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It would be more practical to say that people with severe immune system deficiencies should be very careful around dogs. Everyone else doesn't need to worry about it.
There definitely has to be more going on, and either more details should have been given, or if details are yet unknown, the story should not be plastered all over the news. 99.99% of people will not get sepsis if a dog licks them. I'm sorry for this man, but the way people (especially parents) are these days, they will hear a fear-mongering story like this, panic, and turn their dogs into shelters en masse.
Agree - irresponsible reporting. Give the whole story or the nervous nellies will start getting rid of their dogs.
It doesn't gross me out but I don't want it for me. Nor animals sleeping all over me and I know that is a big one for owners. Makes me cringe. Starting to itch just thinking about that.
Why would you itch unless you don't provide flea preventative for your pet? For those of us who keep our pets clean, pest-free and healthy, there is no reason they can't share our bed, if we choose to let them.
Of course, if you don't bathe and brush your animal, let them suffer from fleas and ticks, and otherwise don't care properly for them, you probably shouldn't have an animal companion, much less let them share your bed.
Why would you itch unless you don't provide flea preventative for your pet? For those of us who keep our pets clean, pest-free and healthy, there is no reason they can't share our bed, if we choose to let them.
Of course, if you don't bathe and brush your animal, let them suffer from fleas and ticks, and otherwise don't care properly for them, you probably shouldn't have an animal companion, much less let them share your bed.
You dont know much about allergies do you? Most allergists will tell you that pets should not share your bed. Doesnt matter how clean, how deodorized, how much flea and tick preventive. All of those can cause allergies in the humans around the animals too.
You dont know much about allergies do you? Most allergists will tell you that pets should not share your bed. Doesnt matter how clean, how deodorized, how much flea and tick preventive. All of those can cause allergies in the humans around the animals too.
So, some doctors and scientists say that having pets in the home decreases the risk of allergies. Apparently, others say it raises the risk of allergies. So which is it?
My anecdotal evidence is that my husband and I were both raised with pets in the home, and we raised our three children with pets (cats and a dog) in the home. The cats sleep on any bed they feel like. None of us has the slightest trace of any kind of allergy.
So, some doctors and scientists say that having pets in the home decreases the risk of allergies. Apparently, others say it raises the risk of allergies. So which is it?
My anecdotal evidence is that my husband and I were both raised with pets in the home, and we raised our three children with pets (cats and a dog) in the home. The cats sleep on any bed they feel like. None of us has the slightest trace of any kind of allergy.
This is my experience as well. I myself have no allergies or other problems with pets but I know people that do. It's the dander that causes problems.
I think this combined with the nonviolent nature of the encounter (lick vs. being bitten) will make recovering any damages quite difficult as it should be for this particular case.
Another article I read also stated that: (1) the man had been in contact with a number of different dogs in the days preceding his infection, and (2) a test for the bacteria would be inconclusive because the bacteria could be present in the dog's mouth one day and not the next.
I am going out on a limb and will say that guy has a bone to pick with his dog.
That's just funny.
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