“I’m going to sue you! Your dog attacked my child!” — shouted the woman, but as it turned out, my dog was innocent
“I’m going to sue you! Your dog attacked my child!” — yelled the woman, bursting into the yard with a face twisted by anger. In her arms was a crying little girl of about six, holding her hand to her stomach where a scratch was clearly visible.
I froze. My dog, Rocky, was calmly sitting by the flowerbed, wagging his tail. We had known him for almost five years — smart, calm, never even growled at anyone — and now such accusations. The woman screamed as if we kept a wild beast at home. She had already called the police and demanded the “mad dog” be put down immediately.
I was shaking but tried to speak calmly:
— My dog couldn’t have hurt anyone. He’s calm and loves children. Maybe your daughter is at fault. If you don’t believe me, there’s a camera in our yard. Do you want to see what happened?
The police agreed. We went inside — the camera was right above the door, covering the whole yard and the area where the incident happened.
We started to play the footage…
There — Rocky is lying by the bench, watching the sparrows. A few seconds later, the woman and the girl enter the yard.
The girl approaches the dog… We slowed down the video and were horrified by what we saw. My dog…
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The girl is holding something in her hand… what is it? Something shiny…
It was a stun gun. The police exchanged looks.
The footage clearly shows: the girl approaches Rocky, reaches out her hand — click. The dog yelps, jumps up, and runs away. The girl jumps back and falls to the ground. The scratch was probably from the fall or a bush.
The girl’s mother went pale when she saw this.
— This can’t be… — she muttered. — This… this isn’t hers…
One of the officers turned to her:
— Where did the child get a stun gun?
The woman sat down on the floor.
— It’s… my husband’s… He kept it in the car… she probably took it without asking…
We sat in silence. Rocky quietly went into the house, as if he wanted to make sure everything was okay.
My poor dog, what he had to endure from these rude people!