Once you are the owner of an incredible breed of dog, such as the lovely Bichon Frise, you might become interested in the various dog shows. (…)

Anytime it comes to boarding your precious pet while you are going to be heading off for a weekend or a vacation, it is very important to look into a great kennel. (…)

No wonder dog and man are best friends. They have so many things in common…
…like allergies. (…)

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, but if your Bichon Frise has dander…. (…)

“It just breaks my heart.”
This is a comment frequently expressed by owners of Bichon Frise dogs that are prone to allergies. (…)

Sprite tries to act like she doesn't seek out the few patches of grass that become muddy when it rains. And, I mean she "tries to act" like she just mistakenly goes through the mud. (…)

I just had a recent question about the type of shampoo that we use with Sprite. (…)

As I said before, it wasn't easy finding the right groomer for Sprite. (…)

As I wrote in my previous blog, finding a groomer is something you have to do when you first adopt your Bichon Frise. (…)

When we first brought Sprite home, she was a little "mangy," even though we had bought her from a reputable pet store. (…)

Boy! Our Sprite is sure a high maintenance dog! (…)

(I think that I am a little off on my dates, but I should be learning how to use this blogging software soon!)
Our little Sprite is just as cute to us as the day we got her eleven years ago. (…)

Our quest had begun…. Unfortunately, we encountered a major road block while trying to come up with the ideal dog breed that would be a good addition to our family. Our son is allergic to almost everything! I asked our pediatrician about getting a dog, but his response was very negative. 
It was his opinion that since our son is allergic to cats, a dog's dander would make him react just the same. Dander?  Hmmmm….  What's that?!? I made a lot of library searches, and found out that it isn't the dog hair, but the dead skin that is stuck to the dog hair (dander) that makes people with allergies react. Since I wasn't very computer-oriented eleven years ago, finding a hypoallergenic dog breed meant having to look through many books about dogs.  
After doing a lot of research, I was able to determine that we had to get a dog that didn't shed, which meant that it wouldn't leave dog hairs all over the house with dander attached to them. (I don't think that is the actual scientific "formula", but it's what I understood!) We had to go with a breed that has to have its hair cut, rather than sheds it off. 
We had to be sure of getting the right dog, because we were making a long term commitment, not a temporary one. A friend of mine had told me about her neighbor getting a puppy for their family and then having to get rid of it after it was found that the son had an allergy of the dog. That wasn't a mistake we were going to make!