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His dog played with your dog?

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Uh-hmm.

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I didn't know the severity
of what was going on.

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The puppy is deceased.

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You were told by the vet

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not to have your dog around other dogs.

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Do you understand that? Listen.

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No, you listen to me.

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- She wasn't supposed to be there.
- I'm supposed to listen to him.

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Cut off his mic.

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[announcer] This is Judy Justice.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer] Michelle Ordonez is suing
her former friends,

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Cooper Currie and Ethan Clasen,
for the cost of a puppy,

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vet bills, and emotional distress.

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[Kevin] Court come to order. All rise.

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Be seated, please.

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[Kevin] Hello, Judge.

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Case number 1168
Ordonez versus Currie, Clasen.

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- Thank you.
- [Kevin] You're welcome.

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- [Judge Judy] Ordonez.
- Yes.

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You bought one dog

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from one of these gentlemen in 2019.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] From which gentleman?

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[Michelle] I had actually bought it
from both gentlemen,

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their business BHB.

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They presented it to me as an entity.

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So I paid Ethan and...

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[Judge Judy] Just a second.
Your complaint says

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that in September 2019,

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"I bought a puppy named Dolly from Ethan."

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] So can we keep it simple

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and consistent with what you wrote here?

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It should have been BHB.

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Well, it's not BHB.

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BHB is a corporation that cannot appear
in court without a lawyer.

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When they had sold me the dog,
they had presented it as a real company.

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- So I had...
- [Judge Judy] Uh-hmm.

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- Can I see the paperwork?
- Yes.

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- So when I received...
- [Judge Judy] Oh, don't say anything,

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just give me the paperwork.

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Do you have a copy of her contract?

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- Yes, I do.
- [Judge Judy] I'd like to see it.

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[Michelle] They had withheld the papers.

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- So I wasn't able to see anything.
- [Judge Judy] Just a second.

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Who is Michelle Montford?

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[Michelle] It was my married name.

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I put a O on top for Ordonez.

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But when I paid her off, I should have
been given the UKC papers which can...

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[Judge Judy]
Don't tell shoulda, woulda, coulda.

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I don't care shoulda, woulda, coulda.

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This says that you paid $2,000
for the dog.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And 50%...

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Breeding rights.

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[Judge Judy] Breeding rights.

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- Which meant that...
- [Judge Judy] Just--

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not really germane to this case.

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But it means that if you breed the dog
that I assume

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that whoever is Ethan.

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- [Ethan] Yes.
- [Judge Judy] That would be you.

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You have 50% breeding rights
which means that you get

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to breed the dog once and she does
or you get 50% of the litter?

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- What does that mean?
- So it means I would split

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the stud fee with her,

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go half with it.
And then I would get half of the litter.

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So, let's say she had ten puppies,
I would get five and be able to sell it.

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- Well, you'd have to make that clear.
- [Ethan] Okay.

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That's not what it--
that's not what this means to me.

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With regard to Dolly,
and you still have Dolly?

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- Yes, I do.
- [Judge Judy] Yes. We're gonna get rid

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of your counterclaim
because your counterclaim

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is for the return
of a co-owned dog, right?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] You don't co-own this dog.

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This is not a co-ownership agreement.

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So, that takes care of your counterclaim.

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There's nothing in this contract
that suggests that you co-own the dog.

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Good. Now, dolly is still alive.

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Yes. Gladly. (chuckles)

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This is--your last name is.

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- Currie.
- [Judge Judy] Currie.

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And are you partners?

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] You also sold

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the plaintiff a second dog.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] That wasn't in 2019,

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that was in 2021.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And you two became friends.

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We've been friends for a long time.

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- How long?
- I wanna say since I got Dolly,

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- maybe a couple months before that.
- Since 2019,

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- that's a year and a half.
- I was approached by the defendant

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to buy a dog as a friend.

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- You bought another dog.
- [Michelle] Yes.

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From him, same breed?

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- Same breed.
- [Judge Judy] And they're...

