Lamby is doing much better now. That’s good, of course, but he wasn’t doing so great when Dunham traded him in for a purchased (i.e. not adopted) pair of poodles in March. According to Zen Dog Training owner Matt Beisner, Lamby arrived at his training facility in an awful state. Speaking with The Cut, Beisner described the dog as “A hot mess, and a train wreck,” with a terrible temperament, who was heavily medicated and drinking his own urine.

So, if Lamby did in fact suffer some form of abuse or neglect, it’s entirely possible it happened after he was adopted by Dunham and not before. Since Dunham owns residences in both Los Angeles and Brooklyn and since she had Lamby in her possession for the past four years, let’s take a look at each state’s laws on point.