The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills PuppyGate scandal is still wagging on between Dorit Kemsley and Lisa Vanderpump. Kemsley shot down rumors of mistreating her former adopted dog while seemingly slamming Vanderpump in a series of videos shared on her Instagram Stories on Friday.

The first post included a photo of Kemsley, her husband PK and their two children, 5-year-old Jagger and 3-year-old Phoenix, cuddling with Lucy Lucy Apple Juice, whom she adopted from Vanderpump’s animal rescue charity, Vanderpump Dogs. She additionally shared a video of her son cuddling with the puppy and included the caption: “Locked in a cage? Unloved? Mistreated?”

Another video depicted Lucy running around while her daughter danced. “Lucy didn’t partake in any family fun. She was locked away in a cage, in our ‘basement,’ which we don’t have,” Kemsley continued, sharing yet another photo of Lucy with the caption, “The REAL life of Lucy Apple Juice.”

“So sorry to those sad individuals trying to serve their own agenda” she added.

The swimsuit designer ended her tirade of sarcastic messages with a photo of the dog popping in a field: “This is how I feel about the LIES, LIES, LIES!!! Eat that!”

The Kemsley and Vanderpump feud began after Vanderpump Dogs employee John Blizzard claimed the reality star sent Lucy to a kill shelter. Kemsley, who gave the dog away to a friend, denied harming the animal in any way from the very start.

She explained to Bravo the dog “wasn’t the right fit for the family” but rather was better suited for her friend. “She bit the kids most importantly, and PK. And she started to get increasingly more difficult and aggressive with the kids. She wasn’t the right fit,” Kemsley said.

“When we were contemplating giving her back to Lisa Vanderpump a woman came to our house and fell in love with Lucy, and Lucy fell in love with her. And it felt like this was the right situation for Lucy and our family. So she went to another loving home. The woman had a family emergency, brought her to a shelter—not a kill shelter. Lucy was never in danger, she was never sent to be killed,” she said. “She went to a shelter, the shelter was informed she originated from Vanderpump Dogs, scanned the microchip and called Vanderpump Dogs immediately.”

Kemsley also noted Vanderpump was well informed of her decision to give the dog to another home. “I told Lisa Vanderpump immediately when Lucy went to a new home. Lisa was always aware. Always. From the very beginning,” Kemsley said.

The puppy problem will only continue to escalate as Season 9 of the reality show progresses, especially when Kemsley learns of even more rumors about her care of the dog while the cast is attending Denise Richards' wedding on the upcoming episode. 

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Bravo on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET.

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