The man walking his puppy on the leash. vs The man is walking his puppy on the leash.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. The first phrase, "the man walking his puppy on the leash," is a present participle phrase that describes an ongoing action. The second phrase, "the man is walking his puppy on the leash," is a complete sentence with the verb "is" indicating the present continuous tense.

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The man walking his puppy on the leash.

This phrase is correct as a present participle phrase describing an ongoing action.

This phrase is used to describe an action that is happening at the same time as something else.

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...with his wife and a 2 m tall bear on the leash.
Count Mascetti spent a three and a half year honeymoon with his wife and a 6 feet tall bear on the leash.
Listen, I'll put Mohr back on the leash, but now you owe me.
Best kept on the leash and muzzledI
If this House does not want to walk on the leash of one Member State, I suggest voting against the amendments and supporting the original text.
South Amboy New Jersey, 38-year-old man walking his dog takes a bullet in the head.
Nobody out there but an old man walking his dog.
And daddy Altman lets me walk off the leash.
I like you better without the leash.
It was never supposed to be let off the leash.
He's still learning the leash.
Put on the dog collar and the leash.
Didn't see him chew through the leash.
I want whoever let him off the leash.
Until his wife yanks the leash.
I want whoever let him off the leash.
Looks like Draper let you off the leash.
Yaniv Levi is an Israeli attack dog... and they just let him off the leash.
I'm still on an anklet, just with somebody new holding the leash.
Having established that our cars could stop on a stamp, we let them off the leash.

Alternatives:

the man walks his puppy on the leash
the man walked his puppy on the leash
the man is walking his puppy on the leash
the man has been walking his puppy on the leash
the man will be walking his puppy on the leash

The man is walking his puppy on the leash.

This phrase is correct as a complete sentence in the present continuous tense.

This phrase is used to describe an action that is currently happening.

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Code red, I repeat a man is walking into the ladies room.
The man is telling his story.
The man is deaf, the man is crazy or the man is a wino.
The man is exhausted, searching for new ideas.
The man is overcome with grief.
The man is a master at this.
Only if the man is a very good lover.
The man is a loose cannon.
Especially if the man is already taken.
I'll see that the man is arrested.
Vega, the man is busy.
The man is a degenerate gambler.
The man is quite a catch.
Look, the man is 6'4 and covered in tribal tats.
What makes the man is a nice head of hair.
The man is naming London after himself.
It seems the man isn't here yet.
The man is a psychopath, in case you'd forgotten.
The man is a compulsive liar.
The man is paranoid, as well as disagreeable.

Alternatives:

the man walks his puppy on the leash
the man walked his puppy on the leash
the man walking his puppy on the leash
the man has been walking his puppy on the leash
the man will be walking his puppy on the leash

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The man walking his puppy on the leash. vs The man is walking his puppy on the leash.