Hold Up, Hold Up, Hold Up, Hold Up!

Barley, a dog, screeches to a halt and leans way back in order to sniff a low-hanging branch.

Something I routinely forget about Barley is her dramatic spinal flexibility. It’s not for nothing that they make toy dogs with slinky bodies, ‘cause this dog can slink! When you add to this the basic stability of a quadruped, Barley can tilt her whole body to extreme angles that a really surprise for an upright biped like myself.