Lena Dunham Says Her Dog Was Abused. The Shelter He Came From Disagrees.
Robert Vazquez, who works at the BARC shelter, where Ms. Dunham got Lamby, took issue with Ms. Dunham’s account.
Ms. Dunham, the writer, producer and actor best known for the HBO series “Girls,” adopted Lamby in January 2013.
“I have pictures of the dog loving on Lena and her mom, which is weird if the dog was abused.’”
Mr. Vazquez could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday, but Vincent Spinola, BARC’s founder and director, said in an emailed statement
that staff members at the shelter were saddened to hear that Lamby had been given away.
So on June 21, Ms. Dunham disclosed on Instagram that Lamby had “suffered terrible abuse as a pup”
and that, because of the resulting behavioral problems, she handed him over to a facility in Los Angeles.