Love the picture, poor pup looks like he's holding on for dear life, which unfortunately from his point of view he is....

From the story....it seems he wasn't too traumatized by his first attempt ....
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"In this case, PSD Niko took to rappelling very quickly (a matter of hours)," she said. "This photo is of his first high rappel of five storeys, and he has since mastered the task."