She Done Melted

Barley, a dog, snoozes atop a bedspread, seeming especially flat today.

Barley, a dog, snoozes atop a bedspread, seeming especially flat today.

As a one-time Florida Dog, Barley doesn’t shy away from heat, and even managed tolerate it better than some of her floofier dog buddies. Given some of the heat waves we’ve experienced in recent weeks, a pretty common reaction to getting home from a walk of even moderate length has been to rehydrate and then pass entirely out, sleeping way more deeply than she normally does at midday.