Agreed. One of our seriously-allergic housemates, who happens to adore cats, regularly visits (in fact, will be visiting tonight) the house of our band's cellist, who is a cat breeder.

However she has to take antihistamines before going, and use an inhaler afterwards. As much as we all love cats and want cats, we can't see getting a cat for our own house because it would put her through too much.