Seems it’s a busy time for little birds. I have a few more pics of some of the Manson hostages. I’m sure you’ll recognize a few. I only ask that if people do recognize the location, to please not post about it in the open. We are aware where the rest of the hoard is and that is being monitored. I totally understand that emotions are running high and we all hope this is over the animals in the near future. For now though, here are some familiar faces for you all to see. I’ve captioned the I recognize. So nice to see them all swaddled in donations if not living in clean stalls. The more things change, right?
Just some vehicle updates.
Just some more donations and assets scattered around…
Here are the barn inmates and their stalls are getting a bit dirty. For somebody that claimed that she couldn’t allow the pig to go because he loved her, she doesn’t spend a lot of time with him and he’s mostly in isolation. Remember, that the pig was paid for with donations as were the rest of these animals, yet Manson has been clear these are all her personal animals. Hmmm…
Some more of the outside inmates.
Bubble and Bernie. I realize Holsteins are a `bony’ kinda breed, but Bubs is looking pretty rough. Perhaps having him gallop down the road at high speeds while you drive the mule isn’t helpful?
Chrome and Rizzo are also sporting the latest in `donation horse couture’. What I find really sad about this is both horses should have flown out the door but neither were ever available to be adopted. Both of them are young and papered, although Chrome isn’t really sound. Manson paid $1 each for both of them but only after the village paid their purchase price plus the `responsible rescue’ fees many times over.
Poor Shasta is also still there. I knew this horse was so fucked as soon as Manson started riding her and claiming she just `got’ her. She’s also not the soundest horse, but that never stopped Manson fro riding them in the past. Sad.
Lastly, we have poor Tanner and a cheeky cameo from a little birdie. Tanner is still a stud apparently and I’m going to hazard a guess that the money they raised for his castration (more than once!) is probably long gone. This horse’s only crime is having the misfortune of being named after Romney Faye’s son. She hasn’t visited him and never really did take much interest in him beyond the fact that, because of his name, he could never have a clear shot at a good life. Meanwhile RFB cavorts in Havasu with Dumbass Darrell leaving her good pal Manson to hold the bag. Awesome! That’s all for now!
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Thanks for the update!
This is just plain sad. Several of these horses could have had a real chance at a loving home. Now look at them. FFS, they’re hostages. Poor Barry Boi… Shasta…damn.
If this isn’t hoarding, I don’t know what is.
I’m equally angry and sad. It just didn’t have to go down like this. She is wasting the lives of these horses for purely selfish reasons.
Especially since she’s too afraid to throw a leg over on horses like Chrome. Tanner isn’t broke and Manson sure as shit doesn’t know how to start a horse or school one on any level. Rizzo came broke but he’s also the one that had the horrible chest wound so who knows how sound he even is now?
I do not think it is hoarding, to the psychological stance (while yes, its keeping more animals than they know what to do with) I think its a narcisistic abuser’s manner of emotional blackmail. She is keeping the “donors favorites” to ensure that they will always bail out the horse when it needs some medical emergency… every 6-8 weeks, the amount of time you have to go and get your extentions reapplied.
Moonwalking Rooster, I think you are on to something there…
At first I also didn’t think it was really hoarding. However, with more of a view into the inner workings, the reasons more horses come in, and the reasons horses are prevented from leaving, I think do hit the hoarding profile. It goes beyond manipulation because so often retaining the horses is against Michelle’s own self-interest, not to mention HiCaliber’s. The could have made the same amount of donation money and spent less on the horses with fewer horses. But the numbers of horses continued to grow and grow, for ridiculous and unrealistic reasons.
She said she was the only one that can help these horses and no one else. And repeatedly, she showed that she had no consciousness of the capacity of the ranch. She repeated endlessly that she “didn’t see how it’s fair” that some were rescued by her, but others not, simply because there was no more room. “That doesn’t make sense to me.” She repeated that on many lives.
And she was completely blind to the consequences of inadequate care. For the most part she did seem to take feeding them seriously, but not what they were fed, or sufficient drinkable water (was a huge issue at times and volunteers reported horses desperate for water), or individual diet needs, and HC ignored many clear nutrition problems. And the whole insistence on diagnosing and treating the horses without a ‘real’ vet (insisting she was just as good). And keeping the horses idle and bored in over-crowded pens, where there were winners and losers in the fight for space and mental peace.
It was mystifying that despite the interest in unlimited funds, there would have been even more if they were supporting fewer horses, but the numbers grew always unless outside pressure were sufficient to slow things down. The donors never cared how many horses were on the ranch or what overcrowded ranch conditions were like. This was the one inconsistency with the attitude toward money.
And finally — When the county came down on them about the numbers, instead of adopting out more (and acquiring less), HC began shooting horses instead. So many horses that had good homes to go to were not allowed to leave. They “rescued” more horses to bring them home and shoot them. Then she went from being the one savior to being the “angel of death” for horses that were refugees of “bad backyards”. (Most of the horses did not come to HC from a backyard.)
The numbers grew relentlessly until the lawyer finally got through to them. And the outside forces finally began to have an impact.
At the rate of growth they had maintained for 2017, without these outside intrusions that changed the course of HC, they were on their way to 300 horses on the ranch by the end of 2018.
I don’t believe there will ever be a voluntary end to acquiring more and more horses. Maybe that isn’t hoarding, maybe it is something else, though.
