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