Hi Erika,

Try a water pistol. Spritz her to distract her, then give her something to do like "Sit" that you can reward her for. Make sure she's quiet though, before you reward her.

I have a 30 ft nylon long line, that I'll attach to Oz sometimes. It doesn't prevent him from doing anything, but if need be there's enough line dragging behind him for me to catch up with him and reel him back in. On a beach though, if there wasn't a lot of people, I'd more than likely have him off leash. But only you can judge how good Nikki's recall is for being off leash.

You guys have fun!

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