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What We've Learned in 70+ Years in Veterinary Medicine with Dr. Judy Morgan & Dr. Ruth Roberts | Healing Tales, Season 2
Season 2 opens with a conversation Dr. Ruth has wanted for years. She sits down with Dr. Judy Morgan — nationally recognized integrative veterinarian, best-selling author of nine books, and host of the Naturally Healthy Pets podcast — for an honest look at what vet school taught them, what practice actually demanded, and why they both rebuilt their clinical models from the ground up.
Dr. Judy speaks candidly about being trained at the University of Illinois in the 1980s, when kidney disease meant "feed KD" and neurology meant "steroids for everybody." She shares the moment she learned KD was called "killer diet" in integrative circles, what happened at her first AAFCO meeting, and the 95-pound shepherd carried in by a 95-year-old man that turned her toward chiropractic — and everything after.
She names what's squeezing compassion out of veterinary medicine — corporate consolidation, private-equity profit targets, understaffing, and rigid "gold standard" protocols — and why real change will come from informed pet parents. "It's the mothers and fathers of the pets we love who are going to drive the change."
A practical, hopeful episode about food as the foundation, root-cause thinking, and how to walk into your next vet appointment ready to be your pet's real advocate.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • Why change comes from informed pet parents, not pharma or pet-food companies • The nutrition gap vet school leaves behind • Why whole foods and "hot" vs. "cooling" energetics transform health in weeks • How to treat the root cause instead of chasing symptoms • How to prepare for a vet visit and ask for a second opinion without making it adversarial
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Welcome to Healing Tales — Season 2 00:29 Meet Dr. Judy Morgan 03:05 Amplifying the message: this year's mission 05:49 Change is driven by pet parents 06:36 Updating "From Needles to Natural" 09:13 None of this was in the vet-school syllabus 10:34 "Feed KD" and "steroids for everybody" 13:43 How little nutrition training vets receive 17:24 "See one, do one, teach one" emergency medicine 19:51 How the profession lost its compassion 24:10 "Gold standard" vs. caring for the animal 28:22 The case that changed everything: chiropractic 37:20 The case against one-size-fits-all medicine 39:34 Food as the foundation, discovering "killer diet" 44:05 The beagle puppy and "hot" vs. "cooling" foods 47:16 Corporate vs. independent staffing 54:48 How pet parents can prepare for a vet visit 1:01:07 Getting a second opinion 1:05:45 Supporting independent practices 1:09:40 Be your pet's advocate 1:11:18 What keeps Dr. Judy going: faith and calling 1:13:31 Listener gift: 50% off books with code DRRUTH50
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