When someone complains about wearing a mask…
… show them this post from a Facebook breed group:
I am extremely allergic to my golden too. Three or four times a year I was getting sinus infections that turned into pneumonia and kept me sick for MONTHS. We made these changes:
We bought a dyson vacuum and religiously vacuum every other day.
I pull the bed out and vacuum under and behind it because I found her fur actually quickly builds up in those areas “hides” behind places like that and the sofa.
I use a swifter wet jet under the bed and under other surfaces help a LOT because it picks up those micro dust hair particles which affects allergies.
We deep brush her twice a week.
We change the AC filters monthly to the strongest allergic kind.
I’ve not been sick for over a year since we started this routine. (I do still take singulair, levocetrizine and Flonase daily). But this has all really worked. Good luck.
(The gal who posted the above followed up with “I absolutely love love love my dog so much. She’s worth every minute.”)
I feel that this is a contender in the topping competition that one sees regarding coronaplague masks. “Our First Responders do X, Y, and Z, and you can’t simply wear a mask all day?”
Readers: Agree?
Also from this golden retriever group, an owner with a 6-month-old golden and a 2-month old Chihuahua asked how to prevent the two from breeding. I responded
Every Chihuahua should be neutered! No dog should be smaller than a big rat.
The comment attracted 10 positive reactions (like/laugh). I dug into these. All but one reaction was from a Facebook user with a female-associated first name.
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