Alternative Dog Moms, Ep 19 - Nerding Out on CBD Oil and Medicinal Mushrooms with Angela Ardolino of CBD Dog Heath

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 is the host of the Believe in Dog podcast.

This week,  Erin and Kimberly chat with Angela Ardolino of CBD Dog Health.

• What are Adaptogens? (1:57)
• The similarities between Medicinal Mushrooms and CBD (4:26)
• What's the difference between powdered mushroom products and tinctures? (6:30)
• Why Angela decided to develop her mushroom products (7:55)
• How mushrooms are helping Angela treat Canine Cognitive Disorder in her dog (9:37)
• The three different mushroom formulas in Angela's MycoDog line of mushroom products for dogs (10:20)
• When dealing with your dog's health issue, such as cancer, how much of a supplement to give to make a difference? (16:24)
• The shock of getting a cancer diagnosis for your dog when you've tried to make all the right health decisions and how to move towards a proactive health approach in the future (19:48)
• Finding and working with our veterinarians as Alternative Dog Moms (27:33)
• Extracts of plant medicine and CBD versus whole plants (39:39)
• The lack of information to help pets in the CBD industry and how we're not getting our dogs high (40:58)
• Empowering ourselves as Alternative Dog Moms to make the best decisions for our dogs, helping others to help their dogs, and recognizing the limitations of "conventional" veterinary medicine (45:19)
• The interconnectedness of diet and other supplements to make a difference for dogs (51:29)
• Concerns about a new study that purports to have found a connection between raw feeding and antibacterial resistant E. coli (52:24)
• The Do No Harm virtual event that Angela is hosting on September 22 features some of the top holistic veterinarians in the country discussing the over-prescribing of drugs such as antibiotics, steroids, and opioids in veterinary medicine today and what alternatives are available (54:56)
• Treating the symptoms versus getting to the root cause to heal (73:02)

SHOUTOUTS:

• Susan Thixton's breakdown of a new study that purports to have found a connection between raw feeding and antibacterial resistant E. coli, https://truthaboutpetfood.com/new-study-concludes-raw-pet-food-is-an-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-threat-but/
• 80,000 synthetic chemicals have been released into the environment since WW2, the majority of which aren't adequately tested for health impacts, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18991917/
• Ruined by Excess, Perfected by Lack: The Paradox of Pet Nutrition, Dr. Richard Patton,  https://thenaturaldogstore.com/products/ruined-by-excess-perfected-by-lack

FIND ANGELA:

• Register for the Do No Harm Event, https://yournaturaldog.com/?bg_ref=XZgc6MKs9V (aff)
• Get 15% off MycoDog, CBD Dog Health, or anything else at the Your Natural Dog Store with code DOGMOMS15, https:/

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.