Ironic that you should mention this. The other day when I took Gull and Murph to the pet resort, Gull unexpectedly bailed out of the car on me at a very busy highway.

I had opened the back of the car and then slipped his leash on. Since he's normally afraid of heights, he's never attempted to jump out before, so I didn't say "Wait". I took my focus off of him for a second to put Murph's leash on and out he went.

He wasn't at a full run or anything, so with just a couple of steps I could step on the leash and stop him. He's got a fairly good recall, so I don't think we were in any real danger, but I have to admit I was glad he had his leash on and we didn't have to test that recall, right next to such a busy highway.

Edited to add: I also lucked out in that I got back to the car very quickly, because Murph was leaning over the edge, contemplating jumping himself.

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