Hi all im in a dilema one of my puppies has gone to a home where the son suffered from mild asthma, prior to having the puppy he had been around dogs alot(daily) and never showed any signs of an allergy to them so his parents or i had no reason to suspect this however since the puppies arrival two weeks ago the son has become very wheezy and has suffered an attack, the doctor has bluntly advised the dog must go!
the family are extremly attatched to the puppy and naturally want her to stay but feel they must put there son first understandably.
they would like to explore every angle before deciding to rehome her does anyone have any suggestions?
my other concern is would we be better to rehome the puppy now rather than leave things in limbo, I dont want to go down the rout of trying every product on the market only to find she has to come back for rehoming later on when she could be rehomed now and be settling in her new home! the family are desperate to keep her but want to do what is best for both there son and the puppy, has anyone any experiance of this and do any of the products on the market have any fgreat success.
the puppy is a smooth coated breed :)

Hi,

I have heard of sprays that you can spray on cat or dogs coat to remove some of the allergens.  I don't know where you can get it from or whether it would work but I guess it would be worth a try and I'm sure a vet could advise of where you could get such a product. HTH.

Best Wishes,

Karen

Has he been allergy tested?

It is just about the new season for house dust mite allergy too, are they sure that it is not this that he's allergic too ?

Just a thought.

Sometimes it's too easy for the doctors to blame the family pet!

One of my GP's thought I was allergic to my animals (I have 3 dogs and 2 cats)
they suggested that I should think about rehoming my pets particularly my cats...
I said I wanted allergy testing before considering rehoming my animals...(not that I would have
rehomed)
I had to pay (well my mum kindly did on my behalf) to go private to get allergy testing
done before the 12 month plus waiting list that is on the NHS.
Turns out I'm not allergic to ANY of my animals but I am allergic to dust mites..
The allergy doc said having lots of animals creates more skin scales which is what
the mites feed on..
I'm not supposed to do the cleaning (especially emptying the hoover) but that didn't work
on the other half :( Still worth trying I suppose.
I just have to use daily dosage of flixonaise nasal spray and it helps keep the allergy tempered
down enough. (When I'm really bad I also have antihistamine tablets and eye drops)

http://www.woofnwhiskers.com/info-store/petal-cleanse.htm

Petalcleanse is the product you are after.

Sadly it could simply be the breed that he is allergic to :( 

My OH is supposedly allergic to dogs (tested positive) but not cats (also tested)  but he's unaffected by our two dogs and terribly affected by our 18 year old Burmese :(   We also went to a dog show and he got 'down and dirty' with as many as possible - only a few breeds actually started him wheezing ;)

I've heard good things about the petal cleanse so it may be worth a try ;)

My son is also more wheezy at this time of year than any other.  The consultant thinks its due to the mould spores in the air  which are worse at this time of year, and the changeable weather - wet/windy/cold outside warmer and drier inside ;)