Leia is starting to pick up Luke's qualities.  Now, at the beach when I am in the water, she is the one who stands there with her eyes fixed on me.  Before, she would wander around the beach, roll in the sand and then jump with reckless abandon into the ocean, where she would proceed to pounce on me in the water.  Luke never did that.  He would swim out to greet me, kinda lumbering though the water with a rhythmical snorting till he reached me.  Heading for shore, he would swim right alongside me.  With Leia, I've learned to turn my back on her and it does seem to keep her from climbing on me.  She is improving with that as well as with her wandering.  She has taken Luke's place at my side.  I think we're going to be very good friends.  I hope for a very long time.