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FORMER CLIENENT FOR E BANCE
DUON DOG TRAINING.
DEFENDANT JON JANSEN SAYS THE
PLAINTIFF BREACHED HIS OWN
CONTRACT BY KEEPING HIS DOG.
>> Jud Brown: MR. KOKONSKI, IT
SEEMTH YOU ARE SUING
MR. JANSEN, AND WHAT THE PROBLEM
IS ALL ABOUT IS THAT HE
CONTRACTED WITH YOU TO TRAIN HIS
BLACK LAB TO BE, BASICALLY, A
BIRD DOG.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> Judge Brown: AND HE RENEGED
ON THE BALANCE OF THE
YMTS- MA ONE PAYMENT,
VER PAIDGAIN.
YOU STOPPED TRAINING HIS DOG,
BUT YOU BOARDED HIS ANIMAL
BECAUSE HE LEFT IT WITH YO
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
I STOPPED TRAINING HIMN
JANUARY BECAUSE I WAS NO
LONGER -- I NEVER RECEIVED ANY
PAYMENTS.
IT W WAS WAYAST 90 DAYS.
>> Judge Brown: THIS STARTED I
AUST LAST YEAR?
>>UST OF 21.
THAT ICORRECT.
JudgerownwnWHAT WE
MOHLY TRAI FEE
>> MONTHLY TRAING FEES ARE
$525 A MTH.
>> Judge Brown: AND THOSE FEES
WERE SUPPOSED TO ACCRUE UNTIL
THE DOG'S PICK UP.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, YO HONOR.
>> Judge Brown: HOW MANY
PAYMENTS DID THE DEFENDANT MAKE?
>> HE MADE ONE -- THE INITIAL
YMENENT -- IN AU OF 2011.
>> JudgewnWH HDROPPED
E DOG F.
IS THAT T CORR
HEN HE DROPPED THEOG OFF
D HAS S T PAPAID ANYNYTHINSINCE.
>> J Jge Brorown: : NOW, IT LOOS
LIKE Y YOUR CORAAYS IF T THE
DOG IS L LT THERE FOR SO MY
YS WITUT PAYMENT OR
WHATEVER, THEN THE PARTY
WOULD...
>> HAVE TO SIGN E DOG OVER TO
ME WITH THE PERWORK.
>> Judge Brown: ...BE PUT ON
NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A
FORFEITURE SITUATION OF E
ANIMAL.
OKAY.
YOU STILL VE THE DOG?
>> I SLL HAVE CUSTODY OF THEHE
DOG, AND I DID T TRY- SEVEVERAL
OCCASIONS -- T TRYRYG TO
YMENT OUT OFONAND NEVER
RECEIV A DIME.
WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME THAT HE
WOULD BE COMING INTO TOWN, VISIT
HIS KIDS, AND COME OUT TO MY
PLACE TO SQUARE UPITH ME.
NONE OF TH EVER HAPPENED.
EITHER DEMBER OR JANUARY,
CALLED HIM LEFT M A
MESSAGSAYIYING, "WL, BEING
THATE E PAST OVER 90 DS,
WHY DON'T YOSTIGN YO D
OV TO MEME, THE PEORORK AND
THTHE PEDIEE- SIGN IT ALERER
TO ME."
ANAT NEVERERAPPE EITITHER.
>> Judge Brown: WELL, NOW, IT
SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ALLEGING HE
REFUSED TO DO THAT AND REFUSED
SEND THE PAPERWORK.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> Jeanne: WE'LL BE BACK WITH
MORE "JUDGE JOE BROWN" IN A
MENT
>> THAT VIO WAS S SHOTOT
APOXIMATY FOURR FIVE
MOMONTHSER IAD STOPPED
TRAING GUNUNNER.
PRR TO THAHE WAS PROBLY
ONE OFOF THEHE BT RETRIEVERS THT
I'VEVE EVER WORKEDITH.
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>> Jeanne: WE'RE BACK WITH
"JUDGE JOE BROWN."
THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE SS
HE WAS TRAINING THE DEFENDANT'S
DOG EN THE PAYMENTSTOPPED.
HE SAYS HE KEPTHE ANIM AS
COLLATERAL UNTIL THE AOUNT WAS
PAID IN FULL.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGE THINKS.
>> Judge Brown: WHAT SEEMS TO BE
SITUATATION N HERE?
>> I DROPPED GUNR OFF F WI
JEFF AND THEN, ABOUT A MONTH AND
A HALF LATER, I ENDED UP COMING
OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO WORK, AND
DURING THAT TIME, ENDED UP, MY
WIFE AND I SEPARAT.
WE WERE GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE,
AND THERE WAS FINANCIAL
HARDSHIPS.
>> Judge Brown: NO MONEY.
