Non pet owners: Are pet owners gross?

[Fear_Itself]

Children Raised With Dogs Found To Be Healthier

According to a study in the medical journal Pediatrics, infants living in households with dogs were healthier and had fewer ear infections than those without a dog. The study followed 397 children who lived in rural and suburban parts of Finland from the time they were nine weeks old until they were one year old; researchers collected and analyzed data via weekly questionnaires given to infants’ parents. According to Dr. Eija Bergroth, the study’s lead author, “the children having dogs at home were healthier, they had less ear infections and they needed less antibiotics."

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Researchers explain that exposure to dirt and bacteria builds up babies’ immune systems. Bergroth said she hopes the research will stop people from thinking that “if they’re having children, they should get rid of animals."

Ergo: Puppy kisses are good for you.

[MegaBee]

Houses where cats live invariably stink of cat.