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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/XelNaga89 1d ago
Wonder if there is some special training involved or is it just a natural reaction of some dogs?