Hot Topics: What Aspiring Canine Nutritionists NEED to Know

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:

• Expensive collars and chasing rabbits (0:55)
• How to use your own social media to amplify the pro-fresh feeding message now that other content creators have jumped ship (7:07)
• What we want aspiring canine nutritionists to know (13:31)
• Kimberly's grilling mishap (26:32)
• A new study about the connection between CCL tears and the use of antibiotics and steroids (28:40)
• The importance of variety in where you source your info (31:30)
• Encountering off-leash dogs (34:39)
• Dog training {mis)information on social media (38:44)
• New Green Juju products, Real Dog Box sale, DIY treats and Kimberly's waiting for Buffy's Embark results (42:51)
• Kimberly's & Erin's recent experiences in their volunteer animal welfare work (52:11)
• TV Talk and celebrity deaths (59:33)

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Kimberly's social media tips
   (https://rawfeederlife.beehiiv.com/p/using-instagram-to-share-your-raw-feeding-knowledge-with-other-pet-parents-7e81)
• Proactive Paws on Facebook
   (https://www.facebook.com/ProactivePawsProducts)
• Post re: connection between CCL tears and the use of antibiotics and steroids
   (https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122124424190876215&set=a.122111980568876215)
• Study re: connection between CCL tears and the use of antibiotics and steroids
   (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1625530/abstract)
• Dr. Odette Suter's comment re: physiologic doses of steroids
   (https://www.facebook.com/odettesuterdvm)
• How to be a Safe Space for Your Dog; Believe in Dog Podcast with Dr. Zazie Todd
   (https://believeindogpodcast.com/episodes-1/episode105)
• New Green Juju products coming!
   (https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19KhzsyUp8/)

SOCIAL MEDIA:

• Facebook.com/RawFeederLife
• Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast
• Instagram.com/RawFeederLife
• 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
• 0:55 Expensive collars and chasing rabbits
• 7:07 Using social media to amplify the benefits of fresh food
• 13:31 What we want aspiring canine nutritionists to know
• 26:32 Kimberly's grilling mishap
• 28:40 Connection between CCL tears and the use of antibiotics and steroids
• 31:30 The importance of variety in where you source your info
• 34:39 Encountering off-leash dogs
• 38:44 Dog training {mis)information on social media
• 42:51 New Green Juju products, Real Dog Box sale, DIY treats
• 52:11 TRIGGER ALERT: experiences in their volunteer animal welfare work
• 59:33 TV Talk and celebrity deaths