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[[File:Daniel Dog.jpg|thumb|An image of Music from the Longmont Humane Society's Facebook page.|377x377px]]

On July 9, 2023, [[Daniel Larson|Daniel]] adopted a dog from [https://www.longmonthumane.org Longmont Humane Society] in Longmont, Colorado, naming her Music (formerly Zola). Daniel's reasoning for adopting this dog was his want for "security". He repeatedly claimed Music to be a "guard dog", when all the dog was in fact a regular housepet. Daniel's announcement of the adoption sparked intense outrage in the [[R/Daniellarson|Daniel Larson subreddit]] and other communities, with many users demanding the dog to be returned to the shelter due to Daniel's inability to financially support himself, let alone an animal. [[December 10th Incident|Daniel's violent tendencies]] towards people and property made Music a potential target in Daniel's next [[Meltdowns|meltdown.]] 

Not long after Daniel adopted <s>Zola</s> Music, a rescue mission was planned in a Discord server ran by the user Goated Mines and many other members of the /r/Daniellarson subreddit. Two days later on July 11th, WeenWeenMusic, or Ween, rescued Music from Daniel.   

Many weeks before the adoption occurred, Daniel stated that he wanted to adopt a dog. Many people considered the odds of Daniel ever adopting any sort of animal to be very slim, as Daniel cannot properly care for himself and is currently [[Homeless Arc|homeless.]] 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 matches 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 probably told Daniel to keep his (i.e. Daniel's) location a secret, mostly. This can be inferred from the amount of times Daniel was found lying about his location to throw people off of his scent. Additionally, Daniel was still using Cameo, which gave him plenty of money to adopt a dog. 

[[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 in Longmont, Colorado. It is not know how long Daniel was in Longmont, Colorado. Daniel's main reason for getting a dog was for it to act as security as a "guard dog". While Daniel was allowed to adopt and walk out of the shelter with her, workers and bystanders were concerned about Daniel getting a dog. [[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 Reddit AMA post published on July 11th, 2023, a worker at the Longmont Humane Society admits that the animal shelter did not do any sort of background check on Daniel, and that people adopting animals lying about their living conditions was common 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. Please note that a lot of the previous paragraph is unconfirmed.

The worker urged people to stop harassing the Humane Society, as they were actively working to fix the situation and initially were not aware of who Daniel was at the time of Music's adoption. Following the incident with Daniel, the society firmly states that background checks are now under serious review and that 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.'''''

'''''Additionally, if it turns out that a "stray" brought to the shelter is owned and doesn't show any physiological signs of mistreatment or neglect, the animal must be returned to the owner after the recovery fee is paid. That unfortunately includes cases where the owner is homeless, living in their car, senile, etc. Remember that in the United States, companion animals are chattel. An animal doesn't legally belong to the shelter until they've been living there for a certain amount of time. When an animal finishes that wait period, they become "emancipated" and are then in the shelter's custody.'''''

'''''I can assure you that the procedure is now under serious review. Also, the fact that Larson lied on his adoption form could potentially be grounds to dissolve the contract under which Zola was adopted to him.'''''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/14x7n02/comment/jrlxqf9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3</ref></blockquote>The adoption fee was likely around $100, which Daniel was easily able to afford due to his [[Cameo Arc|Cameo]].

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 adopt Music as they took Daniel by his word. Even more confusingly, Music was later found to have [https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/giardia-in-dogs Giardia], 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. 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 videos of Music, which immediately sparked shock in the community when they realized that this was not someone else's dog, but a dog he had adopted himself.  {{#evt:

Daniel severely underfed Music, only giving her small amounts of food and water. In a reply to a comment on his YouTube channel, Daniel had noted that Music was not an, "...extreme cuddle bug," referencing that she had not wanted to touch or be near him. <blockquote>