Here are a few headlines from recent days:
- Out of the sack, cat! Sleeping with pets carries disease risk
- Letting sleeping dogs lie in your bed can kill you
- Sleeping next to pets could be harmful, study says
- Don’t sleep with your pet, you may catch something (possibly bubonic plague)
- Sleeping with pets exposes owners to nasty diseases, paper says
- National study says those who sleep with pets are sick more often
- Down Fido! Sleeping with pets in bed really can harm or kill you
- Pets in bed: more dangerous than bedbugs?
If you watch your local news on TV, you probably saw endless teasers on the same subject: “Can sleeping with your dog kill you? News at 10!”
God bless our media. They are so very good at keeping us informed!
Meanwhile, here’s the one sleeping-with-your-pets article you really should read: