Thinking of getting a poodle - wondering how it will affect Crohn's?

March 21, 2010

At 08:34 AM 3/21/2010, you wrote:

We are considering getting a

hypoallegenic poodle but I am concerned how this might affect my 12 yd

who has Crohn's and a moderate allergy to dogs. She has been on SCD for 7

weeks and has shown remarkable progress (her inflammation is normal now).

Naturally, I am paranoid that getting a dog will somehow cause

inflammation in her lungs and trigger her immune system to go haywire and

then start a GI flare. We had the dog at our house yesterday afternoon

for 2 1/2 hours and my daughter felt some tightness in her chest and

sneezed a couple times, but overall she felt it wasn't bad and was worth

it. Anybody have any experience with a similar situation or know how it

could possibly affect the immune system? Please advise as soon as you

can. The family pressure is mounting here! Thank you.

Actually, what you do is put the dog on " SCD for dogs, " aka a

raw diet. Get the DOG off the dratted grains and they produce

significantly fewer allergens.

If you do get a dog, include in the written contract that in the event

that your daughter's allergies do not allow you to keep the animal, you

may return it to the breeder. Ghod knows, the dog doesn't deserve to go

to an animal shelter because of someone's allergies!

As a matter of fact, the contract we signed (we added it, and the breeder

decided to make it standard on his contracts) was that if anything

happened to us, and my sister was unable to take Shadow and Sunny, the

breeder would take them back.

If you have any questions about implementing a raw diet for dogs, let me

know. It's more " make your own, " but it's totally worth it for

the health of your animals.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

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