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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  You've gotta wonder if how clean a person keeps their home and how often the dog is bathed plays a role in allergy symptoms.
I've grown up with yorkies & never had a problem with them, but then I went in a person's house with couple of yorkies and definately had a reaction after petting them. But those dogs are rarely bathed & the house was dusty, so I'm guessing more dander laying around? |
Yes, you are absolutely right. Like I said in my previous post in this thread, Yorkies have hair and NOT fur so the dander doesn't CLING to the hair as well as it clings to fur. All dogs produce about the same amount of dander, big, small, short hair, long hair, no hair. Doesn't matter what kind of dog it is, they all produce around the same amount of dander. But the dogs that have HAIR as opposed to FUR, don't have all that dander clinging to their bodies, so the dander has to go somewhere (ie. the floor of your house, on your furniture, etc.) So a person who doesn't clean house as often or bathe their dog as often will ABSOLUTELY have more dander layin around their house. I would say, if you have a dog that has HAIR, then cleaning your house very often should potentially ALMOST eliminate the problem. Nothing will eliminate it other than just not owning animals, but we don't want that do we?!! No way! So keeping your house dusted, mopped, etc and keeping your dog bathed about once a month should help anyone's allergies to pet dander.
