Any thoughts?  OH reckons that every time Copper sleeps on the end of the bed he starts getting a sore throat (OH not the dog).  Now assuming the dog isn't sneaking up the bed in the night and doing tongues with him (), is it possible that germs can come off the dog and cause him to feel ill.  He reckons when the dog is not in the bedroom he gets no symptoms.  I am totally unaffected.  Just wondered if it was a real cause for concern or whether it's all in OH's mind.

CG

Sounds like it could be an allergic reaction. 

Would he not feel like that all the time though when he was near the dog?  This only seems to be at night in the one room.  And OH has been here for 3 years and he's only just started mentioning it - I've had the dog all that time.  I'll keep the dog out the bedroom and see how it goes.

CG

Yes but at other times he would not be in close proximity for a long spell.

Buy a ceiling fan, keep the air circulating, bath the dog. Then you will know if it is an allergy.
If the dog is in central heating, it can give of odour ect. that can cause snezzing, bad throat and runny eyes.

He may have an allergy which is worse at night and the dog hair or dander could irritate his throat.  I know asthma can be worse at night too, but I don't think a sore throat is one of the symptoms!

I suffer from my dog being too near me in the bedroom also affects me when I trim him!
Nose runs eyes water and my throat is irritated........etc
But I'm blowed if I'm not going to let him have his comforts......He's my mate and I would rather put up with this !
All this from someone who used to an animal/nurse & canine beautican.
Oh how the body changes as you get older-Orrible it is !:

regards jill

It does sound very much like an allergy as poor Mike always gets very sneezy when the girls have been on the bed . I always deny that they have been up and on it of course :D :D

I would agree it sounds more like an allergic reaction rather than 'germs'. Unless you have your bedroom windows wide open you'll be spending 8 hours or so in quite still air; during the day your OH will be moving around and able to avoid a lot of whatever irritates his throat. Perhaps it's time for Copper to sleep in another room.

Thank you everyone - and there was me thinking it was man flu!!  Unsympathetic person that I am.  Looks like Copper will now be banished to his own room in future - one less to wake me up with their snoring :)

CG

I get a sore throat and blocked nose if I have plants in the bedroom. My face also turns a sore, blotchy red whenever I am at shows -too many dogs. But at home during the day I am absolutely fine, which isn't bad considering how many animals we have (32 cats and 8 dogs) so I just make sure to have nothing in the bedroom that could bother me, and shows I just put up with. :)

Have you got feather pillows ?. Just a thought - I can't use them, make me very headachy and sniffy. Stayed with a friend last week, first morning woke feeling awful and it crossed my mind, feather pillow. I asked her and she said she didn't have any. It eased off during the day, thanks to Sudafed !. Stupidly I didn't bother checking until I woke up the next morning feeling the same...checked inside the pillow case and guess what ?.....feather pillow !.

Er yes, feather pillows.  And I just bought 4 new ones at the weekend   Looks like a bit of elimination is required on my part!

CG

Ah now, feather pillows!  We had them for years and I got rid because I was desperate to stop OH's constant snoring.  He'd also get asthma attacks at night    He's been a lot better since, only snores about a third of the time now and no asthma attacks :) so obviously the feather pillows :(  (I miss mine terribly :( )

He was tested for allergies and according to the hospital his worst one was dogs, then cats, then housedust mites.  NO milk, wheat or birds      He reacts very badly to milk - thma gets much worse.   Gets very bad bloating and overwhelming tiredness if he even accidentally eats wheat :(  and doesn't really react to dogs at all and that's been very thoroughly checked by getting really close to the dogs at several shows :) :)

It's true - gettting older IS 'orrible :(

We've had our cats for 8 years and they've always slept on our bed.  In the last 6 months I've begun waking up sneezing in the night and generally feeling all blocked up.  This clears during the day (the cats spend all day upstairs as well - lazy beggars).

The culprit - our cats!

It appears I've become alergic to them.  The cure - get rid of the cats or stop them sleeping on our bed.  My answer - I'll keep the sneezing thanks.

What a pushover!

Does your man snore.  It is one of the main culprits for sore throats that happen after sleep?

Yup, snores for Scotland and I often have to sleep downstairs   But we had foam pillows and he still snored his head off.  I don't suppose I could keep the dog and get rid of the man (did I really say that! I'm a horrible person :D).

CG

>snores for Scotland and I often have to sleep downstairs

He should be sleeping downstairs - not you !      

If you can't bring yourself to insist, take turns sleeping downstairs instead :) :) 

no reason why he should keep you awake AND get the comfyest place to sleep

Speaking from experience here as OH has been known to wake the kids in another room as well as me !! 

You're not horrible :)  :)  I've often had the same idea :p

One of my boys snored so loudly I could hear him at the other end of the street - 5 houses away - and yes it was him you just had to follow the vibrations.  The throat dries out and becomes sore.  Once it is moist again the soreness goes, usually by about noon in his case.

By the way do you have a garden shed for OH, always found it useful and it gets them prepared for retirement when you would hope they would spend most of their free time there.  In the interest of comfort, and if you are going to crate him for long periods, make sure he has his beers out there as well.  Fair but firm training thats the way:rolleyes:

Our garden shed is double glazed and extended to provide a workshop as he makes and repairs violins :)  he's not planning on retirement :)  violin makers don't retire they just slow down :)

See if you GP will refer him for skin prick tests.  Could be the feathers, or house dust mite or of course it could be the dog.  Got everything crossed for you that it isn't :d