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Does Sleeping With Your Pets Take A Toll On Your Health?

Does Sleeping With Your Pets Take A Toll On Your Health? By Emma Williams. Photograph of dog under bed covers by Vlad Tchompalov
Photograph by Vlad Tchompalov

Despite old wives’ tales, there are mental and physical health benefits to sleeping with your pet… follow these guidelines to keep you and your pets safe

The age old advice to not sleep with your pets is now seen as slightly . In fact, there are studies that show that catnapping with kitties or taking a nap with your pup certainly won’t kill you. But what about those people vulnerable to health

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