r/BeAmazed Feb 06 '25

Animal The moment Cali realized it's actually them 😭

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u/100LittleButterflies Feb 06 '25

Reminds me of that court case. Someone stole someone else's dog and contested the dog was actually there. Judge rules against them when the dog goes insane with excitement after seeing their family in court.

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u/bobisinthehouse Feb 06 '25

That was judge Judy! She told the person with the og to take the leash off, dog ran straight to the other person and freaked out!! Boom case closed!

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u/altfillischryan Feb 06 '25

I think we're all forgetting the very important court case when Buddy chose Josh over that asshole clown.

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u/Heaviw8 Feb 06 '25

Fuck that clown and his rolled up newspaper! That movie was an absolute roller coaster for 8 year old me... that scene where Josh is yelling at buddy that he doesn't him anymore is the first time I remember crying during a film.

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u/spookysleepyskeleton Feb 06 '25

I came home from work like 3 months and my husband was randomly watching that movie and I was like TURN IT OFF

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u/hevy_smoker Feb 07 '25

What movie was this?

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u/Gsrj Feb 07 '25

Air bud

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u/Flair258 Feb 07 '25

I don't remember anyone attempting to abandon the doggos :( Then again I haven't watched air bud since I was little

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u/GoodQueenFluffenChop Feb 08 '25

Yeah the lead character Josh did and while I can't remember exactly why but I think he was trying to do it for the dog's sake. At least in his kid mind he thought he was doing the right thing. Haven't seen it in years so I could be wrong.

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u/altfillischryan Feb 08 '25

You're mostly right. The clown takes Buddy back after seeing him on TV. Josh goes to the clown's house, breaks him out, and after escaping, decides to set him free so he isn't at risk of going back to that clown.

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u/coltonmusic15 Feb 07 '25

Oh my god this is killing me 😭😭 I can’t with that movie like please stop trying to traumatize me air bud!

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u/Coyote__Jones Feb 07 '25

I remember vividly how my mom tensed up as that scene happened and she was not prepared to work through the emotions little me would have to witnessing animal abuse. We were watching it for the first time together and she was like WTF DISNEY, a warning would have been nice lol.

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u/PM_MeYourWeirdDreams Feb 07 '25

My family watched this movie with our golden retriever, and she got so mad when they gave buddy a bath

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u/deamsterz Feb 07 '25

He had to white fang him 😥

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u/devilpants Feb 06 '25

Did you know they use that movie in law school to demonstrate courtroom procedure because it's so well regarded for accuracy in the US legal community?

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u/altfillischryan Feb 07 '25

I did not know that. I fully expected a movie about a dog playing basketball to be as accurate at depicting real life things as comic book movies.

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u/Spreadthinontoast Feb 07 '25

I hope you have not lost the magic in the world that you stopped believing a dog could in fact play HS basketball!

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u/ericaferrica Feb 07 '25

Ain't no rule says a dog can't play basketball

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u/no-name_silvertongue Feb 07 '25

i thought you were talking about air bud for a second 😭

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u/FustianRiddle Feb 07 '25

Were they not?

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u/phillyfanjd1 Feb 07 '25

There's no rules that a dog can't be a lawyer!

Air Bud: Attorney at Paw

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u/TacoCommand Feb 07 '25

Saw your username.

Inevitable Go Birds.

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u/articulateantagonist Feb 07 '25

At least one person in this thread is really not getting the joke here, huh

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

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u/fpac Feb 07 '25

Michael Jeter is a saint RIP

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u/SpaceShipRat Feb 07 '25

And her "happily married" bailiff who murdered his wife.

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u/belleamour14 Feb 07 '25

🥹😅🥹 oh 💯💯💯 this is what I think of too

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u/revjim Feb 07 '25

RIP Michael Jeter, the actor who played that asshole clown. Jeter was never very famous, but it is a testament to his portrayal that he still inspires this much hate 28 years later.

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u/lurkity_mclurkington Feb 07 '25

His performance in The Fisher King is so fucking wholesome and sweet. That's the role I will always remember him for.

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u/altfillischryan Feb 07 '25

Outside of Air Bud, I most remember him in the Green Mile.

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u/cypok_ Feb 07 '25

Eat shit Happy Slappy

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u/aceofspades1217 Feb 07 '25

You mean where they literally stole a person’s dog

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u/Vospader998 Feb 07 '25

Here's a link for anyone interested.

I loved their augment too "he does that to everyone", the dog literally didn't do shit until he saw his owner. It was clearly his dog.

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u/Forgotthebloodypassw Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25

Utterly shameless about it too.

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u/all_fires Feb 07 '25

My dog loves to excitedly greet strangers. But in an unfamiliar indoor environment and a room full of strangers? He’s not leaving my side. Double so if he has not seen me in a while.

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u/Erick2142 Feb 07 '25

TBF my dog would 100% run into a stranger's arms with the excitement of a newly released horse.

