Sarah: Get that wild beast off my daughter right now! He's going to hurt her!
Mark: What is wrong with you officers?! CALL 911 RIGHT NOW!
Officer Pogliotti: STAY BACK! THIS IS TEXAS POLICE! DO NOT APPROACH!
Mark: Are you insane?! Your dog just tackled my eight-year-old daughter to the ground!
Sarah: Lily! Baby, are you okay?! Don't move, sweetie!
Lily: Mommy, he's so heavy! I'm scared!
Officer Pogliotti: Nobody move a single step! Mark, Sarah, stay exactly where you are!
Mark: I don't care who you are! If that K9 bites my kid, I'm suing the city and your entire department!
Officer Pogliotti: Sir, I am ordering you to stand down! Trust me right now!
Sarah: Trust you?! Your animal attacked an innocent little girl playing with a frisbee!
Mark took an aggressive step toward Rex, his face flushed red with anger and terror. He reached out to grab the dog's tactical vest to pull him off his daughter. Rex let out a low, vibration-heavy growl, but he did not snap at the father or the girl. Instead, he kept his body planted firmly over Lily, shielding her torso completely while pressing his weight gently against her chest to keep her from getting up.
Officer Pogliotti: Mark, back off! If you grab him, you make this ten times worse!
Mark: You have five seconds to remove this dog or I swear I'm taking legal action!
Sarah: Look at her! She's crying! She's terrified!
Officer Pogliotti: Look at Rex's posture, Mark! Look where his eyes are!
Mark: I don't give a damn about your dog's posture!
Officer Pogliotti: He isn't looking at Lily! He isn't biting her! He's guarding her!
Sarah: Guarding her from what?! There's nothing out here but grass!
Officer Pogliotti: Look at the bush right behind her head. Nobody make a sound or move a muscle.
Sarah collapsed to her knees on the dry oak leaves, clutching her face in tears while staring at her daughter. Mark paused, his eyes shifting from the officer's dead-serious expression down to the shadowed brush just inches from Lily's outstretched yellow frisbee. The initial anger in the park suddenly dissolved into a heavy, suffocating silence.
Lily: Daddy... why is the doggie whimpering?
Officer Pogliotti: Shh... keep completely still, sweetheart. Don't move your hand.
Mark: Officer... what's in those leaves?
Officer Pogliotti: Just stay quiet, Mark. Let Rex do his job.
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