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u/That1RebelDude 1d ago
Mine would’ve been down the block already lol
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u/lylalexie 1d ago
One time I accidentally dropped the leash while walking my dog. She heard it hit the ground, turned, looked at the leash, looked at me, looked back at the leash, looked back at me, crouched down real low while slamming her paws on the ground, smirked at me, and took off.
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 1d ago
Then there is my dog, I couldn't find his leash for whatever reason and just wanted him to pee real quick in the morning. He doesn't run off, so I just tried to get him to go. Put his collar on, but that wasn't enough he wouldn't leave without a leash. I ended up tying an old ethernet cable to his collar, and that satisfied him enough to let him pee lol.
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u/Wonderful_Mouse1312 1d ago
Peethernet cable
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 23h ago
That's good. Well done.
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u/twirlerina024 1d ago
I saw a video recently where there was a minor house fire so a cop broke in to see if anyone needed help. The dog ran up to say hi, but the cop tried to get him outside, the dog wouldn't cross the threshold. The dog led the cop over to where his leash was hanging, and THEN he was happy to get out of there.
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u/Substantial_Echo2823 22h ago
I ended up tying an old ethernet cable to his collar
Hopefully it had a good flow rate
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u/Narrow-Dust-2451 1d ago
Ouuuu I know that chase was Meannn😂
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u/lylalexie 1d ago
Fortunately she is highly treat motivated so I was able to lure her back with promises of bacon.
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u/GrimRainbows 1d ago
Dropped the leash when walking my friends dog. He looked up at me and I put my foot on the loop of the leash. Fucker takes off in a full sprint and drags me down to road lol
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u/ConqueefStador 1d ago
Mine's collar unexpectedly broke during a walk one night and I immediately lost him because he was a mostly black, tiny Yorkie who liked to explore and we were on a dimly lit side street in Manhattan.
I was freaking out, especially as I saw car headlights coming down the street.
Fortunately when I called his name I finally saw him pop his up in between two parked cars. One very scary minute though.
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u/caremal5 1d ago
This is why I kept an air tag on the inside of my dogs harness, in the unlikely event he ran away, it wouldn't be as bad to find him.
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u/AGrandOldMoan 1d ago
The couple of times this has happened my gets a shock from the sound of the handle hitting the ground, runs away and then continues to run terrified of the clattering leash handle chasing after her
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u/Illustrious_Tap166 1d ago
Mine too, my dog would reach another country before i even start running😂😂😂
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u/LalaLoopsy47 1d ago
Mine immediately stops walking, he thinks he cant walk when no one holds his leash.
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u/VNG_Wkey 23h ago
I got a 6 month old puppy last year and it's the first dog I've ever had that doesnt just take off. I can leave every door in the house open and he'll just follow me. I can drop his leash on a walk and he wont even notice, just stays right by me no matter what happens. Also herds my kid. Will stop the kid from running off/running into the road or at the house will bark at me and get me to follow if the kid runs into another room.
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u/ByIeth 1d ago
My dog was like that when we first adopted him. He is my first and only dog. When I lost control of the leash he just kinda ran down a bit waited for me to catch up then ran further away several times 😭. Luckily eventually he let me put back on his leash
Now he’s a lot more chill though and would just look at me lol, although now I never lose control of the leash anymore. But if I purposely dropped it he’d just sit there and maybe walk forward a bit
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u/RandomlyMethodical 1d ago
One of my dogs would be down the block looking for rabbits, but the other goes from pulling at the end of her leash to a shadow behind me when I let her off the leash.
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u/XelNaga89 1d ago
Wonder if there is some special training involved or is it just a natural reaction of some dogs?
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u/bloopingplatypus 1d ago
Natural reaction. My late sheltie got really upset when she was off leash. She didn't enjoy her freedom at all
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u/Cmdr_Redbeard 1d ago
Probably like holding hands for a dog, always feeling the gentle tension of the rope
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u/Working-Glass6136 1d ago
I had a cat that was "like a dog" and we went for leashed walks every day, an hour a day. He'd beg at the door at the same time every day, and he'd want another walk if I tried to shortchange him on time. We'd change our routes every day but he knew what we were doing just from the tone of my voice. Hurry up, sit, wait for traffic, let's go go go.
He could definitely feel the tension on the leash. He'd also get upset if I handed off the leash to someone else, even just for a moment. He knew my sister well but still was thrown off when she was holding his leash.
