Yes your right Yorkies are suppose to be good for people with allergies, that is what got us originally intrested in a Yorkie because I felt if we got a housedog we could have a Yorkie and it not bother our allergy issues. My oldest son has been allergy tested before and yes he is allergic to dogs but he is far more allergic to outdoor issues like pollen, ragweed, grass..the list goes on and on for him. We had several visits with looking at Yorkies and then when we found the right breeder and found Karlee we knew this puppy was the one we wanted for our family we went several times to visit her before she came home. Although I did hold Karlee the most he was around her during all those visits. He never complained to me about hives in any way until Karlee came home and it took about a week before I remember him complaining enough that got my attention he could'nt sleep for itching so much, it first started after he got home from school he had held Karlee for awhile and then started doing his homework I noticed his cheeks were blotchy and he had marks where he'd scratched that had welped up (this is the same way I react I get welps everywhere even if I just lightly touch my skin and the area swells up there is other types of hives but the type we have is called acute hives) my son had not ever had hive issues though so it alarmed me and I went to questioning him what he could have ate that day thinking it was a food allergy or something. I gave him benadryl that night and he got better. The next morning he was fine and as he started to go out to catch the school bus Karlee jumped almost going outside and Blake picked her up and handed Karlee back to me. He was fine that morning within about an hour of going to school I got a phone call from the school nurse explaining Blake's face was broken out in hives and welps and blotchy and swelling they gave him something to stop the reaction. They said he complained on the bus on the way to school about it and when he got off the bus they took him to the office for immediate attention. He had not been breaking out at home but he did hold Karlee that morning and had to hurry to catch the bus so he did'nt get to wash his hands or anything. I still was not convinced it could have any doing with Karlee until I kept having swelling of my throat. My throat keeps having issues with swelling and my hives that I've had for almost 8 yrs now has worsened to where I almost need 2 allergy pills a day, I am on the highest dose I can take (I also have to be careful with certain allergy meds I only have 1 kidney due to 3 years ago losing a kidney from cancer...the sad part I've only had my throat swell from surgery when they give me certain types of medicine it breaks me out, so for my throat to swell just being here at home its something new) My throat issues and then the hives around my face, neck and chest have really been aggressive since Aug. We got Karlee July 30th...I'm not saying yes it is for sure Karlee but I have spoken to my sons doctor over the issue and she said it could be a number of things that Karlee is around that causes it and she also stated that even though yes Yorkies are usually a great pet for allergy sufferers there is small cases where if the allergies are so severe then even a Yorkie can cause reactions
this was very sad news but...she is sending my son back to his allergy specialist next week and I'm going back next month to see if there is something we can do, a cream we can use or a different allergy medicine something to prevent the breakouts, even if we are allergic to something that is caused by having Karlee in our home if we can find a way to prevent the breakout then we can keep her. If I do have to rehome her I am going to screen really well before I will let her be adopted. Its a hard situation and it sounds crazy but it can even do with us taking her outside and she gets something in her hair or something she licks or something on her feet and then it gets tracked in our home those are the things that can cause us to be allergic to her I'm at wits end on what to do but trying for the sake we love Karlee. I hope I am not coming off sounding like I am blaming Karlee because I don't I just want to get my son and myself better the throat swelling scares me so badly and when my son breaks out I can't sleep all night worrying his throat will swell like mine while he is sleeping it brings me to tears and is so stressful. Since I have not let my son hold Karlee in the mornings before he goes to school he has not had one outbreak of hives. He still is having hives issues but we have noticed it has gotten better for him, I do not allow Karlee to go into my oldest son's room at all. When we first got Karlee she would go in my sons room with him and he would hold her and let her up on his bed since I've eliminated all that and gotten everything washed in his room and I mean everything his hives have been very mild. I don't let him around Karlee's blankets or bedding either. Its just trial and error with allergies you never know what will cause one thing to the next. I am so thankful for YT members all of you have been full of great advice things I would not have thought of its been a big help. Just want to thank all of you again and thanks for all the prayers we sure can use them if its meant for Karlee to stay with us I believe truly that it will work out!
