My pet loving friends, maybe you can give me some advice.

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1. We used a dander reducer

Years ago, we inherited a cat. My husband had always been allergic, but he was willing to try it.

I bought a dander control liquid of some sort (sorry - can't remember the brand), and I religiously applied it to the cat. It worked great, until I got lazy. I skipped a few applications, my husband got the sniffles again, and then after a few days, his symptoms went away. We figured he built up a resistance during the time we used the dander controller.

As I said, this was years ago (we lost the kitty last year at age 18). Now we have two "new" cats (about 1.5 years); one is short-haired and one is long-haired. No allergic reaction for hubby at all.

There might be something at this link:
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?aid=1424