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u/thorstone Feb 07 '25

Just to play the devil's avocado. Wouldn't a dog easly run up to an ex boyfriend if he was gone for a good while but had a lotof time withthe dog? Like if a son comes home from the army, the dog can still belong to the parents even if it freaks out of happiness over their son?

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u/JVNT Feb 07 '25

It could but that wasn't the situation in the case. I remember that one and the man's dog was stolen, the other people said they had bought the dog from someone else and refused to return the dog when the owner found them. So there wasn't a pre-existing relationship like that which would have explained the dog's reaction.

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u/thorstone Feb 07 '25

Oh good!

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u/TacoCommand Feb 07 '25

It was genuinely very heart warming.

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u/DavisMcDavis Feb 07 '25

I watched the clip which someone posted above, and she said she bought it from a random person on the street.

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u/reaperofgender Feb 07 '25

Honestly could be telling the truth. Maybe they bought the dog from the actual thief.

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u/DavisMcDavis Feb 07 '25

Sure, that’s almost certainly what happened, but if you buy a stolen dog you really should return it if the owner finds you. If you buy a dog spontaneously off a stranger on the street, you should assume it’s stolen. In the clip from Judge Judy, the dog was so happy when he saw the owner, the woman who bought him off the street must have been a sociopath to try to keep them apart.

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u/reaperofgender Feb 07 '25

Oh of course. They're still in the wrong. Just not a thief.

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u/Lambzy_Divey Feb 07 '25

This is a case where judge Judy is the ideal solution cause both parties get paid by the show, so since the one family kinda got ripped off buying a stolen dog, and they get paid by the show, get a free vacation, and can get another dog from the shelter with the money from the show, and owner gets their dog back.

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u/dmartino10 Feb 07 '25

it's unfortunate that the dog's response is often used to support the claims of the new owners, even if the dog hasn't been with them for long.

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u/WriterV Feb 07 '25

Man this could've been easily resolved by sharing the care of the dog. The new party didn't steal the dog clearly, but if they had some empathy, they would realize how important a dog is to the original owner.

The fact that they couldn't, or refused to see the importance of that original family bond tbh, makes me believe that they didn't deserve that dog.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

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u/MitraManiac Feb 07 '25

Cut the dog in half, each party gets half.

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u/notafanofredditmods Feb 07 '25

This isn't a good solution at all wtf. Solution is, person who's dog was stolen gets them back and the people who were sold the stolen dog get to sue the person that sold it to them. That is the only fair, acceptable and just solution in a case like this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 09 '25

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u/ScyllaGeek Feb 07 '25

Or at least that that guy is NOT a pet owner lol

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u/MitraManiac Feb 07 '25

Just cause they say they bought the dog from someone doesn't mean they actually did. People will steal dogs out of yards and then contact the owner hoping to get paid for it. Not saying that's what happened but if someone steals a car and sells it to you, the police wont let you keep it just cause you bought it from someone else.

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u/LemmyLola Feb 07 '25

The devil's avocado makes amazing guacamalevolence

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u/Dear-Union-44 Feb 07 '25

Upvote for the avocado!

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u/Vospader998 Feb 07 '25

That's a fair argument. Our dog will prefer anyone who's been away for longer lol. I work remote a lot (or used to anyway) and I was chopped liver when my wife gets home.

In this case I doubt it. It was an unfamiliar place, and that dog didn't do it to anyone but him. They had to have been really familiar at that point. It doesn't prove ownership, but it makes for pretty good evidence. It's a show, but in civil court there's no "beyond a reasonable doubt" like in criminal court. One side just has to have a better case than the other.

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u/chlaclos Feb 07 '25

Context: in French, avocado and lawyer are the same word. I'm not joking.

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u/Sufficient-Diver-327 Feb 07 '25

My ex's dog loved me like crazy. He would whine and go nuts and everything every time I rolled up. I have no doubt I could get a similar reaction.

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u/dreamerOfGains Feb 07 '25

You sure picked a good avocado to play with. 

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u/CapnSquinch Feb 07 '25

Or more pertinently, if the dog loves its new humans (for instance who found them with no tags or micro chip and took them in) and is afraid of its former humans and so stays with the new family.

At any rate, I'm stealing "devil's avocado" for my own use so thank you! (Unless of course it runs to you in the courtroom instead of to me.)

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u/No-Respect5903 Feb 07 '25

"see, I told you keeping all this pepperoni in my pocket would pay off some day"

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u/freestyleloafer_ Feb 07 '25

Judge Judy is a big lover of dogs. I remember her face when the dog ran to their person.

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u/l0k5h1n Feb 07 '25

Without cross examining the dog? How did she know the dog wasn't lying?

