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Study says dogs reduce allergies. Photo Credit.

Here in my tiny little place in Jersey City, people know it’s Spring when they hear me sneezing multiple times in the morning. Needless to say, I hate allergies, and I hope one day it will magically go away.

Anyway, there was a study shown in the news that dogs reduce allergies in kids. In a nutshell, the study says that growing up with pets trains a person’s immune system. Early exposure with germs helps our body to get used to it.

Here is a snippet of the online news:

…The finding, based on a six-year study of 9,000 children, lends weight to the theory that growing up with a pet trains the immune system to be less sensitive to potential triggers for allergies like asthma, eczema and hay fever….

I guess too much cleanliness is not good for the health. And before I sneeze again, I have one question : Are they going to make an allergy study for adults, too?

As a bonus, here’s a 1-min 20-sec video of a pug that says “I love you.”

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