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[OnAMission]

I know how it is about a skinny horse in pasture that gets assessed but he’s doing something different. He can’t verify that he has food and water apparent half the time and his video trail clearly shows the progress of his poor management of feeding them and shows that he’s not done yet. Might not be enough of a loophole but as I said, in addition to everything else he’s doing it might be a tipping point to the right eyeballs.

Someone in the comments said he had a coggins, who knows if that is true.

[2DogsFarm]

@OverandOnward

Someone whisper in the ear of each horse: “Lay down and DO NOT GET UP !!!”

Sigh… Thanks for the AC Seizure 101.
I guess it is too much to hope Asshat will be in the same jurisdiction that cites him, When & If that ever happens.
It’s just so sad watching his progress at the expense of the horses.
THEY had no say in whether or not they wanted to participate in his idiotic, self-serving “quest”.
But they are paying the highest price.
As the owner of 3 pampered equines, it just hurts to see.

Re: Coggins
The only way I see dimwit having these is if sellers provided the paperwork.
Can we hope they did not?

[OnAMission]

Well if it’s true that LEO is actively looking for him in all the states he appears to be headed to he must have those horses tucked in a trailer by now. Sounds like lots of people watching for him in the area too if he is in SW MT. Everyone is worried about the bears and wolves lol that’s not that much of a thing. I’m sure he’s not camping out and if he is I’m sure he’s not putting his food up and that means if he sees a bear it will be eating his food and not the horses. Horses are perfectly safe from MT, Knucklehead is not. In general, he will not play well in MT.

Man I wish I was still in that area, I’d be scouting for him. Still have tons of family there and will put out the alert.

[Sparrowette]

@2DogsFarm

It’s just so sad watching his progress at the expense of the horses.
THEY had no say in whether or not they wanted to participate in his idiotic, self-serving “quest”.

Falcon might have had one for the sale to the yahoo. But he just picked up Pete at the auction, didn’t he? Would the auction have provided that? (edit to add: talking about Coggins)

I understand about pampered equines. My mare has arthritis now (can’t ride her) and gets expensive treatments and daily medicine. In exchange, she lets me fuss over her. Her yearling youngster’s problem is that I think she’s getting fat, so we are cutting down the grain. Kid is unhappy about that. Little does kid understand what happens to other horses…

[OverandOnward]

@Sparrowette

But he just picked up Pete at the auction, didn’t he? Would the auction have provided that? (edit to add: talking about Coggins)

Actually yes. EIA is contagious. I doubt any horse is allowed into an auction without a Coggins.

It’s the private sale for Falcon that may not have had one. It would be up to the seller, and possibly this particular buyer didn’t know to ask.

Also the vet back in San Angelo would have brought this up. If Falcon didn’t have one then, Falcon would have been in a clinic quarantine area – but maybe he was. If Knucklehead rode off from the clinic without a Coggins, the vet couldn’t do anything about it. Also Knucklehead seems to have gone from there straight to a private farm – hopefully the farm owner asked for one but we don’t know.

So some points where a Coggins might/should have been required but we don’t know. And points where he may have skated past without one for Falcon, at least. With luck he kept his paperwork from both sales.

[2DogsFarm]

This latest from TikTok:
(posted on a friend’s FB page. So his “fame” has spread beyond TikTok & COTH)

https://www.tiktok.com/@the_mare_stare/video/7244648630651522347?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESPgo8MWUqT3zky0%2B9gpw06a%2BExjDWkPKmP0MWb2jIsTUkVJft1Oh4k29pKTus0oOQyF0ZKLlNzvR75Tmxn54NGgA%3D&_r=1&checksum=4881eb3d0ba1ac2728f2eb0038780eeacdf11aa53313cdb6c646e4f3136bb579&preview_pb=0&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAAVS2u3iDEqLGhCBNXEfqnlrOHUngHF-BwQAzIUImhTfHqLczMSU4GNqyexk6hc2e5&share_app_id=1233&share_item_id=7244648630651522347&share_link_id=59F1A46C-A274-4DF3-8CA8-456CF785C21B&sharer_language=en&social_sharing=v4&source=h5_m&timestamp=1686833132&tt_from=facebook&u_code=dd767ac6llm854&ug_btm=b0%2Cb2001&user_id=6844294483228935173&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0Xa18llEVZU9aANSfxpzSfKV_HBj5Yyw9j2V99Xzvl8T6ADzOQh17JxOE

[hoopoe]

@Paint_Party

Won’t he also need to have certified weed-free feed for those horses inside Yellowstone?

