Pet allergies

I don't think my allergies are severe, but they're definitely there. For instance, when I'm around my brother's pug (usually an hour or so at a time), I'm fine. But when we went to look at schnauzers (typically good for people with allergies) the other day, I left the house with a runny nose and one sneeze. But she had about a million of those things running around. I'm hoping with just one dog, I can survive. I don't mind doing the shots and pills or whatever. I'd just rather not, obviously.

We also went to an adoption event a few weekends ago, spent maybe 30 min walking around, and showed no signs.

It's kinda hit and miss. When I was younger, it was more of an issue. Just want to nip it in the bud just in case, I guess.

 

Labs are cool. How about a Labradoodle? But one that doesn't look ridiculous.

 

Well, we live in a townhouse, so we don't have a TON of room for a big dog. We kinda like the shih tzu-poodle mixes and the schnauzer-poodle mixes. But that's going off the theory that we'll be getting a "hypoallergenic" dog.

 

Dude.

 

Well, pugs are cool because they don't take up much room, they're easy to deal with and they have big-dog attitude.

 

Dude. I'm also not the only one making this decision.

 

Obviously. But chicks dig pugs.

 

My mother-in-law has a pretty bad pet allergy (she gets shots for it), so when we got a puppy a couple of years ago, we got a labradoodle. Very smart dog, doesn't shed and doesn't bother her allergies. She still has to deal with the yellow lab my wife got eight years ago, but the labradoodle is great for someone with allergies.

 

Ha. Not the chick I live with.

 

Issues with the pug-in-law?

 

Take the dog, leave the chick.

 

She's rarely around him. Really, she's mostly worried about the health problems (breathing, I guess?). Otherwise, it's in the MEH category. Doesn't hate it, but isn't near the top of the list either.