Exclusive | New York couple locked in savage dogfight with pet rescue over ownership of foster pups

It’s a ruff story. A New York couple is being accused of dognapping nine premier pooches — by a Westchester shelter owner — who herself is at the center of multiple complaints from previous clients.The two parties are currently locked in a vicious dogfight over eight adorable boxer-shepherd puppies and their mom. Kris Fuhr, who works in tech, and Sara Obstarczyk, a former pilates instructor, are suing Lisa Smith, 53, president and owner of A Good Dog Rescue, Inc., a Westchester-based nonprofit. The couple claims in a lawsuit that Smith harassed them, doxxed them, caused them to get death threats, and forced them to uproot their lives when they decided to keep the nine dogs they fostered from her — when she demanded them back.The couple says they felt obligated to keep the pups after concerns for their well-being in Smith’s custody. Smith, whose organization claims to have saved more than 6,000 pooches since its inception in October 2018, filed a countersuit alleging they kidnapped the dogs — and that they remain hers. Fuhr and Obstarczyk — a couple since September 2011 — told The Post the drama that has upended their lives all began when they answered a Facebook post in mid-January 2025 asking for emergency fosters for a dog named Paisley. According to the lawsuit, on Jan.10, 2025, Obstarczyk contacted Smith. Obstarczyk, 45, was told that Paisley was taken, but Smith had a boxer-shepherd mix named Lily and her litter of 10 puppies, which were 3 weeks old, also in need of emergency care.They decided to do it. After clearing an 11-dog adoption with their landlord in their Tribeca building, Obstarczyk and Fuhr said, Smith asked minimal questions before sending over a single-page, unsigned foster agreement, according to the suit.  “We went from having never met her to her wanting to give us 11 of her animals in just a few hours of time,” 45-year-old Fuhr told The Post. Nevertheless, on a freezing January morning, days later, Smith’s two...