Dog Arc

An image of Music from the Longmont Humane Society's Facebook page.

A public statement issued by Longmont Humane Society.

On July 9th, 2023, Daniel adopted a dog from Longmont Humane Society in Longmont, Colorado and names her Music (formerly Zola). The announcement from Daniel confirming Music’s adoption by him sparked outrage in the subreddit, with many users demanding the dog to be back in the hands of the shelter due to his inability to financially support himself, let alone an animal, along with Daniels violent tendencies and habit to hurt people and damage property when having meltdowns, which he was highly likely to do to Music.

The outcry grew so large that the Longmont Humane Society issued a public statement regarding the situation, acknowledging the situation and informing the public that they were doing everything in their power to get Music away from Daniel. Luckily, two days later, on the 11th of July, WeenWeenMusic, or Ween, liberated Music from Daniel, ending the short-lived, yet hectic search to get Daniel away from this innocent dog. However, this does not mean that Daniel himself had stopped.

Treatment of Music

Daniel, quite obviously, is not fit to take care of a dog, let alone himself. During Musics, thankfully, short time with Daniel, he had demonstrated multiple times why he is unfit to care for her and will never be able to be trusted around animals.

Daniel cited that his reason for adopting Music was for her to act “As a guard dog”, seemingly believing that Music was a trained guard dog and that she would protect him from harm. Daniel also frequently misgendered Music, sometimes accidentally referring to her as a male, further showing how Daniel was possibly unfit to care for her by him not even knowing what gender the dog he'd adopted was, which is extremely crucial information, especially in the situation where he had to give her shots or take her to the vet.

Daniel severely underfed Music, alone Daniel, in a reply to a comment on his YouTube channel, said he had purchased a $4 water bowl from PetSmart, a chain of stores that sells both pets and supplies for pets, for Music. Additionally, he had noted that Music was not an "extreme cuddle bug", referencing the fact that Music had presumably not wanted to touch him or be near him, which is extremely justified, considering the conditions she was in.

Yes he has I have bought a water bowl yesterday for $4 from PetSmart and I got her everything we need right now I was watching last night and just how she was acting I am thinking getting like a small blanket to use as like a extra type of cover so things don't get in her eyes

Also last night she wasn't an extreme cuddle bug

-Daniel Larson, July 10th

On July 10th, 2023, Daniel purchased a water bowl for Music for $4. It was visibly far too small for a dog of Music's size. When the members of the Reddit dug further, they had uncovered that the bowl Daniel had gotten was meant for cats, and Daniel had obviously gone with buying the cheapest bowl he could find at PetSmart. Considering the fact that Music herself is a German Shepherd, this is extremely unfit for her, given her size. Even in the video he had uploaded to YouTube, where he claimed Music to be his "guard dog", the bowl he had gotten for her was visibly very small and was clearly meant for animals vastly smaller than her. The only water Daniel had gotten for music consisted of, presumably, small cups of water from various fast food chains, such as Starbucks and McDonald's, which is not nearly enough water for a dog, especially one as big as Music.

I'm heading over right now to the McDonald's and I'm going to get her some water

I've been giving her water about every 2 hours. I give her like a full cup of water sometimes even two or three like every every hour or two

I also have a full bag of dog food she won't eat yet but I have tried to feed her I'm just making sure that she's like getting something right now

Regarding food, Daniel failed to adequately accommodate her. Daniel claimed to have had a bag of dry food for her, which adds up considering that the Longmont Humane Society gives all people who adopt animals from them food, but according to Daniel, Music refused to eat, which in most cases in a sign of stress. Additionally, in every video of Music that Daniel had posted, she was seen audibly whimpering with her ears down, which is a sign of nervousness and stress in most animals. The only "food" Daniel claimed to get Music was a "puppacino", which is essentially a small cup of whipped cream. In a YouTube comment, Daniel replied to someone detailing the food he had given to Music at the moment, along with contemplating giving Music nachos, which is incredibly dangerous given how Nachos may contain ingredients such as jalapeños and onions, which are known to be harmful or even fatal to dogs. Daniel fully admitted to possibly harming Music, which is very telling of what his behavior would be if he had kept her for any longer.

I got a large puppuccino

I'm thinking about going to the dog brewery later tonight doing some karaoke with the howling wolf's

I'm trying to get her to eat but she is still slow on that

I'm thinking nachos would help

Despite all of this, Daniel remained adamant that he was able to support a dog, financially and mentally.

Rescue Attempts

Ox

Soon after it was discovered that Daniel did in fact get a dog, Ox posted on Reddit asking for Daniel's location so that he could rescue the dog stating that he will get to Colorado by motorcycle. He posted this July 9th at 10:00pm Larson Time (Mountain Daylight Time).

Daniel should not have a dog whatsoever. I am not sure how he got it.

