Hi all!
I would love your help and advice!!! Our family really, really, really wants a poodle! One of my sons is allergic to dogs (multiple testing has confirmed this - he gets a tight chest, coughs, and gets itchy eyes) but he does OK with my parents' cavapoo when we stay with them (they live abroad so we can't use their breeder).
So we're trying to find the best size/gender of poodle for our family, and would also love breeder recommendations. I grew up with dogs before we had kids (golden retrievers, GSDs, and greyhound) but poodles are new for me. We live in New York state.
I love standard poodles but a few people have told me that a toy poodle might be better from a "hypoallergenic" POV. (I know there's no true hypoallergenic breeds). Someone else told me that miniature poodles are the most hypoallergenic of the three sizes. Help! What do you think? Is there much difference? And I've been told that female dogs are less allergy-provoking than boys as they lack the prostate protein? Does that make a difference?
I read that some breeders will let you come and visit their adults dogs to check for allergy reactiveness and have a 2-3 week return policy. I obvs hate the thought of having to return a puppy, but I want to try and do everything we can in advance to make sure we're getting a dog that my son won't react to. Does anyone have any recommendations of reputable nearby(ish) breeders that would do this?
The dog would not be allowed into the bedrooms upstairs or onto our furniture (sadly!) to help minimize my son having a flare up. And we have wood floors so hopefully that will help?
Are we crazy to be even trying to make this work??
All advice would be awesome!!
I would love your help and advice!!! Our family really, really, really wants a poodle! One of my sons is allergic to dogs (multiple testing has confirmed this - he gets a tight chest, coughs, and gets itchy eyes) but he does OK with my parents' cavapoo when we stay with them (they live abroad so we can't use their breeder).
So we're trying to find the best size/gender of poodle for our family, and would also love breeder recommendations. I grew up with dogs before we had kids (golden retrievers, GSDs, and greyhound) but poodles are new for me. We live in New York state.
I love standard poodles but a few people have told me that a toy poodle might be better from a "hypoallergenic" POV. (I know there's no true hypoallergenic breeds). Someone else told me that miniature poodles are the most hypoallergenic of the three sizes. Help! What do you think? Is there much difference? And I've been told that female dogs are less allergy-provoking than boys as they lack the prostate protein? Does that make a difference?
I read that some breeders will let you come and visit their adults dogs to check for allergy reactiveness and have a 2-3 week return policy. I obvs hate the thought of having to return a puppy, but I want to try and do everything we can in advance to make sure we're getting a dog that my son won't react to. Does anyone have any recommendations of reputable nearby(ish) breeders that would do this?
The dog would not be allowed into the bedrooms upstairs or onto our furniture (sadly!) to help minimize my son having a flare up. And we have wood floors so hopefully that will help?
Are we crazy to be even trying to make this work??
All advice would be awesome!!