They See Me Strollin'

Barley, a dog, glances sideways at the camera as she trots across grass covered in autumn leaves, without breaking her stride.

Most of my time walking Barley is spent either watching her directly, or watching slightly ahead of where she is going to scope out things before she does. She, by comparison, does not spend too terribly much time looking at me. My understanding of the scene is that “I am walking Barley,” but her understanding is clearly, “We’re walking.” She only really checks in as directly as you see here (while on the move, at least) when I address her directly, usually by name. After all, when she’s confident that I’m speaking to her directly, the next thing I might tell her might be very exciting indeed.