Persistent animal gets exercise daily, using leads (6)
I believe the answer is:
dogged
'persistent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'animal gets exercise daily using leads' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'animal' could be 'dog' (type of animal) and 'dog' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ged' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dogged that I've seen before include "Pursued - unflagging" , "Determined in canine way" , "Stubborn, in a canine kind of way" , "Tenacious, persistent" , "Follow closely - persistent" .)