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From the same kennel.
It's actually his a long time...

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[Judge Judy] No, just tell me
what kind of dog is it.

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Oh, it's an XL Bully, American Bully.

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Is that a Pit Bull breed?

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[Michelle] It's a Pit Bull
mixed with a Staffordshire Terrier.

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So they're quite--
they're probably about this tall.

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And they get up to about 160,
males probably like 170.

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[Judge Judy] Okay.

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And so now you have two,

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you have one that's two years old
and you have a new puppy.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] You also...

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Well, the-the puppy is deceased.

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- [Judge Judy] I know that
- Yes, yes. Uh-hmm.

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Yes. I know that the puppy is deceased.
Well, that's what your case is about.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] You became friendly

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with Mr. Currie.

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- Both of them actually.
- [Judge Judy] Just--

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- try not to interrupt me again.
- Sorry.

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[Judge Judy] And you were moving.

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You were moving with whom?

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With my children and my husband
at the time.

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- How many children do you have?
- [Michelle] Two.

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- Two sons.
- [Judge Judy] And you had a husband?

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Yes.

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And so you were moving
from where to where?

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So we were moving actually
into an apartment because our home...

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[Judge Judy] Don't tell me because,
you were moving from where to where?

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From my home to an apartment.

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Were you renting the home?

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At the time, yes, I was.

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What month and year were you moving?

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I moved in the beginning of August,
the end of July.

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What date were you planning on moving?

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I was trying to move the 1st of August,

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but it so happened
that I moved a little bit earlier.

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Was Mr. Currie supposed
to move into your house?

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- [Michelle] Yes.
- [Judge Judy] Is that the arrangement

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- that you had made with him?
- [Michelle] Yes.

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And was he going to pay you rent?

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He was gonna be paying partial rent. Yes.

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How much, rent?

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At the time, I think I told him 1,600.

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- [Judge Judy] How much?
- She told me 1,800.

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I gave him 900 upon my deposit
and connect...

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[Judge Judy] When did you give her
the $900 deposit?

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Uh about a week or two
prior to me moving in.

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- There was no contract.
- [Judge Judy] On what date--on what date?

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- There is no contract. It was...
- [Judge Judy] Just a sec.

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I didn't say contract.
I never used the word contract.

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- Okay.
- You said deposit.

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- Deposit, yes.
- [Judge Judy] On what date

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were you supposed to be moving in?

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I believe it was around the...

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[Judge Judy]
Don't say I won't believe. Just...

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26th of July, it was around approximately
upon getting there.

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She was still there and her kids.

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Now you also have one of these dogs.

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- I have three.
- [Judge Judy] All the same breed?

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- Yes, ma'am.
- [Judge Judy] All American Bullies?

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- Yes, ma'am.
- You got yourself and all three dogs?

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Two live with my mom and one live with me.

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So you had one.

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- Yeah, at the time.
- [Judge Judy] That you were moving

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- into the house with?
- At the time, yes.

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That's all I care about. What do I care
about the rest of your life?

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I don't even care about this portion
of your life, but I--it's my job.

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So you were moving into this house
that she was vacating

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- with one dog.
- Yes.

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That's an answer.

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- Okay.
- [Judge Judy] I don't care how many cats

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- or dogs or canaries your mother has.
- Well, I own them.

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- I don't care.
- That was your question, Your Honor.

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[Judge Judy] I don't care.

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You had one dog
that is relevant to this case

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- that moved in to her house.
- Correct.

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- Sick dog.
- [Judge Judy] Now--

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what did I tell you?

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- Sorry.
- [Judge Judy] It's getting towards

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the end of the day, I'm getting testy.

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Your family may care about you.

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I on the other hand have an idiot
who was given specific instructions

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not to have their dog around other dogs.

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And you specifically didn't listen.

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[theme music playing]

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[announcer]
Michelle Ordonez claims her friends,

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Cooper Currie and Ethan Clasen,

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owe for the cost of a puppy and vet bills.

