Dog Arc: Difference between revisions

Many weeks before the adoption occurred, Daniel expressed his desire to adopt a dog and several other pets. Many considered the odds of Daniel ever adopting any sort of animal to be very slim, given his inability to properly care for himself, and his [[Homeless Era|homelessness]], which would make adoption highly unlikely. On many occasions, he has said that he has security and a team of people dedicated to protecting him. Daniel wanting to adopt a dog to protect him aligned with these delusions.  

During this time, Daniel’s [[Management|manager]] was a man named [[Warren]], although little is known about him. [[Warren]] most likely advised Daniel to keep his location a secret. This can be inferred from the amount of times Daniel was found lying about his location to evade detection, such as lying about being in motel rooms. Additionally, Daniel was still using [[Cameo Arc|Cameo]], a video making service where people would give him money for him to make custom videos. This provided him sufficient funds to adopt a dog. On July 9th, 2023, Daniel adopted Music (formerly named Zola), a German Shepard mix, from the Longmont Humane Society, an animal shelter in Longmont, Colorado. The duration of Daniel's stay in Longmont remains unclear. His justification for getting a dog was for Music to act as security, more specifically as a "guard dog". While Daniel was allowed to adopt Music and leave the shelter with her, both workers and bystanders were concerned about Daniel getting a dog, but nobody really took action to prevent it.[[File:Longmont Facebook Comment.png|thumb|A concerned bystanders comment who claims to have seen Daniel whilst adopting Music. ]]There was an attempt by Humane Society employees to slow down the adoption process, but they ultimately allowed Daniel to take Music with him. In a future [[Longmont Humane Society Employee AMA|Reddit AMA]] published on July 11th, 2023 by a worker at the Longmont Humane Society, they admit that the animal shelter did not conduct any sort of background check on Daniel.  

The adoption fee was likely around $100, which Daniel was easily able to afford due to his then-active [[Cameo Arc|Cameo]] account. Although the shelter did not allow homeless individuals to adopt, Daniel lied on his application by claiming he lived in an RV, which allowed him to adopt Music. Initially, did not post about Music at all, only having her posted when a fan named Keith, who was in the area, took a [[Lost Media|now-lost]] video of her.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1dzc0nk/1_year_ago_today/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button</ref>  

While the video was still up, Daniel was seated at a Jimmy John's, where Keith is seen discussing with Daniel about his new "guard dog" while taunting [[World of T-Shirts|Joshua Block]]. Following this interaction, Daniel would start posting videos of Music, most notably one where he coaxed her into looking at camera, only for her to ignore him.<ref>https://archive.org/details/ifCZx1vB6Bk</ref> This revelation immediately sparked shock in the community when they realized that this was not someone else's dog, but a dog he had adopted himself.[[File:"Yes, I don't lie".png|left|thumb|Daniel is confronted as a liar.|259x259px]]

Goated Mines, who would later play an integral part in this arc, would begin to [[Keith DMs|message Keith]], asking him why he had not said anything or shown any concern at all about the dog. Keith had been urged to take Music, even being offered payment, although, Keith never took this deal and shortly after blocked Goated Mines.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14vgw54/dms_with_dog_video_guy/</ref>