Many pet owners with allergic pets would like to find out specifically what the allergy is. It’s important to realize that the common things that cause pet allergy can NOT usually be removed from the pet’s environment to create relief of the allergy – they are things like pollens and dust components that are impossible to eliminate. So the purpose of allergy testing is not to identify offending things that can be removed from the house or yard. Rather, the reason allergy testing is done is that it enables a specific type of allergy treatment called “immunotherapy” or “desensitization.” If you’d like to know more about allergy testing in pets, you can view or download a more detailed information sheet below.