Drive Of The Navigator

Barley, a dog, captured in profile as she scans the road from the passenger seat.

Barley is always enthusiastic to take a drive (so much so that if she sees people getting into or out of cars nearby, she hopefully pulls in that direction on the off chance we’re going for a ride with them), and inasmuch as her fondest wish is to be snuggled up close with folks, cars probably seem to her like dens with bay windows. But when sitting in the passenger seat, it’s equally clear that she feels the same duty to scan the horizon that she does when on walks. So even on somewhat longer drives, she remains upright and alert for a long time, her head tracking other cars, pedestrians, and especially other dogs as we pass them by.