Thank you for all the lovely comments. Yes, I do enjoy a walk with Nature, and this is a walk all of us do enjoy. It is easier for me as 4 of them can run loose, so I am not constantly dealing with tangled leashes. I get to enjoy the area as well.

Willy cannot be off leash for 2 reasons: 1. them's the rules from the Rescue, he is still a foster dog; and 2. even if he were mine, he has no training and NO RECALL. I am working with him on this and other commands, and have him enrolled in obedience classes starting next week.