I am worried about what sick little fucks may get him to do to the dog or what he may do during a crisis, like beat it.

I’ll go over there as the stars have seemingly aligned again. I am traveling back across country in the rv and had some shit go down about 45 mins from Denver.

-YungDaddyOx

The next day, at 7:37am, Ox made another post stating that he was charging his bike and that he would be leaving soon. Additionally, he asked the community not to berate the rescue as some of the subreddit members started to do so.

Charging up my bike rn. Got it off the rack and seems I left the key in too long getting it on there. Should be good to go in a bit. Might see some rain here as well so seeing how things go. Hopefully can leave soon.

Please do not harm the rep of the rescue, this will harm the chances for the dogs they are trying to save. Letting dan walk out with that dog is wild though and begs the question of someone assisting him. If someone makes contact, see what can be done to return the dog.

-YungDaddyOx

At 10:25am, Ox posted that he had "touched down" in Colorado and was now looking for Daniel, Asking the Daniel Larson subreddit for his current approximate location.

A little over an hour later, at 11:49am, Ox posted that he was unable to locate Daniel, saying that he was calling off his search for him and that had to return to LA. This post was heavily downvoted unlike the previous posts.

Ox makes another post at 2:13pm, "Dan is gone. I have someone helping, he is headed to Denver to see bob. Took the train I think it’s why he’s silent. Yes, I am here." along with a photo of his bike on a street in Longmont, CO. In the comments of the post Ox states that he will try again either tomorrow (July 11th) or the day after (July 12th) indicating that it was difficult to pinpoint an exact location.

I’m gonna try again tomorrow or the next day. I need a good spotting or exact location next time. Can’t blow it. I drove all over today. -YungDaddyOx

KeanuReeveswithagun

After Ox's post regarding the end of his search for Daniel, KeanuReeveswithagun left a comment on the post.

It's ok. I will pickup your failure. I live close to Longmont and I will find him. -KeanuReeveswithagun

The Reddit user posted a couple of additional posts attempting to locate Daniel and an "En Route" post with a picture of a Longmont road sign at around 1:38pm After Ox's "Dan is gone." post they posted a final update at 2:52pm

I'm sorry to report that we missed him. We made it to Longmont but we just missed him. I'm hoping that someone can confront him in Denver. Sorry guys. -KeanuReeveswithagun

Goated Mines

On July 10th, 2023, a YouTuber called Goated Mines (GoatedPiston on Reddit) uploaded a video titled "Daniel Larson Got a Dog... We need to save it...” where he states that he has contacted Animal Control and the Longmont Humane Society, as well as announces a reward of $100 for anyone who could get Music away from Daniel.

On the same day, Goated Mines made a post on the Subreddit discussing Longmont Humane Society’s response to him.

Ween's Rescue

Leaked image of "Ceel Team 6" members after performing the Music rescue operation

On July 10th an elite team of military operators deemed "Ceel Team Six" was deployed and lead by Goated Mines to track down and save Music. The team spent two days locating and pinpointing Dan's location, initially finding the bridge the music video was filmed at, then the park he spent the night in. Ultimately, Dan's love for nachos would be his downfall. On July 11th, 2023, Weenweenmsuic, also known as ween, was able to rescue Music by finding the restaurant Dan was loitering at. The operation was conducted flawlessly. Ween was able to get the dog by asking to see the dog to ensure that she was okay, then simply walking away and putting her in their car Soon after Goated Mines posted an image of Music on Reddit with a caption saying "MUSIC IS SAFE". After requests for more proof, he later posted a video of Music. Ween themselves also posted an update to Reddit explain what they would do with any donations that were sent their way as well as some more photos of Music.

hello! im ween lol im the music snatcher!! she's doing great and i understand why people are questioning donations and stuff for me but it was originally so i could get up to longmont but im hoping to spoil her and have a lot of things that she can take to her forever family. she's an amazing dog and thank you all for helping her -loverofmoms69 (ween)

Goated Mines posted another update stating that Zola (Music) is on her way back to Longmont with one of the animal caretakers. Followed by another post once she made it

Daniel's Reaction

About 7 Hours after Goated Mines' "MUSIC IS SAFE" post, Daniel became active on his YouTube community page again claiming that he had just gotten out of police custody and that he had gotten new criminal charges. He asks the community to help him get Music back, and that World of T-Shirts is somehow connected to "the dognapping situation" , when Joshua himself was never aware of him being in the possession of an animal.

"My current injuries from after the dog napping at Walmart when the police were called"

Daniel explains that he is injured both due to "self-injurious behaviors", which is implied to be from him hitting himself repeatedly, along with Walmart security guards taking him down.

