FIRE USE ONLY

Barley, a dog, is unperturbed by the restraints placed on a fire hydrant.

Barley, a dog, is unperturbed by the restraints placed on a fire hydrant.

I’ve long found the cultural association of dogs with fire hydrants pretty funny - I suspect it says a lot more about the banality of a previous generation’s urban and suburban landscaping (more precisely, the lack of trees and bushes) than it does about any intrinsic appeal. As such, I wasn’t surprised that Barley didn’t find this particular cenobite-lookin’ hydrant especially interesting: Here, you can see her gently wondering why we’ve stopped and looking to me to see what’s up.