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alicat: could you tell me what you base your information on with saying that hypo allergic means "less likely" to cause allergic reactions?

Here's a couple links worth takeing a look at... :) [url]http://www.members.aol.com/ahterrier/allergyb.html[/url] [url]http://www.allerpet.com/[/url]

Dog Paddle: I know. I'm living proof of that SOME allergics can tolerate SOME dogs. What I'm tryeing to say is that if someone says that a dog breed can be tolerated by ALL ALLERGICS they are lying, because there is nothing called a "100 per cent guaranty" when it comes to allergies and pets.

[quote name='alicat613'][quote name='RR'][quote]Sorry but Poodles ARE hypoallergenic. [/quote] I'd like to know where you've gotten this information. Is this anecdotal evidence or factual? There is no such thing as Hypoallergenic dogs. Unless there is a dog that doesn't produce oil and as mentioned saliva, urine, fur or hair and dander. Allergies are not breed specific but can be specific to a litter. People have different sensitivities, for instance, one person allergic to saliva is not necessarily allergic to fur. The sebaceous glands produce oil which they say is a leading cause of allergies. I have no doubt because of their fur type, poodles are one of the closest to being Hypoallergenic and cause the fewest or mildest reaction. This REDUCES the chance of being allergic for some, but hypoallergenic doesn't exist because ALL animals have sebaceous glands. It is also possible for people once allergic to tolerate their pet and are no longer allergic over time. If you read any consumer or medical reports this will be confirmed.[/quote] Read the definition of hypoallergenic please, as posted by DogPaddle. It's the same in my dictionary. Poodles ARE hypoallergenic - meaning they have low probability of causing an allergic reaction. Your post agrees with me, but you seem to have your own definition of hypoallergenic in mind, as being completely allergen free. This is not what the word means! Also, Poodles do not shed in the dog definition of the word, they shed like humans. They also do not have dander. For your reading pleasure: :) [url]http://www.poodlecam.com/links/faq_poodle.htm[/url] [url]http://www.dogbiz.com/faq-allergies.htm[/url] [url]http://partipoodle.homestead.com/AboutPoodles.html[/url] (read 'characteristics')[/quote] Poodles DO have dander! I KNOW they do! Ofcourse some people want to say that poodles don't have dander... This would mean that anyone could buy a poodle puppy risk free. It would incresase the sales percent of poodles! But the fact is that ALL dogs have dander!! There is no exeption! I have read tests that have made in medical laboratories about dander on dogs. I don't remember how many dogs were tested but it was atleast 300 dogs of diffirent breeds. The result was that EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAD DANDER!! The only thing that was diffirent between let's say a Doberman and a Poodle was that a Poodle doesn't have visible dander. Then if we go to let's say German Shepards, they have THREE TIMES AS MUCH DANDER then a "normal" dog. I know what I am talking about. I'm not just makeing this up, you know. /Crest

Roo! Wooow! Congrats!! If everything goes as planned my baby should be born in the end of May. :) Then it's about 2 months after that when I get my baby girl. Ooooh! I just can't wait!! Why can't my baby be here NOW!? :motz:

Hey... I posted a question on the care page about the neutering... Ya wanna check that out for me?

Why isn't anyone sending any anwswers...?? :o You guys are tryeing to FREEZE ME OUT, huh? :evil: :lol:

When Ben was about 6 months old he started to REALLY hate getting his nails clipped! He did everything he possibly could to get out of it! He even "bit" me (his biteing is more like his teeth barely touching my skin). I just stayed firm and growled "NO!" every time he tried to do something like that (only when he was really bad, wich wasn't so often)! If he became really impossible I took him firmly by his neck and shaked him just a tiny, tiny bit while growling "NO!" at him. This took about 1-2 months before he understood who is boss. He still don't like getting his nails clipped but now he just tries to shake his paw away from my hand. Every dog tests his limits when he's young. This is the time when you have to show that you are the boss and not him. If you don't you could wind up with an aggressive dog that does everything he can to try and boss you around. Hope this helped! /Crest

I know there are a few ways to do the castration and it varies from vet to vet how much the neutering costs... But... I'd like to know what kind of method was used when your male was neuterd and how much it costed for YOU? I am going to do it, but I don't have the opportunety RIGHT NOW... So I have to wait about a month or so... Untill then I would like to know more about the cost and how the neutering was made... Did your dog need stiches? How big is your dog? Thanks! :) /Crest

Rowie-the-pooh: Hey! I still have to convince my mom! But ok... She has said that it's my decition but that she would absolutely not neuter Ben. But I have (finally) looked at it more realisticly. I don't want Ben to pass on his allergies to the pups nor his frightfull nature. It might not be genetic, but I don't want to take the chanse. :) I'm glad I got this much help to try and make up my mind! Thanks you guys!! :D Well... got to go now... /Crest

Curious George: The one on the right is my dog Ben that is a true hairless (doesn't grow any more hair then it has in the picture.) The one on the left is a extreme HAIRY hairless that you have to shave hairless. It is NOT a powder puff. Moast of the people seem to prefer theese kind of hairy hairlesses over true hairlesses because they look a lot better shaved then a true hairless. That isn't true. But because people have started to breed hairy hairlesses they have "forgotten" to breed quality true hairlesses. So there are more bad true hairlesses then bad hairy hairlesses. I love true hairlesses and what I am tryeing to do with that picture is to show the diffirence you might get when buying a hairless Chinese Crested. The puppies are usually shaved when you go see them, so you don't see how hairy or hairless they are. The only way to see the diffirence between an extreme hairy hairless and a powder puff is to look in their mouths. A powder puff has normal teeth and should have all of it's teeth, a hairless has "forward pointing tusks" (this means that the teeth are pointing a bit forward) and hairlesses often (too often) haven't got any premolars. I hope this helped. :) /Crest

