We took the dogs to the beach recently to see how they’d react to the water and the sand. We’re too scared that they will run away and won’t come back if we take them off the leash, so for now they stay on the leash until we can trust them. We can trust Smokey in our garden to come with us whenever he is called, but definitely not outside of our property. There are way too many distractions for him. Cloe is the same. Whenever she gets out the front, the first thing she does is run to the gate and tries to squeeze underneath it.