What you want me to do is
blame her for your sick puppy.
Do you understand?
>> Yes.
>> If you don't mind,
Your Honor, we do have
a vet stating here that...
>> Judge Judy: No.
Listen to me.
>> ...the sickness would take...
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me.
This is your vet's report,
and I read it.
I don't want a letter from
the vet, telling me now
what they think, after
they charged you thousands
and thousands of dollars.
>> I understand that.
>> Judge Judy: I don't know
who these people are.
Before I accept a letter,
I would have
to ask some questions.
I've had dogs my whole life.
I've had some great vets,
and I've had some
not-so-great vets,
and I've had vets
that overtreated
and overcharged,
and I've had vets that said,
you know, "Take this pill,
and it will all go away."
Your vet put in feeding tubes
and did a whole lot
of other stuff.
And you would have to agree,
as sensible people,
that if there was nothing wrong
with the rest of the litter,
there is a possibility
that there was some other reason
that this puppy got as sick
and was treated as invasively
as your puppy was treated.
You would have to agree to that.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: So...
>> Your Honor, I would like to
add that never, at any time, had
I received any vet information,
not a name, a location.
No, I have never seen that
report.
>> Judge Judy: Well,
I'm going to give it to you,
and you can go and look at it.
At the same time,
get me some names of the people
to whom you either sold or gave
a puppy from that litter.
>> Sure.
>> Your Honor?
>> Judge Judy: What?
>> In the posting we purchased
the puppy from, she represented
herself as a breeder,
listed it as vet-checked
and a German shepherd.
And about 5 days later,
on December 6th, she had posted
the remaining puppies
as shepherd-lab mix
and was selling them
at a discount price for $300.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
Is that true?
>> I have the original post.
>> Judge Judy: Shh, shh.
[ Raps desk ]
Is that true?
>> I discounted.
I had to discount the price
due to the fact
that she had posted
all over Facebook that I was
selling sick puppies.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> So, unfortunately...
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
That's not what she said.
She said, before you posted
all over Facebook that she was
selling sick puppies,
that she advertised the puppies
at a discounted price,
and she advertised them
as a mix.
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Is that correct?
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I'd like
to see it.
>> I have the first post here
and then the second post here.
>> Judge Judy: Like to see it.
I'm looking for a date
on the second post.
This is November 28th.
That, I see.
Do you see the date
on this post, Byrd?
>> I know I don't have the date
on the post, but I have the date
that I screenshotted it,
which was December 6th.
>> Judge Judy: Where is that?
>> Your Honor, I don't feel
that I misrepresented my breed
at any time.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care
what you feel.
Your feelings are unimportant
to me.
If you want to discuss
your feelings,
you go on "Dr. Phil."e
one place where you advertised
German shepherd puppies,
and on one place you advertised
shepherd-lab mixes.
That's misrepresenting.
You can't do that.
And if they relied on that,
they'd minimally get their money
back for the dog,
because what they wanted
was a German shepherd puppy,
and what you sold them
was a German shepherd puppy
that was really
a shepherd-lab mix,
or you didn't know what it was.
>> During our conversation,
though, I discussed that
they were not a purebred puppy.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: I don't believe
you.
I think that you just lied
to me.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: Yes, you did,
because if they wanted a mutt,
they could have gone to a local
animal shelter
and didn't have to drive --
I don't know how many hours
they drove to meet you in a
parking lot --
if they wanted a mutt.
If they wanted
a German shepherd,
and they thought that
that's what they were getting,
even though it was
an unregistered German shepherd,
that's the ad
that they answered.
So that's misrepresentation,
and so that makes
the counterclaim easy,
because your counterclaim
is dismissed
because your counterclaim --
because you said
they bad-mouthed you,
and therefore you had to sell
and give away these puppies,
so you had loss of income.
Truth of the matter is,
you did it yourself, because you
misrepresented to people
out there what you were selling,
So your counterclaim is
dismissed.
Now, all I want to know
is, do you have the numbers
for me of the people
to whom you gave
or sold the puppies?
>> Yes. I can pull them up.
>> Judge Judy: So I don't
have to make the call,
since we're going to recall
this case anyway.
Her counterclaim is dismissed.
Clearly, you're going to get
your money back for the puppy.
That's no question.
You paid $500.
>> Actually, they paid $400.
>> We did pay $500, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: I no longer
believe her.
So that you're going to
get back the cost of the puppy,
which is $500.
The question is, if the puppy
was sick,
I would be prepared to give you
what you paid in vet bills.
But you have to understand
that if the rest of the puppies
in that litter were not sick,
she's not paying your vet bills.
Do you understand?
>> We do understand that,
Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Great.
So save me a little time.
When she goes and gets
the number, my people back there
will allow you to make the phone
call and ask the people
whose numbers
she's going to give you
whether their puppies are okay.
Got it?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Period,
we're done.
We'll recall the case later.