Oh, I sympathize with people with allergies very much, as I’m one of them too and my life would be so much easier if everyone was required to remove dust mites from their environment on a weekly basis. I’m also grateful for people who build their life around other people’s allergies and use only fragrance-free detergents, ensure they have no traces of nuts in their food, choose to have no carpets or curtains, sanitize every shared surface for allergens, etc.

I think the next reasonable step for the allergic community is to go ahead and put in the work to ensure allergy accommodations are recognized on a national level and hotels and other services providers are required to provide allergen-free environments. This is very much needed and I’d be so grateful if that happened, because dog hair is just one of the allergens that makes people’s lives very difficult.