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Now, the dog was sick.

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She had just been released from the vet,

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so she was no longer sick.

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[Judge Judy] Just a second,
the dog's name is?

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Carmela.

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What was wrong with her?

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She had had parvo.

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When you say she had just
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what was the name of the vet
who cared for her?

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Animal Kingdom.

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Is that the regular vet?

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- Yes, ma'am.
- [Judge Judy] How long was Carmela

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at the vet?

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- Three days.
- [Judge Judy] When she left

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the vet after three days,
she had been diagnosed with parvo.

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What were her symptoms?

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She was just groggy and not very dog-like,

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I don't know how explain it.
She wasn't loving.

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She was just sickly.

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[Judge Judy] What was she like
when you took her out of the vet?

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[Cooper] The vet called me and...

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- Don't tell me what the vet told you...
- [Cooper] ...I can get her.

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[Judge Judy]
Don't tell me what the vet told you.

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The dog was in prime condition
to come home.

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The dog seemed fine.

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- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And if I called

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Animal Kingdom--you have that number?

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Yes, ma'am.

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They would tell me
that the dog was released

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and had been tested
and was free from parvo.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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- [Judge Judy] Okay, Sarah.
- [Sarah] Uh-hmm.

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Do this for me, please.

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Take that number.

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Go in the robing room call Animal Kingdom.

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Tell them that you're calling
from Judge Judy Sheindlin.

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We're calling about

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Cooper Currie's dog Carmela

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that was released from Animal Kingdom

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end of July of this year.
The dog had had parvo.

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Would you find out from the vet
whether the dog was free from parvo

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- when the dog was released from the vet.
- Sure.

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Would you do that? Thank you.

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And if you have any problem with them...

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- [Sarah] I'll let you know.
- ...let me know.

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Mr. Currie was supposed
to move in to your home

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and you were supposed to be
out of your home.

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We were in the process of moving. Yes.

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Mr. Currie came to your house
with his dog.

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- Uh-hmm.
- Did you have a conversation with him?

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He actually came unannounced and no,

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I did not have a conversation
with him at--before he came.

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Did he ever discuss with you
that his dog had had parvo?

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- He told me...
- [Judge Judy] Look at me.

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- No, he did not, no.
- [Judge Judy] Did you?

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- Yes, I did, Your Honor.
- [Judge Judy] Yes, he did.

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I'm gonna ask you again.

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Did he ever discuss with you

240
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that his dog had parvo?

241
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- Make sure I get an answer.
- Right.

242
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No, he did not.

243
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Okay. So, you have two
of the same kind of dogs.

244
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And you wouldn't have left your dog
around a dog that looked sick.

245
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- Never.
- [Judge Judy] That looked sick, correct?

246
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- [Michelle] Correct.
- So his dog didn't look sick.

247
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- No.
- [Judge Judy] Played with your dogs?

248
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Yes.

249
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- I even asked him to watch the dog.
- [Judge Judy] Don't--I know that.

250
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Played with your dogs?

251
00:10:56,857 --> 00:10:59,026
- Uh-hmm.
- [Judge Judy] Appeared healthy?

252
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Correct.

253
00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,862
And that was on what date?

254
00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:03,997
- July what?
- I wanna say the--

255
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from the 24th through the 25th.

256
00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:09,936
So you had a full day
to see them interacting

257
00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,938
and to see how his dog was behaving?

258
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- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] And then you left.

259
00:11:13,874 --> 00:11:17,044
- And you left him with your two dogs.
- Yes.

260
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So you left him on the 25th
with your two dogs.

261
00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,148
That was by arrangement?

262
00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:23,350
[Michelle] Yes.
I asked him permission if I could leave...

263
00:11:23,417 --> 00:11:25,452
[Judge Judy] Leave the dogs, fair.

264
00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,687
And when did you come and get the dogs?

265
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The next day.

266
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Within the next day, he had called me
and said the dogs will not stop--

267
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excuse my language [...]
and throwing up everywhere.

