Bruce had bonded with all of us so well, and seemed so focussed on Linda, that after a couple of months, silly Becky said “oh, let’s see what he’s like off the lead”. We let him off and... he ran. In the opposite direction. We called him. He carried on running. We got in the car and pretended to drive off. He looked at us, laughed with joy at his freedom, and carried on running away. We finally recaptured him trying to play with a dog near where he was originally chained. A second, far longer, session on the internet revealed that You Never Let Huskies Off The Lead because they run away. Never. They dig holes to get out. They climb up fences to get out. They hang on the underside of cages trying to find a way out. And when they get out, they will run and run! Here’s Linda with a firm grip on him!