Send us a text 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: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 Lee Carroll's origin story 04:30 Medicinal properties of plants 10:41 Understanding mushroom products 18:50 Best sources of ergothioneine 25:55 Real Mushroom and China 35:01 Tinctures vs. Powders 43:09 Mushrooms and Cance...
Jul 02, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 145
Send us a text 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: 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Many ways Kimberly uses coconut oil (fan girl moment) 04:40 CocoTherapy origin story 09:39 Main myths about coconut oil 16:23 Competition in the pet space 27:03 Coconut oil vs. MCT oil 31:33 Adding coconut oil to a dog's ...
Jun 24, 2025•55 min•Season 4Ep. 144
Send us a text 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... Kimberly & her dogs are on vacation and Erin's dogs hate spring cleaning (0:54); Product updates from some of our favorite brands - Real Mushrooms, Green Juju, Solutions & more (16:32); Yes, there's yet another lawsuit about excessive V...
Jun 10, 2025•56 min•Season 4Ep. 143
Send us a text 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: Dr. Pope's origin story (0:54) Cancer rates in dogs (6:24) The role of an integrative veterinary oncologist and building your veterinary healing team (11:12) Genetics versus Epigenetics in cancer development (16:18) How pet parents' emotional hea...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 142
Send us a text 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: Springtime and chicken feet (0:54) The elephant in the raw feeding room - about that BK Pets' post (5:02) CBD Dog Health's recent announcement about regulatory compliance and health claims made by other products on social media (28:33) Shout-outs...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 141
Send us a text 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: Celebrations and bad license photos (0:54); How Buffy - and Kimberly - are settling in (5:06); Updates on the rest of Kimberly's and Erin's dogs and making protein choices (13:17); Kimberly's initial experience with Adored Beast's Vital Defense (...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 140
Send us a text 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: Catching up with Kimberly, Erin & their dogs and Super Snouts (0:54) What Buffy is learning and her surprising DNA results! (8:59) Kimberly's 80/10/10 rabbit hole (13:11) Feedback on the Dr. Susan Recker episode and how we're integrating what...
May 05, 2025•59 min•Season 4Ep. 139
Send us a text 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: Nautical Dog's origin story (0:56) Finding fresh feeding due to your dog's health issue (3:42) Is the general pet parent population starting to pay more attention to their dog's food ingredients? or just on social media (8:20) How Amanda decides ...
Apr 28, 2025•45 min•Season 4Ep. 138
Send us a text 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: Dr. Recker's veterinary origin story (0:54) What does Dr. Recker feed her dogs? (10:10) Dr. Recker's approach to balance over time vs balance every meal - and why (10:56) How the fat content of meat affects nutrients (16:53) How many calories a d...
Apr 21, 2025•55 min•Season 4Ep. 137
Send us a text 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: Welcoming Julie Ann Lee and learning the origin story of Adored Beast (0:55) Many factors contribute to health (18:07) When you adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue situation, where should Pet Parents start with improving their health? (27:44) Ho...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 136
Send us a text 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: It's National Raw Feeding Week - and April's Fools Day (0:55) Kimberly is fostering a puppy (5:31) Dog - & human - sibling stories and updates on Kimberly's & Erin's dogs (15:08) What Kimberly is NOT doing this year and why (24:50) Trying...
Apr 07, 2025•51 min•Season 4Ep. 135
Send us a text 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: 3 years of the pod, male listeners and new listener feedback (0:54) The kibble complaint issue of 2024 (8:29) Raw food brands transparency of complete nutrient analysis data (16:33) Kimberly's recent social media experiences and changing people's...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 4Ep. 134
Send us a text 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. Celebrating 3 years of The Alternative Dog Moms and 4 years of Maple (0:54) Green Juju has been busy (2:21) Vitality and freeze-dried blends are already on store shelves - but not for Kimberly or Erin (4:48) State, federal, and AAFCO regulations of pet foo...
Mar 27, 2025•43 min•Season 4Ep. 133
Send us a text 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: Thoughts on today's modern version of raw feeding (0:55) The widespread pet health issue that initially led Dr. Tom to focus on problems with pet food (7:57) Can we trust our dogs with raw meaty bones? (13:09) Adversities Dr. Tom has faced in car...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 132
Send us a text 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: Erin & Nessie's trip to the Johns Hopkins Canine Cognition Lab (0:54) Kimberly's pet insurance drama (3:27) Susan Thixton released the shocking number of complaints received by the FDA of pets sickened by kibble last year (7:57) Green Juju's ...
