I was walking JacJac downstairs when he spotted two resident mynas and for some reason decided to give chase. Trouble is that he caught me unawares and the leash was tugged out of my hands.
Upon seeing the handle of the (retractable) leash fall onto the floor, I reckon he got freaked out thinking that the handle is a monster chasing him as he took off as if all hell had broken loose (of course he was actually pulling it along all the time). He dashed about blindly and slipped out of my reach as I tried to pounce on the leash. He then sprinted around as he tried to outrun the leash while yelping in fear, with me chasing him under two blocks of flats, car park driveway and finally onto the multi-storey car park.
He almost got ran over by a car that was just driving in at that time.
Here is a picture of JacJac's "monster" leash and scars it sustained from all the bangs and knocks it received as it was dragged at high speed across grass, drains, ledges, concrete, pavement, etc.This episode really teaches me to never take things for granted. Despite the fact that JacJac's behaviour in public has been commendable -- no tugging, generally keeping pace by the side, never chasing stray cats nor shown aggression towards other dogs, etc, we can never be sure what situations may arise and sh!t can just hit the fan at the most unexpected moments.
Funny as it may sound, having JacJac is no different from having a real baby. It is good training for what may come in future.
More on that at some other time.
This is JacJac staring intently and apprehensively at the "monster" after we reached the office.
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