Sled Doggin'

Barley, a dog, wears a visibility sweater in snowy terrain, pulling the leash hard to advance.

Barley, a dog, pulls the photographer forward.

Barley, a dog, will continue to pull until temperatures improve.

With unpleasantly cold temperatures last week, I figured it might warm my soul to ponder an even colder time from about a month ago. Here, we see Barley in full sled dog mode. When it’s wintry-cold out, her progress in any given direction is headstrong, as if working harder than usual just to keep her muscles warm.