Your Dog's Microbiome: An Unexpected Window to the Soul with Dr Odette Suter

This is no ordinary microbiome conversation! Well, you are really going to love the conversation I’m sharing with you today that I had with holistic veterinarian, Dr Odette Suter. She is lovingly well-known as Dr Poop Lady because of her passion for and expertise in the microbiome and the importance of gut health to your dog’s overall health. To give you a bit of Dr Suter’s background, she graduated from veterinary school in Switzerland in 1994. Early on, she recognized the limitations of conventional medicine and questioned its role in true healing. Her unconventional upbringing combined with her own healing journey has led her to explore many holistic avenues to uncover and treat the underlying cause of disease of her animal patients. As a truly holistic vet, she is passionate about education and has written the international best-selling book “What Your Vet Never Told You – Secrets to Supporting Peak Health for Your Animal.” Dr Suter is a sought-after speaker and teacher in the field of holistic veterinary medicine, and she has developed her own training and mentorship program for pet parents and professionals alike to empower them to think like a holistic vet and maximize their animals’ health This is not your ordinary microbiome conversation! We definitely do get into what the microbiome is and how to best support it for your dog’s health, but it was such a gift, and so much fun, to be able to talk with Dr Suter about the bigger questions that the microbiome invites us to ask, including, if we, and our dogs, are mostly made of microbes, who are we really, at the core, and how can a better understanding of the microbiome shed light on how we might heal our dogs, ourselves, and the planet? Not only will you take away some tips on actions you can take today to better support your dog’s microbiome, but I’m hoping that you’ll also come away with a more expanded sense of who you are and the uniqueness of, well, YOU! If you are enjoying the podcast, I would SO appreciate you subscribing, liking, rating, and reviewing it! It means so much because those things are really important for making the podcast easier to find, and letting other mystic dog mamas, and papas, know that this community is out there for them! Shall we get started? OK. let’s go! To learn more about Dr Odette Suter’s masterclass and mentorship program, visit her website: https://odettesuterdvm.com And to purchase her book, “What Your Vet Never Told You – Secrets to Supporting Peak Health for Your Animal,” please consider using the affiliate link below, at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, and this helps to support the Mystic Dog Mama podcast and channel. Affiliate links: Amazon USA https://amzn.to/3woLURy   Amazon UK https://amzn.to/3TJAvoY TIME STAMPS 00:22 INTRO 05:00 Introducing Dr Odette Suter and the microbiome 08:19 What exactly is the microbiome? 11:00 If we are mostly microbes, who are we really? 13:50 Microbes invite us to reconnect to ourselves, our bodies, and the fabric of life 17:25 Studying the microbiome is creating a paradigm shift in both the conventional medicine world and the holistic world 19:29 The impact of the microbiome on cancer therapy 24:45 Helping rescue dogs to build up their microbiome 26:20 Are probiotics more harmful than helpful? 32:50 what about leaky gut? 36:36 Your dog innately knows how to heal themselves 42:44 How animals are our catalysts for transformation 45:20 How animals are teaching us that everything is perfect as it is 51:00 The gut reflects what is happening in nature 52:30 We are shifting paradigms 1:00:00 Things to support your dog today 1:04:00 How to learn from and work with Dr Suter 1:06:26 What have dogs taught Dr Suter about what it means to be human 1:10:00 OUTRO DISCLAIMER: This is not a substitute for medical advice or other relevant professional advice.