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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 Raw Feeder Life, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.

CHAPTERS:

• Kimberly's experience with the Real Dog Food Nutrition Course for Pet Parents (1:08)
• The origin story of Real Dog Box (8:04)
• How Real Dog Box sources its products and how to add variety to your dog's diet (16:38)
• The Secret Shop (23:20)
• Organizational goals and Ruby's team (29:19)
• How Real Dog Box strives to be an environmentally conscious company and dealing with pet food regulations (31:30)
• Behind the scenes of starting the Feed Real Movement, course creation, Ruby's dog Icon, and why paralegals rock (37:31)
• The gross parts - or not? - of raw feeding and dogs being dogs (52:58)
• Meat production in the USA (1:01:29)
• Dehydrators versus freeze dryers (1:07:24)
• When dogs are selective about what they eat, are they just being picky? or are they purposely self-selecting? (1:12:25)
• A question about vaccinating dogs that Kimberly posted on social media got heated, and understanding where those who think differently about pet health are coming from (1:17:33)
• Examining info that Rodney Habib recently shared on social media about adding moisture to kibble (1:29:42)
• Re-watching your favorite tv series (1:35:00)
• What's next for Ruby, Real Dog Box, and Feed Real? (1:44:43)

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Real Dog Box / Feed Real Movement (https://feedreal.com/summit?ref=rawfeederlife)
• Battery organizer case (I found this on Amazon similar to what you bought: https://amzn.to/3iEv5v1)
• EPA info about recycling household batteries (https://www.epa.gov/recycle/used-household-batteries)
• Rodney's IG post discussing the results of a recent study about adding moisture to kibble (https://www.instagram.com/p/ClZJbIAvMPT/)
• The scientific journal article: Effects of Softening Dry Food with Water on Stress Response, Intestinal Microbiome, and Metabolic Profile in Beagle Dogs (https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/12/11/1124)

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.

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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 Raw Feeder Life, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.

CHAPTERS:

• Neno's diet is deficient! What Kimberly learned from running Neno's diet through Animal Diet Formulator (0:55)
• A reporter from The Wall Street Journal will be attending the Feed Real Summit (and we hope the journalism will be better than a recent New York Times piece) (23:05)
• Kimberly is making changes to her online presence and how some veterinarians behave online (33:24)
• Why we have trust issues with the pet industry (44:27)

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Episode 137: The importance of feeding a balanced diet with Dr. Susan Recker
• Episode 33 with Ruby Balaram of Real Dog Box
• Believe in Dog: How to Easily Feed Real Food to Your Dog with Ruby Balaram
• Feed Real Summit 2025
• Animal Diet Formulator
• 2025 FEDIAF Nutritional Guidelines
• Ruby's announcement about The Wall Street Journal at Feed Real Summit
• A recent New York Times article about the "Goop-ification" of the pet industry
• Only 4% of cats who were diagnosed with Avian Flu had eaten raw pet food

SOCIAL MEDIA:

• Facebook.com/BelieveInDogPodcast
• Instagram.com/RawFeederLife
• Instagram.com/Erin_the_Dog_Mom
• NewsLetter/RawFeederLife

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.

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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 Raw Feeder Life, and Erin Scott hosts the Believe in Dog podcast.

CHAPTERS:

• Erin's back from AHVMA (0:55)
• Using mushrooms for hemangiosarcoma (15:38)
• More. AHVMA debrief (21:07)
• Updates on Erin's and Kimberly's dogs and Kimberly is preparing for Feed Real (25:30)
• Last thoughts about AHVMA, first thoughts about the new Forever Dog: Repair Manual announcement and balancing recipes (36:33)
• A new study suggesting that homemade diets for dogs are nutritionally incomplete (44:30)
• Another study suggests fresh food diets (e.g. Farmer's Dog) are causing a new type of bladder stones (54:43)
• TV and Book Talk (1:10:08)

LINKS DISCUSSED:

• Real Mushrooms (https://shop.realmushrooms.com/collections/mushrooms-for-pets/)
• Woof Creek Pet Wellness (https://www.woofcreek.com/)
• Study re: Turkey Tail Mushrooms for Hemangiosarcoma (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3440946/)
• Katie's Pet Products (https://www.katiespetproducts.com/)
• Forever Dog: The Repair Manual (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16w8EQqr55/)
• Animal Diet Formulator (https://animaldietformulator.com/)
• Dog Aging Project study re: homemade diets (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40865554/)
• Study re: fresh food diets causing bladders stones (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12035869/)

SOCIAL MEDIA:

• 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.