Thank you all very much. I'm just bursting with pride in my little girl . I still always leash her when we actually go walking, but she heels just as well with the leash. I just hold onto it, I don't actually "use" it to control her at all. Tommy heels really well indoors, but is still a bit antsy and distractible outside. Once it gets warmer and I can really work with him every day, I'm sure it'll get better.

That spider ball is a toy Sandra sent the pups for Christmas! I'm not even sure where she got it. I was afraid Tommy would chew the legs off, so at first I only gave it to him when I could watch him, and said "don't chew" if it looked like he was chewing it (he seems to know what that means since I took things away from him in the past if he didn't stop chewing). Now I can trust him with it all the time though and it's his absolute favorite toy. He does love to be very vocal when playing . I wish I could catch a video of him when he's really wild hehe.

Here's a picture of the toy. The legs can be pulled/stretched, tugged, etc. Tommy and Tasha have played tug of war with it and really put it under a lot of pressure but the legs have never torn or ripped.