I see a lot of what you guys are saying about hoarding… But I think she held onto these horses because she wanted to flip them for top dollar. She brought in auction horses with issues, claimed to have these wonderful trainers who were heavy handed louts and put ridiculous prices on horses that had these issues or barely any training. She did let some go on her 2/14 specials,Dollar menu or fuck head fridays but many sat around neglected. Any one else remember London? She was a pretty mare the Manson said was a grullo dun. I think she had her priced at $1500-1000 and a great horse and well trained. So well trained and good that they had a note on the barn door that she would drive people out of her stall. I guess She drove JonASSthan out at some point but I always wondered what it was or what he had done to deserve it. She had already been returned 2x when I was there, they adopted him to one guy but while he was loading they decided he didn’t know what he was doing and told him he couldn’t take her after all. The other story I heard was that he let them know what he thought of their adoption team and their process so because of that they didn’t let him have the horse.
As far as I have been following Manson has been shooting horses for bullshit reasons. That fjord with the hip hairline fracture, during the slaughter truck 11, that was in such immense pain she had to let him go even though his brother would miss him terribly… I remember one xray and a few days of watching him then he was shot. Poor little Nicholas, he was so broken and at 4 had arthritis so bad they barely gave him 24 hours.
I’m not sure if there’s a particular form of hoarding that describes her greedy bitch self but she does like the money and she does like to shoot horses.
Anywho, I’m bouncing around thought wise due to multi tasking and being a poor writer so if anyone can add to my old memories or correct me where I’m wrong please do.
I think there were a few different slots these animals fit into for her. Clearly, there were some she placed a value on and held on way too long. Horses tend to eat your profit margin up pretty quickly unless you hare talented enough to upgrade them significantly, which none of them were. The few she did have with legit trainers who upgraded them (ie, Nala) she screwed that up by not allowing them to show them off and place them. Nala kind of got caught up in Amanduh’s power trip. She also fell into the habit of scooping up anything she felt was really valuable for herself. Remember how she was going to donate the adoption fees back to the rescue on all of them? Has HiCaliber or it’s vendors seen a single dime from Barrett, Rizzo, Chrome, Paxton, Braveheart, Dawson, Guppy, Solar, Barry Boi, plus all the `side projects’ she used donations to purchase and support?
Next, you have the `vet cases’ where she got to work out her twisted little fantasy and play vet on. An example would be after she took that workshop or whatever it was at UC Davis, she puts out the call for foundered horses to her flipper friends because she wanted to play around with that.
Last you had the poor souls she always intended to shoot. You can never convince me she didn’t enjoy it either because she shot perfectly healthy animals more times than I can count. You don’t even have to be a horse lover to struggle with looking a perfectly viable animal in the eye and blowing it away. Remember that this isn’t even like a hunter that shoots from a distance. She has a hand gun and was right up close and personal with each one she shot in the face. If I had to give an armchair assessment of it, I’d says she felt some sort of power by extinguishing their lives. She as much as said so in her little `angel of death’ spiel. Factor in Manson’s background and inferiority complex and it’s pretty easy to see where the whole power and control thing drove her.
I also think, at some point, her ego took over and she believed her own hype. She felt like she, alone, could save all the horses that need saving. Even if she knew wtf she was doing and was a legit rescue, nobody could ever save every horse and we’ll never rescue our way out of the situation either, just like the pro slaughter people can’t slaughter their way out of it Education and enforced laws are the ONLY way that will make things better for a significant number of horses.
That paints a picture and I appreciate your explaination
Very insightful… and even more disturbing the more you think about it 😦
Barry & Shasta get to me too…esp.Barry, who has been sore since a year ago when they dragged him to Del Mar
I think he was a bit better right after they tapped his knee but the 30% vet isn’t smart enough to realize that isn’t a one and done treatment to keep those horses comfortable.
Me too, those two just kill me
Not to mention that while Barry’s stall is ok-ish, the other ones are filthy.
I know and the way he is laying down, he’s in SERIOUS pain! Oh wait, what do I know, I’ve only owned and bred horses since 1968
My concern is that rather than manage that pain and do right by him, she just shoots him and then blames the haters.
that’s my fear too and he doesn’t deserve that poor old man
I’m not making any excuses for M and Co. on the condition of the stalls, but my spoiled rotten mare grinds her poop into the shavings constantly. Even right after you’ve spent 30 minutes (or more) cleaning it, it looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in days. So I end up stripping it every other day.
I’ve had everything from immaculate horses that will only poop and pee in one spot, to dedicated stall walking piggies, so I get that. Given the state of the last property and the squalor that Manson and Wrinkles lived in themselves, I can’t give the benefit of doubt here. I’m also one of those people that like to see them bedded deep, because if not, what’s the point? I hate seeing hock burns and other scuffs from not enough bedding.
Keep going Shed! ❤
Unbelievable and oh so pissed
BTW, I thought the shadow cast by the photographer in the arena photo not being cropped out was perhaps a mistake… then I read the “Oops! Hi Little Birdie” caption in the other. LOL Shed!
very sad. tack room made of pallets?
It actually looks like another barn stall– it appears to be the same siding as the stalls.
Sadly, those blankets hide the skin and bones underneath them. People looking in are not able to see how thin they are:(. It will probably be very sad to see what they look like when those blankets come off.
Most of the horses are not thin. The thin ones available on the other post were thin when she brought them from HiCaliber. Don’t forget she has her side projects etc.
But… She’s been asking for donations for blankets….yet I see horses with them on? And no shelters for the ones outside.
Exact same thing came to mind regarding the blankets.
Thanks Shed for staying on top of this and keeping us posted. Information is power!
Does Chrome have a big bow on right front?
No, I think he just has feathers
No, I think he just has feathers, although he could. He certainly didn’t have one when she scooped him from Salvador almost exactly 1 year ago.
All I can say is my heat goes out to theses animals. They deserve so much better then what they have gotten.
