LOS ANGELES — With its bright pink exterior and white picket fence, the Vanderpump Dog Rescue Center, one of entrepreneur and reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump’s latest ventures, is hard to miss, especially if the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” costar and her husband’s white Rolls-Royce is parked out front.
“It was a couple of years ago that we got involved in the pet business,” Vanderpump, 56, said during a visit to the rescue center, which opened this year.
“Housewives” fans know Vanderpump — who also stars in Bravo TV’s “Vanderpump Rules” — and her husband, Ken Todd, are passionate about dogs. The couple and their venture partner, John Sessa, have been raising awareness for the canine kind through the Vanderpump Dog Foundation, which was founded in 2016 and will hold its second annual gala on Nov. 9.
Vanderpump, who has eight dogs herself, said she wanted to create a center where people could volunteer, get pet grooming services or spend time with — or adopt — dogs.
