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NHS Health Warning - Don't Sleep With Your Dogs
2008-04-21
Dogs should not be allowed to sleep in the same room as their owner in case they pass on diseases, one of the country's top vets has warned.

Acting Chief Veterinary Officer Fred Landeg urged people to be on the alert about pets because they can "transmit illnesses as easily as farm animals".

Among diseases thought to be carried by dogs are common food poisoning bugs such as campylobacter and salmonella as well as exotic diseases.

About 10 per cent of dogs are thought to carry the superbug MRSA...
Posted by:Anonymoose

#11  But my dogs are part of my security alarm system. They are more reliable than the electronic system. The other part is my H & K 40 cal. next to my bed. Moreover, petting the dogs lowers my blood pressure. They don't complain about my singing either. What's that about campylobacter doc?
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-04-21 21:30  

#10  For some reason, I'm thinking of that great olde FAR SIDE sketch > Dogs versus the 1000-foot tall US POSTMAN on a City-destroying rampage. D *** NG IT, "THE CITY AUTHORITIES/ARMY ARE HELPLESS - THIS IS OUR TIME"!

OTOH, FARK.com CATS > "Meh".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-04-21 18:56  

#9  My two bitches can sleep anywhere they want (as long as it's on the floor). That's why I have them. Upstairs, downstairs or outside. As long as they can move anywhere on my property and kill whatever shouldn't be there:)
Posted by: Xenophon   2008-04-21 15:57  

#8   wonder what Mr Landeg thinks about Swine in the household and if his opinions are in any way designed to cater to a certain segment of the population.

I'd always heard dogs had less germs than humans.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2008-04-21 14:20  

#7  True, wx.

I'd be one hell of a lot more worried about catching something nasty from a politician than I would from my dogs cat. (My dogs are long dead, but they were both sweeties. The shep in particular was famous for giving kissy-face, and I loved it. Didn't catch anything, either.)

I've let dogs lick my face and sleep on the bed, but I've NEVER sunk so low as to allow a politician to even enter my house, much less my bedroom.

"Dogs also sometimes contain jinns."

Sea, if you keep them on a high shelf where the dog can't reach, the dog can't swallow them. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-04-21 13:07  

#6  I think I'm safe, my dog sleeps on my bed, but I sleep on the floor, or he bites me.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-04-21 13:06  

#5  Dogs also sometimes contain jinns.
Posted by: Seafarious   2008-04-21 13:00  

#4  Don't sleep with politicians.
Posted by: wxjames   2008-04-21 12:50  

#3  Could say the same thing about humans.
Posted by: DoDo   2008-04-21 11:10  

#2  Dammit, where is the "lie with dogs" pic???
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-04-21 11:03  

#1  Dogs're unclean. Ask anybody.
Posted by: Seafarious   2008-04-21 11:03  

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