I have to get shots and take a pill for my allergies, since I own pets I am allergic to. If I don't, my face swells up, I get the watery eyes, stuffy nose, and if their fur touches me for too long I break out in an awful rash.

With the shots and pills, I still have some symptoms but not very severe. I still get sniffles and sneeze once in a while, and if I am around other people's pets I tend to sneeze more, but it is worth it

It does make sense though, it is typically the dander we are allergic to, and some animals have more of it, and I believe (though I never double checked my source on this one) that all animals have different "types" of dander, so you can be more allergic to one cat (for example) than another.

I have been getting allergy shots for about 5 years now. The only animal I am known to be allergic to are cats.

I get puffy, red and itchy eyes when I wake up with my dog on mine or hubbys pillow. I am not sure if this is because of the dog or not!

Yes, I'm allergic to animal dander . I think I need allergy shots again but I don't have insurance. They took me off of the shots as a pre-teen but told me I may need to do them later down the road and I think I do. I take the strongest allergy medication out there and still have to take benedryl some days. I was told by an allergist as a kid that we shouldn't have pets but I'm a HUGE animal lover so we do. On my bad days I just avoid petting them. I don't let them sleep near my pillow or near my upper body. I have to get the lint roller out to pick up their hairs if they rest on me for awhile.
I might get small bumps that itch on bad days on my arms but I just go wash with soap and water and put some cream on. I love animals too much to not have them in my life.
I have other allergies too which I think are worse, pollen, trees, grass, weeds, dust, poison ivy/sumac, dust mites. It sucks because I like doing outdoorsy things but have to avoid it when the allergens are high, like not going fishing near the woods .