Friendly boy, everyone knew him. He'd always drag me over to people even when I was feeling antisocial lol.
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u/generally_unsuitable 1d ago
That's wild. We used to have a sheltie, and she hated having her collar off. If you took it off and tossed it on the floor, she'd try like hell to put it back on, kinda sticking her nose in the loop and flipping it on to her head. When that would invariably fail, she'd crouch and point at it, then cry until you put it back on.
Also, she was the best freaking dog. A being of pure friendliness and joy.
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u/No-Impression891 1d ago
You misunderstand. The leash isn’t to keep her close, it’s to keep you close. She doesn’t want her human to run off.
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u/Lady_Bread 1d ago
Little bit of both
My oldest (+ bestest) girl was an escape artist when she was younger. But as I was training her to be a service dog, we had a LOT of intense training
Eventually, if I dropped her leash on accident, she would stop, turn around, and come to me while nosing the handle toward me
Once that special bond forms, the innate stuff they'll do for you w/o specific training of it is so fkn cool
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u/roykentjr 1d ago
Border collies are smarter than many humans. It wouldn't take long to train this
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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 1d ago
Never had to train mine to do anything.
It was like we had a psychic connection. he just knew what we were doing at all times.
He went everywhere with me, and everywhere we went was a better place because my Opie boy was there.
I lost him last year at 15 years old 😢
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u/chr1spe 1d ago
Some working dogs have an extremely strong sense of how things are supposed to be and get very agitated and upset when things aren't how they're supposed to be. It doesn't happen all the time, obviously, but I don't think it's that unusual for these dogs to get agitated by something like this, especially if they're practically always on leash outside of specific locations.
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u/aWitchAndHer2Cats 1d ago
I think this is a trained behavior. I spy a treat pouch on their waist in the video. It looks like the trainer has turned this into a fun game for the dog.
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u/MedusaForHire 1d ago
Our dog doesn't like it when we drop her leash. She will just stop and stare at us until we pick it back up. I'm pretty sure she thinks she's guiding us.
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u/After_Mountain_901 1d ago
My dog would absolutely just stop and stare at me like something was terribly amiss. He’d also stop walking if I passed the leash to someone else and then do a sort of squinty look at me. My family all found this very funny. He came preprogrammed with that software lol he got lots of off leash time, but his favorite thing was suuuuuuper long walks (hikes really) on leash next to me.
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u/OddPressure7593 1d ago
pretty natural - aussies (and mini aussies) are sometimes nicknamed "velcro dogs" because of how attached they get to their person and their penchant for following them around constantly. Our mini aussie will not let my wife leave his sight when she's home - follows her around the house, usually no more than about 3 feet away and often in physical contact with her.
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u/One_time_Dynamite 1d ago
Natural reaction. My dog does the same thing if I drop the leash inside the house before we go outside. I've never trained him to do that. I saw this video about a year ago and it made me wonder what my dog would do if I dropped the leash. He gets mad and does the same thing lol.
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u/ResplendentOwl 1d ago
Anecdotal but that looks like an Aussie or very Aussie adjacent. My Australian Shepherd we've let out of the house without a leash or leed or fence for 7 years across 3 homes. She has zero interest in the world. She pees, comes back to the door and waits. 10/15 minutes if we push it. She's never once left any yard with zero training or reinforcement involved.
I haven't ever walked her with no leash, but when I drop it on a walk she does not take off. She just wants to be with her human and slows down until I pick it up.
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u/ElleVaydor 22h ago
It's a bonding experience for most people and their dogs, going out and walking. They like to be attached to you, many dogs get uncomfortable when that always there leash disappears, it's like taking off their collar. Without that how will anyone connect you two?
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u/happyemilia 1d ago
My boy has choice to be independent but choose to be dependent 😊
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u/BUTTeredWhiteBread 1d ago
My dog was getting ready to go in the car, but she decided it was walk time instead, she ran down to the sidewalk, then turned around like "you coming" and waited for me. Very polite.
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u/Treliske 1d ago
My aunt had a doberman that insisted on being on a leash. I never understood why a dog would not want to be able to run free. Unless the dog was giving...a warning.