Mar 10, 2025•41 min•Season 3Ep. 131
Send us a text 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: February is Pet Dental Health Month (0:54) Nessie joins the recording; Kimberly's home improvements (3:56) A new literature review study on the effects of bovine colostrum on dogs' health, funded by Purina (8:05) Would colostrum be affected by th...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 130
Send us a text 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: How Dr. Jake Ryave got involved with the Dog Aging Project (0:55) What is the Dog Aging Project and its goals? (3:20) Surprising data trends in the Dog Aging Project (6:05) Is it true that dogs are living shorter lives than they used to? (13:00) ...
Feb 25, 2025•59 min•Season 3Ep. 129
Send us a text 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: Catching up with Kimberly & Erin, and Susan Thixton's 2025 List (0:54) Avian flu and buying eggs (5:20) Neno update and Bella's adventures (7:45) Kimberly found a new indoor toy for her dogs (14:38) Is freeze-dried raw processed food? (16:03)...
Feb 17, 2025•55 min•Season 3Ep. 128
Send us a text 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: Kimberly is injured and so is Neno (0:54) What Kimberly's dogs think about her home renovation projects (7:18) Celebrating Rita Hogan's book The Herbal Dog (12:32) More information is. coming out about Oregon's investigation of the cat with Avian...
Feb 10, 2025•40 min•Season 3Ep. 127
Send us a text 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: Introduction to the Intelligence of Nature company & products and how Kim came to work for them (0:54); What prompted the company to create a pet product (7:22) Erin's experience using Ion Gut Support during Penny's health crisis (9:32) What ...
Feb 03, 2025•54 min•Season 3Ep. 126
Send us a text 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: Holly's background and Animal Biome origin story 2:10 Gut Restore from Raw Fed Dogs is back! What are the requirements for donors? 8:40 Does adding fiber to our dog's diets improve the microbiome? 11:40 Holly's thoughts on whether probiotic suppl...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Send us a text 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: Welcome Dr. Dan and his veterinary origin story (0:54) What is biohacking? (5:28) Different types of pain in dogs and different approaches to treating these (8:44) How Dr. Dan approaches information from the "conventional" veterinary community ve...
Jan 21, 2025•58 min•Season 3Ep. 124
Send us a text 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: Introducing Tim from Winpro and how Kimberly came to know the company and their products (0:54) The origin story of the Winpro company, how Tim came to work for them and his experiences with the products (5:08) Other ways plasma and IgG are used ...
Jan 13, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 123
Send us a text 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: Cheers to the end of 2024 and we have a lot to discuss (0:55) Erin's disastrous vacation with the dogs (2:02) Catching up with Kimberly's & Erin's holidays (9:10) BK Pets have strong feelings about what they're leaving behind in 2024 and soci...
Jan 05, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 122
Send us a text 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. This week, Erin and Kimberly chat with Billy Hoekman of Green JuJu Kitchen. Why beets for Green Juju's new products? What are wild ferments? How to add your own probiotics to Green Juju's Raw Goat's Milk Billy's favorite hack for creating thick goat milk -...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Send us a text 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: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:10 Introducing Rita Hogan 00:02:00 How to Read The Herbal Dog 00:03:17 Rita Hogan's 'Common Canine Conditions' 00:04:47 Book Covers Herbal Medicine 00:05:57 Essential Oils 00:09:28 Don't Feed Cold Food to Dogs 00:23:37...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 120
Send us a text 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: 2:25 Why Chan Developed Oncotect 6:00 What are Nematodes? 8:45 Types of cancers detected by Oncotect 9:37 How early (what stages) can Oncotect detect cancer? 10:18 How long did it take to develop Oncotect? 11:35 What is the testing process? 16:20...
Dec 16, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Send us a text 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: Paula's background and experience (0:54) Defining breeder terminology (6:20) Kimberly recently had an unexpected experience with puppies and Paula's evolution of judgment and mentorship (10:39) Boxers, genetic health issues and a breeder's Code o...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Send us a text 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: Cheers! Catching up with Kimberly & Erin (0:54) New mushroom products for dogs - the good and the questionable (4:48) Black Friday shopping (12:36) Thanksgiving plans - what Kimberly & Erin are cooking for themselves and their dogs (25:28...
Dec 02, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 117
Send us a text 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: Catching up with Erin & Kimberly and what's on our Black Friday radar (0:54) A raw food brand is closing down and Erin "pulled a Kimberly" (14:02) News from Oma's Pride (19:01) Erin's failed experiment and a couple dog vomiting stories (23:15...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 116
