When you gain a pound of fat, your body makes seven new miles of blood vessels. This means your body must work harder to pump blood through all of these extra new vessels, which may put a strain on your heart, and may reduce oxygenation and nutrient replenishment in other tissues.
Panting is a sign that your dog is excited, hot, or both. But panting is also a warning sign. If your dog is taking a break from exercise and continues to pant heavily, this could be a sign of heatstroke â a medical emergency. Move your dog to a cool spot or indoors immediately.
The bated breath part means restrained breathing because of emotional difficulty. Bated is short form of abated (to bring down, to depress, to lower, to lessen, to reduce). The idiom [waited or some other verb] with bated breath in plain English means with great anticipation. In short, eagerly. It doesn't mean with anxiety or nervousness or some other negative thing.