>> YESSI
AND I TOLD JEFF THAT, AND THEN I
KNEW WN THE 90 DAYS S COMING
ABT.
I'D COME HOME, AND JEFF SENT ME
SOME PAPERWORK SAYING THAT IF I
FA FURTHER THAN -DAYS
BEND, WLD TAKOWNERSHI
OFUNNER.
Judge B Bwn: WHY IS T THAT DOG
STILL THERE, ABANDED, IN A
HALF-TRAINED STATE?
WE'RE TALKING SOMEWHERE AROUND
,600, IT'S NOT CHEAP TO
TRAIAIN A DOG BE A HUER, AND
THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
>> TRAING D BOARDING COSTS
AREN'T CHEAP
>> I DO HAVE A VIDEO THAT YOU
CAN SEE, AND YOU CAN SEE
GUNNER'S PROGRESS UP TO THIS
POINT THAT WAS SHOT, I BELIEVE,
TWO MONTHS AGO.
>> Judge Brown: LET'S TAKE
LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
>> GUNNER!
>> HE VEERED TTHE RIGH
BECAUSE THAT WAS T COUOF
THE HILLSO HE FOLLOWS DOWNHE
TERRAIN, BUT HE'S IN THE HUNT
AREA.
AND NOHE'S COMG BACK I
THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL
"PERSEVERANCE."
HE IS STILL NOT WILLING TO GIVE
UP, WHICH IS A GOOD DOG.
THAT VIDEO WAS SHOT
APPRIMATFOUR OR FIVE
MOHS AFTER I HAD STOPPED
TRTRNING GUNNER.
PRIOR TO THAT, HE S PROBABLY
ONOF THE BEST RETRIEVERS THAT
I'VE EVER RKED WITH.
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>> Judge BrownNOW, WHAT ARE
YOU NNA DO AUT THI
>> WELL, WHAT I WANT TO DO ISI
WANT TO GET MY DOG BACK, AND I
CALLED JF ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO
AND ASASKED HIM IF I COULD COME
GET GUNNER.
>>HAT IS TRUE.
HE D DO THAT, D MY RESPONSE
TOIM WAS NO, BECAUSE GUNNER
WAS THE ONLY COLLATERAL I HAD TO
MAKE SURE.
IF JONEALLY WANTS HIS DOG
BACK, HE'D BE SHOWING UP TODAY.
>> Judge Brown: EXCELLENT POINT.
NOW, IF YOU GET YOUR MONEY, ARE
YOU WIING TO GET THE DOG BACK
TO HIM?
>> GIVE IT BACK TO HIM, YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
NO MORE TRAINI ON IT, THOUGH,
BUT YES.
>> Judge Brown: UNLESS HE PAYS
THE TRNING FEES, WHAT WE
HAVE -- THE ACCOUNT'UP TO
$3,645SO THAT'LL BE YOUR
AWARD.
>> NO, YOUR HONOR.
>> Jud Brown: WHAT, MORE?
>> BEING THAT THE DOG ISTILL
IN MY CUSTODY, THERE ARE STILL
BOARDING FEES, AND I HAVE -- IF
JON CAME TO MY PCE --
>> Judge Brown: WHAT ARE THE
CURRENT BOARDING FEES?
>> IF N CAME TO ME TODAY --
>> Jud Brown: YOMAY END.
WHATRE THE FEES?
>> $17 A DAY.
>> Judge Brown: SO WHAT DOES
THAT ADD UP TO?
>> $2,992.
>> Judge Bro: SO WHAT'S THAT
BRING YOUR TOT UP TO?
>> THE GRAND TOTAL, IF JON CAME
TO PICK HIS DOG UP TODAY, IT
WOULD BE $5,848.22.
>> Judge BrownTHAT EXCEEDS OUR
JURISDICTIONAL LIMIMIT, SO...
$5,000 AND YOUR COSTS.
AT'LL THE AWARD, AND IF YOU
GET THAT IN, THEN WE'LL GET THE
DOG BACK.
>> THAT WOWOULD BEBE FTASTST,
>> J Judge Brown: ALL RI
>> Miss Sonini T TS COUROOM IS
NOW IN R RESS.
>> Jeanne: SOMETHINGENT "FOWL"
TH THE BIRD-DOG TRAINING, BUBUT
THE E NT S STOPS HERE.E.
THE DEFENDANT NEEDS TOTO PAY F F
NTHS OF ARDING AND HE' GET
S DOG BACK.
WE'LL BE RIG BACK.
>> Jeanne: WE'RE BACK.
THE PLAINTF TRAINS DOGS TO
HUNT, BUT TH TE HE ENDED UP
WITH T DENDANT IN HIS
SI, THEY STRUCK A A DEAL FOROR
5 GRANFOR CK FS, AND THE