The Pet Parenting Reset

How to Help Your Pets Naturally: Homeopathy & Real Food with Jan Allegretti is a deep‑dive into what it really looks like to support animals holistically, day in and day out. In this episode, Jan shares insights from more than 35 years of helping dogs and cats using homeopathy, nutrition, and a whole‑animal perspective. We talk about why real, species‑appropriate food is such a powerful foundation for health, how homeopathic re...

Omega‑3 Testing Explained: What a High Omega‑6 to Omega‑3 Ratio Reveals About Inflammation

In this episode, Jess sits down with Tavis Piatoly from OmegaQuant to unpack what your omega‑3 test results are actually telling you—and why a high omega‑6 to omega‑3 ratio can quietly fuel chronic inflammation in both humans and animals. Together, they break down how tests like the omega‑3 index work, what those percentages and ratios r...

Holistic or Just Hype? How Pet Parents Can Do Better with Angela Ardolino is a straight‑talk episode about navigating the wild west of “natural” and “holistic” pet products. Angela and I dig into why you can’t just trust buzzwords on the front of the bag or bottle, and why becoming a more conscious pet parent starts with slowing down and asking better questions. We walk through how to actually read lab...

Is Natural Pet Care Really “Alternative”? The Original Medicine Story is a powerful idea: what we’ve been told is “alternative” was actually the original way humans and animals were cared for. Inspired by Sayer Ji’s essay “They Called It ‘Alternative.’ It Was Always the Original,” I walk through how natural medicine—plants, foods, light, movement, relationship—...

Choosing the Right Dog for Your Life: Lessons from Regenerative Farmer Seth Thompson takes us out to New Plymouth Farm, where the land, the goats, and a working dog named Dutch all have something to teach us about how we pick our canine companions. Seth shares how regenerative farming reshaped the way he thinks about animals, responsibility, and what it really means for a dog to have a job and a purpose. We talk about how he chose ...

Path to Pet Wellness: Dr Jeff Feinman on Holistic Vet Care, BEAM & the Happiness Protocol brings Dr Jeff’s Pet Health Junkies conversation to The Pet Parenting Reset main feed, because this is one I want every pet parent to hear. In this episode, Dr Jeff Feinman shares the core ideas behind his new book, Path to Pet Wellness, and how they invite us to rethink everything from symptoms and “disease” to the ...

Vegetables for Dogs? Dr Conor Brady Explains the “Plant Problem” is a deep dive into one of the most hotly debated topics in dog nutrition right now: how much plant matter, if any, belongs in your dog’s bowl. In this 250th episode, I sit down with Dr Conor Brady, author of Feeding Dogs, to unpack what he calls “the plant problem”—why dogs are biologically meat‑first, how vegetables ended up ...

What We Wish Dog Parents Knew About Nutrition & Health (with Emily from The Dog Who Asked for More) is a behind‑the‑mic conversation between two canine nutritionists who care deeply about doing better for our dogs. Emily, host of The Dog Who Asked for More, joins me to share how we each found our way into the pet space, why we decided to get formal nutrition certifications, and how that changed the way we look at dog food forev...

Indie Pet vs Big Box: What Happens to Your Favorite Brands? with Toni Unleashed pulls back the curtain on how pet brands grow—and what that growth means for the independent stores that helped build them. Toni Shelaske, who’s been in indie pet for decades, joins me to talk about brands that start in small specialty shops, then expand into big box and third‑party online platforms. We dig into which companies are handling ...

Positive Reinforcement Dog Training: Why It’s the Gold Standard with Teoti Anderson dives into what modern, humane dog training really looks like—and why it works so well in real life. In this episode, Teoti shares how positive reinforcement has evolved over the past few decades, what the science and experience in the field tell us, and why it’s considered the gold standard by leading trainers and behavior pros. W...

How Green Juju’s Soil Probiotic Transformed Dog Symptoms (New Study Results) takes you behind the scenes of a brand‑new study on one of the most talked‑about gut health products in pet nutrition. In this episode, Billy from Green Juju walks us through the research they conducted with Innovative Pet Lab on Soil, their veggie‑fermented probiotic blend, and what they actually saw in the dogs who took it. We dig into which sympto...

This solo episode is your gentle reality check before you hit “add to cart.” You’ll hear why not every supplement, gadget, or trendy protocol you discover online (or even on this podcast) is automatically right for your individual animal. Instead of chasing every new thing, we’ll slow down and focus on what the animal in front of you is actually showing you.

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Real food changes everything—and once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

In this episode, I sit down with Heather Enajibi of K9 Naturals to talk about what actually happens when you move dogs (and cats) off ultra-processed diets and onto real, whole food. We share real-world examples of changes in energy, coat, digestion, and overall resilience—and why those shifts make sense when you understand how the body is meant ...

In this episode, we sit down with Jackie Jolie of AnimaSol to explore how light can actually help the body heal. We break down what red light therapy is, why infrared and near‑infrared wavelengths matter, and what UV really does inside the body. Jackie explains how bringing nature’s full light spectrum back into our daily lives can support everything from energy and recovery to mood and sleep. We also talk about why most devi...

The gut is where everything starts.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Odette Suter to go deep on the canine microbiome—what actually drives gut health, where things go wrong, and how to start fixing it in a way that makes sense.

We talk about dysbiosis, yeast, digestion issues, and why so many dogs are stuck in cycles of loose stool, itching, and inflammation. Dr. Suter breaks down how food, environment, stress, and even the...

What really happens behind the scenes of the pet industry?

In this episode, I sit down with Clayton Payne of Pet Business Disruptors, who has spent more than 30 years working inside the pet industry in both the U.S. and the U.K. Together we pull back the curtain on how the industry actually operates—from marketing claims and labeling tricks to the signals consumers think matter but often don’t.

We talk about how pet produ...

Walk into any pet store and you’ll see shelves packed with supplements promising better joints, better digestion, better skin, and longer lives for your dog. But how many of them actually do anything?

In this episode, I sit down with Chef Scot Hill of Woof Creek to talk about the supplement industry, what most pet parents get wrong, and how to think about supplements in the context of a real, whole-food diet.

We dig into when s...

What if your pet isn’t just reacting to you… but reflecting you?

In this episode, I sit down with Lisa Tully to explore animal communication and the idea that our animals mirror our emotional state, stress patterns, and even unspoken energy. We talk about how communication goes beyond words, how behavior can sometimes be a message, and what it means when your pet seems to carry the very thing you’re struggling wit...

First aid doesn’t have to mean synthetic chemicals and petroleum junk. In this episode, we dive into Green Goo’s plant-powered herbal salves and how whole-plant infusions can support real skin healing—for pets and people. We break down the herbs they use (like blue chamomile, yarrow, rosehip, and helichrysum), why slow infusions matter, and when a simple topical can actually move the needle on cuts, scrapes, crack...