how to cope with pet allergies in child?




i learned over the holidays that my 7 year old is highly allergic to my 2 little jackrat terriers.my daughter only visits everyother weekend and holidays i bought two little dogs to offset time she is not in my home(child dependent i guess) well over christmas break she got sick and the doctors told me that she was highly allergic to my babies.i have had over a year and a half.so im very attached i call them my kids.so know ive vowed to do whatever is possible to not have to find a home for them.any suggestions (dog shampoo,allergy meds,anything.this is tearing me up inside.i never thought i could love two little dogs so damn much.




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i just want to know how they express their glands to avoid that awful smell out of little dogs… I want to know how they do it and why dogs get to that smelly point.




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My poor little dogs heart stopped when he was nutered. He was blind for some time, but now has some vision! Where can I find toys for such a dog? Like a light up ball (one that stays lit) or a ball that constantly makes a little sound.. or anything else for him?




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Therapy Dog………?




I’m Intersted in Starting up training a thearpy dog. I know its more dependent on the persanaltly not the breed but in your guys expiernce do you feel a largier breed dog or a smaller breed dog is best? Ive heard benefits of both. Ive heard stories of little dogs being more fragile and getting dropped or something which scares me, but big dogs can only really stand by the side of the bed…but little dogs cant be squeezed and played with as Bigger dogs could by children. So i’m interested in your experience, thanks!




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Has anyone heard of any dry dog food recalls?




Everything I have read so far has been about can and pooch food. Has there been any recall about dry dog food, and can anyone tell me of a dry dog food that does not contain corn, which I have heard is very unhealthy for dogs, yet it is one of the main ingredients in every kind I see. If dog food companys know how unhealthy corn is for dogs, WHY do they make it the main ingredient, because its cheap? I have even read they use dead animals from pounds and zoos to make dry dog food. I try to feed my little dogs the best food I can, but now I worry that everything I feed them may be killing them, or slowly giving them cancer. I just lost my little poodle that was 15 years old, and I did have to feed her can pedigree food because she had a hard time chewing dry food. This leaves me wondering if thats what could have killed her.




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