With allergies becoming more and more common, especially to household pets, people are frequently looking at ways to be able to keep their dogs and cats while reducing the allergy symptoms their pets cause them to have. Frequent vacuuming, keeping the beds out of the bedroom, and even bathing the pets may reduce the amount of pet dander in the home. All of these measures may be in vain, however, since people with dog and cat allergies usually continue to suffer as long as the pets remain in the home.
It is for these reasons that the concept of hypoallergenic pets has become so popular. Hypoallergenic pets produce less allergen than regular pets, and therefore cause less -- or no -- allergy symptoms. For many years it was assumed that dogs with fur (and not hair), such as Poodles, were hypoallergenic. Recent studies suggest that they may not be. There may still be hope, as various companies have developed hypoallergenic dogs and cats that have genetic mutations that acutally reduce the amount of major allergen that the pet is able to produce -- which may reduce or eliminate allergy symptoms, and allow animal lovers a chance to own a pet without the allergic misery.
Read more:
- Hypoallergenic Dogs and Cats
- Make Your Cat Less Allergenic
- Make Your Dog Less Allergenic
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