I've been allergy tested and am mildly allergic to cats and dogs. Dogs stuff my nose up pretty good, but heck, I'm sure not going to give up my bird dogs. And for me, a bird dog is an English Pointer. I keep some of them in the house esp when they are young so they don't get kennelized, but mainly my dogs live in a kennel. I do have a toy poodle named Keke....a beautiful dog and supposedly hypoallergenic. A show dog. She is in the house and still makes me sneeze a little. I've thought about carrying the little 4 lb girl in my hunting vest to see if I could get her to run the birds out while the pointers are pointing, but I'm afraid it might mess up her show coat. Anyway, enough of my rambling. Good luck finding what you want. There are good dogs in all breeds, or so I've been told. If you want a medium range dog, don't get a poodle or a spimoni, or a lab.