{"id":5888,"date":"2011-04-09T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T17:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5888"},"modified":"2011-04-09T10:24:19","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T17:24:19","slug":"lie-down-with-dogs-and-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5888","title":{"rendered":"Lie Down with Dogs &#8230; and Die!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5889\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-9-11_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5889 \" title=\"click to enlarge\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-9-11_3-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-9-11_3-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-9-11_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4-9-11_3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of these nights, when you least expect it, she&#39;ll rip out your windpipe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here are a few headlines from recent days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/41235440\/ns\/health-pet_health\/\" target=\"blank\">Out of the sack, cat! Sleeping with pets carries disease risk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aolnews.com\/2011\/01\/20\/letting-sleeping-dogs-lie-in-your-bed-can-kill-you\/\" target=\"blank\">Letting sleeping dogs lie in your bed can kill you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/yourlife\/pets\/2011-01-24-Petsleeping24_ST_N.htm\" target=\"blank\">Sleeping next to pets could be harmful, study says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-1350168\/Dont-sleep-pet-catch-possibly-bubonic-plague.html\" target=\"blank\">Don&#8217;t sleep with your pet, you may catch something (possibly bubonic plague)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2011\/jan\/25\/news\/la-heb-sleeping-pets-bed-20110125\" target=\"blank\">Sleeping with pets exposes owners to nasty diseases, paper says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedaonline.com\/news\/national-study-says-those-who-sleep-with-pets-are-sick-more-often-1.1922320\" target=\"blank\">National study says those who sleep with pets are sick more often<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/current-health-news\/pets-sleep-bed-harmful-0121\" target=\"blank\">Down Fido! Sleeping with pets in bed really can harm or kill you<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emedicinehealth.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=124797\" target=\"blank\">Pets in bed: more dangerous than bedbugs?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you watch your local news on TV, you probably saw endless teasers on the same subject: &#8220;Can sleeping with your dog kill you?\u00a0 News at 10!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>God bless our media.\u00a0 They are so very good at keeping us informed!<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here&#8217;s the one sleeping-with-your-pets article you really should read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/petsadviser.com\/fur-and-prrr\/sleeping-with-pets-disease-exaggeration\/\" target=\"blank\">How the Media Exaggerated \u2018Sleeping With Pets\u2019 Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;t sleep with your pet, you may catch something (possibly bubonic plague) Sleeping with pets exposes owners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critters","category-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5894,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5888\/revisions\/5894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}