Too many dogs end up in rescue shelters on the back of misguided purchases from those who have bought in to the myth that low shedding or so -
called hypoallergenic dog breeds are zero maintenance.
Not exact matches
Certainly, if you were to fashion a Venn diagram of
dogs who don't shed and so -
called hypoallergenic dogs, there are a number of
breeds that would overlap.
The Havanese, also
called the Havana (that's right as in Havana Cuba) Silk
Dog for its presumed
hypoallergenic properties, was introduced as an AKC
breed in 1996, debuting at 104th on the
breed pop chart.
That's the conclusion of a new study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers, which finds that homes with so -
called hypoallergenic dogs don't have lower household levels of allergens than those with other
breeds.
While there really is no
dog breed that is completely 100 percent allergy free, there are what is commonly
called hypoallergenic dogs.