I never knew I had a dog allergy before adopting him. First few weeks I had no symptoms at all but what started with itchy eyes has gradually been getting worse day by day. General itchiness and stuffy nose is the mild bit, then there is the wheezing and burning pain in my chest like I have run a marathon. I have never had asthma either! But I'm guessing this is it? I have had on off chest tightness and some episodes of qyite bad wheezing the last week or so but last night I woke at 3am with my nose blocked and also felt like I could hardly breath, coughing and coughing and unable to talk to dh as I was so breathless with a very audible high pitched wheeze which was worse when I breathed in. I had to take an antihistamine and use my ds' reliever inhaler and sit in the garden for 40 minutes before I felt like I could breath clearly. My Ds has had hayfever symptoms and some mild asthma symptoms too and also my dh who has had dogs all his life and has NO allergies etc has been feeling a bit chesty and itchy too which seems bizarre. I've now moved him to the conservatory for most of the time but I really want a dog to cuddle as well as walk and so does the dog! I don't like seperating him away. He is very much a dog used to being close to owners all the time, I can't imagine him happy being kept out of the family rooms. My dcs will be devastated to lose their new dog, ds is even doing more homework now he can sit stroking the dog and reading to him, but I'm even more sorry for the dog as he has quite behavioural problems (but excellent with children) and we've been making really good progress until now building his social skills and impulse control. He still has some way to go and he has already had multiple rehomings break down before us because of his lack of socialisation etc. I'm worried what will happen to him and where he will end up. I just feel if not for the allergies we would have given him stability. I feel I've failed him, especially as he seems to have bonded to me most of all and follows me everywhere. I do believe it is the dog as if I have been away from him and then he sits next to me and I stroke him the symptoms start up, even if I'm stroking him outdoors, also in the car. When the dog isn't around I'm fine, plus antihistamines do help the wheezing. I have wooden floors downstairs and he doesn't go in the bedroom, I have tried petalcleanse which seemed to make it worse, it seems to make him produce grease, his hair becomes stiff and smells even more dog-like than usual and my symptoms increase. I grew up in a house full of lhasa apsos, even now my parents' lhasa does not cause symptoms when I stay there. On the other hand I realise my friend's labrador may be to blame for my wheezing not their cats! Is it possible there is something about some dogs that makes them more allergenic? Or is this likely to happen with any dog given sufficient time and exposure? Also, am I going to psychologically damage the dog by rehoming him AGAIN when he has formed an attachment? What is likely to be the emotional impact on the children? One did say reassuringly that they would rather have me than the dog if they had to choose, not sure about the others though!