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Absolutely sick that this continues. How much longer can she keep this up? She can’t beg for donations on boring ol up keep for horses. A bit worried on what she’s gonna do for her next batch of big donations. Although, her villagers do pay to watch the show so who knows maybe they will come through and continue to fund her illness. I cannot wait for charges to drop. My thoughts are, there’s no way she’s getting off so the fact it’s taking nice and long, means the charges keep accumulating! Fingers crossed and prayers sent! Thank you for keeping us posted! It’s nice to think panties will likely be her next fundraising plea from shitting her pants 😂
She seems to think all her horses have this big value. I think she once quoted one of her black horses as worth 15k. I’m not sure why she thinks that considering they aren’t actually trained to do anything specific and the older they get and the longer they sit, the less they are worth. I don’t think Manson has legitimately upgraded a horse in her life.
I’ll bet M shits a brick when she sees these photos. You know, when she’s “not reading” this blog. That part is very entertaining.
My heart breaks for those horses. No one who thought they were donating to rescue intended this.
Thanks again, Shed. How damn stupid can a person be? No job, no place to go, everyone watching for her next move, probably dragging her daughter and Robyn around and she insists on keeping these animals. All those horses are bad enough but two cows, a pig and chickens, dogs? Makes absolutely no sense. Makes no sense, Michelle.
Those horses look perfectly fine. The stalls look clean and they’re blanketed because it’s fricken cold at night. That shows care and concern. Drop your crazy obsessive vendetta with no ending. If people want to give her money, let it go, doesn’t personally affect you. If she owns those horses, let it go, it doesn’t personally affect you. The rescue is CLOSED, no more, kaput. At this point you’re stalking with the intent for someone to get hurt. You prey on the vulnerable mindset of people who believe everything they read. If you TRULY believe this woman did everything you accuse her of then just wait for the APPROPRIATE people to handle it.
In summation, MOVE ON.
Annnd you can go join the other people with no manners on the time out bench. If you think that ANY of this is ok, then I can’t help you but I don’t really need the opinion of a village idiot on what constitutes a clean stall considering you assholes were perfectly fine with the condition she left the ranch in. These horses and their blankets were purchased with donations. Given the dead bodies and severed limbs that seem to trail behind Manson, people have every right to be concerned about any animal unfortunate enough to end up in her clutches and as long as she continues to hoard them, she can get really used to people monitoring the situation because I’ll be damned if I ever allow her to get so out of control again. She is not welcome in the horse industry or rescue. Period.
PS. If I was really stalking Manson I’d post pics of her sorry ass and where she’s hiding out because I know where that is too. These animals are my concern and will continue to be.
Touché
Villagers need to move on. This is on you. Clean? Noticed there was no hay. All the animals look good but not good to leave them with no feed when the ground is frosted – yeah we all know it is frikking cold. Penning them at the top of hills is just another desperate stupid move. Why don’t you get those horses “sold.”
Amen to that!!! Thank goodness they are still being watched!!!
Hey Srsly? Hope you are one of those dumbass VI’s continuing to fund this scummy scammer and you go broke doing so. There is only one thing coming for Manson and Co. and that is Karma. So keep the blinkers on and keep throwing your bucks at her hmmkay?
Guess all the dead animals and the ruined property and fraud and and and means nothing to those who refuse to see the truth.
Kudos to Shed and everyone else for bringing all this to light for the animals sake and also so people with a brain can make a more informed decision when helping a rescue next time. Rescues that have no problem being open, honest and transparent. Not relying on being crass, trashy and “edgy”. We see and will see where that gets Manson.
Tick tock!!
She doesn’t own those horses though.
“You prey on the vulnerable mindset of people who believe everything they read.”
Lady, that is Michelle’s bag. I used to believe in Michelle and she was doing great things. Things were definitely not how Michelle and her merry band of thieves portrayed them. The filth, the waste and the disregard for the animals they were supposedly saving is not rescue and I will not move on until until she can’t even own a barn rat again.
The appropriate agencies will continue to receive reports from concerned individuals until the very end. So rest assured that until this “rescue” is actually closed people will be eyes on Michelle. You are the reason bad people get such a strong foothold in their bad deeds. Society doesn’t need more of your “if it doesn’t affect me personally” idealism. If something is wrong it’s wrong and people don’t have to blindly follow the masses.
Hear hear! You said it Not Drinking!
Perfectly fine, eh? Just like the sushi foals and Firetyme and Sully and all those other horses that received such great care at hicaliber. Remember how riled up the village got about horses in the mythical bad backyards? Just think of it that way now. Wherever Michelle sets up camp is a bad backyard.
Hahaha – shitting bricks, are you?
The other way to look at this is that people very close to M are sufficiently concerned to be sending in these pics. Obviously there is a problem they are trying to head off at the pass.
I guess all will be revealed in time… That brings a lot of questions to mind though.
Maybe they feel sorry for these animals being dragged from one place to another. How long will they be able to stay where they are? This has to be so stressful for them. She needs to get them into good homes and get on with her life. Maybe try getting a job?
Keep poking the bear Shedrow! With a big stick! 🐎
Ladies and gentlemen, I am assuming this is one of the village idiots who love to throw away their hard earned money on a lazy, spoiled, entitled horse killing grifter. Tell me, well, I guess you can’t since you’re on the time out bench, but surely if you can read this, you had to have felt horror at what lowly things went on at that faux rescue?
I don’t know, you did come out swinging in manson’s defense, you must have loved what went on in the shadows of that vile, evil place.
Srsly I have a news flash for you, it affects ALL in the horse industry, the rescue side of life and the horses whom cruelly met a bullet that wasn’t needed at ANY time. You sick, twisted soul. You defend this piece of chit? Do us all a favor, stay the hell away from all animals………don’t even touch a grasshopper.
