>> Judge Judy: Ms. Boyd, this is
your dog.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Which one of
these two ladies is your friend?
>> KaSaundra.
>> Judge Judy: And you visited
her frequently, and she also has
a dog.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: How many times
would you say you have been to
Ms. Waldron's home with your dog
and your dog and her dog played?
>> Hundreds of times.
>> Judge Judy: Never a problem?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And then there
was a problem one day during a
visit, and it is your claim that
her dog bit yours, and you want
her to be responsible for all of
the vet bills.
She's already contributed to
some of them.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Now, of the
hundred times, I assume this was
the last time you took your dog
to her house.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And you were an
invited guest.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: I'm listening.
>> What had happened was I was
going there to take them to the
grocery store, and since Mike
was still getting ready, she
says, "Why don't we take the
dogs in the backyard, get them
to go to potty."
We were playing balls with them.
Scooter and Kiwi were digging a
hole.
Everything was fine.
Harley, which is her other pit
bull, was in there.
We had no problems.
We decided to go ahead and have
them sit by the gate so that
they could go back in the house
so we could get ready to go to
the store.
When we opened the gate, that's
when something triggered in
Scooter's head, and he lunged
and went after Kiwi.
And first he grabbed her by the
throat, and then he had ahold of
her.
KaSaundra was standing right
beside, hollering at him to
stop.
We couldn't get him off of her.
I ran in to the house to get
Mike.
Mike, at that time, had heard
the dogfight, and he was the one
that had to get Scooter off of
her.
And when Mike got Scooter off of
her, she was bloody, and he had
to lift her up over his head to
give her to me.
And I ran, at that point, to my
car and put her in my car and
ran over to my friend's house.
'Cause at that time, I was in
shock.
>> Judge Judy: Well, why do you
think that they're responsible
for your vet bills?
>> Because when I went to ask
her -- I went the very next day
to talk to her about the vet
bill.
She told me she was 100%
responsible because it happened
on her property.
We were guests.
>> Judge Judy: So what -- Your
dogs had been playing hundreds
of times.
There's never been an incident.
The dogs got into a dogfight.
What negligence on her part are
you ascribing?
>> Kiwi didn't do anything to
instigate the fight.
She didn't do anything.
I don't know what happened, but
Scooter just turned around and
went after her.
And when we were trying to get
him off of her, she stood there
and would not get him off of
her, wouldn't help me or
anything.
She's my service dog.
I rely on her.
Without her, I would not be able
to leave my home.
>> Judge Judy: This doesn't have
anything to do with why she's
liable for your vet bills.
I mean, if you say to me that
she had one dangerous dog that
she didn't tell you about and
she allowed you to bring your
service dog there, she would be
responsible.
But you were there, according to
you, with the dog, hundreds of
times without incident.
>> Right.
>> We had seen previously,
Your Honor, when all of us would
take the animals to a dog park,
we had seen cases where Scooter
would be aggressive towards
other animals, but it was
usually other animals that came
around, not towards those he
considered friendly.
So we hadn't seen anything that
showed us that he would attack
Kiwi or injure her in any way.
>> Judge Judy: So you felt
comfortable continuing to bring
your dog there.
Do you understand what I'm
saying to you?
>> I do, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Dogs are animals.
We never know how they are
going to interact with each
other.
I mean, you said you've seen her
dog in a dog park, acting in an
aggressive sort of manner with
other dogs but not dogs that the
dog knows.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: You don't know
dogs.
>> I've seen him be aggressive,
and KaSaundra always told me,
"You know what?
He would never hurt you.
He would never hurt Kiwi."
And because we were friends, I
trusted it.
>> Judge Judy: Ridiculous.
That sounds ridiculous.
If you've seen a dog being
aggressive and the owner says,
"Oh, no, but he likes girls --
he only is aggressive to
boys..."
that would not make me feel
comfortable.
And the fact that the owner of
the dog says, "No, no, no, he
likes short girls -- he doesn't
like tall girls, he doesn't like
boys, but he likes short girls.
Would never bite a short girl.
Bitten a tall girl and bitten a
boy but would never bite you."
That's ridiculous.
>> If I may, Your Honor, this
isn't just a friendship.
They actually stayed with us in
our home for two weeks.
The dogs lived amongst us, and
we never had a problem with them
fighting.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect!
What I'm telling you is there
has to be some negligence.
What your wife said was, "Well,
I was an invited guest in her
house, and, therefore, whatever
happens in her house, she's
responsible for."
Well, what I'm saying to you is
that's not always true.
If you were walking in their
house and you fell and if it was
not her fault or a result of
some negligence, you wouldn't be
able to sue her.
Do you understand?
You have to tell me what
negligence there was on her
part, because she's not an
absolute insurer.
I don't know what happened.
Did you see what happened
between the two dogs?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Tell me what you saw.
>> I saw, basically, that Kiwi
had bitten Scooter on the nose
and that --
>> Judge Judy: Kiwi -- that's
Kiwi?
>> Kiwi is Kelli Boyd's dog,
yes, ma'am.