Resetting The System

Barley, a dog, licks her nose after a particularly intense session of sniffing.

Being the avid sniffer that she is, it’s no surprise that Barley really gets her snoot into the thick of things. Occasionally, she’ll sniff and sniff and sniff for what seems like an unreasonably long time, like she can’t quite figure out some faint trace. I’ve noticed that after these most intense of sniffvestigations, she invariably gives her schnoz a hearty lick as her attention turns elsewhere. I conclude from this that these big licks bring her nose back to a nominal status.