what you were required to do
pursuant to your contract.
You were required to get a vet.
>> I did.
I called the vet, and I --
>> Judge Judy: No, I read
your answer.
>> I spoke to the vet.
>> Judge Judy: I read your
answer.
>> And he gave me his
recommendation.
>> Judge Judy: I read your
answer.
You don't get paid for that.
You personally -- unless you --
>> Administering care
for a horse --
>> Judge Judy: Listen to me
carefully.
>> That's left at my property,
that's abandoned?
>> Judge Judy: Unless the vet
sent you a bill, you don't get
paid for that.
>> How do you...?
>> Judge Judy: Did the vet send
you the bill for the --
>> I'm --
>> Judge Judy: Hey, I'm
speaking!
Just answer the question.
Did the vet send you a bill for
the conversation that you had
with the vet to tell you how to
fix the injury, this large,
gaping hole in the horse's
chest, that happened while it
was under your care?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: The answer is no.
>> He gave me free advice --
>> Judge Judy: So, $1,584 less
$325 --
>> I thought it was abandoned.
>> Judge Judy: Which is actually
what she owed you, which she
didn't pay, which is 1...6...
2...so far, $1,261.
Then you do have to feed
your horse.
>> Yes, Your Honor.
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
So, how much does it cost for
the horse's food for the nine
months that the horse was there?
>> It was $100 a month, average,
for six bales of hay for --
that's what my size horse
consumes.
>> Judge Judy: Over the
nine-month period, what did you
pay for food?
>> An average of $120 a month.
>> Judge Judy: Well, now it's
from $100 to $120.
Why don't we think again?
How much did you pay for the
horse's food for the nine months
that the horse was there?
>> $120 a month was for the hay.
>> Judge Judy: Fine.
Less $120.
>> No, I paid that bill.
I paid that.
She would give me...
She would tell me the amount.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
In September?
>> That's in her billing that --
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
What billing?
>> That she gave to me.
>> Judge Judy: Oh.
I'm deducting certain figures.
I'm deducting from what you
gave her -- $1,584 -- I'm
deducting what you owe her.
$325 for the boarding for the
month of September.
>> Right.
>> Judge Judy: You owe her $120
for food.
I'm deducting that from the
money that you gave her.
This is your lawsuit.
>> $60, Your Honor,
because it would have been half
the month.
>> Judge Judy: So far, $1,141 is
what you're entitled to back
from what she gave you because
you're not getting paid for the
vet -- for you acting like
a vet on a horse that was
injured on your watch.
Food and her monthly boarding
for September.
What else does she owe you?
>> Grain because I had to start
feeding the horse because it was
losing weight -- it was
in distress.
>> Judge Judy: Grain.
Just a second.
In the nine months that you had
the horse there, other than
September, did you ever feed the
horse and bill her for grain?
The answer is either yes --
>> She brought the grain
up until around July time frame.
June, July, I started feeding
the horse because she was no
longer bringing food for it.
>> Judge Judy: Just a second.
>> Food --
>> Judge Judy: I'm giving
you hay.
That's in your deal.
And I gave you for the whole
month, not just half of it.
What I asked you was, "Had you
ever previously billed her for
grain?"
>> Before July, no, because she
brought her own.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. $1,141.
What else?
>> The medical care.
I flushed that wound three times
a day.
>> Judge Judy: $1,141.
That's what you're entitled to,
not $4,803.
$1,141.
That takes off the food for the
horse and the $325
that you owe her.
>> Okay.
>> It actually says in my
contract that I'm entitled to
bill for medical care I provide
the horse if I have to.
>> Judge Judy: No. No.
No, no, no, no, no.
>> Annudy: Now, it says that
you are required to provide
veterinary care.
>> I gave the horse veterinary
care under veterinary advice.
>> Judge Judy: Are you a
licensed veterinary doctor?
>> No, but my witness is a vet
tech, and I went under her
advice and the doctor's
advice on how to treat
the wound.
>> Judge Judy: Good. You don't
get paid for that.
$1,141. Judgment for the
plaintiff.
We're done.
>> Byrd: Parties are excused.
You may step out.
>> If it were her horse and the
tables were turned, I would
have called another vet and
another vet and another vet.
>> She didn't contact me for a
week after the horse was
injured.
>> Until I had that horse,
the gaping wound --
>> I texted her.
I called her.
I e-mailed her.
>> Sealed up and cleaned up.
I went way above and beyond.
>> I learned a lesson.
I will never board at a private
backyard facility.
>> Take care of your animals and
go visit them when you're
supposed to.
>> And certainly not through one
I find on Craigslist.
>> Annou