Are hypoallergenic dogs for real?




Health in a Heartbeat show

Summary: Up to 10 percent of people are allergic to dogs—but that doesn’t stop some from having canine kids. Traditionally, they’ve focused on so-called hypoallergenic breeds. Dander was long thought to incite allergic reactions, so nonshedding dogs that release less dander were deemed hypoallergenic. But the real culprit is a protein in a dog’s saliva or […]