This dog must have had a bad day.
On Nov. 23, the Upper West Side dog looked like a broken bone when he was photographed navigating a narrow ledge on the 15th floor of a West 86th Street building about 200 feet off the ground. It looked like it was.
“I saw him walk to the end.” [of the ledge] And he was craning his neck over the edge. I was stunned,” said witness Dian Romano, who posted the shocking snap on the Nextdoor app. “It's very disturbing. There's no good explanation for this.”
“At first I thought it was a statue because it was frozen on the shelf,” said Romano, who was visiting a friend's apartment when he spotted the medium-sized daredevil.
At one point, Romano said, the dog stopped near the apartment window and reared up on its hind legs, as if trying to get the attention of someone inside.
Romano, who called 911, said the deadly dog remained on the shelf for 15 minutes. NYPD responded but could not find the dog. The gruesome scene prompted at least one 311 complaint, which was filed and quickly closed.
“I don't understand how this happened, and I don't know how that dog was able to move around in the air. It must be a building code violation or an animal hazard,” Romano said.
A doorman at the building confirmed the incident and told the Post that he had previously received complaints about the dangerous dog.
The doorman said building management met with the unidentified owners and urged them to keep their dogs away from the shelves. On Wednesday, the dog's owner appears to have placed an outdoor chair near the ledge opening to block the dog's path.
Some nearby residents accused the elevated line of doing so, saying it amounted to animal cruelty.
When shown the photo, one man said, “You've got to be kidding.” “Is that a dog? I can't believe it.”
“Someone needs to be arrested,” another argued. “It's very dangerous. I hope he's okay.”
Others wondered if this pup was simply tired of the rat race.
“He looks like an old dog,” one neighbor recalled. “Maybe he's had enough.”
Dog behaviorist Dominique Feichtner told the Post that the edgy dog is no laughing matter.
“This is a case of neglect and carelessness,” he said. “The moment they realized this was happening, they obviously should have conditioned the dog to sleep, rest, and relax in the crate when not being supervised.”
