DCM Class Action Lawsuit with Daniel Schulof - KetoNatural Pet Foods, Part 2

Welcome to Alternative Dog Moms - a podcast about what's happening in the fresh food community and the pet industry.   Kimberly Gauthier is the blogger behind Keep the Tail Wagging, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.

CHAPTERS:

• Cherry picking of data and the 4 steps to the conspiracy (0:54)
• Hills' company strategy to market itself to veterinarians (4:20)
• History of some of these same veterinarians using a similar playbook to seed scientific literature with anti-raw diet articles in the early 2000s (10:51)
• The protocol Daniel discovered that was used to determine which DCM cases would be reported to the FDA and the saturation of scientific literature with articles purporting to show the DCM/BEG diet connection (17:05)
• How social media and Facebook Groups contributed to the DCM conspiracy (29:17)
• The impact of the DCM/BEG scare on Daniel's company - from trolls to customers cancelling their orders because their vet told them to (40:18)
• The impact of the DCM hoax on independent pet stores (46:24)
•  Current status of Daniel's lawsuit and what to expect in the future (49:33)

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Book: The Misinformation Age - How False Beliefs Spread (https://amzn.to/3UvsQek)
• PubMed list of articles written by Dr. Lisa Freeman (https://tinyurl.com/mb8t3hep)
• KetoNatural Pet Food (https://ketonaturalpetfoods.com/)
• Daniel's book: Dogs, Dog Food & Dogma (https://amzn.to/4aSj8Ij)
• Read the lawsuit Complaint (https://tinyurl.com/3h6rnvx9)
• Study: Geometric analysis of macronutrient selection in breeds of the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris (https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/24/1/293/2262442)
• Daniel's Medium (https://medium.com/@danielschulof_18279)

OUR BLOG/PODCASTS...

• Kimberly: Keep the Tail Wagging, KeepTheTailWagging.com
• Erin Scott: Believe in Dog podcast, BelieveInDogPodcast.com

FACEBOOK...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Facebook.com/KeepTheTailWagging
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast

INSTAGRAM...

• Keep the Tail Wagging, Instagram.com/RawFeederLife
• Believe in Dog Podcast, Instagram.com/Erin_The_Dog_Mom

Thanks for listening to our podcast. You can learn more about Erin Scott's first podcast at BelieveInDogPodcast.com. And you can learn more about raw feeding, raising dogs naturally, and Kimberly's dogs at KeepTheTailWagging.com. And don't forget to subscribe to The Alternative Dog Moms.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:54 4 steps to the conspiracy
• 4:20 Hills' company strategy to market itself to veterinarians
• 10:51 Connection to raw feeding attacks
• 17:05 Protocol used to determine which DCM cases to report
• 29:17 How social media contributed to DCM conspiracy
• 40:18 Impact of the DCM/BEG scare on Daniel's company
• 46:24 Impact on independent pet stores
• 49:33 Current status of the class action lawsuit