All My Children Wear Fur Coats with Peggy Hoyt

Peggy Hoyt, host of "All My Children Wear Fur Coats," interviewed Bill Bookout, president and board chair of the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC), to discuss pet supplement safety and upcoming legislation. Bill explained how NASC has worked for 25 years to establish quality standards for animal health supplements through co-regulation with regulators, representing ov...

Peggy interviewed Todd Dittman, Executive Director of IndiePet, a trade association representing independent and neighborhood pet stores. Todd explained that IndiePet was formed about 5 years ago to help small pet stores compete against mass merchandisers like Chewy and Amazon, currently representing 150 supplier members and 400 retailers with 1,600 store locations. They disc...

Peggy Hoyt interviewed Jamie Smith, CEO and co-founder of Innovative Pet Lab, about their at-home pet health testing services. Jamie explained that Innovative Pet Lab was founded by three former human diagnostics professionals who recognized gaps in pet healthcare testing, particularly for gut health issues. The company offers stool-based tests that screen for inflammation, i...

Peggy interviewed Anette Torjussen, founder of the Nordic School of Holistic Equine Therapy. Anette shared her 22-year journey from accounting to becoming an equine therapist, explaining how horses taught her humility and the importance of looking beyond symptoms to understand the whole horse. She discussed her comprehensive two-year education program starting August 14th at ...

In this podcast episode our host, Peggy Hoyt, interviewed Austin Collins, CEO and co-founder of Five Strands, a wellness company that provides intolerance testing for both people and pets.  Through their testing, they can help to identify dietary and envrionmental stressors. Austin explained how Five Strands has tested 500,000 people and pets over nearly 10 years, offering fo...