This is a no brainer. The most challenging aspect of the trip to the zoo was the 50 million kids who were there. Not because they were bothering Barkley but because they were bothering me. I seriously do not remember the first half of the zoo. It was next to impossible to looks at the animals, let alone navigate through the LOUD kids. It was insane. I shut down way before Barkley did. As a matter of fact, he did great with the madness. During the reptile & amphibian house, he just plopped down to take a nap when I stopped in front of the snake. He seemed quite laid back until we got to the otters. He was beside himself. I had a death grip on his leash as he wanted more than anything to join their play. From that point on, Barkley came alive. When we arrived at a statue of a bear with water coming out of its nose, Barkley lost his mind. He couldn't figure it out even after Eric's attempt to persuade him that it wasn't alive. Another statue later on in the zoo caught his attention as well. There was no turning back - he was a bit spastic from that statue on...
after the kids left the zoo, the experience was entirely different. I actually enjoyed it. And I think Barkley did too.
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