This is the hangdog moment when a pooch owner nearly throttles her pet to death when its lead becomes trapped in a set of lift doors.

Shocking security CCTV footage of the drama dated 24th January emerged from a high-rise apartment block. In Voronezh, in south-western Russia,

The footage shows the white dog and its owner returning from a walk with the dog still on its long, retractable lead.

But just as the doors begin to close, the dog shoots out into the hall trapping its lead.

As the lift begins to go up, the dog is agonisingly lifted off its feet and into the air as its collar begins to strangle it.

Twisting and turning desperately, the dog tries to escape while it is being choked slowly to death.

Amazingly, it survives when the clasp holding the lead to its collar snaps. And it tumbles down to the lobby floor running out the door in fright as the footage ends.

Local media reported that the dog survived without injury.