canine after it exhibited behavioral points. She defined that whereas she “actually tried very onerous” to assist the canine slot in with the household, there was an incident that “broke the camel’s again.” Lily says the pup ate three of her household’s passports, which included their visas. It ended up costing tons of cash and months of her time to get all the pieces changed — and prevented her kids from visiting their father in England for an prolonged interval.

“We really did undertake a canine already, however then it ate my passport and so I took her again to the house,” she mentioned on her Miss Me? podcast. “She ate all three of our passports and so they had our visas in. I can not inform you how a lot cash it value me to get all the pieces changed, as a result of it was in COVID and so it was simply an absolute logistical nightmare.”

She added, “As a result of the daddy of my kids lives in England, I couldn’t take them again to see their dad for like 4 months, 5 months, as a result of this f–king canine had eaten the passports. I simply couldn’t have a look at [the dog anymore]. I used to be like, ‘You’ve ruined my life.’”

After dealing with a lot backlash and even loss of life threats over the scenario, Lily clarified that there was far more to the story. She shared that the canine had excessive separation nervousness that brought on her to behave out if she was left alone for greater than 10 minutes. The household labored with the shelter she was adopted from and have been referred to a behavioral specialist and an expert coach. After many months, it was mutually determined that her residence wasn’t the very best match for the canine.

Bachelor couple Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici have been pressured to rehome their canine in 2023 after they felt it was not a secure scenario for his or her household. Though he was skilled, Sean says he typically nonetheless exhibited aggression. Whereas they tried to repair the scenario, issues got here to a head when the canine bit their son Samuel on the top.

“Y’all understand how a lot I liked that canine and he was such an important canine. Nice with the youngsters, well-trained and he was so full of affection. Nevertheless, he confirmed a pair situations of useful resource guarding previously when he snapped at/bit Mia,” Sean shared on an Instagram story. “We did all the pieces in our energy to maintain it from occurring once more however one night time a number of weeks in the past, Samuel bent all the way down to pet Gus, and Gus bit him on the aspect of the top.”

He continued, “The outcome was a visit to the E.R. and a staple within the head. So, as a lot as I like that canine, I’ve to place my youngsters first. However [Gus is] in an important residence and we’ll get to nonetheless see him sometimes. [By the way], I died just a little on the within.”

Sean added that the pup now lives along with his canine coach the place he’s very pleased.

In 2021, followers started noticing that Christina Haack not featured her canine Biggie on social media. When she lastly addressed the remark, she defined that the pup needed to be rehomed due to behavioral points

“As a consequence of behavioral points, I made the onerous determination to have Biggie re-homed in the very best curiosity of my kids,” she shared in a now-deleted Instagram put up.

When former president Joe Biden moved into the White Home, his canine Main started exhibiting behavioral points, together with biting a Secret Service agent. Finally, it was determined that Main would transfer to the president’s household residence in Delaware, the place he obtained extra coaching. As a substitute of later returning to the White Home, Main ended up being rehomed to reside with household mates.

“After consulting with canine trainers, animal behaviorists and veterinarians, the primary household has determined to comply with the specialists’ collective advice that it could be most secure for Main to reside in a quieter setting with household mates,” Michael LaRosa, the primary woman’s spokesperson, mentioned in an announcement. “This isn’t in response to any new or particular incident, however relatively a call reached after a number of months of deliberation as a household and discussions with specialists.”