allergic to dog?

[mutleynhollywood]

Hello.
I have 3 dogs and 1 cat. Now the cat n oldest dog are both 12- cat (Solomon) is a regular domestic shorthair and the dog (Tyson) is a chow chow collie mix with lots of thick fluffy hair.
Recently I bought a bichon silky terrier mix (Chanel aka hollywood- 10mths) and rescued a pitbull boxer mix (Zion aka mutley - 6mths).
Here is my dillema... when I handle Zion (or anyone for that matter) we get little bumps and or welts on the area that touched him and itch like crazy. The only difference in my furry bunch is that Chanel, Tyson and Solomon all have soft hair.

Has anyone else ever experienced this? I am bathin Zion 2xs a month (he is sucha trooper) and he is already at 30lbs. siigh The vet told me he is perfect and that it could be allergies that I have. huh? Handling him sends everyone to the bathroom to WASH that area with antibiotic soap. I love the spacey little bugger and want him to be the new watch dog once Tyson goes to puppy heaven as he has several medical conditions and the vet gave his life expectancy anywhere from 1 to 2 years at this point.

please.. any suggestions?? No one has this reaction to the cat or other 2 dogs and I so dont want to part with Zion.

thanks!

[Todd]

Hi there and thanks for the post.

I know that a lot of people can have skin reactions to dogs like Shar pei's. I don't know if Chows have the same problem but this may be the cause of this problem. I think it is more likely to be a some characteristic of the coat that is causing you to react not something on the coat.

If you are worried you may want to ask a doctor or skin specialist if they have ever had anything like this before.

Good luck but for the mean time it may have to be the antibacterial soap

Todd