:cry: That is so sad! :cry: I don't really know what to say... :cry: I really wished she would pull through! I'm sure she is in a better place now without any problems with heath or anything else watching over you like you watched over her. Love: Crested

RR: That is absolutely true! I stand by your every word in that post. :wink: :) Well some breeds tend to have more dander then others. For example German Shepards and Golden Retrievers are dogs that have high ammounts of dander and the two of them are dogbreeds that only a few SEVERELLY allergic people can tolerate. I don't think you can ever get immune to the dander of cerain dogs, but you might be able to get used to their dander/saliva/urine/feecies. This could backfire though... So you might get allergic again in the future for thoose breeds. Even I know that in the future there is a chanse that I have to give up Ben if my body suddenly starts reacting to his dander etc. It's hard to tell what allergisizes you with dogs when I don't know what reactions you get. I noticed I'm allergic to urine and not dander when I had Ben. When he wasn't yet house broken I got small reactions, but after he started peeing and pooping outside, I got no reactions at all. If you are allergic to saliva you often get rashes on your skin (allso if you pick up feecies and it touches the skin you might get a rash.) But it is very hard to tell what you might be allergic to. Ok, but now I have to go... Hope this helped! :) /Crested

Nope... Not YET! I'm going on a summer camp to see them! A whole wonderfull weekend surrounded with hairless dogs!! That's what I call heaven!

A copule more: Nederlandse Herdershonde: Yes! (*jump*) Light Bulb! (*jump*) Give it to me! (*jump*) Only I can get that high! (*jump*) Bordercollie could never reach this high! (*jump*) Miniature pincher: Now Netherlandse Herderhonde has made a mistake! *example jump* I TOO can - can *jump* can *jump* get that high! *hits the lamp* Oops... umm... would it be ok if I ATE the bulb? *swallow* Shelt: EEEEK! A light bulb!! What's a light bulb?? Is it something dangerous?! *whining* Should it be barked at? Just to be on the safe side? *bark, bark* Are you sure it won't attack me? *bark, bark* Atre you sure you want to change it? *barks some more* Is it safe? *crying* This is absolutely horrible, but I have to sacrefice myself for my owner! Oh my little dear life... *whining* Australian Shepard: First I'll put all of the light bulbs in a little circle...

I know two more to that thing! Chinese Crested... hairless and powderpuff! :wink: PP: I'll get a chair jump on it and I'll get a bit higher by balancing on my hind legs. Darn! Still can't reach it! But no one else coule EVER get this high up! I swear!! Hairless: And now I'll climb on top of powder and we're even higher! Oh... WHY did you want us changing the light bulb? Ya know... Cresteds are pretty smart... :wink: /Crested

What's with the "ewww"??? :o

If only she knew english.... :wink:

Just to be sure you do find it... here is the link to it... [url]http://forum.dogomania.com/viewtopic.php?t=4415[/url] :grins: /Crest

Hello! Go to the message on the "care" board. I have been convinced. Now I'm just tryeing to do the same for mom... And she seems to be bending... umm... a LITTLE bit I guess.. :D :lol: It's fun when people seem to care so much about a Finnish girl and her decition about a Finnish (well kind of) dog. :D /Crest

bk_blue: Thanks a lot! :roll: :lol:

My mom is impossible!! But now she thinks it's nearly, maby, perhaps a good idea.. :roll: Well I guess I got a bit colser from "ABSOLUTELY NOT!!". :o Any more ideas?? /Crest

talaan: Weener dog is another name for Dachshund. Your friend's dog looks like he/she might be a mix. They bought it from Canada? Well why don't they ask the breeder...?? :o /Crest

RR: Chinese Cresteds have crests (hair on their head), plumes (hair on their tails) and socks (hair on their feet/paws). Otherwise they are naked. Well... unless they are hairy hairlesses. That means you have to shave them. Or if they are Powder Puffs, that means they are born with fur and have not got the hairless geene. When breeding hairless with hairless the result will usually cause powder puffs too. But some people think powder puffs are a totally diffirent breed, so they KILL their pp's!!! :mad: If you breed powder with powder the result is just powders (because as I said, they don't have the hairless geene). So if someone would want to destroy the hairless Chinese Cresteds, they could easilly do that by just breeding pp with pp. :cry: But I think it's a blessing that there are hairless and coated Chinese Cresteds. This means that the ones that want a dog with hair can take a pp and the ones that want a more strange looking dog can take a hairless. I love both hairless and pp! This puppy I'm now getting is going to be hairless, but probabely the third dog (OMG! :lol:) is going to be a powder puff or a medium sized Peruvian Inca Orchid. Well... time will tell... :wink: But there are dog breeds that don't shed fur. That is completely true... BUT you have to groom them regulary (some even once a day) to get the loose hairs from the coat. If not, they get tangled and it will be a horrific mess trying to solve the coat. So they don't shed themselves, you have to "help" them by grooming them. (that means no loose hairs will end up in your sofa or in your carpet...) Hope this was helpfull. :) /Crest

pets4ever: If only my mother would understand english... :-? It's 2am here so I'm going to bed. I'll tell her that tomorrow. In the mean time... I still need some more advice how to get her to understand that it is for the best! /Crest