268
00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:39,665
[Judge Judy] So that's the 26th?

269
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Yes.

270
00:11:40,801 --> 00:11:42,869
- [Judge Judy] So you came back the 26th.
- [Michelle] Correct.

271
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I picked up both dogs.

272
00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:45,372
She didn't, Your Honor.

273
00:11:45,439 --> 00:11:46,640
When did she come back?

274
00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,509
Her baby daddy picked him up
and it was about two or three days later.

275
00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:50,577
[Judge Judy] Her baby what?

276
00:11:50,644 --> 00:11:52,412
- My baby's father.
- Her baby's father.

277
00:11:52,479 --> 00:11:54,347
- My ex-husband.
- He came and picked them up.

278
00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:56,450
- Okay.
- [Cooper] And she would not answer

279
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the phone for two or three days.

280
00:11:58,185 --> 00:12:00,320
- So she didn't come the next day?
- No.

281
00:12:00,387 --> 00:12:02,189
[Judge Judy] And neither did anyone else?

282
00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:05,125
No. I had a housekeeper come
and clean the house

283
00:12:05,192 --> 00:12:08,395
of all their throw-up and poop
while they were ignoring my calls.

284
00:12:08,462 --> 00:12:11,298
- That's funny. I had a housekeeper.
- [Judge Judy] Okay. Do you have any--

285
00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:15,135
do you have your phone with you
which would show the messages on...

286
00:12:15,202 --> 00:12:16,703
I actually got a new phone.

287
00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:19,606
Everybody gets a new phone
when I ask them for proof.

288
00:12:19,673 --> 00:12:20,674
I got a new phone.

289
00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:23,376
My phone fell in the pool,
it fell in the toilet.

290
00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:25,011
The dog ate the phone.

291
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,080
My husband smashed the phone.

292
00:12:27,147 --> 00:12:29,616
My wife threw it out of the car.

293
00:12:29,683 --> 00:12:32,452
Whenever you came the next day,

294
00:12:32,519 --> 00:12:33,887
the day after?

295
00:12:33,954 --> 00:12:38,158
Did you come personally,
or did you send the father of your baby?

296
00:12:38,225 --> 00:12:40,560
- So he was threatening me...
- [Judge Judy] Just to answer

297
00:12:40,627 --> 00:12:42,395
- the question.
- The father of my child went to go

298
00:12:42,462 --> 00:12:44,231
- pick up the dogs.
- [Judge Judy] Okay.

299
00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:46,566
And when you went to get the dogs,

300
00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,236
did you take them immediately to the vet?

301
00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:50,570
I took 'em the next day.

302
00:12:50,637 --> 00:12:52,139
Why didn't you take them that day?

303
00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:55,509
Because I didn't know the severity
of what was going on.

304
00:12:55,575 --> 00:12:59,579
They looked groggy, but I didn't know
exactly if they were sick or not.

305
00:12:59,646 --> 00:13:01,648
- So I had set up the appointment...
- Were they--were both...

306
00:13:01,715 --> 00:13:05,685
- [Michelle] ...for the next...
- Were both dogs fully inoculated?

307
00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:07,721
At first they were just acting
like themselves and then...

308
00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:10,090
- [Judge Judy] No. That's...
- ...they just started deteriorating.

309
00:13:10,157 --> 00:13:11,858
Just listen to my question.

310
00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:15,795
Were both dogs fully inoculated,
vaccinated?

311
00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:17,597
- Had they received...
- Yes, Your Honor.

312
00:13:17,664 --> 00:13:19,432
- [Judge Judy] ...all of their shots?
- They were. Both of them.

313
00:13:19,499 --> 00:13:21,601
[Judge Judy] You have proof
from the vet from that?

314
00:13:21,668 --> 00:13:25,071
From the vet, yes.
I have her vet records and her vet bill.

315
00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:28,175
Okay. Now I wanna see the records
of her inoculation,

316
00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:29,476
the one that died.

317
00:13:29,543 --> 00:13:31,611
No, don't get me all those things.

