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Just wondering, if I was touching my dog and carried some fur into the office on my clothes would you have a reaction? Or does it take more than that? Dog frie
by hnick 6y ago
Just wondering, if I was touching my dog and carried some fur into the office on my clothes would you have a reaction? Or does it take more than that?
Dog friendly is a selling point here in Australia for some people but it's still very rare. I personally didn't like dogs much until we got our own a few years ago, and he's great, but I'm still largely indifferent to other people's dogs. Most of them have very poor manners.
- FiloSottile 6y agoIt can, I spent half a school year once with sniffles because my deskmate had a dog (and I didn't know it could cause this yet). It's not going to kill me though, and it doesn't contaminate the environment for days, so it's manageable. My colleague that work most closely with me know and take care to wash their hands after touching a dog, my friends with dogs change into clean clothes before coming to my apartment, etc.
- kyleee 6y ago"It's not going to kill me though" Why did you initially (in the top level comment) characterize your allergy as a "potentially lethal dog allergy"?
- FiloSottile 6y agoBecause it can, but the amount of allergen you can bring from home on your clothes is not enough to trigger a full respiratory reaction. Was this some attempt at a gotcha like I would lie about my allergies on HN for some reason? :/
- kyleee 6y agoNo i just misunderstood, I realize now it's about the volume of allergens