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I will look again but I didn’t see any hay or anything for those horses to graze on or any source of water. Poor animals don’t have any sort of life at all except to stand there. It will only go downhill from here. Sad sad days ahead.
Or shelter for that matter. Nocaliber part 2 😦
Couple bales in the back of the mules but I think they’re just getting it a little at a time as they can beg for funds, which is one of the big reasons why people are concerned about these animals.
Sickening. Cruel twisted abusers.
I rarely make a controversial post on here, but for this I will.
Shedrow is a little bit more forgiving than I am. Many of us won’t give up till her butt is in jail, or at the very least, drowning in thousands of dollars in debt so far that she will never put her head above water again.
Why? Because she had no problem with causing the deaths of hundreds of horses in her guise of “caring,” nor did she particularly care when they died in pain and writhing on the ground as long as it was bringing her in millions of dollars, nor will she if any of the animals in her possession should die in that manner even now. the longer people give her money, the longer she draws this shitshow on and the animals in her care will begin to suffer. She plans on continuing her lifestyle on the backs of these horses and I, for one, have absolutely no problem admitting that I will continue to push for prosecution until she gets out of horses–and animals–entirely. Her actions are not of someone who loves horses, it is on how much they can make her to support her lifestyle and that will be her downfall.
All those horses and other animals dying is going to stick with me for the rest of my life. I don’t know how anyone can define that as rescue.
D~ you get right to the crux of the situation and I’d hate to be on your bad side.😘
LOL! I have no problem with admitting it. People DO need to continue documenting until this is over. More documentation can result in potentially more charges, or at the very least perhaps make certain that the animals don’t lose any more condition more than they already have because she can’t afford to feed and house them.
She made her own bed. She can lie on it, at least until she can no longer afford a bed to lie in, or even the most rudimentary care of a horse so there won’t be any more in her possession. I doubt there would be any orders from any officials stating that she cannot have any animals in her possession, so it is up to US to make is so that she cannot afford to bring in any more.
Completely agree, D! Glad you and Shed are staying on top of this.
Just heartbreaking that this continues, these are the ones who are suffering
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Shed, thanks for keeping the updates coming. This woman should not be allowed to own animals (not that they’re hers, but that’s a whole ‘nother story). I think most of us won’t feel like this is truly over until the last hostages are freed from her care.
I wonder how many of the VI would be up in arms if these were children and not animals. How many would be calling CPS saying about the lack of care/medical attention/food/water/shelter? It reminds me of the Turpin case in Perris.
The village didn’t find anything wrong with Michelle’s parenting style when she put her kids on live. The village is conditioned to follow Michelle’s lead, and not speak out. Pictures were shown on the videos, from the Fox’s, that clearly showed a kid’s room and no outrage.
I’m guessing not many considering they think that M allowing her kids to live with cat shit on the roof and in their closets, ground into the carpets and dead bodies in the fridge is a completely acceptable way for them to be growing up.
If they didn’t know then, they do now! Photos and videos don’t lie. That disgusting mess has nothing to do with having little notice to move and no time to bring in her “cleaning crew”. Who believes that 💩?
Idiots believe that shit. That’s why they are village IDIOTS.
And wait…. having a cow gallop down the road? Am I missing something?
One of Manson’s private videos from her alphamare village. Bubbles and Bernie got out so she went to get them with a gator and filmed her leading Bubbles at a very high speed down the road with Bernie in pursuit. You don’t ever see cows voluntarily running that fast and they sure shouldn’t be doing it on the pavement. Manson has zero empathy or common sense.
So glad that they’re are eyes on these animals left in Manson’s “care” because I’ve been worried about them since the eviction. But I hope if things go from bad to worse, the appropriate agencies will put a stop to it this time. I mean,I know it’s the financials that will get her in trouble but those animals may not be able to wait until those agencies finally get through their mounds of evidence together for charges. Thank you mole!!!
The Karma bus is still fueling up…..but it will be leaving the station soon…
That’s right! Beep! Beep Bishes!
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My apologies, I’m too lazy to go back and find the post (retirement does that to you, ha!). What happened to Firetyme, I can’t remember?
He was adopted out. Never was an update on him after that.
I just have to know who Luna is. Hadn’t been to the fundrazr site for awhile and see the money is over $3000 now. Two people have donated for Luna. Just wondering and feel safe asking here.
Does M think having others fundraise for her lazy ass that she won’t get tagged with more fraud? I’m sure it’s not illegal for people to fundraise for others, but this seems a bit of a stretch of taking advantage of others. I do not know how the law looks at chronically soliciting donations for ones lazy, scamming self, but I’m sure it can be connected to fraud on some level or else M would not think to have others do it for her. Just a thought,
pretty sure Luna is Manson’s fake “service-dog”…when she pretends to be disabled…even has a fake vest to wear….I wonder why people are donating money for her though
Luna is her fake service do aka `love of her life’ who is injured. She gathered a bunch of money for a less than $100 procedure. Dog tore `scar tissue’ on her elbow. Not sure how a less than year old dog is a service dog with scar tissue, but apparently being an asshole is a registered disability that requires a service dog now.
The whole service dog thing bugs the piss out of me. People paying to take their misbehaved pets places just ruins it for the true disabled that NEED those TRAINED dogs and have to be on a waiting list for it. Yet another strike in my book for Manson.
100% agree Searchingforlifeweb! It is one of my biggest pet peeves!
There was a discussion in a facebook group about someone trying to rent an apartment but she had a pitbull mix; she was encouraged to get a fake certificate for her dog. I don’t know if that actually works but it was so disgusting that more than one person suggested it.
