Zac escaped tonight. He was only out for about 10 seconds and came straight back when I called him but in the meantime my nasty neighbours saw him. He got out once before, 10 months ago, and they were fuming (not Doberman fans) and said if they saw him out again, they'd call the police. So, sure enough, tonight they called the police.
As it happens, the police were very nice and they understood that my neighbour was just being a bit of a cow, but Zac made things a whole lot worse - I brought the police over to meet him, to show them how UN-dangerous he is, and he went for the police!
I was holding onto him so it was fine, no damage done, not even a scratch, but it completely ruined my description of him as a soft and gentle dog. He NEVER goes for anyone, is completely soppy with strangers - and just to compound his misdemeanours, the whole time I was out there talking to the police, he was jumping against the door, barking, even growling!
He's fine now they've gone, all I can assume is that the uniforms freak him out.
Does anyone have any ideas what I can do about this? I can't have him terrorising policemen!