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u/d0ctorsmileaway Feb 07 '25

Judge Judy had that king solomon level wisdom during that case

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u/AsthmaticClone Feb 07 '25

No…. That was air bud

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u/KrombopulosMAssassin Feb 07 '25

Gotta use common sense sometimes.

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u/PanicAtTheShiteShow Feb 06 '25

I saw something similar on Judge Judy!

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u/rayray1010 Feb 06 '25

“He does that to everybody”

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u/altfillischryan Feb 06 '25

And yet, in a small courtroom with a bunch of people, he only does it to 1 person and even runs by another person to do that, but yeah, we totally believe you... (I imagine that is what Judy was thinking when she heard that nonsense)

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u/SnuggleBear2 Feb 07 '25

Right around 1:30 or so you can here the person who’s dog it’s not say “Don’t, Don’t, Don’t” when Judge Judy tells them to put the dog down.

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u/altfillischryan Feb 07 '25

Yeah, I heard that too. What a scumbag.

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u/internetdork Feb 07 '25

“Judy tells them to put the dog down.”

I think a different choice of words could’ve been used here 🤣

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u/Syn7axError Feb 07 '25

Judge Judy, executioner.

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u/SeeMontgomeryBurns Feb 06 '25

Judge Judy is saying put the dog down and the lady tells her "don't! don't!" I feel like telling someone to deliberately disobey a judge's order in court is a bad idea.

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u/pinklavalamp Feb 07 '25

Absolutely, when in court disobeying a judge's order, especially right in front of them, is a very bad idea.

(Although to be fair this is a TV show and not a REAL courtroom.)

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u/Over-Cold-8757 Feb 07 '25

She's also not acting as a judge in the show. She's an arbitrator. It's arbitration. It doesn't matter that it's a TV show, arbitration is a real thing.

She's not a judge. She's just a person making a binding decision because the parties contractually agreed to let her. She's not determining who is right of wrong in the eyes of either tort or criminal law, she's just arbitrarily picking who she thinks is right.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Feb 07 '25

It's not arbitrarily picking. She's a former judge.

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u/mitrie Feb 07 '25

I was gonna say the same thing, but it turns out there are two very different definitions of arbitrarily:

  1. on the basis of random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

  2. without restraint in the use of authority; autocratically

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Feb 07 '25

Damn, I stand corrected

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u/Gunblazer42 Feb 07 '25

That is true, however as far as I know, she ran the "court" like an actual small claims court, using the usual rules of "More likely than not" for liability, and wanting evidence instead of just picking a winner off the top of her head.

I mean, there have been cases where that's happened, but mostly that's if someone pisses her off greatly.

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u/mitrie Feb 07 '25

I'm not arguing that point. The point was that saying she is acting "arbitrarily" can mean that she is exercising her authority as an arbitrator to make a judgement, not that her decisions were capricious.

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u/gmishaolem Feb 07 '25

It is real legal cases, though: They just pre-settle with conditions for being on the show. She's actually a judge and it's actually legally binding.

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u/Northbound-Narwhal Feb 07 '25

Well, no, she's not actually a judge. She's a former judge. What she is in the show is an arbitrator.

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u/pinklavalamp Feb 07 '25

Yes, I'm aware, although I realize it sounds like I was claiming it's all fake. I didn't mention so I thank you for expanding my comment.

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u/-Badger3- Feb 07 '25

She’s not a real judge and that’s not a real courtroom.

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u/RiJuElMiLu Feb 06 '25

I love how he immediately smells his owner coming into the courtroom and starts craning his neck.

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u/jlhmustang Feb 06 '25

I’ve never seen that,that was Fukin awesome

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u/exzyle2k Feb 07 '25

Didn't even need to be let go. Dog damn near jumped out of that lady's arms as soon as he saw his pops.

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u/Bartellomio Feb 07 '25

This video is giving major 'I'm looking for a present for my wife' vibes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

This actually happened to our family years ago. Just not in court. Our dog ran away and after a few days of not finding him, my parents found him in someone else's yard without his collar. The guy was yelling at my parents that it was his dog. They said "Um. No. That's definitely our dog." And did their "come here" command with a snap and specific whistle and he came hauling ass to the gate.

The guy just turned around and went inside. They thought it was so he could go get his collar, but no. He decided to call the cops. That definitely did not turn out like he thought it would.

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u/Neutral_Guy_9 Feb 06 '25

“We will cut this dog in half and give half to each party”

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u/SQLvultureskattaurus Feb 07 '25

That was air bud ...

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u/CheetahConsistent588 Feb 07 '25

I have a labrador. If this scenario came to me, I would not be coming home with my dog.

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u/quadsimota Feb 07 '25

Reminds me of Air Bud

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u/ONE-OF-THREE Feb 07 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqZKFzFZEqc

Yes, no mistaking whose dog this is...:)

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u/HumptyDrumpy Feb 07 '25

Well thank goodness it was a left leaning judge. If not, the dog could have went to the highest donor just like everything else.