It’s just making it very difficult for people that actually do need service animals and go through the time and expense to get a legit one.
In this area, the local apartment manager’s association is educating rental managers on how to suss out the fake service animals from the real ones. It’s actually not hard to do, but it does require knowing how to do it.
I’m curious what “specific tasks” her service dog is trained to perform. My guess is none, considering the dog is rumored to be very poorly mannered in public.
At most the dog could maybe be considered an emotional support animal. Which aren’t really afforded the same protections so if they aren’t well-behaved, my understanding is that they can be asked to leave.
Personally, I find the idea of ESAs to be a joke. There is very little evidence to support that they are
more effective than just having a pet that you love and care for. And for people with anxiety disorders they can actually encourage more avoidance since people become reliant on having the animal around to do basic tasks. Sure, they make people “feel” better but, it doesn’t help solve the underlying problem anymore than drugs or alcohol would (I’m speaking specifically about ESAs, NOT true service and therapy animals which are wonderful).
I don’t get the whole ESA thing either. If anything, when I have one of my dogs with me in public, it draws more attention because people want to pet them or talk to you about it. They kinda make you seem more approachable than you normally would be maybe? I don’t know how that works if a dog has a vest on though. I have always felt more calm and at east on a horse though, so perhaps I should register horses as ESAs for me and ride them around Walmart when I have to go there?
Just returned from Christmas overseas and got caught up, deepest thanks to Shed and D as always for their work, as well as the moles and all other advocates.
I am also so very glad that Shed is keeping eyes and focus on the animals. As glad as I am that the property situation is blowing up, and I imagine that the coverage just might shame some other agencies into more active work, it worried me how little was being asked about the horses after that wild eviction. What a relief to find you are still on top of it Shed!
While I’m not the chattiest, I am, as always, honored to be in this fight alongside all of the intelligent voices on this page. At the very least M is no longer able to exploit animals on a large scale, and I am so grateful that there are still “boots on the ground” (drink! 😉 ) to monitor the unfortunate ones still in M’s possession.
Keep up the good work!
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Is Darrell and Romney still a thing? I thought he bailed a long time ago?
I think she’s still trying to make that happen off and on.
For those of you asking about the service dog, and I know that some people are on top of it, as well, but if more reports get sent in, the more it helps.This is a great page that cites both the actual law for california in regards to service dogs, as well as what service dogs are officially supposed to do.
https://www.shouselaw.com/service-dog.html “Service Dog Fraud in California
Penal Code 365.7 PC”
“Many people are unaware that so-called “service dog fraud” is a fraud crime in California.
Service dog fraud—sometimes referred to as “fake service dogs”—basically refers to the act of falsely claiming to be the owner or trainer of a service dog.1…Under California Penal Code 365.7, the legal definition of service dog fraud is knowingly and fraudulently representing yourself, verbally or in writing, to be the owner or trainer of a:
Guide dog;
Signal dog; or
Service dog.3
“Fraudulently” means that you are acting with bad faith, dishonestly, a lack of integrity or moral turpitude.4.”
Yes, Michell claims to have had a TBI, however trained, qualified professionals in the field of TBI’s and vocational rehab determined that she in fact, does not have any such injury that limits her in any way, if in fact it exists in any place other than her own mind. No, Michelle, using a dog to commit fraud is NOT on the list of their acceptable trained activities.
There are a couple of numbers to call, so I will try that tomorrow to their fraud and benefits assistance line. Surely, asking for donations for a “fake” service line would fall under fraud in their division, but we will find out for certain tomorrow. Oops, later today, I mean.
As ALWAYS D, You are awesome and on top of it!! Thank you so much for that information. I will surely find it valuable to have at hand in more than this particular situation. 😄😉
Certainly plenty of people have seen her pretending it’s a service dog; I think this was the one she took to the funeral… in a church… and it was noisy and poorly behaved. The family and friends of the deceased (who did not like Michelle and probably never met her) were justifiably upset.
I have a true service dog and was told as a volunteer I could not bring it to the ranch because they had loose dogs
Are you serious? OMG.
Loose when they weren’t tied to the furniture or living in the shower, this is.
@eselcooper They can’t do that. It’s against the law.
Shed, are you responding to my comment or eselcooper? I know you reported on the dog at the funeral. Michelle also claimed to make meals to take to the family. I doubt it happened, but if she did, I hope nobody ate any of it. Refrigerator *cough cough* bobcat *cough cough* horse leg.
I was responding to the fact that she wouldn’t allow a service dog at the ranch. Strange behavior from somebody who preaches inclusiveness
Ah, got it! It’s kind of hard to follow the replies sometimes.
Thanks, D.
I wish San Diego County’s Animal Control would step in now!
I don’t forsee this ending very well for all of those animals still being retained, otherwise.
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I highly doubt they will. DAS and SDHS still have huge conflicts of interest pertaining to investigating Michelle. The head of humane law enforcement at SDHS made it perfectly clear to me that he DGAF about it, and he wasn’t too concerned about doing his job when she was openly going around shooting horses on demand. It took taking complaints directly to the County Board of Supervisors to get any traction (which is how LA SPCA got involved). In fact, if I’m recalling my coorspondence with the county correctly, any animal welfare complaints regarding HC were supposed to be referred to LA SPCA from there on out. Since the source of the conflict of interest is Michelle herself, perhaps concerns about her should be directed that way as well.
I didn’t understand how the LA SPCA didn’t find anything concerning enough other than Michelle’s over inflated ego.
I guess it just goes to show you that if you have an inappropriate relationship with your superior and are know to be litigious, it’s a free pass to abuse a shitload of animals and almost get away with it.
