Last night I saw a really nice side effect of our training! When we got home from training (in the parking lot behind Target) I had to take him out for a potty break, so I put him on a harness and long line. I wanted to do all-structure-walks-all-the-time but without a yard I don't have a ton of options. I figured he could have a little freedom to run around for a minute.
Anyway, he was going to hit the end of the long line, so I softly said his name just to get him to stop and look at me and not hit the end. Instead of just stopping, he whipped around and came flying back to me with a look of pure joy on his face. It was awesome! His recall in real world situations has always been just ok and reluctant, and I didn't know how to fix it (obviously, since I started a recall thread not too long ago). All this time I've been thinking of recall and impulse control and over arousal as separate issues to solve, but I think they are all symptoms of the same problem. Maybe we've finally started the first steps towards fixing it.