Allergic to dogs? It may only be the males

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN

Updated 12:01 PM ET, Wed January 15, 2020

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A lot of different kinds of animals have come through the Johansen household. Ronald Johansen has had severe asthma attacks as a result of dogs, so he and his wife Bethany got creative: They currently have two cats, a chinchilla and eclectus parrot. <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/topics/1080777" target="_blank">Here are other iReporters' stories about pet allergies</a>.
Photos: Allergies for love
Allergies for love – A lot of different kinds of animals have come through the Johansen household. Ronald Johansen has had severe asthma attacks as a result of dogs, so he and his wife Bethany got creative: They currently have two cats, a chinchilla and eclectus parrot. Here are other iReporters' stories about pet allergies.
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Jordon Goulder has allergies and asthma that's so bad she's had to go to the emergency room. But she loves the cats, Mowgli and Dilla, that she shares with her boyfriend Etai Rahmil.
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Allergies for love – Jordon Goulder has allergies and asthma that's so bad she's had to go to the emergency room. But she loves the cats, Mowgli and Dilla, that she shares with her boyfriend Etai Rahmil.
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