The Fence Didn't Stop This Dog Fight! | Part 3

Neither Michael's nor Crystal and Anotonio's dogs left their own property when the scuffle occured. Who is to blame?

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[LetJesusTouchUrLife]

I love that JJ wants the anger directed towards her so they can still have a civil and cordial neighborly relationship

[karendobbs]

The dad’s face when his son said he put his hand through the fence, said everything.

[Khxrmx]

If you’re winning, why would you interrupt the judge? People are so stupid

[GardenOfGethsemanie]

So you call the dogs vicious and said the guy was afraid of his own dogs...so u did nothing to make sure you, your dogs and family are safe?!

[lukerinderknecht]

I liked how JJ tried to diffuse the situation with humour here 0:28

[sergeantmetalhead]

6 foot wooden fence all around the property prevents this

[acehomi]

Initially thought this case would be a slam dunk for the plaintiff, because I always had a suspicion that JJ didn’t really like big dogs. But glad to see she was able to be objective here

[cljerjr]

Imagine being neighbors now.... I have to check my fence today!

[thomasludwig]

Plaintiff took his case from bad to worse when he explained he knew before how vicious and dangerous those neighbor dogs were. You can feel his angst, but it's his fault his dog and son were injured.

[feverspell]

As a dog owner, I agree with the verdict. I wouldn't be comfortable having a fence that wide open separating me from my neighbor's dogs, whether they had Rottweilers or Yorkies. I'd want to make sure that my dog and their dog(s) were safe at all times, so I'd insist on a different fence and offer to pay half the cost of removing the old one and installing the new one. It's sad that the plaintiff's dog was so seriously injured, but as JJ said, sometimes it isn't anyone's fault.

[johnwest]

he let his pride and anger with the neighbour and dogs interfere with his responsibility - my heart goes out to the dog as the owner is clueless even at the end of the case he still does not get it and will probably do nothing to fix the fence!

[CrystalsTrips]

I would have put up a wooden Privacy fence long before this. Dogs are animals and we can't always anticipate their behavior

[tate]

"sometimes things happen that just aren't anybody's fault" This is JJ sharing wisdom. The law might assign blame to the dog who stuck it's snout through the fence, but thats just for the sake of the law. Dogs don't understand property lines, and if two dogs are able to reach each other and get into a fight, that is just the nature of animals sometimes. BOTH dog owners should have done a better job (wire mesh or something like JJ suggested earlier) and the dogs could have been kept from doing what dogs will do sometimes. The only ones I feel sorry for in this case are the dogs.

[StevenAndTraceyJiles]

Good dismissal. Now go out and buy some chain link fencing please

[FirstLady]

It must've been sushi day cause she was in a very good mood. 😂

[kendallbedford]

Moral of the story, watch your damn pets

[ashb]

I love the way JJ approaches animal cases in a similar way she approaches family court cases. Yes, she acknowledges that dogs have their own instinctual behavior based on breed, but she also treats the owners with the same parental responsibility over the pet as if the dogs were children. It’s a good balance.

[crpsaiyan]

I agree with her decision. If the plaintiff felt that the dogs are vicious then he should take every precaution necessary to secure his fence so that his dog wouldn't stick their snout into it so the other dogs could go after it. Rottweilers can indeed be on the rough side and they can attack if provoked, which I think happened when the plaintiff's dog stuck its snout in the fence, but in this case, I think they were defending their home.

[Julia-enxq]

We had a similar situation- our dogs are contained with an electric fence..a neighbor’s dog got loose and came on our property and my dogs got him pretty good before we were able to stop it. They called the police and wanted us to be held liable..sorry, not sorry. Our dogs were on our property doing what they are trained to do- protect and defend.

[wellcomematt]

Judy! You're killin me. Gate. Fence. Gate. Fence. Gate. FENCE!