Re: How often do your pets get sick?

On Apr 4, 9:04 pm, Boron Elgar <boron_el...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> Your dog goes to daycare and is exposed to other dogs. Yes, you are a
> bad mother. Just like the rest of us. You'll get over it. Just like
> the rest of us.

One of my students raises dogs and a couple of days ago, she asked me
about why one of her dogs gets severe allergies. Could it be genetics
or environment? And I told her it was complicated and could be either
and then mentioned that first born children who go to day care get
fewer allergies than first born children who do not. (Second or later
born children tend to get fewer allergies than first born ones, as
long as there is no a big age difference. But second or later children
also don't get as big an effect from day care because they already
have gotten "training" from their big brother or sister.