Hi Rosanne, I have asthma and and forever grateful I am not allergic to dogs. The best way to explain it is to say that asthma is a condition, not a reaction to a specific item. I am allergic to "smells" more than anything. I can't be near perfume or any cleaning products or smoke, etc. I am allergic to dust and other things like leaf mold, etc, but those things may produce a reaction totally unrelated to asthma. (Some sneeze, I get sinus headaches.) Asthma is the reaction one gets when exposed to whatever they are allergic to. The air passages close and you have trouble breathing. I could be near someone smoking and take one breath and feel like someone put their hands around my throat and cut off my air. I guess that means there are no single answers. Some people are allergic to dogs and some, like me, just to cats. There is no reason for someone with asthma to be restricted to a dog with hair, as opposed to fur. That is only necessary when someone is "allergic" to dogs with fur. Phyllis
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