Pet Allergies – Hypoallergenic Dogs

What Type Of Dog To Get If You Are Allergic To Dogs

Though my site is about natural health care for pets, I found a story in today’s paper about hypoallergenic dogs and wanted to  pass it on. So many people have pet allergies and feel they can not have a pet in their home. I just want people to know there are some breeds of dogs that are easier on allergy sufferers. Our paper ran a story on First-Dog traditions and included a list of hyproallergenic dogs. Apparently Obama promised his daughters after the election they could get a puppy. At the top of the wish list for a puppy is a “Goldendoodle” – a golden retriever-poodle hybrid. Here is the list: of dogs that are good for people with allergies to dogs:

Poodles

Schnauzers

Portuguese water dog

Bichon frise

Soft-coated wheaten terrier

They also included a list of the five types of dogs to avoid if you have allergies to dogs. Here they are:

Cocker spaniels

Irish setters

Dachshunds

Basset hounds

German shepherds

Also included in the article was some trivia on White House Pets:

Martin Van Buren had two tiger cubs until Congress said he should donate them to a zoo.

John Quincy Adams had an alligator and pet silkworms.

Calvin Coolidge had a pygmy hippopotomus called Billy.

Thomas Jefferson had  mockingbirds.

Woodrow Wilson had a ram named Old Ike, who reportedly chewed tobacco.

Theordore Roosevelt kept a bear called Jonathon Edwards; Josiah the badger; dogs Jack and Skip; Eli the blue macaw; emily Spinach the garden snake; ponies Algonquin and General Grant; Tom Quartz the cat; and assorted hamsters and guinea pigs with names such as Bishop Dopane and Father O’Grady.

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