I do not know 100% I do know the last time I looked at Mt Rainier that was required

[Cowboy_Girl]

FWIW he is now in the land of brand inspection states.
Brand inspection is not part of department of ag, it’s own police agency. If you don’t have paperwork in your possession its felony theft. Combined with health regulations that are in place to protect the nation’s food supply. They take their jobs very seriously.
Also where he is at is serious wolf country. If experienced packers get their animals attacked and ham stringed while tied at the trailer, who knows what he might face if he’s not being trailered.

[OnAMission]

Wolves aren’t doing that to my knowledge… where did you hear that, just curious? I have heard of horses in pasture getting attacked (mini’s)but not while tied at a trailer. They would have had to be unattended since I don’t know an outfitter that doesn’t also have a gun/bear spray with them. We’ve logged thousands of miles in the backcountry of the Greater Yellowstone and while we’ve seen and heard wolves/bears, we have never had an issue, not even with our dogs. Not saying it couldn’t happen, the more wolves/bears there are the more they are behaving badly but I don’t really think these two horses are in danger from anything other than their knuckleheaded owner. He is in some danger from brand inspectors, LEO and the awesome mare_stare however!

[OverandOnward]

How long do you have to get your brand inspection paperwork done after bringing a horse into Montana?

[BrownDerby]

I hope that if the horses are seized he carries on and visits Yellowstone and gets a selfie with a buffalo calf.

[OnAMission]

Well, if he were staying in MT he would have to be going straight to a brand inspector to get it done, no unloading on the way, and be able to prove that he had called ahead to book the inspection. Since he is walking all this way I don’t know how they handle that. I think what his situation calls for is what they are calling an annual permit or passport since he is coming into the state for a while and then leaving again, presumably. That is a permit that he should have already gotten before landing in MT. It also requires a coggins within the last six months instead of a year though that isn’t here or there for this situation. https://rules.mt.gov/gateway/ruleno.asp?RN=32.3.216 and the application for the permit https://liv.mt.gov/_docs/Animal-Health/forms/2016_6_month_equine_app.pdf

If I went to ID and managed to buy Falcon and Pete from him and headed for home I would have to call a brand inspector and go straight to that BI before stopping anywhere else, so that is the time frame.

[Paint_Party]

@BrownDerby

I hope that if the horses are seized he carries on and visits Yellowstone and gets a selfie with a buffalo calf.

Or maybe he can try the new “Let’s Pet a Grizzly” trend. I hear it’s all the rage on social media.

[Belmont]

Or even the “Lets pet a buffalo” trend. He seems like just the type.

[OverandOnward]

He’ll stage a pic and claim he petted a bear that was riding a buffalo.

[Spudsmyguy]

@OverandOnward

(Who tf doesn’t have a Coggins for a horse off their own property …

IME, Washington state doesn’t require a coggins for show entries. Horses entered in a show from out of state, however, do have to have one. I think that is going to change if it hasn’t already of requiring in state and out of state horses to have proof of negative coggins.

I wish to invoke the CoTH explosive diarrhea curse on Cereal while he’s in the middle of nowhere.

[Spudsmyguy]

@hoopoe

I do not know 100% I do know the last time I looked at Mt Rainier that was required

Most horse camps on DNR land require it but the forest service doesn’t enforce it at all. One guy at Haney Meadow had trucked in a full ton of local hay (not certified) and when the forest service drove through they paid no attention.

[OnAMission]

We’ve had FS peeps check our hay before but pretty rarely. Any feed taken off private land here (basically) has to be weed free, hay or feed. If he’s packing processed grain it probably qualifies.

[Paint_Party]

@Spudsmyguy

I wish to invoke the CoTH explosive diarrhea curse on Cereal while he’s in the middle of nowhere.

[FjordBCRF]