this is sort of
an interesting case.
You purchased a dog
from Ms. Mcleod.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: You found
Ms. Mcleod on the Internet.
>> Yes, I did.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> About January 30.
>> Judge Judy: And you were
looking for a dog because...
>> I was looking for a dog
for a companion, number one.
I also have mental disorders
that I've been battling
since I was 15,
including agoraphobia,
which is essentially homebound.
>> Judge Judy: Mm-hmm.
>> And I was looking
to train this dog
and have her certified
as an animal that would allow me
to go into public
and interact with people and...
>> Judge Judy: Had you had a dog
before?
>> I did.
She passed away 5 years ago,
and it had taken me this long
to find the right one, and...
>> Judge Judy: Who is this lady?
>> This is my mother.
>> Judge Judy: I assume
you wanted a smaller dog?
>> Yes.
I am a Boston terrier
breed lover.
I hate to be like that,
but, yes.
>> Judge Judy: And is that what
you found?
Is that what the defendant had?
>> She was a Boston
terrier/French bulldog.
>> Judge Judy: Do you have a
photograph?
>> I do.
>> Judge Judy: May I see it,
please?
This was not the ad
that you saw at first.
>> No, I do have a picture
of the ad, which I fell in love
with.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like to see
it.
>> Yes.
>> I didn't have
a picture of...
>> Like that big.
That is the picture
that was in the ad.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Thank you.
You can return this
to Ms. Bauer.
So, Ms. Mcleod,
this is what happened.
You found this dog.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you found
this dog when?
>> I found Cookie
in the middle of July.
Someone basically left her
in the streets.
Nobody claimed her.
>> Judge Judy: You don't know
that.
Where did you find her?
You tell me where you found her.
>> She was thrown in the streets
pretty much
in the middle of Port St. John.
>> Judge Judy: Is that a
highway?
>> It's a residential area.
>> Judge Judy: And according
to your answer to her complaint,
you took the dog to the vet.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: And when you took
the dog to the vet to have
the dog spayed because...
Did you have it spayed?
It needed shots?
>> No, we did shots first.
>> Judge Judy: Just shots.
>> And that's when I first
had them check for a chip.
There was no chip shown.
>> Judge Judy: Did you later
find the dog had a chip?
>> Yes, when I brought her
to the SPCA.
Their machine picked it up.
>> Judge Judy: And you took her
to the ASPCA for what?
>> For her flea medicines
and preventative.
>> Judge Judy: So when you
took her to the ASPCA,
they did scan her
and found a chip.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And in what month
was that?
>> That was in September.
>> Judge Judy: So you had
already had her July
and August --
so for about 2 months.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Did you contact
the owner, or did the ASPCA,
that you know of?
>> The SPCA found the owner.
The owner contacted me.
She said she was coming.
>> Judge Judy: She contacted you
by phone?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: So you gave
the people
at the ASPCA your phone number?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And that was in
September?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you gave
the owner the correct address.
>> Yes.
She had all my information.
>> Judge Judy: When was she
supposed to come to --
>> She didn't give a date.
She didn't... Nothing.
It was just basically
she's coming from Mississippi.
If she don't come,
she's sending her brother.
>> Judge Judy: Where do you
live?
>> In Titusville.
>> Judge Judy: Where is that?
>> Florida.
>> Judge Judy: The owner lived
in Mississippi?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Did she know how
the dog got to you in Florida?
>> The story was her father
or somebody was dying,
so she was in town
the July Fourth weekend.
The dog got out, and it was
missing at the end of July.
I'd had her since the kind
of middle, beginning of July.
>> Judge Judy: But then she's
back in Mississippi
when she contacted you.
And she said she was coming,
but she never came.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Then due to
circumstances where you couldn't
keep the dog anymore because of
housing...
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: ...you decided
that you would put an ad up.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And all you
wanted was the money that you
had invested in her shots
and anything else, so $200.
>> Not even that.
>> Judge Judy: Well, you charged
her $200 for the dog.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: And you purchased
the dog in January.
>> February 3rd.
>> Judge Judy: February 3rd
>> That's right.
>> Judge Judy: ...for $200.
>> For $200.
>> Judge Judy: And you had the