I hate Judy, but the defendant got what she deserved.

Not nearly as much as she deserved, apparently.

TN ST § 44-17-403
"This Tennessee statute provides that a pet owner may seek non-economic damages up to ,000 for the death of his or her pet against the person who is liable for causing the death or injuries that led to the animal's death. The person causing the pet's death must have done so intentionally or, if negligently, the incident must have occurred either on the owner or pet caretaker's property or while in the control and supervision of the caretaker. These damages are not for the intentional infliction of emotional distress of the owner or other civil claim, but rather for the direct loss of "reasonably expected society, companionship, love and affection of the pet."

So on top of the k for failing to meet her obligations, she can be out another ,000 if she sues her in general sessions court outside of the universal jurisdiction of Judge Judy.

- BALEEN, ANIMAL LAWYER, Esq.

It was a corgi, they don't award 00 for those.

KIDDING

I seriously lost my shit when that happened.

There's more to it than whether or not they can look her in the eye. When Judge Judy tells someone to look at her when they're talking it's, not only because she's intimidating, but also because she knows that the eyes go to different parts of the brain when accessing different areas. For a right handed person these directions are:

Up, Right - Visual Construct
Up, Left - Visual Recall
Right - Auditory Construct
Left - Auditory Recall
Down, Right - Kinasthetic
Down, Left - Internal Dialogue

For a left handed person it may be reversed. Try it on a friend. Get them to think of different things and watch which direction their eyes go. It works.

and what kind of shelter puts down a puppy the day it gets it in?

the shitty ones, obviously

Maybe the dog had been in the shelter for a week?

Still, who the hell would put down a Welsh Corgi instead of getting it adopted? That sounds like a horrible animal shelter.

exactly

Animal shelters are filled with people who hate animals and love killing them.

Unfortunately there are more animals than shelter space. If you're going to leave the dog outside it should probably have a tag with its address on the collar.

This literally almost happened to my dog growing up. We had someone watching our dog and house, the dog was let outside and started barking at something, the lazy ass watching the house couldn't get the dog inside so he just left. The dog continued to bark for being left outside (she was a rescue dog, was scared by a lot of things when left alone), and after a day passed someone called animal control and the dog was taken away.

We got back from our trip to find a note on the fridge that said "oh, btw the dog is at the pound I think", we got there a few hours before they closed and got the dog back. Had we not gotten there that day she was on the list to be put down that evening.

Its like 15 years later and I am still HAUNTED by the fact that that almost happened, that my dog was almost taken from me and killed for that.

As such this clip has made me feel physically ill...

as much as we hate hearing stray dogs barking at night i wouldnt call animal control on them, they could actually be someones pet thats gotten loose


i just wait till i see them run over on the side of the road the next week