318
00:13:31,678 --> 00:13:34,948
I asked you for a specific piece of paper.

319
00:13:37,017 --> 00:13:41,288
[Michelle] That's her--or that's his
vet records that I got from the vet.

320
00:13:42,289 --> 00:13:44,290
[Judge Judy]
No, that's not what I asked you for.

321
00:13:44,357 --> 00:13:47,427
I asked you for her records
of vaccination.

322
00:13:47,494 --> 00:13:50,230
That's the only records I had gotten.

323
00:13:50,297 --> 00:13:53,433
[Judge Judy] Then you don't have--
the answer is that you don't have

324
00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,803
records of that puppy,
that was the puppy that died.

325
00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:58,905
How old was the puppy?

326
00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:01,107
When he died, he was about 14 weeks.

327
00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:02,375
He was 14 weeks.

328
00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:03,777
[Judge Judy] Sarah?

329
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,345
Yeah, got a lot of information.

330
00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:06,413
Okay.

331
00:14:06,479 --> 00:14:10,116
[Sarah]
So, Carmela was diagnosed on 07/12/21

332
00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:14,187
with not only parvo
but intestinal parasites as well.

333
00:14:14,254 --> 00:14:17,657
And she had a hospital stay
until approximately the 14th,

334
00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:21,661
in hospital,
where she was treated and picked up.

335
00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:24,664
And then there was a revisit--
with a strict instruction

336
00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:28,902
to not be around any other dogs as it was
still a highly contagious disease.

337
00:14:28,969 --> 00:14:32,739
She revisited on August 23rd
for her second vaccine.

338
00:14:32,806 --> 00:14:34,908
- [Judge Judy] August 23rd.
- Of 20--of 2021.

339
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:36,509
- [Judge Judy] That's his dog.
- [Sarah] Yes.

340
00:14:36,576 --> 00:14:38,678
- [Judge Judy] August 23rd.
- [Sarah] For a revisit

341
00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:42,349
after the hospital stay
where she received her second vaccine

342
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:45,619
which was a combo vaccine
including for parvo,

343
00:14:45,685 --> 00:14:50,023
with again, another instruction
not to be around any other puppies or dogs

344
00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:53,560
and not to purchase any more puppies
and dogs until she was revisited,

345
00:14:53,627 --> 00:14:56,329
but there was no negative test result
when she left for...

346
00:14:56,396 --> 00:14:57,497
[Judge Judy] No negative?

347
00:14:57,564 --> 00:15:01,067
[Sarah] She said there would not have been
a negative test result but she left

348
00:15:01,134 --> 00:15:04,237
with the second dose of the vaccine
and the strict instruction

349
00:15:04,304 --> 00:15:06,840
- to not to be around other dogs.
- Not to be around other dogs.

350
00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:11,044
Your Honor, I was homeless
and she was lying...

351
00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,113
[Judge Judy] I don't care
whether you are homeless,

352
00:15:13,179 --> 00:15:16,683
hapless, sad, snowflake.

353
00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:17,751
I don't care.

354
00:15:17,817 --> 00:15:19,753
It's irrelevant to me.

355
00:15:19,819 --> 00:15:20,954
- Do you understand?
- Yeah.

356
00:15:21,021 --> 00:15:22,722
- Homeless [indistinct] couldn't get...
- [Judge Judy] Maybe, maybe--

357
00:15:22,789 --> 00:15:25,425
just a second.
Hey, I'm gonna throw your case out.

358
00:15:25,492 --> 00:15:26,493
Do you want me to do that?

359
00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:31,464
- She wasn't supposed to be...
- [Judge Judy] She was there, fool.

360
00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:33,266
[Cooper] She was not supposed to be there.

361
00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,168
- She was--listen.
- No, you listen to me.

362
00:15:35,235 --> 00:15:36,636
- She wasn't to be there.
- [Judge Judy] You don't--you don't--

363
00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:39,239
I'm supposed to listen to--
I'm supposed to listen to him?

