You can not brand animal when you leashed it, which doesnt create any sense
Even vise versa, you would rather be able to brand a leashed one.
Please, on topic of REDUCING TEDIUM
Look again at the post I created, it is about potential improvements to the cattle roster, it even has a very graphic animation if you are lazy to read
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=71619&p=888297#p888297
they don't look super complex to add to the game but will give less of tedium and less desire to look for these things in custom clients