The altercation between Britney Spears and her housekeeper was reportedly sparked by the pop star’s anger over her dogs being taken away.

According to sources close to the 39-year-old singer, her housekeeper and dog sitter had grown concerned that the animals were being neglected and decided to keep them after a visit to the vet.

The situation apparently began around two weeks ago when one of the dogs fell ill and was taken to the vet by the dog sitter, who is also trained as a nurse.

However, after the checkup, the dog sitter decided to keep the animals and care for them, believing that Spears’ home was not a safe environment for them.

Britney reportedly believed that her father, Jamie Spears, who currently runs her conservatorship, was involved in having her dogs taken away.

Sources with knowledge of Britney and Jamie’s relationship said he’s ‘totally in the dark on what goes on in her home,’ and that ‘He’s been shut out.’

The singer called authorities with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office on August 10 at around 6 p.m. to report the theft of the dogs.

Capt. Eric Buschow told Page Six that ‘when deputies arrived and contacted [Spears’] security staff, they informed the deputies that Ms. Spears decided she did not want to file a report at that time. And so, deputies left.’

However, police received another call to the residence from Spears’ housekeeper, who accused the songstress of hitting her amid a conflict over a phone.

Sources told TMZ that the Toxic singer confronted her housekeeper over the missing dogs, and the employee reported said she worried they were being neglected.

As evidence, she showed Spears photos she had taken of one of the dogs after it vomited, but the singer came to believe that the housekeeper had shared the photos with Jamie, whom she thought had ordered the dog sitter to take the dogs away.

Britney allegedly was in a fury and told the housekeeper never to take photos in her home again.

That is when they got into their alleged altercation, with sources close to the singer claim that she merely smacked the housekeeper’s phone out of her hand, though law enforcement sources said the housekeeper said Spears had hit her arm, causing her to drop the phone.

Buschow on Thursday told Page Six that the housekeeper was not hurt in what police determined was a ‘very minor misdemeanor battery,’ which Spears is being investigated for.

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office will determine if the Lucky singer is charged in the incident, police told the outlet.

The dogs had not been returned to Spears as of Thursday afternoon, though she’s optimistic that they’ll return soon.

However, it is unclear what the current status of the dogs is and if they have been returned to the pop star.