364
00:15:39,306 --> 00:15:40,407
Cut off his mic.

365
00:15:45,145 --> 00:15:48,214
[theme music playing]

366
00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:55,655
[announcer] Michelle Ordonez
has accused her former friend,

367
00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:59,292
Cooper Currie, of bringing his sick puppy
into her home

368
00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:02,295
and giving her dogs a serious illness.

369
00:16:02,362 --> 00:16:04,297
Now, I don't know if you have family.

370
00:16:04,364 --> 00:16:06,366
Your family may care about you.

371
00:16:06,433 --> 00:16:08,234
I on the other hand, do not.

372
00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:11,838
I on the other hand,
have an idiot who was given

373
00:16:11,905 --> 00:16:16,576
specific instructions not to have
their dog around other dogs.

374
00:16:16,643 --> 00:16:18,945
And you specifically didn't listen.

375
00:16:19,012 --> 00:16:22,882
And whether you're homeless or not,
who gives a rat's behind?

376
00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:24,984
Well, I paid rent to move into her house

377
00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:27,454
and I was supposed to be moving in
and she...

378
00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,190
I don't care if you move in.
You're not gonna give her dog parvo.

379
00:16:30,256 --> 00:16:33,059
- She wasn't supposed to be there.
- [Judge Judy] It doesn't matter.

380
00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:34,361
It does, if she wasn't supposed
to be there.

381
00:16:34,427 --> 00:16:37,063
- She was--she was there.
- [Cooper] She wasn't supposed to be...

382
00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,866
- She was there, fool!
- She wasn't supposed to be.

383
00:16:39,933 --> 00:16:41,534
[Judge Judy] She was there, fool.

384
00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:44,037
- She was not supposed to be there.
- She was there--listen.

385
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,005
No. You listen to me.
She wasn't supposed to be there.

386
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:49,075
Oh, I'm supposed to listen to--
I'm supposed to listen to him.

387
00:16:49,142 --> 00:16:50,443
- Cut off his mic.
- [Michelle] Oh, my God.

388
00:16:50,510 --> 00:16:52,746
[Judge Judy] He's not only homeless,
maybe homeless,

389
00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:55,248
maybe a little high,
maybe a little stupid.

390
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:57,183
I'm not exactly sure which one.

391
00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:59,386
- All three.
- [Judge Judy] Maybe all three,

392
00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:04,891
you were told by the vet not to have
your dog around other dogs.

393
00:17:04,958 --> 00:17:06,259
Do you understand that?

394
00:17:06,326 --> 00:17:07,493
You understand that?

395
00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,762
- Yes.
- [Judge Judy] And when you're told

396
00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:14,166
not to have your dog around other dogs
and you're supposed to be a dog lover,

397
00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:17,503
then whether she's there or not there.

398
00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:20,272
If she's there, she's got her dogs there,

399
00:17:20,339 --> 00:17:24,577
you're not supposed to take your dog
near her dogs.

400
00:17:24,644 --> 00:17:29,416
That's what you were told
that it's a highly contagious disease.

401
00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:33,319
Don't take your dog near other dogs.

402
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,487
That's what you were told.

403
00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:35,855
Can I see your vet bills, please?

404
00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:38,191
Do you have anything else
to do with this case anymore?

405
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:40,660
I already dismissed your counterclaim,
you can sit down.

406
00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:44,597
[Michelle] So this is
for each treatment for--per dog.

407
00:17:44,664 --> 00:17:50,270
[Judge Judy] I just wanna--I just want
the total amount of your vet bills.

408
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:59,078
How much did you pay him for that--
for the dog that died?

409
00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:00,413
Three thousand dollars.

410
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:01,748
It wasn't paid off either.

411
00:18:01,815 --> 00:18:04,184
How much did you actually pay him

412
00:18:04,250 --> 00:18:05,785
- of the $3,000?
- Three thousand dollars.

413
00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:06,853
[Judge Judy] Show me.

