Don’t worry! I’ll hold my own leash!
Last weekend I was in downtown Charleston taking photos. After finishing my walk I sat down on a seat in Waterfront Park and watched the people walk by, camera in hand.
After a moment, a lady came by jogging. A few seconds behind her was a dog. Nothing unusual, you say. Well, the dog was jogging a few steps behind carrying its own leash! I’d never seen that before and sincerely doubt that I’ll see it again any time soon unless I see this same woman somewhere.
When the lady returned, I made sure to snap a picture. I made a remark to her about never having seen it, she laughed and said that she hadn’t either and that the dog just learned to do that on her own!
The things that you see while sitting and watching! 
I showed Hobbs the picture, but he wasn’t interested in learning how to do this! He said that if he had the leash in his mouth, he couldn’t pick up those important morsels that he finds on the ground!
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My father had a Lab that did the same thing, she would also go get her leash and bring to you when she wanted to go out.
Mine not so much, they expect me to know things.
What a funny story and photo. Kind of makes you wonder what might be the point of the leash in this case.
I have to hand it to Hobbs. He has a great point. I don’t how how you could refute his logic.
I’ve seen this a few times. My guess is that the leash is a symbol to the dog of ‘walk,’ and the dog, after a while, just wants to stay with their owner, so the actual ‘holding’ the leash is irrelevant. Peg and I had a Golden that would never leave our side. No matter where we went with her, we never had to leash her, because to her, the only place she wanted to be was near us. Wonderful dog.
This is the good thing with sitting down and watching people, it always turns up something interesting.
Great story and observation Paul.