Dogs & breathing

February 5, 2005 | self / vanity

[The Other Harry]

My dog and I are so close that it amazes me.

One thing we sometimes do is to synchronize breathing. This is complicated, but it isn't. It's very basic.

If I recall correctly (which I'm sure I don't), people breathe at a rate of about 70 per minute; dogs breathe at a rate of about 120. Almost twice.

For us to synch, I need to speed up and he needs to slow down.

We have gotten this right a couple times. It doesn't happen often. It's much like sex.

What is interesting, however, is the attempt. When I can feel him trying to match me, that is something else.

[stlnative]

dude, You need to lay off the Alpo and get back on the Chuck Wagon!

[gubamyster]

You'll love this one.

[SirLurkedalot]

Woof

[bad company]

We have gotten this right a couple times. It doesn't happen often. It's much like sex.

Mouth hanging open......words trying to form..........

[SirLurkedalot]

I'm still at a loss myself.

[x1stcav]

It must have been that time you spent in Santa Cruz.

[SirLurkedalot]

LOL You are'nt kidding. I still live there.

[rcocean]

Dude, you have too much time on your hands.

Leave the dog at home and go out and meet so people.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

There was a little Democrat "inside of" me, as well.

But then I took some arsenic, and it miraculously disappeared.

-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)

[SirLurkedalot]

I just upped my fiber intake. Worked like a charm.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

That could work, too.

:)

[A CA Guy]

"There is a little democrat in me"

Man's best friend is getting a little too close for comfort.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Apparently so.

Either this was an outre attempt at parody, or Betty Dodson has hacked in this guy's FR account.

[beaver fever]

"Maybe next he can teach you to lick your balls..."

Two guys were walking along and passed a dog lickin its balls.

One guy turns to his friend and says, "Gee I wish I could do that."

His friend says, "Go ahead. But I suggest you pet him first."

[jellybean]

people breathe at a rate of about 70 per minute

Dude! If you're breathing at 70 breathes per minute while at rest...you're hyperventilating!! Get a paper bag and breathe into it or you'll pass out!!

Try relaxing.

There is another aspect to abdominal breathing which you want to pay attention to; breathe slowly. Normal breathing is somewhere between 12 and 16 breaths per minute; hyperventilation can be 25 or even 40 breaths per minute. When doing abdominal breathing your goal is to decrease your breathing rate to 2 or 3 breaths per minute. But initially just focus on just getting the technique down. Your first goal is to slow your breathing down to somewhere between 6 and 10 breaths per minute.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Doesn't synchronizing (basically copying your dog) any of a dog's movements just eventually annoy him?

[Rightly Biased]

Something aobut Sex and ones dog in the same thought that scares me I wonder about the time this thread survives