Dog Arc: Difference between revisions

Many weeks before this incident occurred, Daniel stated that he wanted to adopt a dog, though, this was easily shrugged off as Daniel's usual rambling. This was mostly due to the odds of Daniel ever adopting any sort of animal being very slim, considering his appearance and obvious [[Homeless Arc|homelessness.]] On many occasions, he has said that he has security and a team of people dedicated to protecting him, and him wanting to adopt a dog to protect him fell in line with these delusions.   

During this time, Daniel had a [[Management|manager]] by the name of Warren, although at the time little was known about this person. Warren seemed to have influenced Daniel to keep his location a a secret at most times. This can be inferred from the amount of times Daniel was found lying about his location to throw people off of his scent, which he was most likely told to do by his manager, as well as more advanced gatekeeping. Additionally, Daniel was still using Cameo, which gave him plenty of money to adopt a dog. Now, with the ambition to adopt a dog for himself, and the funds secured, he went out to get one.  

[[File:Longmont Worker Testimony.png|thumb|401x401px|A long Reddit post made by a worker of the Longmont Humane Society.|left]]On July 9th, 2023, Daniel adopted Music, a German Shepard mix, from the Longmont Humane Society, an animal shelter he was nearby at the time as he was in Longmont, Colorado (although the amount of time he was there remains unknown). From what Daniel had stated, his main reason for getting a dog was for it to act as security, or more specifically, as a "guard dog", which eventually led him to selecting her. While Daniel was allowed to adopt and walk out of the shelter with her, workers and bystanders were worried concerned about Daniel getting a dog, but even so, no one intervened.  [[File:Longmont Facebook Comment.png|thumb|A concerned bystanders comment who claims to have seen Daniel whilst adopting Music. ]]What was even more concerning was that even workers were worried, which resulting in them attempting to slow down the process, trying to decide if Daniel was truly able to adopt a dog, but in the end, ultimately allowing Daniel to take Music with him. In a Reddit post published on July 11th, 2023, a worker at the Longmont Humane Society, admits that the center did not do any sort of background check on Daniel, let alone any of its customers, and that adopters lying about their living conditions was a common occurrence at the shelter. They were horrified to find out who Daniel really was, presumably finding out about his colorful history online. Although, they were disgusted with the way many members of the subreddit treated the workers and Longmont Humane Society as a whole, as most of the workers received low pay (or no pay at all) and only chose to stay there out of genuine love for animals, who now had to deal with several emergency service calls which resulted in first responders allegedly showing up because of swatting attempts or false bomb threats. Although, this is unconfirmed.

The worker urged people to stop harassing the people at the Humane Society, as they were actively working to fix the situation and initially were not aware of who Daniel even was at the time of Music's adoption. However, the upside to all of this was that following the incident with Daniel, the society firmly states that background checks are now under serious review and additionally, Daniel had been permanently banned. From what the shelter claimed later on, many people of Daniel's stature passed through and are perfectly capable of caring for dogs.<blockquote>'''''No, no background checks. There have been issues in the past with people lying about their living circumstances, but with more minor things (like whether their landlord allowed the specific dog breed, or the amount of space in the home) and the result was only that the dog was eventually returned when the adoptee belatedly realized that you can't accommodate a hundred-pound dog in a studio apartment. As far as I know, no one has yet had the audacity to just straight-up lie about having a home when they're homeless.'''''

While the shelter did not allow homeless people to adopt, Daniel lied on his application saying that he lived in an RV, which allowed him to almost instantly adopt Music as they took Daniel's word for it- choosing to look no further than that. Even more confusingly, Music was later found to have [https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/giardia-in-dogs Giardia], which is a parasitic infection that affects the digestive system. Daniel would later claim that he got dry food for her, but no video or photo evidence of this would ever surface, which lead community members to question the validity of this. Daniel initially did not post about Music at all, only having her posted when a fan named Keith, who was in the area, spotted him. He had taken a video while Daniel was seated at a Jimmy Johns, where he's seen talking to Daniel about his new "guard dog" , while taunting [[World of T-Shirts|Joshua Block]]. After this fan interaction, Daniel would start posting video's of Music himself, which immediately sparked outrage within the community when they realized that this was not someone else's dog, but a dog he had attained himself.  {{#evt:

Goated Mines, who would later play an integral part in this arc, would later manage to talk to Keith about why he hadn't said anything or had shown any concern at all about the dog. He had been urged to snatch Music, even offered to be paid, although, Keith never took this deal and shortly after blocked him.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14vgw54/dms_with_dog_video_guy/</ref>  <gallery>

Following this, multiple members of the subreddit banded together to return Music back to the Humane Society as they believed Daniel to be extremely unfit for taking care of a dog due to his previous outbursts. Many members also feared that he would potentially hurt this dog in a situation in which he would lose control/    

[[File:Daniel Spotting.png|thumb|Daniel spotting in Union Square.]]

While the live stream went on, it seemed as though Music was mostly ignoring Daniel. He had repeatedly tried to call her name to get her attention, though she did not listen to Daniel. Additionally, he would constantly refer to Music as a "he", which showed how little he cared for or knew about her. She would also frequently bark at the people around Daniel, which was most likely a sign of stress. Regardless of this, Daniel said this was because of her "guard dog nature", and continued on about how he'd gotten Music so she could act as a guard dog for him. Even so, the stream was mostly uneventful as the members of Expo Productions continued to film their music video. Eventually, Daniel's location was found- under Cherry Creek, on Lake Street. As soon as this was found out, animal control was reached out to, where they were promptly informed of Daniel's location and abusive past. Animal control said they'd send over someone to the area, but as the live stream came to a close with Daniel announcing he was going to Starbucks, they had missed their window of opportunity.