River is pretty adaptable which has been handy, because we never know what physical space we will be in there. They have been rearranging things at Acadia- including the entrance, so sometimes we have a closed room, sometimes not. We have shared space with exercise equipment - which River always inspects. Open space can present another challenge. Sometimes River decides to go exploring/visiting. He is pretty deliberate about it, waiting until we are not focused on him and then he makes a dash for it. It's not a problem to retrieve him, but he is NOT doing a recall when he takes off. So, yes, we do drop the leash or even take it off, depending on what he is doing. It's in the way for roll over and jumping. If the space is open, I try to leave it on, to simplify nabbing him and minimizing the embarrassment of our "trained" dog taking off.
We are easily able to get him and he probably would return on his own after briefly exploring. Still, we could do some more work on recall, just not drop the leash, stick to only closed rooms or all of the above.
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