|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Formerly reformed
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rutherfordton NC
Posts: 2,424
|
Serious Scientific Experiment- Need More Data
Held my small dog upside down (lying on her back with her head touching the ground) for a few minutes. For those thinking this was torture, she often sleeps like this. However, after about four minutes she started sneezing- A LOT. My wife was slimed (she shouldn't have been so close to the test area anyhow).
So I hypothesized that dogs sneeze if held upside down for a certain amount of time. In order to test this, I put my other dog through the same test and was rewarded with another battery of sneezes after only a few minutes. If there's anyone else out there with a willing dog, just put 'em a few inches off the ground on their back so their heads extend towards (touch) the floor, then wait for results. Please, I'm curious. * *If PETA pounds on my door and tells me to stop animal testing, I'm gonna find the rat who squealed . . .
__________________
1968 911P (Paperweight) |
||
05-05-2010, 05:36 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: new paltz ,ny
Posts: 734
|
what caused you to hold your dog upside down? boring night at home?? I'd be willing to try it but i don't have a dog....so I'm utterly useless
__________________
the line between bravery and stupidity is a very thin line 74 914 1.8 DD 76 911T 74 914 2.0 track car |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:38 PM
|
|
|
sudo apt-get purge 930
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Brandon, FL
Posts: 4,838
|
doh!
__________________
Mark 1979 930 Euro ***GONE AND DON'T MISS IT AT ALL*** "Worrying about depreciation on your car and keeping mileage down is like not ****ing your girlfriend so her next boyfriend finds her more appealing" --clutch-monkey Last edited by equality72521; 05-05-2010 at 05:46 PM.. |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:38 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: I'm out there.
Posts: 13,084
|
Quote:
__________________
My work here is nearly finished.
|
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:38 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: new paltz ,ny
Posts: 734
|
Quote:
__________________
the line between bravery and stupidity is a very thin line 74 914 1.8 DD 76 911T 74 914 2.0 track car |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: I'm out there.
Posts: 13,084
|
Quote:
__________________
My work here is nearly finished.
|
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:42 PM
|
|
|
|
JW Apostate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napa, Ca
Posts: 14,164
|
I heard that on the equator, they will bite if held upside-down.
Just sayin' KT
__________________
'74 914-6 2.6 SS #746 '01 Boxster |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:46 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: new paltz ,ny
Posts: 734
|
This also depends on the breed....
__________________
the line between bravery and stupidity is a very thin line 74 914 1.8 DD 76 911T 74 914 2.0 track car |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:50 PM
|
|
|
Formerly reformed
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rutherfordton NC
Posts: 2,424
|
Quote:
__________________
1968 911P (Paperweight) |
||
|
05-05-2010, 05:55 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kent, CT
Posts: 1,620
|
Quote:
My Rottie sneezes when she rolls on her back and stays there for a while.....
__________________
You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood. Ayrton Senna 1993 964 RS |
||
|
05-05-2010, 06:09 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: new paltz ,ny
Posts: 734
|
Quote:
__________________
the line between bravery and stupidity is a very thin line 74 914 1.8 DD 76 911T 74 914 2.0 track car |
||
|
05-05-2010, 06:10 PM
|
|
|
Formerly reformed
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rutherfordton NC
Posts: 2,424
|
That's what I refer to little white dogs as: Stupid White Dogs. There are many of them around here and I always get the Lhasas and the Maltese mixed up- and they're always barking at me when I see them, so . . . naturally, SWD.
SWDs must be small and very hairy to qualify. Dogs such as Jack Russells need not apply.
__________________
1968 911P (Paperweight) |
||
|
05-05-2010, 06:24 PM
|
|
|
"YOU CANT RACE A CAB."
|
ya know......................thinking about this "scientific experiment" i had to laugh about turning my 100+ # wolf/weimereiner(mr. snuggles) over on his back to see if he sneezes or farts. and then reality set in and i decided not to pursue this "scientific experiment" for fear of getting my leg or arm torn off!
good luck with this guys. just remember from NOW ON will will have to ask for ID of all willing experimenters no matter their race. no racial profiling the "taco bell" chihuahas? |
||
|
05-05-2010, 06:38 PM
|
|
|
AutoBahned
|
by dog, do you mean a fur person of the canine persuasion or a particularly ugly woman?
|
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:15 PM
|
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
Posts: 28,943
|
If it does not come up to my knees, its not a dog, its a football...
__________________
2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:15 PM
|
|
|
Formerly reformed
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Rutherfordton NC
Posts: 2,424
|
Quote:
C'mon people! Data points! Labs, Golden Retrievers, Great Danes, SWDs- what have you. Flip'm!
__________________
1968 911P (Paperweight) |
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:25 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 909
|
3 corgis, they are always rolling on their backs. Just tried all 3 no sneezes.
I'll be expecting a portion of any grants you might get for this research. Jay
__________________
2002 Boxster Speed Yellow |
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:38 PM
|
|
|
drunk and stupid
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 8,619
|
My dog is asleep, otherwise I'd try it, BUT when he comes in at night he rolls around a bit on his back and usually sneezes a few times in the process. He's a 70lb 13yo Yellow Lab.
|
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:56 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Posts: 5,472
|
My dogs are in their crate tonight, so I'll try in the AM
My 13mth old daughter just cried, but no sneezing. Want me to test it on my wife?
__________________
Jake Often wrong, but never in doubt. '81 911 euro SC (bits & pieces) '03 Carrera 4s '97 LX450 / '85 LeCar / '88 Iltis + a whole bunch of boats |
||
|
05-05-2010, 07:57 PM
|
|
