Thanks for all of the comments, everyone. They are greatly apprediated. For those of you who have had Sammys in the past, would you trust one off leash? The local park has no leash rules from 9pm to 9am. Mahkayla goes playing every night and runs around like a hooligan (she is, BTW). I am told that many spitz breeds are really bad for this, and honestly Mahkayla is only 80% orso trustworthy. She sees something cool and the brain turns to marmalade.

Thanks
James