Coping with a dog and asthma

[mumbomama]

My son is allergic to short haired dogs, they make him wheezy within about 2 hrs. He seems ok with double coated breeds and we are looking at getting a bernese mountain dog.

We have visited a few breeders and he's had no reaction but we've only spent an hour or so there.

Does anyone know how likely he would be to react to one once it is in the house all the time.

I would keep the dog downstairs which is mainly laminate, except lounge. Also if I brush the dog daily and hoover and keep it clean this would help too.

Does anyone have any experience of living with a dog with asthma or any other advice?

Just don't.
Vile stinking things.

Thanks, that's really helpful!!!!!!!!!!!

she's right though! just not worth getting hairy pets with asthma imo - sorry

both my sons are allergic to dogs,they have rashes and shortness of breath, horrible cold symptoms.they are like it with dogs and cats.

some dogs are supposed to be hypoallergenic??

after seeing what my children go through i wouldnt ever risk having a dog.even going into someone elses house for a few hours who have put the dog elsewhere makes them ill.

once you've got a dog its a responsibility for life and if the child reacts you'll then have to break their heart by removing the dog.just something to think about.

we were informed that it's not just the pet fur that sets the alleries ff, it's the dander? their skin cells that get into furniture and in the air and it takes months to remove it from a house so hoovering and being careful in that respect might not help alot.

sorry if ive seemed negative, thats what we've always been led to believe. other people might have other info

sets the allergies off i meant!

My son has asthma that is triggered by both cats and dogs. There is little or nothing that I can do to prevent this. If he had them as pets ourselves ds would spend most of his time in A and E

My DSIL tried to get a dog and it set off her asthma very badly. In the end they had to give the dog away to a friend at a cost of great sadness.

TBH I wouldn't risk it with my ds

I'm with everyone else to be honest. My dd has terrible allergic asthma, staying at my mum's where there's a long-haired very small dog, is a nightmare. We spent all of New Year's Eve in A&E. There's no point. Asthma is way too serious and debilitating to risk it and a few hours in the company of a dog at somebody else's home is no indication as to how your ds will get on with one at home. My MIL has a Bermese mountain dog and dd has a dreadful time when we stay there.

Get a fish instead.

Bichon Frise & Poodles are probably the most non-allergic dogs there are. Although don't expect any men to take them for a walk!!!!

labradoodles are supposed to be good if you have alergies . I can understand why people are being negative ,but owning a pet does bring positive rewards . The dog you are talking about is huge are you sure you want something that m,assive ? just thinking from a cost perspective . Has your son been allergy tested ? in other words it is definately dogs that are setting off his wheezing and it couldnt be coincidental

I had very bad asthma and allergies as a child and we had a miniature poodle. Every other breed of dog affected me but I was fine with him.

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I have asthma and I also have a very large, furry, double-coated dog who doesn't affect me at all. However, if I ever look after my IL's dogs which are short/fine haired I always feel worse. I would suggest if he seemed to be ok at the bernese breeders, he probably will be ok with that type of coat, long-term.

we have been looking into this issue too .. don't know about Burmese mountain dogs but they are huge!! We have been told time and time again poodles are best with allergies. You have already spent time at the breeders ..which is a good move. I would mention re labradoodles that they are rather uncertain re coats although they are lovely.