This is what Callie looked like in August of 2002 before all this began. See the photos at the bottom of this page to see what she looks like now!

CALLIE

Breed: Golden Retriever
Age: 12 years - DECEASED
Problems: Yeast Infection, Swollen face, Itchy skin, Chewing feet, Lick Granuloma, Hair loss, Lethargy, Ear infections, Blackened skin, Bad Smell

February 17, 2004
Enclosed are a few pictures of Callie, our Golden Retriever. The first picture, from August 2002, shows how Callie looked before this terrible experience began. However, we want you to know that the pictures do NOT show how bad our dog was or how miserable she felt.

Also we have included a brief medical history of the long labor intensive road to her return to health and happiness.  Callie was about eleven and half years old in August, 2002. She suddenly appeared to have become allergic to something, so we took her to the veterinarian.

Her eyes swollen and her face was puffy

Her ears became so swollen they split-open around the edges

She had a Lick Granuloma on her left front paw for years but when this problem started it doubled in size

HER SYMPTOMS:

When the first Vet saw Callie, he said she looked like a typical "allergy" dog. He said that she looked as though her immune system was stressed out. So he prescribed an oral Prednisone regime for a month along with antibiotics and allergy pills. The vet also suggested that she was to have a hypo-allergenic dog food, (it was a disgusting white stuff). Callie nearly went crazy with hunger as the steroids made her ravenous!

After about 6 weeks with no improvement, we took her to another vet, a "skin specialist". He said This is an allergy dog. Her immune system has shut down. We will have to try shocking her system back". After giving the history of the previous vet's assault on this affliction, he said we'd try a similar but slightly different approach. Instead of oral Prednisone, he injected her with the steroid (even though both veterinarians stated that steroids would possibly shorten her life span.) He also prescribed an antibiotic and more allergy pills, but different types.

This second medication regime did nothing to improve her condition as well. He did allow us to give her some dog food with some substance. We fed her IAMS Lamb and Rice with some fresh cooked chicken. Callie was still searching out any deer droppings that she could find in the woods near where we live. She was so hungry, she even got into garbage which she had NEVER done since we adopted her at the age of 5. It was obvious that her body was craving something.

By November 2002, we were at our wits end but we still felt we had to try everything. Since she had also been in close contact with 4 packrats in late summer, we asked this vet if he could give us a mite control medication even though he didn't think that was her problem, and he prescribed 4 vials of this to be given (1) each week. Nothing changed. So therefore, by the end of December 2002 we were very frustrated and poor Callie was very miserable.

Then, in January 2003, a friend sent us an e-mail regarding ITCHY GOLDEN RETRIEVERS from NZYMES.COM and an Yeast article by Linda Arndt from Blackwatch Great Dane www.greatdanelady.com. Wow, this gave us hope! Almost every symptom she described matched what we observed with our dog.

After receiving our first order in mid-January 2003. We started the program by using NZYMES® Antioxidant Treats and Ox-E-Drops.  We used the Ox-E-Drops 2% spray on her eyes, ears and ear joint lesions, face, etc. Within 3-6 weeks, the lesions were healed.

Note:
The growths on her left front paw had been there for years but since this condition started and for the next several months, they doubled in size. The veterinarians refer to it as a lick granuloma. After about 6 months from starting the NZYMES® and Ox-E-Drops with vinegar and the yeast shampoo program, the growths had almost gone and the hair had grown over them. (See the August 03 after using the program for 6-7 months.)

3/8/04 Showing her eyes and face back to normal

Callie will be 13 the first of March. She still takes several walks each day, 2-3 miles, even though she has had both of her rear cruciate leg ligaments ruptured. One leg had surgery before we adopted her at age 4.  Still she continues to trot happily everywhere and snoops and smells to "read her paper" everywhere she goes and loves to go for rides.

PS. We just recently learned about using a probiotic like BacPak Plus and have added that to Callie's daily regimen. We can allready see more improvements now that the good bacteria in her GI tract is starting to rebuild itself. We hope to keep her healthy with her NZYMES® and Eaglepack dog food and Glucosamine and enjoy her for some years to come.

Thank the good Lord and thank NZYMES.COM. Thank you!

Lyle & Carolyn McIsaac - Marion, MT
and of course Callie!

UPDATE March 8, 2004
Here are pictures of Callie, our dog. She is cured!

AFTER PHOTO - March 8, 2004	AFTER PHOTO - March 8, 2004
Click Here to See Instructions for Dealing with Systemic Yeast Infections   Update: March 05, 2008 Callie passed away in 2005 at the age of 14 1/2. She enjoyed several years of good health, approximately 3 1/2, after the terrible yeast infection, and after two veterinarian's diagnosed her with allergies for months and months. NZYMES was a God-send. Thank you NZYMES. Carolyn McIsaac