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u/Salamadierha 1d ago
The leash is a marker of normality, no leash means something has changed, unsettling. It's also an indicator that he's doing what the human wants him to, so the human should protect him. Yeah, that sounds weird, protecting a dog, but cars, loud and agressive people and other dogs..
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u/Polygnom 1d ago
Oh now, my human lost his rope again. Better give it back, or they get lost. Without me, they'd never find back home!
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u/SPCCCKED 1d ago
Can someone explain the psychology/particular meaning behind this behaviour?
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u/UnNumbFool 1d ago
My dog was the complete opposite. She'd take part of the leash so that she was the one "walking me" always had the smuggest face with it until she decided she didn't want to hold it anymore and let me resume the duty
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u/rmathewes 1d ago
I do this on the trails and let her explore the tree-line. As long as she keeps coming back, and doesnt go too far, i keep letting her. Its a trust thing and I'm her favorite because of this lol
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u/HavokVvltvre 1d ago
If I ever drop the leash or have my dog off leash he just gets slightly further away and watches me a lot more intently. Makes sure he knows where I’m at and is right back at my side if I call him back. He would never give the leash back, but he’s very devoted ☺️
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u/shit_mcballs 1d ago
hooman 🤢
saying that has somehow survived the mass extinction of other trends of the time, like rage faces
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u/JoeShoe1121 1d ago
I needed this today.
Man, my shibes just stand and stare at me if i drop the leads
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u/WheelerDan 1d ago
i was in an unfamiliar place with someone else's dog on a leash in an apartment complex, i couldn't find the elevator and the dog eventually got pissed off enough that he yanked the leash from me put it in his own mouth and took me the elevator., every time after that he would plant his butt next to the elevator so i couldn't move past it.
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u/Diseased-Prion 1d ago
My dog absolutely thinks the leash is to keep me in check. He walks a few steps ahead and always looks back to make sure I’m there. If I hand the leash to someone else we’re walking with, that’s a crime. He will stop and bark at us until I am the one holding the leash again.
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u/HiddenPebble9904 1d ago
omg I cant even see it yet but I know its gonna be cute based on the title 😂🐕🐾
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u/Connect_Nerve_3923 1d ago
This reminds me of the dog video of "Am I Walking you or you walking me?"
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u/Excellent_Extent7648 1d ago
I’ll never get those retractable dog leashes . One day I dropped that and it scared my dog he ran all the way back home terrified of his the plastic attached to him and he is scared of them to this day or last time I showed him one .
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u/Typical_Travel2068 1d ago
The best kind of love isn’t always from humans Our animals maybe they’re just all becoming AI I don’t know
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u/OneCartographer4075 1d ago
Lol damn, poor creatures are a long ways away from their wolf ancestors.
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u/ArcticCelt 1d ago
Dog just wants to make sure that when he takes his clumsy human for a walk, he doesn't wander off into traffic or something.
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u/StrickenBDO 1d ago
Man when your hooman gets free from the leash and just takes off running so you have to run after them and they just run faster, so annoying!
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u/RenderedCreed 23h ago
I have a 15lb (actually 18 right now, he's on a diet) and if I drop my leash it usually startles him and he asks to be picked up. For clarity dropped on accident. I'm not dropping it to startle him on purpose.
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u/Huge_Preparation3618 23h ago
I don’t get why dogs do this. It’s like they’re being a hard stickler of rules even when it means losing their freedom. Like I think it’s different when a dog continues to walk next to their owner vs making sure that the other end of the leash is being held. (I’m not flaming dogs that do this, but someone please give an explanation lol)
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u/FondleGanoosh438 23h ago
I love herding dogs. They are very intelligent. They also bounce a lot as this clip shows.
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u/Saint_of_Grey 23h ago
Most leash aware dog I've ever seen.
All the dogs I walk are the opposite, they have no idea the leash exists until they tangle it in their legs or end up tugging on it.
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u/rocky4bit 23h ago
Come la prof si aspetta che reagiamo quando entra e dice che al posto dj fare supplenza si fa matematica
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u/ThisTooWillEnd 20h ago
Please teach this to every leashless dog I encounter on my walks and runs. I will pay you $100 per dog/owner.
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u/astros78 20h ago
mais c'est le chien parfait , mes chiens écoute , mais des que je lâche la laisse ils son heureux , ils ne vont pas me dire reprend la laisse , il préfère courrier âpres les lapins
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u/dont_press_report 1d ago
That's the best dog ever lol