I guess they had pit bulls in common??? Manson was more attractive back then I guess??? The thing that cracks me up is the gossip I’ve heard that Manson had to be monitored constantly and that you couldn’t trust her on a call to not get a power trip or get all random… I guess it’s true some men go for the bat shit crazy type and why let a little indiscretion hamper his ride to the top? Karma can’t come too soon on that one.
I’ve heard the same things. I also heard she was on thin ice there right before she manifested that injury.
That’s funny in one of those fucked up ways. I’ve known a couple people who run those scams and it’s ridiculous the things they will do to work the system. I can’t blow my way out of this situation? I guess I need to hit my head and claim brain damage.
Yes, that was a kidney shot but I’m broken and have no filter. Don’t you know everyone who rescues is broken?
I’m surprised no one with the financial means, has sued SDAC for the hundreds of horses and other animals, that suffered there; due to them not doing their job. Kind of like what Travis Fox did but on behalf of the animals. They have no voice?
How sad. Shame on DSAC
SDAC
SDHS had over $28M revenue last year…they’ve got $61M in assets…they had the resources to stop this abuse
wish media had pounded SDHS more for interviews/statements…and maybe asked @ Kat?
even if SDHS kept saying “no comment”…good, makes them look even shadier….
Right? Did they even approach them?
Animal Control is the govt agency that would step in when laws against animals are broken.
Humane Societies are not govt agencies. They are not animal law enforcement.
Seems like a lot of people need to learn the differences.
Waxon actually you’re incorrect. As of July 1, 2018, many cities in San Diego awarded their humane law enforcement contracts to the San Diego Humane Society, over the Department of Animal Services.
Unincorporated county areas, such as Valley Center, are still under the purview of DAS, but we all know both agencies did nothing about HiCaliber so it hardly matters.
Emilee
According to public information, one of the three animal shelters in San Diego County was turned over to the local DSHS.
The fact remains that SDAC is the legal govt entity in that region of CA that should be in charge of pressing charges against animal abuse and cruelty as it relates to breaking local or state laws.
SDHS
Humane Societies and SPCA’s are not govt agencies.
No, I work in law enforcement and I am very familiar with jurisdictional issues. The San Diego Humane Society took over humane law enforcement duties for most incorporated cities in SD Counth as of July.
“Animal Control” is not an agency or department, it’s just a blanket term for humane law enforcement agencies. In much of San Diego, that is either handled by the Department of Animal Services or the San Diego Humane Society.
https://www.sddac.com/content/sdc/das/other-agencies.html
I’m not trying to be argumentative, but I don’t want false information spread in case anyone reading this blog needs to report animal abuse or neglect in the future. The jurisdictional back and forth regarding the HiCaliber non-investigation was bad enough.
How did everyone miss this? It started December 18, 2018 so i presume it will be one of Michelle’s newest grift jobs. You know, being inspirational to her 200 followers who have no problem with her leaving behind a feces ridden house with shit in the shower stall and closets while at the same time soliciting donations for her “personal journey.”
Dear Michelle, won’t you be delighted to know that we intent to HELP you on your journey, especially if the journey leads you to being poverty stricken and preferably behind bars?
https://michelleknuttila.com/
Awwww isn’t that special? What a beautiful photo and the epitome of serenity. Let the new phase of grift begin. 😂
When are we going to see a donate button on that page lol
😅😅😅
It’s a WordPress site so I can see her monetizing (SP?) it…
Well, it could be monetized easy enough. It appears she’s paid for the upgrade on it from the url. My blog address is wordpress.com and hers is just .com. I think that means she’s bought the upgrade anyhow. I never did, so not sure if it would change if I did.
Doesn’t anyone want to join in on the journey of a litigious, white trash fraudster with a history of filing claims who thought it was ok for her children to live in a feces infested house on other people’s money? I’m sure people will be absolutely clamoring to join her on her journey (hopefully a journey filled with personal hygiene and clean underwear) on how people how life should be lived.
A woman who espouses “peace, gentleness, and serenity,” while bashing others under multiple aliases, with proof to support those allegations?
A woman who is asking for donations to support the horses she stole from the charitable trust, as well as saddles and tack?
I’m a bit testy this morning, as you can probably tell.
LOL! Well when you put it that way, it sounds like a fantastic journey! /sarcasm
The “peace, gentleness and serenity” really puts me on edge. She doesn’t even know what those words mean.
I honestly don’t know why she just doesn’t forget about animals and go full on holy roller. She has all the makings of one and the village is eerily reminiscent of Jonestown.
Pretty sure the hose beast is going to scam her way into people’s pockets by ingratiating herself with the wounded broken souls. She’ll pull out being abused by her parents, her ex husband, the haters and espouse how she’s rising from the ashes like a phoenix. (I think I got a concussion from rolling my eyes so f*cking hard).
Add the fact that her name is pretty high up there in google searches so she will get lots of inadvertent hits from people just wondering where she’s at, what’s up etc.
Such a skanky bitch.
I sprained my eyeballs months ago from all the rolling. The problem with her narrative is it’s not too hard to look her up and see that she was the actual abuser in the case with her ex. Dr. Phil aside, the only one arrested for domestic violence was Manson. I have no clue about her parents other than they must have been revenge fucking to make a monster like her. All that aside, I don’t care even a little bit if she wants to scam millions of people as long as animals are not involved. If she continues to exploit animals, she can get used to having a lot of negative attention from me.
saw screenshot Angrid refluffed pic today on that site & posted “all will be revealed in good time”….she’s got that right. Why again is she posting Manson’s “blog” for her?
“I have no clue about her parents other than they must have been revenge fucking to make a monster like her.”
