We have a cat. she is a domestic short hair. She was an inside cat until half way through my first pregnancy at which time I became allergic to her. I start to weeze,my eyes puff up, I sneeze alot and sometimes I get a rash. I have also found that I have the same reaction to dogs. I have had cats & dogs all my life but now but now I can't touch them. We still have our cat but she lives outside and if I want to pat her I have to do it with my foot. Our son wanted a dog but we talked about it and got some mice instead.