414
00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,855
There's--we did it cash exchange,

415
00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:12,625
but on here it says--I have a text message
that says I paid for the dog.

416
00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:14,761
[Judge Judy] Okay. I'm looking.

417
00:18:15,962 --> 00:18:21,034
So is what you're telling me the entire
vet bill for both dogs was $303?

418
00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:26,206
No. That was for each treatment
for each dog.

419
00:18:26,272 --> 00:18:29,275
You say for each dog,
this doesn't say for each dog.

420
00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:31,678
- If you call the vet...
- [Judge Judy] I'm not calling the vet.

421
00:18:31,744 --> 00:18:34,814
Your responsibility is to bring me proof.

422
00:18:34,881 --> 00:18:36,583
- Right.
- [Judge Judy] This isn't proof.

423
00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,451
You're suing for vet bills.

424
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:43,223
So far, the only vet bill
I have is for $303.50.

425
00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:44,457
No, excuse me.

426
00:18:44,524 --> 00:18:46,793
- It was 478.50.
- Correct.

427
00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:50,029
You paid 175, the balance is 303.

428
00:18:50,096 --> 00:18:51,097
Did you ever pay them?

429
00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:53,666
- No.
- [Judge Judy] No.

430
00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:57,370
So you actually only paid 175.

431
00:18:57,437 --> 00:19:02,642
Now I'd like to see the text showing me
that you paid him the $3,000 for the dog.

432
00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:09,415
I have her papers--
or his papers and whenever they...

433
00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:11,217
[Judge Judy] I wasn't--stop talking.

434
00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:14,153
I asked you for a specific thing.

435
00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:18,024
I said show me the text
that you referred to

436
00:19:18,091 --> 00:19:22,562
when you say you paid him the $3,000
for the dog.

437
00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:29,769
[Michelle] It's not specific on there,
but he says that I own the dog.

438
00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:31,170
I can read.

439
00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:33,106
You said you had a text, I'm reading it.

440
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,976
"You paid for her as a pet and co-own

441
00:19:37,043 --> 00:19:39,679
but I'm primary owner on papers.

442
00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:41,881
Well, Ethan is technically--"

443
00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:43,550
- you're Ethan, right?
- Yes.

444
00:19:44,717 --> 00:19:46,753
[Judge Judy]
(laughs) So that's you who's writing this?

445
00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:47,854
- No.
- [Judge Judy] You...

446
00:19:47,921 --> 00:19:51,124
- Cooper actually writing that.
- [Judge Judy] I--yeah, I said.

447
00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,392
[Michelle] Uh-hmm. Yes.

448
00:19:52,458 --> 00:19:55,161
You're Ethan so it's Cooper writing this.

449
00:19:56,162 --> 00:19:58,398
- Sorry.
- [Judge Judy] Listen, try to shut up.

450
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:00,600
"Yeah, you breached the contract.
Laugh out loud.

451
00:20:00,667 --> 00:20:02,468
I've had my attorneys on this all day,"

452
00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:05,605
your attorneys,
you're homeless and hapless.

453
00:20:05,672 --> 00:20:10,944
Okay, 3,000 plus 175, $3,175.

454
00:20:11,010 --> 00:20:14,380
I'm also demanding her papers
'cause I had paid for her.

455
00:20:14,447 --> 00:20:15,982
- And I didn't...
- [Judge Judy] Oh, I'm not--

456
00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:17,250
I'm not dealing with papers.

457
00:20:17,317 --> 00:20:21,154
First of all, you only need papers
for a dog if you intend to breed her.

458
00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:22,522
- Correct.
- [Judge Judy] Right?

459
00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:24,390
- Yes.
- And you don't want anything further

460
00:20:24,457 --> 00:20:25,458
to do with him.

461
00:20:25,525 --> 00:20:26,526
Never.

462
00:20:26,593 --> 00:20:28,361
[Judge Judy] So I would have her neutered.

463
00:20:28,428 --> 00:20:30,363
- [Michelle] Honestly, that's...
- That's a very good idea.

