Rosanne, I have acute asthma and I chose a dog show in Portland to visit a few breeds I thought I might consider owning. I am amazed I survived just over an hour before I had to leave due to asthma. Depending on the dog , if his hair touched my hand or leg I would break out with a rash and if I was in the grooming area I got asthma. I realized I needed to get my asthma under control before I could consider a dog. I chose an allergy/asthma specialist who was involved with new medical trials for treatment and went to asthma conferences to stay current with state of the art treatment. According to new research, it is not the hair that a person with asthma reacts to but the salava! The dog licks himself and you come in contact with the area he has cleaned, bingo ... a reaction occurs which triggers the asthma. Any way, it was brought to my attention I was using outdated medicine to treat an attack when the new medicine acted as a preventative. I have suffered from this since I was 4 years old. I have allergies which trigger the asthma attack as well as athletic induced asthma... a double whammy. So, I find using Zytec once a day and albuterol, and flovent inhalers twice a day allows me to live with numerous cavaliers and two cats without suffering any asthma! Ask them to get their asthma under control with preventative medication then come visit for a couple of hours to see if they react to cavalier salva. It is worth the medical expense so they can enjoy a cavalier king charles spaniel. I hope this is helpful. Patricia -----Original Message----- From: Rosanne Cleveland-King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, February 09, 2002 11:31 AM Subject: [CKCS-L] Dogs and asthma
>I had a call from a potential puppy owner and need a little help on asthma questions. I am certainly not familiar with dogs "hair", or "fur", but apparently there is a difference. She had a giant schnauzer, which apparently has hair, and our cavaliers have fur. Her giant schnauzer recently passed away, and she has been doing much research on a new and smaller dog, and found the cavalier. Do any of you have asthma? Better or worse with dogs? Cavaliers? This woman is apparently very asthmatic, and I certainly don't want to sell her a dog that will make her ill. >Interesting topic, and thanks in advance for any help you can give. >Rosanne > >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?bodyto start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. > ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
