Tails of Truth: The Truth about Veterinary Medicine

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  Just Us, Talking Life & a Plan for JoJo's Anxious Dog 24.07.2026 25мин

  Tell Us What You Think In this episode of Tails of Truth, Dr. Angie and JoJo take a break from veterinary topics for an unscripted, personal catch up after two weeks apart. There's no agenda for this episode other than to give their listeners a peek into their lives. They talk through mutual, mostly unfounded worries about the podcast, chat dating and travels, and share real life updates including a health scare, a surprising pregnancy test twist, and a family court update. The conversation t...
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  Hyperthyroidism in Cats: Pills, Iodine, or Diet? 17.07.2026 21мин

  Tell Us What You Think Hyperthyroidism is one of the most common diseases veterinarians see in senior cats, but most cat parents don't know they have real options once a diagnosis comes in. In this episode of Tails of Truth, Dr. Angie Krause and veterinary nurse JoJo walk through the full picture: the symptoms that should prompt a T4 blood test, why the test is so straightforward compared to human thyroid testing, and all four treatment paths available today, methimazole in pill, cream, or me...
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  Senior Dog Had One Seizure? Here's What to Do 10.07.2026 17мин

  Tell Us What You Think When a senior dog has a single seizure, most pet parents end up in the emergency room the same night, and many walk out with a prescription for anti-convulsants before anyone's confirmed what caused it. In this episode, Dr. Angie Krause and JoJo unpack why that reflexive approach concerns Dr. Angie after treating six or seven senior dogs with new-onset seizures in just the last few weeks. They walk through what actually qualifies a dog as "senior" for seizure purposes, ...
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  Does Woo-Woo Have a Place in Holistic Veterinary Medicine? 03.07.2026 21мин

  Tell Us What You Think Dr. Angie and JoJo take a detour from clinical topics to explore the space where holistic veterinary medicine meets the metaphysical. From animal communicators and crystals to soul contracts and pet reincarnation, this episode is a candid, funny, and surprisingly moving conversation about everything science hasn't caught up to yet. Dr. Angie opens up about growing up in a deeply metaphysical family, her parents meeting at an ashram in India, her early experiences with p...
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  Why Is My Cat Peeing Outside the Litter Box? 26.06.2026 17мин

  Tell Us What You Think Dr. Angie Krause and JoJo break down one of the most common and most misread cat health complaints: peeing outside the litter box. Your cat isn't plotting revenge. They're probably miserable. Whether it's feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC), a stress response you never saw coming, or something more serious hiding underneath, Dr. Angie explains what's actually happening inside your cat's bladder and what feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) really looks like in practi...
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  Fleas, Ticks, Worms & Flies: Oh My 19.06.2026 25мин

  Tell Us What You Think Turns out there's a lot of ick in tick and in flea, worm, and whatever a screwworm fly is doing, which is frankly worse than the name suggests. Dr. Angie and JoJo recorded this episode six weeks before New World Screwworm was confirmed in dogs in the US, but it seems more timely now than ever. In this episode they cover the parasites they see in practice, where pets pick them up, and why parasite prevention looks completely different depending on where you live. It's eq...
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  Scratch That: A Vet Dermatologist on Why There's Real Hope for Itchy Pets 12.06.2026 37мин

  Tell Us What You Think If your dog or cat has ever scratched incessantly and you're left feeling helpless, this one is for you. This week Dr. Angie and JoJo sat down with veterinary dermatologist Dr. Darin Dell of Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, the specialist Dr. Angie emails almost every week with her toughest itchy cases. Dr. Dell has a gift for taking a frustrating, confusing topic and making it genuinely enjoyable, and he answers the questions pet parents often ask. Is Cytopoint safe? Does ...
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  We Pressed Record on Our Weekly Check-In: Vaccine Reactions, Neurodivergent Dogs, & Puppy Fever 05.06.2026 24мин

  Tell Us What You Think Some of the best Tails of Truth conversations happen before anything is planned, so this Friday Dr. Angie and JoJo just pressed record during their weekly check-in. Dr. Angie walks through a vaccine reaction she handled this week, the kind that looks fine in the room and then swells up an hour later, and the honest call she had to make about splitting vaccines. They get into whether dogs can be neurodivergent (there is real science behind it now), why a cat pulling its ...
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  You're Not to Blame: A Veterinary Oncologist Gets Honest About Cancer in Pets 29.05.2026 29мин

  Tell Us What You Think Your pet just got a cancer diagnosis. Your first instinct is to wonder what you did wrong. Dr. Brooke Fowler, veterinary oncologist at Veterinary Cancer Services in Boulder, CO, is here for that conversation. The honest answer is: we don't fully know what causes cancer in pets. Genetics, aging, and biology are doing most of the work and the guilt most pet parents carry is rarely warranted. In this episode, Dr. Brooke joins Dr. Angie and JoJo for one of the most honest, ...
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  Thick Skin Required: Burned Out, Rude People, and Still Showing Up 22.05.2026 22мин

  Tell Us What You Think This week's episode is an honest, unfiltered vent session from two people who had a rough week in veterinary medicine and decided to record it. Dr. Angie and JoJo — both sick, both on their second or third round of antibiotics — talk about the client who announced to the lobby that Dr. Angie was a terrible veterinarian, the YouTube commenter who said they need empathy training, the one-star review left on a Shopify product that hadn't been opened yet, and the person who...
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  Gut to Butt: The Anal Gland Episode 15.05.2026 14мин

