An Evening Stroll

Since it was such a nice evening, the baby and I took a post-prandial stroll around the neighborhood. Our stroll first took us to one of the neighborhood health food stores to buy the baby some more raw hide sticks (which she is currently enjoying) and then carried us through gorgeous brownstone-lined streets to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The baby had done quite well up to this point, navigating her way through unfamiliar streets filled with car and people noise. She had even walked nonchalantly by scores of other dogs who were also out for the evening. Strangely, all her confidence seemed to melt when we arrived at the Promenade, more exactly as soon as I came to a stop and sat down on a bench. Maybe it's because we stopped moving, but whatever the reason, as soon as I sat down the baby hopped onto my lap and started to quiver. The one time I tried to place her next to me on the bench so as to take a picture of her with the Manhattan skyline as the background, she circled once and then hopped right back onto my lap. Since the baby was not feeling it, I did not force her to leave my lap and instead took some pictures of her looking this way and that.




I had feared that by stopping the baby fell out of her exploratory mindset and was now in the grips of an unshakable fear of the greater world. However, my fears were unfounded as the baby perked right up as soon as she saw that we were on the move again.

Of special note -- I think the baby now recognizes our bldg. Her perky steps got even perkier when we neared our block and she positively ran up the stairs to the lobby. Smart baby!