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Adopted with kennel cough that turned into fluid in her lungs. Antibiotics weren't turning it around. Her dad, a skeptic, tried one more thing.
I was fairly skeptical when we started. I'm not a skeptic anymore.
Penny's family kept a close watch and wrote down what they saw. This is the order it happened in.
Michael and his wife started the adoption of Penny, a two-year-old Vizsla Lab mix, at their local humane society. They were told she had kennel cough. An administrative mix-up meant an extra day's wait, so they asked that she be examined by a vet overnight.
By the time they returned, Penny had gone downhill fast: trouble breathing, lethargic, sneezing bloody mucus. They finalized the adoption anyway, brought her home, and kept her quarantined from Daisy, their other two-year-old Vizsla Lab.
Michael stayed in the room to watch her breathing. When it worsened, he called the 24-hour emergency hospital; they heard her symptoms and advised him to bring her to their regular vet first thing.
A battery of tests and X-rays showed a serious respiratory problem: her lungs were filling with fluid. The vet warned that a ventilator might be next and to watch for respiratory arrest, and prescribed antibiotics (Clavamox and Marbofloxacin). They didn't seem to be doing much.
Desperate, Michael found Nzymes and ordered Ox-E Drops and Antioxidant Treats, next-day air. Worth noting: he had already tried running the vaporizer with plain water, and Penny's condition had not improved at all.
This time he added Ox-E Drops to the vaporizer, running it in four to five 15-minute sessions across the day and night beside Penny's crate, right alongside her antibiotics. Both dogs started on the Treats in their food.
By the middle of the next day Penny showed marked improvement: breathing deeper, and a productive cough that finally cleared the mucus and phlegm from her lungs. Then she picked up a ball and wanted to play, for the first time since she came home.
A week after the night she seemed to be on death's door, Penny was breathing well and tearing around the yard with Daisy: happy, impish, and playful. In Michael's words, a totally different dog.
Penny's story, shared by her family.
Michael and his wife adopted Penny, a two-year-old Vizsla Lab mix, from their local humane society, already knowing she had kennel cough. By the time an overnight delay let them bring her home, she had declined sharply: struggling to breathe, lethargic, sneezing bloody mucus.
By Tuesday, their vet's X-rays showed a serious respiratory problem, her lungs were filling with fluid. Penny went on antibiotics (Clavamox and Marbofloxacin), with a warning that a ventilator could be next. The medication didn't seem to be turning things around.
Searching for anything that might help alongside the antibiotics, Michael found Nzymes and ordered Ox-E Drops and Antioxidant Treats, next-day air, honestly not expecting much. Here is the detail that convinced him: he had already run the vaporizer with plain water, and it did nothing.
This time he added Ox-E Drops to the vaporizer and ran it in four to five 15-minute sessions across the day and night, right beside Penny's crate and right alongside the medication her vet prescribed. Both dogs went on the Treats too.
I was fairly skeptical when we started. I'm not a skeptic anymore.
Penny's family ran the drops in a cool-mist vaporizer, alongside the Treats in both dogs' food. Today the Breathe Easy Program brings those pieces together, with a free oral syringe and the interactive guide, as the Breathe Easy Bundle.
By the middle of the following day, Penny was breathing deeper and had developed a productive cough that finally cleared the mucus from her lungs. Then she picked up a ball and wanted to play. A week after the night she seemed to be on death's door, she was racing Daisy around the yard.
Michael leaned on his vet and supported Penny's body at the same time. What stayed with him was the speed: he had nursed other pets through illness on antibiotics alone, and they never bounced back this fast.
I have no doubt the Ox-E Drops helped bring her back, in tandem with the antibiotics. Their recovery was never this fast.
The dog who could barely breathe now races Daisy around the yard. Michael leaned on his vet and supported her body at the same time, and watched her come back in about a week. He still gives both Penny and Daisy the Antioxidant Treats every day.
The same small family team that walked Penny's dad through the vaporizer is here for a free consultation. Tell us what's going on with your dog's breathing, what your vet said, and how long it's been. We were built for the cases nobody else takes.
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Penny's family ran Ox-E Drops in the vaporizer and her water, alongside the Treats. Today those same pieces, plus a free oral syringe and the interactive guide, come together in one Breathe Easy Bundle, so you don't have to piece it together yourself.
Every order comes with our 120-Day Worry-Free Guarantee, the same free customer care that answered Penny's dad, and formulas built on over twenty-five years of work, support for your dog's own immune system, inside and breathed in.
Penny's story is shared with her family's permission. It's one dog's experience, not a guaranteed result and not a substitute for veterinary care. Nzymes products are nutrition that supports your dog's own immune system, not a treatment for kennel cough, pneumonia, or any disease. Every dog is different and individual results may vary.
