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Welcome! This board is for sharing information, experiences, suggestions, and questions among pet allergy sufferers (people allergic to dogs). It is not intended to replace advice from medical professionals. Always contact your own allergy specialist for the diagnosis and treatment of your allergies!

There is NO "non-allergic" (no allergy causing) dog breed! All dogs produce dander, saliva, and urine that people can be allergic to. However, some dog breeds supposedly produce less dander than others. These breeds are often referred to as being "hypo-allergenic" (LESS LIKELY to cause an allergic reaction) or "allergy friendly". Read more.

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Gina



Mar 2, 06 - 3:04 AM 		Are animal shelters especially bad?

I have tested positive for dog allergies, but my parents have dogs and I lived with them fine for years. I did have allergy problems, but I also tested positive for other things in the enviorment, and I assumed that the other things were the real problem, since I still had the same allergies when I moved into the no-dog college dorms in the same state, even though they went away as soon as I went out of state. So I figured that I'd be fine with adopting a dog, and I've even picked one out. I'm just waiting to take her home. But both times I've been to the shelter, I had a bad sinus headache the next day. There are all sorts of other possibile reasons for the headache (one of the days I hadn't had much sleep the night before, for instance, and the next time I was worried about the possibility of an allergic reaction because of the first time, and may have faked myself out) but I'm getting worried. I was only there for a few minutes!
I'm getting an adult dog, and my basic feeling is that even if I have to find her another home, she'd be better off with me even temporarilly than in the shelter, especially since I would be housebreaking and training her (which would make her more attractive to other people looking for a dog.) And even if I have the same reaction I have at my parent's house, I'd still keep her...I'm just worried because I reacted WORSE to just a few short minutes with her at the shelter than I did to living with my parent's dogs, and if my allergies have taken a turn for the worse, I might end up with asthma or something, which would mean I'd have to give her up. I don't think it's a breed issue because my parents have always had such a random collection of dogs, and none of them have been low-dander breeds. I've also played with other people's dogs since I moved out on my own and never noticed a reaction (although it is possible that I may have just missed the connection...but I doubt it).

In conclusion, is there anyone else who normally has only mild dog allergies but finds places like annimal shelters really bad? (Does the amount of dander in the air affect the amount of reaction that much?) Or should I assume that either I have suddently gotten much, much worse, or that the dog I'm about to get is especially bad for me?
Jennifer



Apr 2nd, 2006 - 9:47 PM 		Re: Are animal shelters especially bad?

I recently found out that I have allergies to my pet, when I found this out, he was at the boarding kennel, I was not there for 5 mins. when I started reacting terribly to the dogs, but once we were home with one dog, it was gone. So my thought is that there are more dogs to cause the reaction to set in faster.
Kris



Apr 3rd, 2006 - 12:14 PM 		Re: Are animal shelters especially bad?

Yes, my asthma definitely gets a lot worse if I'm around a lot of dogs in closed spaces, for example, visiting the vet. If I dare to go to an indoor dog show, I usually suffer from bad asthma that day and for about a week afterwards. I also get terribly itchy even if I'm not touching any of the dogs. When my dogs come back home from a boarding kennel, I give them a bath immediately.
Syd



Dec 16th, 2007 - 9:55 PM 		Re: Are animal shelters especially bad?

I can't even go to an animal shelter. I'm terribly allergic to both cats and dogs (I can't have either pet, which is depressing) and have horrible allergy symptoms (uncontrollable sneezing, itchy eyes and nose, itchy rash) if I even come close to someone who has a cat or dog, or am anywhere in the general vicinity of a cat or dog. When I was younger, before I knew I was allergic, my mom took me with her to the animal shelter (she used to volunteer there) once and less than ten minutes after I got there I was sneezing terribly and my eyes were itching like mad, which is when I found out that I was allergic.


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