Hearts Aligned Owning a dog could benefit your mental health. Pedigree Australia has released a video in which dog owners and their pups have their heart rates monitored to see what kinds of effects they have on one another, and the video shows that when humans and hounds are around each another both species’ heartbeats have a nice, calm rhythm. But it this all just a shaggy dog story? “Although the video only showed a few instances of synchronous heart rates between owners and their dogs, it de