This is the horrifying moment a dog was almost strangled with his own leash after getting caught in a lift doors and being lifted into the air.
The black and white puppy was seen entering the elevator of an apartment building in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on October 14, while his owner, an elderly man, stopped to pick up some bags.
When he finished his tasks, he went to walk towards the elevator, but the doors cut him off before he could enter.
As a result, the frightened dog’s leash and harness became trapped. Seconds later, the elevator began to move, leaving the puppy dangling and flailing his limbs in fear.
Fortunately, the harness and leash broke, causing the dog to fall to the ground with little to no damage.
The black and white puppy was seen entering the elevator of an apartment building in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on October 14.
The doors closed as the old man finished collecting his suitcases.
The puppy was horrified when he was picked up from the ground.
The frightened dog’s leash and harness became trapped. Seconds later, the elevator began to move, leaving the puppy dangling and flailing his limbs in fear.
Fortunately, the dog’s leash broke, leaving him with little to no injuries.
Leashed dogs have been known to get stuck in elevator doors. Last year, a heroic Brazilian boy was hailed for his quick thinking after his small dog’s leash got caught in an elevator.
The heroic moment was captured on camera just as Thiago Magalhães, 11, and Milú were about to leave their building for a walk in Goänia, Brazil.
Snowy can be seen in the video following the boy to the elevator as his collar leash drags on the floor.
Magalhães reached over to press the ride button before the elevator doors closed.
The elevator moved in seconds and Snowy could be seen being dragged towards the roof of the elevator.
Magalhães, frightened, reached for the neck and was also dragged with her.
Thiago Magalhães seen here with his dog, Milú. The 11-year-old boy said he “felt a lot of despair” when he saw his pet’s collar trapped between two elevator doors in his building in Brazil before managing to rescue her.
Surveillance camera shows Thiago Magalhães being dragged to the roof of his apartment building’s elevator moments before he was able to save his dog from possible suffocation by his own collar.
Somehow, the boy managed to hold on to the leash and prevent Snowy from possibly suffocating to death.
They later fell to the ground when the necklace broke. Magalhães subsequently requested emergency assistance.
He told Brazilian outlet G1 that he went into a state of despair and panic when he saw his best friend hanging from the ceiling of the elevator.
“I don’t know where I got the courage from, I went on impulse,” Magalhães said.
He and Snowy became trapped in the elevator and were removed safely and without incident.
“I was very scared by what happened and I realized that the situation was very serious and that it could have been fatal for both the dog and my son,” said the boy’s father, Rodrigo Magalhães.