UrbanYogini
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Hi All ~
I could really use a virtual hug and some insights....
We welcomed our beautiful tri-color cavalier, Maya, last summer after waiting almost a year for one and while there have been some adjustments we had to make as a family puppy training and fitting the dog into our life has been pretty seamless. That said from very early on we noticed that she could not sleep in her crate in the bedrooms without it affecting allergies so we had to limit her to just the common areas of our home. Now I am connecting that my 8 year old daughter has been sick more the past year than she has been her entire life due to allergy issues and somehow I missed that the dog was the significant change to our home. (How did I miss that earlier?)
Since her allergist mentioned our cavalier as a possible cause around six months ago I have hired a professional housekeeper that comes every other week, I vacuum daily, clean in between the housekeeper coming, have tried professional grooming instead of bathing the dog at home (thinking it might cut down on the hair), changed her to 100% raw......... so I have tried to make adjustments. As Cavalier's go Maya has a pretty thin coat and she is not fixed (yet) so something like a furminator seems pointless and potentially harmful (again since her coat is thin already)
I am so tired of all the cleaning and it just feels pointless like it never stops........What do I do? My daughter already has separation anxiety issues I cannot imagine re-homing our cavalier and feeling that void for my daughter (which I am sure she will blame on herself since it is her allergies being most concerning) at the same time it does not feel fair to our sweet cavalier that we can not cuddle and snuggle often. Any suggestions? Advice?
I could really use a virtual hug and some insights....
We welcomed our beautiful tri-color cavalier, Maya, last summer after waiting almost a year for one and while there have been some adjustments we had to make as a family puppy training and fitting the dog into our life has been pretty seamless. That said from very early on we noticed that she could not sleep in her crate in the bedrooms without it affecting allergies so we had to limit her to just the common areas of our home. Now I am connecting that my 8 year old daughter has been sick more the past year than she has been her entire life due to allergy issues and somehow I missed that the dog was the significant change to our home. (How did I miss that earlier?)
Since her allergist mentioned our cavalier as a possible cause around six months ago I have hired a professional housekeeper that comes every other week, I vacuum daily, clean in between the housekeeper coming, have tried professional grooming instead of bathing the dog at home (thinking it might cut down on the hair), changed her to 100% raw......... so I have tried to make adjustments. As Cavalier's go Maya has a pretty thin coat and she is not fixed (yet) so something like a furminator seems pointless and potentially harmful (again since her coat is thin already)
I am so tired of all the cleaning and it just feels pointless like it never stops........What do I do? My daughter already has separation anxiety issues I cannot imagine re-homing our cavalier and feeling that void for my daughter (which I am sure she will blame on herself since it is her allergies being most concerning) at the same time it does not feel fair to our sweet cavalier that we can not cuddle and snuggle often. Any suggestions? Advice?
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