{"id":27100,"date":"2015-11-13T11:28:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T10:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/?p=27100"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T12:07:17","slug":"children-with-dogs-are-less-likely-to-develop-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/children-with-dogs-are-less-likely-to-develop-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"Children with dogs are less likely to develop asthma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good news for dog and cat lovers everywhere! Dog and cat allergies cause about half of all allergies for children which prevents a lot of families from getting pets\u00a0while they have small children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27188 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/dogs-and-kids.jpg\" alt=\"asthma\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, being exposed to a dog or cat during the first year of a child&#8217;s life can actually help prevent children from developing asthma.\u00a0Growing up with a pet brings many benefits to a child&#8217;s life such as companionship, learned responsibility and physical exercise\u00a0&#8211; and that might not be the only benefits to growing up with a pet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_118616692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27383 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_118616692-690x460.jpg\" alt=\"asthma\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_118616692-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_118616692-930x620.jpg 930w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/shutterstock_118616692.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many pet allergies are connected to asthma, where it makes it difficult for the child to breath normally because of breathing in or being near something such as dog fur. But great news for dog lovers planning\u00a0children &#8211; dog allergies can be avoided! If children are exposed to a dog in the first year of their life and it becomes part of their everyday life, it helps to build up their developing immune system and prevent allergies later on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27189 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kids-big-dog-690x521.jpg\" alt=\"asthma\" width=\"690\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kids-big-dog-690x521.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/kids-big-dog.jpg 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petspyjamas.com\/blog\/10-reasons-why-pets-are-good-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 more reasons why pets are good for kids<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New studies show that children who grow up with an animal around the house are less likely to develop asthma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":27189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,757],"tags":[396,4,18,790,271],"class_list":["post-27100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-pet-lifestyle","tag-children","tag-dog","tag-health","tag-news","tag-pet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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