Dog Airborne Allergies

Dog airborne allergies are as common as peoples airborne allergies to pollens, pollutants, dander, trees, grasses, fabrics and we have even seen dogs react and have problems with cleaners. Both types of cleaning products, ones you use on your floors and ones used in laundry. You need to be careful what you use to wash your dogs clothing and bedding.

Discovering what type of allergy your dog has can be a daunting task. We discus allergies on the Dog Allergies page and contact allergies on this page Dog Contact Allergies.

Dog airborne allergies are probably the second most popular we see in our store. We are located in the Pacific North West so there are many types of pollens, trees, plants and other natural sources for dogs to acquire allergies. The signs are similar in most allergies. The dog will scratch and bite, rub their faces on the floor or furniture. They can rub and scratch themselves raw.

Our dog Molaki had wheat and flea allergies, a food and a contact allergy. If your dog is prone to allergies, you may have to look for multiple causes.

A couple of signs that your pet may have a dog airborne allergies are if they do sneeze or cough a lot. This is not as common as having the skin issues. Even indoors they can still show the allergy signs.

If he has a dog airborne allergy, it will mostly present itself during seasonal changes. Spring of course is the highest count for allergies in people and pets. There are fall and winter type pollens as well.

This is not the case with some unfortunate dogs as there allergies go on all year. We have several customers that have dogs that are so sensitive that this is the case.

Once you eliminate food and contact sources for your dog, it’s time to look at airborne causes. If you notice the problem happens only during the spring and/or fall, you may be lucky enough to only have some pollen issues. If it’s all year then it could be the trees or grasses in your area.

For standard pollen allergies, we've had tremendous success utilizing local bee pollen. It must be a local source so the same pollen's are collected by the bees that you are allergic to. This has worked great for humans as well.

Find a local honey provider and they will usually carry pollen as well. You need to start real small, like one little grain of bee pollen per day. After a couple of days, go to two and so on. This will gradually get your dog used to the local pollen's and build an immunity towards them. Work up to a quarter teaspoon per 25lbs of dog. You can also grind the pollen.

We'll be happy to try and answer any of your questions. You can go to Ask Us A Nutritional Question page.

You can also give your dog a little Benydril for temporary relief. Be sure to check with your vet.

Building a strong immune system is very important for fighting allergies. See our Healthy Dog Food page and our Dog Supplement page for more information on doing that.

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