Can your child’s exposure to dogs from birth to age 3 affect your child’s health later in life?  Some researchers think so.  During a presentation at an American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology conference, researchers shared the results of an interesting study.  The study tracked children who had exposure to dogs in the following scenarios:

birth to age 3
no routine exposure to dogs from birth to age 3
exposure at birth but not at age 3
exposure at age 3 but not at birth


Here is what the researchers found:

birth to age 3 - 18% of the children showed signs of asthma by age 6
no routine exposure to dogs from birth to age 3 - 34% of the children showed signs of asthma by age 6
exposure at birth but not at age 3 - 25% of the children showed signs of asthma by age 6
exposure at age 3 but not at birth - 31% of the children showed signs of asthma by age 6

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