Allergies
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| In Australia they are breeding standard poodles with labadours. They call them Labadoodles. It was in the paper today. They are supposed to be less allergy-causing than labs, so they are using them as seeing eye dogs and service dogs to those handicapped with animal allergies.
OES also (like poodles) have hair that balls up in clumps instead of shedding like a lab's, so it is also suppose to be EASIER on the allergies. As a dog ages, its hair and saliva changes so that even the best anti-allergic dogs out there do become somewhat of a problem in their later years. Guess its the difference between say grass pollen and vinca pollen. Grass and wild weeds are much worse than most of the hybrid plants found in flowerbeds. But they all can cause problems. Bad news is, even if you find your lab a new home, you will still be living with his hair, dander, and saliva. You would have to thoroughly clean and replace carpet, walls, ceilings, air vents, and furniture to actually get away from the allergens. And if you did that and bathed and brushed your lab more, you would probably do just as well as getting a new dog. OES are easy to fall in and OUT of love with, as they are a very exuburiant and head strong breed. And so intelligent with a memory like an elephant. Labs are more biddable or obedient. Thats why they are being bred with the biddable and intelligent standard poodle for service dogs. OES is more of a boisturious, let's party type of dog. I would guess it would depend on what the OES was mixed with and what kind of dog you are looking for....but you would still have to get rid of ALL of your old allergens first (and not just your lab). |
| my dad is very allergic to cats and dogs, but our last oes shaggy and my current oes walter have not really been a problem for him (besides an occasional sneezing fit) |
My boyfriend is allergic to just about everything, all cats, a lot of dogs, pollen, dust, etc. He has never had a problem with my sheepie. Although my sheepie has allergies (but he's not allergic to my boyfriend  ). |
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