A combination of self-injurious behavior and the Walmart security throwing me to the ground I hit my head pretty hard on the ground at the Walmart by security and they were sitting right on my knee so when they pin me down the guy pin basically put his me on my head not my neck or anything but on my head self and one other guy was on my knee pinning that like basically my kneecap pinning that to the Walmart floor -@DanielLarson-ob2jw (Daniel Larson)

A few minutes after this post, Daniel begins to tell his side of the story. He repeats the same parts of the story multiple times, the text is convoluted and at times almost indiscernible due to the lack of punctuation, and Daniel using speech-to-text to write out the posts, additionally, it is seemingly out of order. Below is an attempt at putting the most relevant pieces in order.

Somewhere along the line I got spotted with the dog and then I left the PetSmart after buying the $50 harness I then fit it on the dog and I went across the street to then get water once again this was around 11 am

After sitting down for about 2 minutes the same lady with the athletic pants and they were shorts she's got tattoos on her arms and legs shows up and starts talking to me hey I haven't seen you in a while I have a friend that is working here at the good times and I came to see them but they're not here yet

She then asks me how my days going starts coughing and then she tells me she is sick and I woke up very sick this morning she then threw up like legitimately this is no joke she would she actually threw up on the f****** ground

And then starts talking about how she's a veterinarian and then she starts talking about how my dog is breathing and saying that my dog can't breathe because she's skipping beats like heartbeats pretty much which at the time I knew that that was somewhat false

She asks me if my dog is dehydrated and if my dog wants water I said I already got water I just came to the good times to actually get a cup of water and she then takes the dog leash from my hand she walks around in a circle around the table and she says see how and then she's also pointing at the stomach of the dog see how it's beating that's not normal

That's what she said and then she says here I'm going to do it one more time and I'm going to show you again and then she grabs pretty much just completely kind of by that time the dog is already kind of just used to her if you know what I mean and then she just snatches the dog up and puts her in the car and just goes off after the dog was already kind of thing you know somewhat if if you know what I mean felt safeThat's what she said and then she says here I'm going to do it one more time and I'm going to show you again and then she grabs pretty much just completely kind of by that time the dog is already kind of just used to her if you know what I mean and then she just snatches the dog up and puts her in the car and just goes off after the dog was already kind of thing you know somewhat if if you know what I mean felt safe

She's also been following on purpose like stalking she's done that before some allergic to what Ivan's done she's been stalking it is a female like I said with glasses and a tattoos on her arms and legs and she just like I said keeps following me around I have a feeling she was at the location last night that's why I texted you for security

And when she drove off I basically started freaking out I started panicking I started hyperventilating to where I felt like I couldn't breathe because I was hyperventilating so much that like literally I just couldn't speak

And I eat my phone was also dead at the time so I couldn't call security I couldn't call you or anything so then what I did was I all I could think about was trying to go to across the parking lot to where the Walmart was and I walk in there of course hyperventilating saying my dog got dog napped that's a security dog is what I said and I'm at that point of time then the security asks me to leave I then refuse and I say call the police at that point it starts like I said creating a scene about 50% of people in the checkout area I'll start rushing over to where I am and start crawling me pretty much and I at that point lash out that's a long story short of what happened I don't know if anybody got anything on camera because of my popularity the police said that there was no physical assault involved other than just reaction like I said out of fear after checking cameras and I had more than the right because I did nothing and yet they were instigating the situation so I had right to protect myself

At that point the Walmart stupid Walmart like I said before decides that they're going to press charges of $2,000 of criminal mischief pretty much just two on purpose because they know I'm a celebrity they want all of my f****** money so they took it as high as they could go pretty much

And they put me in basically I guess you would call protected custody at the time and instead of going to I guess the jail what they did is they take me to the hospital because I had injuries at that time

Charges were pressed on the person that was the dog napper

Phone Call

After the flurry of posts attempting to describe what happened, he stopped to call someone. That person put Daniel on speakerphone and played it through a Discord call, where Goated Mines was able to record it. The recorded call was later posted on YouTube. Goated Mines provided a very brief description in a Reddit post.

He threw a fit and destroyed shit in the Walmart. A motorcyclist pinned him down after they removed him from the Walmart [...] He said he was punching something related to water. He also destroyed the gift card section.

Discord call with Daniel After the incident. Goated Mines is not the one speaking with Daniel

Videos

While still posting to his YouTube community page, Daniel also uploaded some videos regarding the situation. Starting by demanding, under the threat of murder, that Bob needed to make a social media account, go live, and "put it out there that I am not lying"

Daniel then uploaded a video stating that he is taking this all the way to the supreme court and that security companies refuse to work with Daniel as they don't believe what he tells them.

Daniel calls 911 multiple times, on one of the calls Daniel claims to have screamed that he has a bomb and hung up, he believed this would help him get his story heard.

Livestream

Daniel's final piece of content for the night was a YouTube live in which he films himself talking with EMTs.