COEUR d'ALENE - Jordan's a stud.

So much so, a television show in Los Angeles took notice and invited him for a guest spot on a reality television show.

Think 'The Hills,' mixed with Animal Planet and given a judge.

That's Jordan, Karen King's 4-year-old pure-bred Yorkie, who fathered a litter of pups with his then-girlfriend, Jasmine, another Yorkie.

The result of what played out after the pups were born will be shown on an episode of the "Judge Joe Brown Show," set to air in September.

That's right, a celebrity judge had to get involved.

"If I could meet a man with Judge Joe Brown's values and his respect for women," King said of the presiding ruler of the courtroom reality show airing for a dozen years, "I'd date again."

As it turns out, Brown thumped his gavel in a decision over the Coeur d'Alene matter in May, after King and an acquaintance of hers were flown to Los Angeles to settle the dispute between the two for the whole country to see.

Producers for the show flew the disputing duo out after King e-mailed the show describing the problem. King had filed her complaint at the Kootenai County Courthouse, and the television show said it was interesting enough for Hollywood. So the claim left the local level and went south.

"It was something so great I should have had terrible butterflies," King said of appearing before her favorite judge, one whose motto is "Take Care of Your Own Business," and whom King has watched impose law for 12 years.

Terms of appearing on it didn't allow her to disclose the outcome until after airtime.

But the background of the story is this:

King sold a pregnant Jasmine to the acquaintance for $600 before the pups were born. The contract for the sale, which King wrote out on a piece of paper, would only kick in once the litter was out - when the new owner could sell each one for around $600.

The pups were born toward the end of 2009, but the new owner, King claimed, never paid. She said the new owner said the pups didn't sell as planned.

A script tailor made for the bright lights.

The acquaintance, in the role of defendant, couldn't be reached for comment.

Whatever the outcome, King said it was a thrill to be on the show. The studio set's lights did blind her, but she said she made her case convincing.

"I wanted to get Jordan to smile for him," he said of the dog's toothy grin for the judge.

But that didn't happen. In fact, the pup the acquaintance brought was grown, in heat, and the scent had Jordan in a stir. So much so, King said Brown looked like he probably wanted to just get the case over when he thumped his ruling.

Jordan wore a Judge Joe Brown T-shirt for the occasion.

"And my little guy got to be on TV," King said.