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! I am SOOOOO stealing that one to put in a novel, Shed!
It’s all yours, with my blessing. LOL
Looks like she bought the upgrade so plans to monetize it. She finally figured a way to make money off haters.
I guess I will go ahead block her url now so I never ever give her one single click. F*ck that ragged ho.
Well just send in somebody to screen shot it and save the clicks. LOL
Can’t she see IP addresses/locations as well?
Only if you post on it. She can see what country you visited from but not your specific ID unless you post a comment.
Sounds like NordVPN would be perfect for visiting that site.
I just use a proxy for stuff like that anyhow. For most things actually.
I’m kind of curious as to why this particular fundraiser from May is in the name of Michelle Knuttila and NOT HiCaliber Horse rescue. http://fundandhelp.com/donate/771/michelle-knuttila
Am I reading it right? One person donated $367? She’s certainly not getting her $17,000 ask is she?
Is this new or old? Other fundraisers were in Romney’s and Robyn’s names.
It states it is from May.
Don’t even know what that one is for but that’s a really old pic on it.
And now the HCHR Facebook is back up?
Didn’t think they would lose it permanently. It’s what the followers aka donors know. The name HiCaliber is what has been bringing them, and those habits are hard to retool or replace. Plus, if HiCaliber never did anything wrong (that’s the party line), then why not?
Yes, it is back up. Nothing new posted. Where is my fly swatter?
Perhaps a good dose of antibiotics might be in order before you reach for the fly swatter!
Oh! My, My, My… This woman makes me sick!
That article makes me sick.
Was it even an article or letter from somebody name Jeremy? I hope there isn’t more soon to come.
There was another today from `silly rabbit’. Not sure what the point of all this is or where they are going.
It’s a complete waste of blog space.
I agree with Assholes Abound it is a waste.
What is silly rabbit?
I’m curious if the ‘Jeremy’ who submitted the information to the FrankReport could be Jeremy Ross, the publicist for the Fox family?
I have no idea but Travis was pretty quick to link the post no his Mindfox Productions page. I think it’s pretty gross and wonder what the purpose of all this is. They can pluck inflammatory quotes out of context from this blog all day long because I’m pretty used to that from the shitheads.
Yes, I’ve become less sympathetic to the Fox family after the shenanigans they’ve supposedly pulled with this publicist. First, he was apparently posing as their attorney to get info from former volunteers, and now if he’s responsible for this they’ve lost a ton of credibility in my mind.
I understand their anger and I honestly don’t know if they have anything to do with this latest spate of publicity from The Frank Report, but I really hope not. I don’t think it is helping matters at all. Having said that, the family has a different focus than I do and understandably so. Glad to be sitting this one out.
What would be the end game for the Fox family? Publicly smearing M is a bit petty considering their “love and light and healing” mantras, isn’t it?
Today there’s a little letter from Laura Bell…. Isn’t she cozy with Pasterfuck and Maggot? Maybe this is their second chance to jump in on the story?
Laura Bell is bat shit crazy. Google her name to find out what an animal hoarder/abuser she is herself. It wouldn’t surprise me if she is, in fact, in bed with Patsyfuck and Maggot.
Run her through this page’s search and read all about her too. Ironically Michelle was the one that filmed the videos and those were her text message conversations I posted. I didn’t even realize it back then.
How is it that no one has correlated the relationship between Romney Snyder and Laura Bell? Romney Snyder was loribell’s right-hand person for a very long time! She handled all of the fundraising posting a pictures phone calls etc I personally and several of the people from my barn dealt with her when we adopted /rescued two horses from Starlight sanctuary. Romney Snyder was our contact and who threatened us that the horses were on the slaughter truck ready to go if we didn’t get the money to her right away to PayPal.
Romney also at that time had her hands in several dog rescue endeavors as well as adopting children! How scary is that?
Yeah, that’s worth reminding people for sure. I believe Starlight is where M and RFB originally hooked up. I seem to recall some betrayal as far as them joining forces against Laura Bell. Having said that, Starlight was a trainwreck and they deserved to get outed for the conditions those animals were existing in. I went back and watched those old videos yesterday and they are just as bad as the conditions at HiCaliber at the end. The fact that Manson is the one that filmed that shit and probably had ulterior motives doesn’t take away from the fact that was going on there was wrong. Does anybody recall how RFB ended up at Starlight? She’s not a horse person so the fact she is continually trying to exploit them offends me to the very core of my being. Same goes for Manson.
All I know is that Romney was involved in some dog rescue. She lived and operated at the time from orange county California.
M had a dog rescue as well. Hmmm
M continually lies she was ACO for “13” years….try 8.
per online records, she was hired April 2002 as ACO…right when she left/sued Cal.Sate for ‘harassment’ when she was a dispatcher there. Then her ‘fall’ was July 2010 resulting in her ‘TBI’.
I don’t understand why any of that crap is even being shared. What is the point, I’m starting to believe that these FB pages are in it for the drama just like the 💩 heads have been saying. Now back to the horses. Thanks for the reminder that RFB is still a huge part of the problem and always has been.
I think she was technically still employed for a period of time until her disability was denied. Probably made it through the short term disability period or something. Still hardly active for 13 years.
I think they split from Mags and Pasterfuck last year. They most definitely have an axe to grind with HiCaliber and their participation on Frank’s blog does not help matters at all. It almost feels like he’s just throwing up anything anybody sends in without vetting it. It’s fascinating to watch. I really don’t get what the end game is though.
