Plant Powered Paws

In this episode, Dr Arielle speaks to Dr David Hamilton, a writer who has published books focussed on kindness, in which he coins the term 'kindfulness'. Dr David has been a complete inspiration to Dr Arielle and they chat about his books and veganism, and how these are vitally interlinked! Find out more about David and his works on his website: https://drdavidhamilton.com/

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In this episode Dr Arielle chats to Dominik about his dog Ninja, who is a plant-based Collie proficient in parcours! 

They talk about how being on a plant-based diet has enable Ninja to keep up with his amazing talent and energy, and the other enormous benefits of his healthy diet of MicroBell. 

Dr Rebecca Brociek shares some of the insights from her PhD at University of Nottingham. She discusses the environmental benefits of plant based dog food, and that also most tested meat-based dry dog foods aren't actually nutritionally complete! Find out more from this blog post:

https://justbekind.co.uk/blogs/news/a-10th-study-in-favour-of-plant-based

In this episode of Plant Powered Paws Podcast, Dr Arielle sits down with actor, comedian, and activist Lee Brace — the creative force behind vegan drag persona Dawn Chorus and her carnivorous alter ego, Peter the Meat Eater (who we just love!) They also discuss how some types of meat-based dog foods are made.

Ella is the founder of Herbie Wilde - a plant-based dog food company that focusses on developing highly nutritious and responsibly sourced food. She speaks to Dr Arielle about her transition from Hollywood producer to business owner and the challenges this came with. She also shares her passion for rewilding Britain and how her mission to heal her own dog sparked a wider purpose to protect the planet for future generations - both human and canine.

Hetal Sheth is a plant-based advocate in India who does amazing work with so many stray dogs, while promoting balanced plant-based feeding of dogs in India using supplements as well as a wonderful mix of natural holistic ayurvedic herbs. 

Hetal and Dr Arielle discuss foods that contain important vitamins that dogs require in their diet, as well as some mistakes that people can make when home cooking for their dogs.

In this episode, Dr Arielle sits down with Lauren Kilner, a certified canine nutritionist and holistic wellness advocate, to explore the transformative power of plant-based nutrition for both humans and their furry companions. Lauren shares her inspiring journey—how her Labrador, Luna, sparked her passion for canine nutrition, leading her to discover the incredible potential of food as medicine. 

Dr Arielle speaks to Leni Lecker - the mastermind behind Vegan4Dogs, the producers of Greta. Both having started their businesses from scratch, they speak about how the foundations and inspiration for both of their businesses came from their dogs, Ruff and Eddie! 

Brad Dalrymple is an Environmental Engineer at Ocean Protect, a company which focuses on stopping pollution entering waterways. How does this relate to pet nutrition you may ask? Many pet foods and supplements use ingredients found in our oceans, for which there may be more of an impact then you may think. Listen as Brad tells some mind-blowing stories about the fishing and krill industry, and how this can have a knock on effect for both the health of our oceans and the health of your dogs!

In this episode Dr Arielle speaks to Dr Lucy McKinna, owner of the vegan dog food brand Noochy Poocy. Both being vegan vets, they discuss some of their experiences and how being vegan is an obvious lifestyle choice for vets (and their dogs!) Breaking down the norms of pet feeding is a tricky mission, but both have put themself forward to try and tackle how this can be done, and even discuss how being diagnosed with ADHD affects their everyday!