We’ve had our new puppy for almost 2 months now, and he’s fitted in perfectly and we all love him so much. Our wider family is very animal orientated so whilst previously we didn’t have a dog of our own, my 3 year old was regularly around all sorts of animals for prolonged periods, including dogs. We regularly looked after a dog in our own house for days/weeks at a time which is the same breed as the puppy we’ve just brought home. We saw our puppy almost every week for two months before he came home with us with no issues.
Neither my partner in his 30s or my toddler (almost 4) have ever shown any signs of being allergic to dogs, however since we brought our puppy home I think they’re both allergic to specifically our dog. It’s like they both have always got a minor cold. It’s hard to tell whether it’s just the usual winter nursery bugs with toddler, but partner very much feels he at least is a bit allergic and has started taking an antihistamine and I’m beginning to suspect toddler is the same as he’s just at the same constant level of snotty with no break.
I really don’t know what to do, I feel I could never have predicted this and we all (toddler included) absolutely love this dog to pieces and he’s so happy with us too. Could this be something that improves itself as time goes on? Is there anything I can do to help? I’m thinking of buying an air purifier but not sure if it’d make a difference or not.