[Margaret Pilkington]

No, it isn't.....I told you that I meet many dog walkers. I have not seen any like you have described.....so why you see them is not within my scope of personal experience.

The dogs are frequently not on leads, but running free, but many owners leash their animals when approaching me....some walkers(mainly the older ones) have walking poles.....I myself have a walking pole which is actually a monopod.

I hope that this proves to be a suitable answer to what I presumed was a rhetorical question.