I thought the circle-jerk between the Trashy Trinity was common knowledge and I could have sworn it was laid out by you Shed lol Regardless – Laura is just as delusional and “victimized” as M, maybe even worse. I just can’t stand that they think if you don’t think Starlight is amazing you must support HCHR and if you don’t like HCHR then you’re a HG, which includes Starlight. Like, WTF? How about some people think BOTH rescues were scheming, hoarding, psychological gang-bangs?? The whole thing is going to devolve into a huge pissing contest of who can provide the most repeated rebuttals and misdirection. If Frank doesn’t korral the crazy he’s going to loose control of his own posts lol
I’m pretty sure I mentioned their involvement at one point but not in any great detail and certainly not back when I initially wrote up Starlight. M was barely on my radar then and RFB for sure wasn’t.
I’m not going to worry too much about what Frank is doing which appears to be mostly reposting emails and comments. In fact, I’m going to stop wasting so much of my time researching shit and from now on just plan to make sensationalistic posts of y’all’s comments a few times a day. Who knew blogging could be so easy?
~Snort
Starlight is definitely where M and R found each other. Found this lovely little nugget, and wow does it sound familiar.
Sigh. Okay. Let me copy and paste:
The Starlight SanctuaryLike Page
March 19, 2013 ·
Important Announcement:
It is with anxious hearts that Laura Bell and I announce we are coming to a crossroads with the feedlot rescues. Since the beginning 100% of donations, as well as a significant amount of Laura and Rick Bell’s personal funds, and the time equivalent of a full-time job by Laura Bell and me (Romney Snyder) has gone into making these rescues possible. And it’s been worth it. Just visit our Saved from Slaughter gallery (www.thestarlightsanctuary.org/saved-from-slaughter) to see most of the 187 horses we’ve helped rescue since October 2012. Neither Laura nor I set out in the beginning with an intention to create a full-time rescue effort of slaughter-bound horses, and this has become much bigger than either of us imagined. But the need has been there, and you all have continued to answer it week in and week out. We are humbled by all that has been accomplished with your support.
Regretfully we cannot continue in the manner we have been. Laura has taken a nearly six-month leave from her duties at the company she and her husband run. The majority of their business income goes directly to support the 60 plus horses under the care of the Starlight Sanctuary and without Laura’s ability to work, they are not able to operate the business at the level needed. At the same time, I am a single adoptive mom to two special needs boys who have multiple disabilities between the two of them and our family’s income-earner. I’ve lived as lean as I could the past few months of facilitating rescue, even withdrawing my eldest from a preferred therapy I had to pay out of pocket. The extraordinary time I spend on the rescues each week comes at the great expense of my ability to maintain outside work and is now beginning to affect my family.
This rescue effort is not possible without the both of us: Laura working on the ground with the horses and me facilitating the online networking and rescue coordination. In the next few weeks we will have to secure real funding in order to begin compensating Laura and me or we will have to close down the rescue efforts so that we both can return to our traditional avenues of employment required for us to meet our financial obligations.
In the next few days we will begin seeking out individuals, companies or organizations that might come alongside our rescue efforts with a generous donation or grant. In the meantime, if you are someone or know of a person or company who is able to make a contribution toward the administrative costs associated with this rescue, we would be beyond grateful for any connection you can help make. Please contact us!
It will be devastating for us both if we have to walk away from the rescues, and we will do all we can to try and ensure that doesn’t happen. But our window of opportunity is short and we are grateful for your support.
Sincerely,
Romney Snyder for the Starlight Sanctuary
…This was submitted to the Gary Sinise Foundation page on 3/19/13.
Wow. Just wow. Can you screen shot that or send me a link, please?
RFB calls herself her family ‘income-earner’. Besides being ‘CEO’ of HC for almost 1 year, has RFB has ever had a job? Pretty sure we all know she was never a Red Cross disaster-shelter mgr, as she once claimed.
I guess grifting and mooching is a vocation of sorts.
She really loved playing the “I have special needs kids” card to try to make her case for more money.
Yup. Those kids were a paycheque which is probably why she’s out trying to acquire another.
I finally read one of the articles on the Frank Report, the one about Clare Bronfman and Allison Mack. What a ridiculously bad read that was. I’ve never heard of this guy until now. And he’ll probably act like he uncovered the HiCaliber story on his own.
I’d heard of him but never read any of that stuff really.Just seems a bit tabloidy for me. The fact that he’s given The Bell’s a platform pretty much takes him out of the credibility game. They were and probably still are every bit as bad or worse than Michelle ever thought of being. They need to slither back under their rocks. Fucking nutbags.
Yeah, once I read the Laura Bell stuff I decided I don’t need to read another sleazy thing.
The HiCaliber stuff doesn’t seem to fit with the other stuff he favors. Weird.
And now I just read what Laura Bell wrote. LMFAO. If she’s been railing against HC longer than anyone else there’s a reason people weren’t paying much attention to her. Besides her own “horse rescue” disaster, the shrill “horse killers” name of the blog, the general hysteria, bad writing, and crazy pantsness do not encourage credibility. I can only image how awful the book is.
How about when she was threatening people on there and making shit up? Her perception of events was warped at best.
I don’t get the need to blog or the quest for involvement? It’s obviously not about the horses…
Here is a link to a fairly recent news article. There was a previous with much more background info, in the New York Times years ago. ***I personally avoid anything written or published by anyone while looking for factual info.
https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/parlato-facing-new-indictment/article_6b0bdc3a-3635-5869-b26a-ab845c17c5a7.html
I really don’t see the point of the Frank report, it’s just repeating what’s already been published here and with inewsource. Throw in tax evasion and Laura Bell and you’ve got all kinds of krazy.
I don’t get it either but, like I said, buzzards tend to pick the bones of carcasses and that’s what this feels like with a tabloid spin.