This is the horrifying moment a dog was nearly strangled by its own lead after it got caught in the doors of an elevator and was hoisted into the air.
The black-and-white pup was seen strolling into the lift in an apartment building in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on October 14, as its owner, an elderly man, stopped to pick up some bags.
As he finished his tasks, he went to walk into the lift – but he was cut off by its doors before he could enter.
As a result, the frightened dog’s lead and harness were caught. Seconds later, the lift began moving, leaving the pup dangling and waving its limbs in fear.
Thankfully, the harness and lead snapped, leading to the dog falling to the floor with little to no damage.
The black-and-white pup was seen strolling into the lift in an apartment building in the Chinese city of Shijiazhuang on October 14
The doors closed as the elderly man was finished picking up his bags
The pup was horrified as it was lifted off the ground
The frightened dog’s lead and harness were caught. Seconds later, the lift began moving, leaving the pup dangling and waving its limbs in fear
The dog’s lead thankfully snapped, leaving it with little to no injuries
Dogs on leads are known to get caught in lift doors. Last year, a heroic Brazilian boy was hailed for his quick thinking, after his small dog’s lead was caught in a lift.
The heroic moment was captured on camera just as Thiago Magalhães, 11, and Milú were about leave to his building for a walk in Goänia, Brazil.
Milú can be spotted in the video following the boy into the elevator as her leash from the collar dragged on the floor.
Magalhães reached to press the button for the ride before the elevator’s doors shut.
The elevator moved within seconds and Milú could be seen being pulled to the elevator’s ceiling.
A frightened Magalhães reached for the collar and was dragged with her, too.
Thiago Magalhães seen here with his pet dog, Milú. The 11-year-old boy said he ‘felt a lot of despair’ when he saw his pet’s collar stuck between two elevator doors in his building in Brazil before he managed to rescue her
Surveillance camera shows Thiago Magalhães being pulled to the ceiling of his apartment building’s elevator moments before he was able to save his pet dog from possibly being choked to death by her own collar
Somehow, the boy managed to hold on to the leash and prevent Milú from possibly being choked to death.
They subsequently fell to the ground as the collar broke. Magalhães later requested emergency assistance.
He told Brazilian outlet G1 that he entered a state of desperation and panic as he saw his best friend dangling from the elevator ceiling.
‘I don’t know where I got the courage, I went on impulse,’ Magalhães said.
He and Milú were trapped in the elevator and were safely removed without incident.
‘I was very scared of what happened and realised that the situation was very serious and that it could have been fatal for both the dog and my son,’ the boy’s father, Rodrigo Magalhães, said.
