You remember in the Alien movies, how the creatures were always so glistening and wet? Slime ran off them in stringers and rivulets.

Now, most anyone knows that the creatures had acid for blood, but did anyone ever wonder if their saliva was slightly acidic, too? I’m not saying “melt the bulkhead” acidic, but bad enough to give you a really nasty, red, itchy rash if you got it on your skin.

Basically, the exact same effect that (our guest) the bull mastiff’s saliva seems to have on me.

Apparently, I’m allergic to his drool.

Well, then, it's a good thing mastiffs don't drool much ...

Dude, this dog produces saliva in a never-ending stream the likes of which only E. Gary Gygax could have predicted.

I read or heard somewhere that it's not dander that many humans are allergic too, it's the dried saliva from cats and dogs.

But I hear and read alot of crap and if it's not about technology, history, geo-politics or things that go boom, it's stored in the dusty three drawer cabinet of my mind.

my doctor said it's not dander, it's saliva. and i realized, my cat licks himself all day!

now, psychosomatic or not, i get blotchy and itchy every time an animal licks me.

Dude, stop French kissing the dog and you won't have this problem any more.:)

The strange thing about this problem is that (and my friends can verify this) I have no problem with saliva from any other animals -- Dizzy and Jake face-lick all the time, so it's just this big bruiser that's the problem.

And yeah, just scratching his chest will cause an itch (though not nearly as bad as direct exposure) -- working on his head and back is no problem, but not nearly as satisfying for him :)