Now tell me
what kind of busines
you were running in the house.
>> I have a dog-walking
business.
And so most of the business
I do doesn't come out
of the house.
I go to people's property
to walk their dogs
and do pet-sitting.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
But is there a time
when you do bring
the animals home to your house?
>> Um, there was a time
that I did have
foster dogs there, so I was --
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> There was probably four over
the time that I lived there.
>> Judge Judy: At the same time?
>> No, not at the same time.
>> Judge Judy: When?
>> It was spread out in between
2, 2 1/2 years, so...
>> Judge Judy: So you took
in foster dogs?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: You never took
any of the dogs that you walked?
>> Um, they never were there for
any longer than, like, a day.
I didn't board them
at the house.
>> Judge Judy: I didn't ask
whether you boarded them.
But sometimes,
would you take them
to your house?
>> I did several times.
But they never stayed
over the night.
>> Judge Judy: I didn't ask you
whether they stayed over the
night, but they were there?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And was part
of your service
ever that you were a dog-sitter
for the day
so that people could either
drop their dogs off at the house
and they would stay with you
for the day and then their owner
would pick them up?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So that's different
from a dog-walker, Ms. Dupnik.
That's a kindergarten for dogs.
Now how many of those clients
did you have?
>> Only a very small amount.
There was just two.
>> Judge Judy: So you had
three dogs in the house.
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay, sir.
Now I'm gonna take a look
at your lease...
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: ...'cause I'd
like to see on how it limits the
pet.
>> And if I could point you
to page 3, there's a line in the
lease that says their additional
pets are charged $150 per pet
with $50 for each additional
day.
>> Judge Judy: Who's [bleep]
Dupnik?
>> It's my father.
>> Judge Judy: So he guaranteed
the lease?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Now I'd like to see
the photographs of the property.
>> Would you like before
and after or just --
>> Judge Judy: Yes.
I would like before and after.
>> These are the "after."
That stack is the "before"
photos.
And, Your Honor, I also have,
um, advertisements
from her Facebook page
with photos
of the dogs in the backyard,
as well as an advertisement
for boarding in the home
that I'd like to submit to you.
>> Judge Judy: I'll take a look
at it.
>> It's gonna be that page.
>> Judge Judy: That's really
a lovely, clean house.
>> Thank you.
>> Judge Judy: Did you paint
the walls?
>> We did. Before she moved in,
we repainted all them.
>> Judge Judy: These are
the before photographs.
He didn't own the house much
before you rented it.
So I assume that you agree
that this is what the house
looked like before.
Would you tell me
what these pictures are?
>> That's the garage
with quite a bit of debris
and trash left in.
So part of my claim is...
>> Judge Judy: Just clean-up.
I just didn't understand
what it was.
And a broken door.
>> Broken door. Yes, ma'am.
>> The cabinet came off
the hinge.
I didn't --
It was from wear and tear over
2 1/2 years of being there.
If I had someone to help me
put a hinge back,
I would have done it.
I just don't know
how to do that myself. Um...
>> Judge Judy: You should ask
your father.
>> He doesn't live in Austin.
>> Judge Judy: What's this?
>> Just holes in the walls
that were never repainted.
They were patched
but never painted.
So I had to pay
to have the walls
repainted in the house again.
>> Judge Judy: This is another
picture just of the garage?
>> No, that's the carpet
in the bedroom.
One of those bedrooms is --
was her --
her daughter's bedroom.
>> Judge Judy: Didn't you own
a vacuum cleaner?
>> That carpet was
very bad quality.
And it would snag up
every single time I vacuumed.
>> Judge Judy: So you didn't
vacuum?
>> I did, but it made it very
difficult.
And I paid for a cleaner to come
and clean the house.
So I have this receipt
from the maids
that were supposed to come over
and do a deep clean.
And I...
>> Judge Judy: Well, I don't
know when they came over.
But this wasn't a deep cleaning.
>> Well, that's why
I was kind of confused
'cause I did pay.
And I do have, like,
the receipt for that.
>> Judge Judy: Did you go over
to the house after you paid
for the deep cleaning?
>> I did not 'cause my lease
was already up at that time.
And I do have evidence.
>> Judge Judy: And this is
just trash pickup, sir?
>> Yeah. Broken screens
from the windows
and trash pickup.
>> Judge Judy: There's only
one screen here.
>> Yeah.
It's mostly trash removal
that I had to pay for.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So let me see the trash removal.
So far, you have
almost $1,900 of her money.
So trash removal,
getting somebody there for $250
to clean up would be a lot.
They could do it in one day.
I'm not seeing the rest, sir.
>> I'd like to provide a list,
or invoice, from the, uh --
the handyman service that did
all the repairs to the home.
So there was quite a bit
more damage than just carpet
and paint and trash removal.
>> Judge Judy: Well, your main
items here
are painting and carpeting.
Replace all carpeting
and install new pads --
those are the two big items.
And that comes to $2,900,
plus $233 to haul off the stuff.
$233.
>> Ma'am, if I...
>> Judge Judy: It's $3,158.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: And you
have $1,895.
It's $1,263.
>> That's correct.
The additional fees come
from the prorated rent when
she was not out of the home...
>> I have --
>> ...on the 1st.
>> I have receipts from
the new home that I moved into.
And I paid a prorated rent
to move in early there.
And I have the e-mail
where I paid early
to move out of that house.
I was out.
>> Judge Judy: When did you
re-rent the premises?
>> I have an application
for rent currently.
It took lost rent
from over a month
of having to do these repairs.
And additional fees are
for smoking violations,
lost garage door openers,
which are all part
of the petition, as well,