I was very proud of Hysson this morning! We went for a walk on the beach (Westport, WA) before packing up to come home. The beach was basically deserted (in addition to being a weekday, it was also blowing hard and alternately raining and sleeting), so I let him off leash (he loves to run in circles on the beach, alternately wading in the surf and checking out logs farther up). We got almost to where we would climb up the steep (eroded) foredune to leave the beach, and I was about to call Hysson to put his leash back on. A man appeared with two dogs on leash. I told Hysson to "heel" and he came right to my side, despite his considerable interest in the two dogs!