I am 15 years old and have asthma. I do not take any medication on a daily basis, and never have any problem breathing unless a trigger induces an attack. In addition, I play sports and take one dose of ventolin before activity. One of my triggers is animals, (I am allergic to the dander of almost any animal you can name). My problem is that I find it very hard to avoid my friends' pets. I find this to be a significant problem in my life because, say I go to a friend's house who has a cat for about an hour, even after taking my ventolin (and even flovent), my chest tightens up a lot and I have trouble breathing for DAYS afterwards. This is very inconvenient for me, because most of my friends have either a cat or a dog. My parents think I should avoid pets all together. My doctor says I should take two doses of ventolin and two doses of flovent (for three days) if I am around any pets. This doesn't help much, because I still have trouble breathing for a week afterwards. My question is, am I slowly making my asthma worse by being around pets? Is there anything else you reccomend I do if I am going to be around a pet? Thank you very much in advance.