Allergies
When people mention their allergies they usually shudder when talking about spring and the accompanying explosion of pollen. So ever since I was diagnosed with allergies (not a cold, like I thought it was) right before last Halloween I’ve been a little bit nervous. I only got allergies after Devin was born, so I had no idea what to expect.
As soon as the warmer weather came we rushed around opening all the windows in the house. Air! Yay! It just felt great.
And… my allergies all but disappeared. I can still feel something, I’m still sneezing all the time, but I don’t feel like I am sick. It’s great!!
So apparently they are almost all dust and pet dander related. I did notice during the winter that I felt better after thoroughly cleaning the bedroom and washing the bedsheets, but it’s really hard to keep up on when you have 4 pets like we do. You can vacuum and vacuum and vacuum and there is still fur floating around. And the dust! Oh I don’t even know where it comes from!
Next fall I’ll probably try to invest in an air purifyer for the bedroom, and we’ll have to keep up on the pet grooming better than we have been. Even… scary… bathing them.
But damn I love spring. Excuse me while I go prancing through the fields, smelling the pretty flowers while music plays in the background. Aaaahhhhhhhhh… spring.
i have 2 air purifiers in my house. 1 in the bedroom and 1 in the living area. Best things ever!! They run 24/7. Catches pet dander, dust, you name it! I don’t sneeze like crazy anymore and the dust on everything is much much less….good luck!
i have some air purifiers in the house as well as a humidifier…i don’t have allergies but my son has them bad and then once they get bad it triggers his asthma to flare up bad and he needs to be put on prednisone:S no fun…and no good…and am just learning with this since it’s only been a few months..(about 6) that i found out and i find that heat, weather changes hot to cold or cold to hot and mornings tend to be worse for him:S
Nat you need one of these ASAP… http://www.furminator.com/ actually you’ll need two cause there’s no way in hell you can use the same one on that Shepherd as you would on a cat! You could probably use the 2.65″ one on both, but you’ll be at it a while for the Shepherd. Just get Den to take the dogs out one at a time and use it, you’ll be surprised and what will come off. If you want to measure the amount of hair get a garbage bag and a mask and catch it all as he’s going.. You’ll fill a bag for each dog I swear!
They’re amazing, and they work wonders for people with pet allergies!