464
00:20:30,430 --> 00:20:31,898
That's what you say in here.

465
00:20:31,965 --> 00:20:34,701
She's a pet and I want--
so that's what I would do.

466
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:36,669
- So you don't need papers for her.
- That was...

467
00:20:36,736 --> 00:20:38,838
[Judge Judy] Three thousand one hundred
and seventy-five dollars,

468
00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,106
judgment for the plaintiff.

469
00:20:40,173 --> 00:20:41,708
We're finished. Thank you very much.

470
00:20:41,774 --> 00:20:43,076
- Thank you.
- [Kevin] Court is adjourned.

471
00:20:44,944 --> 00:20:46,446
She knew my dog had parvo,

472
00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:48,581
she knew my dog wasn't supposed
to be around dogs.

473
00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:50,683
She just lied to the judge about that.

474
00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:53,319
I would have never let him in my home
if I knew he had parvo--

475
00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:54,954
or the dog had parvo.

476
00:20:55,021 --> 00:21:00,193
By letting me come into a house
with a sick dog and her knowing it,

477
00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:01,728
that's negligence on her part.

478
00:21:01,794 --> 00:21:03,529
You know, I opened my doors to him

479
00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:07,834
and he opened his parvo disease
onto my animals.

480
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,469
She never came through to get the dog.

481
00:21:09,535 --> 00:21:13,239
I don't know why she said one to two days,
because it was more like three to four.

482
00:21:13,306 --> 00:21:15,475
You know, justice is gonna come
either way.

483
00:21:15,541 --> 00:21:17,276
If it's not for me,
it's from someone else.

484
00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,413
The vet was very helpful on the phone.

485
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:24,550
I asked her if he took the dog,
discharge with a negative test,

486
00:21:24,617 --> 00:21:27,220
and she said, "Well, that's not exactly
how that works,"

487
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:31,391
and explained to me how she gave
strict instructions on both occasions

488
00:21:31,457 --> 00:21:35,161
that he brought in the dog to not have
that dog be around any other dogs

489
00:21:35,228 --> 00:21:36,829
because it's highly contagious.

490
00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:40,967
And not only that, but also she said not
to purchase any new dogs

491
00:21:41,034 --> 00:21:45,738
for him to acquire any more dogs due
to the contagious nature of the disease.

492
00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,306
So, very helpful.

493
00:21:47,373 --> 00:21:51,711
You know, sometimes in the past
I would have made that call myself.

494
00:21:51,778 --> 00:21:53,846
(chuckles) I have to tell you it was
delightful

495
00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:55,314
for you to get that information.

496
00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:58,184
- [Sarah] Uh-hmm.
- And be able to convey it to me,

497
00:21:58,251 --> 00:22:00,119
- and decisive actually.
- Yeah.

498
00:22:00,186 --> 00:22:01,854
[Judge Judy] Very decisive.
You know, one would think,

499
00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:05,058
if you're discharged from a vet's office

500
00:22:05,124 --> 00:22:06,759
that you're okay but clearly not.

501
00:22:06,826 --> 00:22:09,128
It's discharged from the hospital stay
that she was in.

502
00:22:09,195 --> 00:22:11,931
Yeah. The dog was in the hospital...

503
00:22:11,998 --> 00:22:14,434
She said around two or three days,

504
00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:16,936
but that it was a fairly young dog,

505
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:19,472
so that she recovered quite quickly
from her symptoms.

506
00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:23,743
However, that did not take away
from the contagious nature of the disease.

507
00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:24,911
- [Judge Judy] Sad.
- Yeah.

508
00:22:24,977 --> 00:22:27,380
[Judge Judy] Well, one puppy died.
If you can't take care of yourself,

509
00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:30,016
- don't get a hundred and sixty-pound dog.
- [Sarah] Good advice.

510
00:22:30,083 --> 00:22:31,250
That would--yeah.

511
00:22:32,685 --> 00:22:34,687
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