  Tell Us What You Think Nobody puts "anal glands" on their list of things to learn about when they get a pet. Then your dog scoots across the carpet,licks incessently during the night, or your cat leaves a mystery smell on the couch cushion, and suddenly it's the only thing on your mind. In this episode, Dr. Angie and JoJo get into all of it: what anal glands actually are, why chronic anal gland problems are often a sign of food or environmental allergies most pet parents never connect, whethe...
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  One Year, 57 Episodes, and What We've Learned Along the Way 08.05.2026 25мин

  Tell Us What You Think It's been one full year and 57 episodes of Tails of Truth, and Dr. Angie and JoJo are taking a minute to sit in it. In this episode, they look back at their favorite moments, the episodes that hit hardest, and a few things they've genuinely changed their minds about along the way. From pet insurance skepticism to the Lepto vaccine, from raw food hand washing habits to processing grief in this public space, this is what it looks like to learn out loud in front of an audi...
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  We Asked AI About a Sick Cat. Here's What It Got Wrong (and Right) 01.05.2026 19мин

  Tell Us What You Think We're not here to shame you for Googling your pet's symptoms, or researching with AI, at 2 a.m. We've done it too. This week, Dr. Angie and JoJo get real about AI and pet health advice and what it gets right, where it dangerously misses, and why no algorithm can replace 20 years of hands-on clinical practice. They test two popular AI tools live (ChatGPT and Claude) on the show using a real clinical scenario (a 12-year-old cat not eating and losing weight), compare the r...
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  We Need to Talk About Anesthesia-Free Dentals for Pets 24.04.2026 21мин

  Tell Us What You Think We need to talk about anesthesia-free dentistry because it is marketed everywhere and a lot of loving pet parents are spending real money on something that mostly just makes teeth look pretty. In this episode, Dr. Angie and JoJo break down what anesthetic-free (or "awake scaling") actually does, what it misses, and why the gap between those two things matters so much for your pet's health. Dr. Angie shares what she sees in practice: pets who have regular anesthetic-free...
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  Is My Pet Safe Under Anesthesia? What to Ask & What to Expect 17.04.2026 23мин

  Tell Us What You Think Fear of anesthesia is one of the most common concerns I hear from pet parents and it makes complete sense. In this episode, JoJo and I have an honest, reassuring conversation about what modern anesthesia actually looks like, what your veterinary team does to keep your pet safe, and why vet medicine has genuinely gotten so much better over the years, making anesthesia safer for your pet. We talk through pre-anesthesia bloodwork, dedicated monitoring, heart mu...
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  Diarrhea, An Ear Mystery, Heartworm & The ER Did What Now? 10.04.2026 28мин

  Tell Us What You Think Real cases. Real talk. This week Dr. Angie pulls back the curtain on what actually came through her exam room door and what it's like to be an integrative veterinarian who cares deeply for her patients. A heartworm positive dog arrives from Texas. A cat parent introduces Dr. Angie to microchips that read body temperature at home. Giardia shows up in what feels like every stool sample of the week. An ER clinic runs an Addison's disease test on a dog that came in with dia...
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  The Rabies Vaccine Recall: What Pet Parents Need to Know 03.04.2026 15мин

  Tell Us What You Think We're recording this one still getting over being sick because this feels important. A rabies vaccine recall affecting dogs, cats, and ferrets has left pet parents across the country with an unexpected problem: a vaccine their pet already received may no longer be legally valid. In this episode, Dr. Angie and JoJo break down exactly what happened with the Boehringer Ingelheim IMRAB 3TF recall, what it means for your pet's rabies certificate, and the emotional reality fo...
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  The Truth About Rehoming and Responsible Breeding 27.03.2026 21мин

  Tell Us What You Think Rehoming a pet is one of the most judged decisions a pet parent can make, and this week Dr. Angie and JoJo are naming that out loud. Both have rehomed animals they loved. Both have watched clients stay in unsafe, unsustainable situations because the shame of asking for help felt worse than the situation itself. This episode is an honest conversation about when rehoming is the most loving choice, how the stigma around it can actually make outcomes worse for pets, and why...
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  Why Your Vet Hasn't Called You Back and the Weight They May Be Carrying 20.03.2026 15мин

  Tell Us What You Think In this episode of Tails of Truth, Dr. Angie gets honest — really honest — about the things that have been weighing on her lately. Missed callbacks, overflowing inboxes, cases that didn't go the way she hoped, and the quiet emotional toll of caring for animals and people through hard days. This is a rare behind-the-scenes look at what a veterinarian actually carries. If you've ever felt frustrated waiting to hear back from your vet, this episode may help to ...
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  Where You Fill Your Pet's Prescription Actually Matters. Here's Why. 13.03.2026 15мин

  Tell Us What You Think We're going there. Pet pharmacies, the topic Dr. Angie and JoJo have feelings about. In this episode of Tails of Truth, Dr. Angie pulls back the curtain on something that happens behind the scenes at your vet clinic every single day: the time, cost, and liability involved every time you fill your pet's prescription at a third-party pharmacy. It's not a lecture — it's context most pet parents have never had. JoJo shares a cautionary tale that will genuinely stop you in y...