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Bergen coughed so hard it was dangerous to ride him. Two rounds of steroids helped, then wore off. His owner wrote down what happened next.
He would cough so hard and be so out of breath he would buck, simply because his body was heaving out of control.
"This is Bergen's story," Kara wrote. Bergen is her daughter's Arabian Paint, and in April of 2017 he started coughing and wheezing, and mostly didn't stop. The diagnosis was heaves: a non-infectious airway condition in horses, also called recurrent airway obstruction, commonly known as COPD.
Riding him became dangerous for her daughter. "He would cough so hard and be so out of breath he would buck simply because his body was heaving out of control."
From April 2017 on, in the pasture and under saddle. Dust from the hay bale made every mouthful worse.
A thorough exam from their vet, then a course of steroids. "This seemed to help the condition, but after a short time; with the completion of the drugs, the coughing returned."
"Again, the same results!"
↻ back to step 01Lethargic, gaunt, 100 pounds or more gone. Patchy coat, most of the mane lost, unable to eat enough to sustain himself. "He was SICK!"
Around September she started researching non-medicinal approaches to heaves, and found her way to the Nzymes Granules.
"At this point, I decided that something had to change." Kara's research turned up two products: a thirty-day lung flush program to help clear the buildup in his airways, and the Nzymes Sprouted Granules to rebuild from within, working alongside it.
"What an amazing difference. Within 1 week he began to show signs of improvements," she wrote: the buildup starting to clear from his airways, a higher interest in food, and most importantly, "less coughing!"
In Kara's words: "The Lung Flush was a thirty-day program that helped to rid his lungs of the build up that had accumulated and the Nzymes worked in connection with that to start to rebuild his system."
"As time goes on, he has remained on his daily Nzymes granules and has become the 'good ol' horse I once knew. He has STOPPED coughing and wheezing both while in the pasture as well as being ridden!"
"He is once again thriving, is energetic and happy to just 'be'. My daughter has her horse back and is now safe to be riding him but most importantly Bergen has his life back!"
What, a few months ago was a miserable blob in our paddocks has now turned into a “HORSE” thanks to Nzymes!
Three months after Bergen started his daily Granules, Kara sent an update: all of the weight regained, over 100 pounds. The cough gone. A coat that "once was thin and dull, is now so full and luscious." Even the mane grew back. Her daughter was riding again, "safely and enjoyably while knowing that her horse is healthy."
Bergen's comeback is why Kara joined Nzymes. Today she's our equine specialist, and if your horse is fighting something, she's the one to talk to. Tell her what you're seeing and she'll tell you honestly where to start. Read Kara's own story →
Bergen's daily support is the same one behind the success stories our dog families write in about: Sprouted Granules, live sprouted superfood that enables the body to produce its own metabolic enzymes and do its own repair work. A few scoops a day, mixed into the feed they already eat.
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