Thanks Amy, it's strange, no one in either of our families have allergies to dogs (MIL to cats though) so I'm not sure why DD seems to? And I'm puzzled why it seems to have taken so long to become so apparent, but then she was pretty stationary for about 6 months and not as 'exposed' I guess. IOW I guess it's hard to predict isn't it?
Black Cat at first I thought it was just saliva, but she seems to be reacting to the fur and touch now too. Saliva causes big red welts within 10/15 seconds and she is really itchy and pained with them, and now it's taking longer and longer to calm down. The other day she was at the back screen door and the dog licked the screen and her hands came up all red and splotchy and itchy straight away.
Even though she's a short haired dog, she drops alot of hair, and we were just letting her in at night after DD had gone to bed, and I'd do a quick vacuum in the morning, but DD still gets really sneezy and seems to itch if she's near where the dog bed was, unless I mop too. And if I've been patting her then hold DD without changing she starts to sneeze continuosly too.
I am doing a super intense clean tomorrow in hopes of removing any dog traces, and will see how DD goes for the week. I'm fairly certain she's going to feel the best she has in awhile
Yes, how is it going? From what I remember it's the proteins secreted in the animals skin that causes the allergic reaction so even though you do vacuum it's possible the allergens are still on anything the dog has touched.
DH was fine for the first 4-6 months with our dog but we went away, put him in a kennel for a few days and when we picked him up DH sneezed all the way home and that was the start of it (again) for DH. I always wanted our dog to be part of the family, ie spend time inside with us, but that became impossible. It was so devestating as I loved my dog.
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