Max was like that when he was a baby too! It took awhile before he was ok with the leash being on him; he kept stopping and looking behind him to see what was on his back, LOL. And I felt so guilty b/c I felt like I was doing something that scared him
. But we both got thru our "leash anxiety"
, and now he LOVES to walk. At first, I had a fairly short leash so it wouldn't lie on his back; that's what seemed to scare him.