[nagdu] allergies

[Steven Johnson]

Hannah,

Leader Dog actually tests the dogs as they get requests for low-allergy dogs.  Contrary to popular belief, Standard poodles still have dander like any other dog and in fact, can produce as much allergins as other dogs.  What Leader Dog is doing, is testing their dogs to best match the allergin levels for persons who request low, or even very sensitive levels of allergins.  You would be surprised that even the common breeds of dogs can test for low allergin levels.  

Hope this helps,

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hannah Chadwick
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:04 AM
To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
Subject: [nagdu] allergies

Hey all,
I have a friend who's husband is allergic to dogs, but she wants to get a guide dog. I know that a lot of people who have allergies to dogs aren’t affected by poodles or labordoodles. I know that Pilot, and GDF both train poodles, and that GDA (or was it GDF) that train labordoodles. Are there any other schools that train dogs for people who have allergies? also, are there other types of dogs that people whith allergies can handle?
All the best, Hannah


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