When pets and pollen are competing to make you sneeze
Best tips to avoid allergy season giving you miserable days
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Recommended Read: “Home & Texture: Grow a Butterfly-Friendly Garden Through Allergy Season”
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But I had to laugh today when I read one of their recent handouts “Something In the Air?” because there was a line in the health care rundown about staying away from pets if you have seasonal allergies. I immediately pictured my own dog seeing me sitting cross-legged on her dog couch. Instead of sitting next to me, she climbed between my legs, hiked her front paws onto my shoulders and put her cold nose on mine, completely blocking the television in front of me. Personal space is a foreign concept to Junee. And I don’t mind. If you have super affectionate dogs and seasonal allergies, you know separation isn’t going to happen.
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However, here are a few tips to keep your dog walks from becoming allergy torture for you from spring until November.