PEOPLE & DOGS

Our new house backs on to a little bike/walking trail. I think the kids will really enjoy it in the summer. I have noticed throughout the last couple of weeks, though, a very strange thing happening on this trail. People walking their dogs...... or should I say dogs walking their owners? Or should I say people going for a walk while holding their dog? Does this make sense to anyone else? If your are going to take the time to put your dog on a leash, and take it outside,why are you carrying it around? Doesn't the dog need exercise too? Do dogs get tired easily? Is that why they need to be carried around? Are people THAT attached to their dog that they would rather take it with them, even if they have to CARRY it, then leave home without it? Maybe because I don't like dogs, I don't understand this bizarre behavior. If anyone can enlighten me, please do. I just don't get it.