Hard-Sniffin'!

Barley, a dog, really needs to smell this shrub in particular.

In order to replenish my supply of Barley photos, I’ll often just have my phone at the ready, waiting for something to happen. It’s pretty much the only way to capture candid moments, because Barley’s certainly not going to hesitate for my benefit. In this case, I was planning on snapping a pic as she was trotting along, only for her to suddenly become very intense and nearly dislocate my shoulder in order to smell this shrub. After a solid 30 seconds of sniffing, she continued on about her day, albeit still pretty wound up. Moments like these remind me that she’s routinely having big feelings and (one presumes) making major discoveries, about which I will never have even the first clue.