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In this pathbreaking guide, two of the world’s most popular and trusted pet care advocates reveal new science to teach us how to delay aging and provide a long, happy, healthy life for our canine companions.
Like their human counterparts, dogs have been getting sicker and dying prematurely over the past few decades. Why? Scientists are beginning to understand that the chronic diseases afflicting humans—cancer, obesity, diabetes, organ degeneration, and autoimmune disorders—also beset canines. As a result, our beloved companions are vexed with preventable health problems throughout much of their lives and suffer shorter life spans. Because our pets can’t make health and lifestyle decisions for themselves, it’s up to pet parents to make smart, science-backed choices for lasting vitality and health.
The Forever Dog gives us the practical, proven tools to protect our loyal four-legged companions. Rodney Habib and Karen Becker, DVM, globetrotted (pre-pandemic) to galvanize the best wisdom from top geneticists, microbiologists, and longevity researchers; they also interviewed people whose dogs have lived into their 20s and even 30s. The result is this unprecedented and comprehensive guide, filled with surprising information, invaluable advice, and inspiring stories about dogs and the people who love them.
The Forever Dog prescriptive plan focuses on diet and nutrition, movement, environmental exposures, and stress reduction, and can be tailored to the genetic predisposition of particular breeds or mixes. The authors discuss various types of food—including what the commercial manufacturers don’t want us to know—and offer recipes, easy solutions, and tips for making sure our dogs obtain the nutrients they need. Habib and Dr. Becker also explore how external factors we often don’t think about can greatly affect a dog’s overall health and wellbeing, from everyday insults to the body and its physiology, to the role our own lifestyles and our vets’ choices play. Indeed, the health equation works both ways and can travel “up the leash.”
Medical breakthroughs have expanded our choices for canine health—if you know what they are. This definitive dog-care guide empowers us with the knowledge we need to make wise choices, and to keep our dogs healthy and happy for years to come.
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Publisher : Harper (October 12, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0063002604
ISBN-13 : 978-0063002609
Item Weight : 1.34 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.41 x 9 inches
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Reviewer: susan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Love It â Helped Me Make Homemade Dog Food and My Dog Lost Weight!
Review: I absolutely love “The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer.” Hereâs why this book has been a game-changer for me and my dog:Pros:Informative: The book is packed with surprising new science and practical advice on how to help your dog live a healthier, longer life. Itâs an eye-opener on canine nutrition and wellness.Homemade Dog Food: Inspired by the book, I started making homemade dog food, and the results have been fantastic. My dog has lost weight and looks healthier and more energetic.Easy to Follow: The recipes and tips provided are easy to follow. Even someone new to making homemade dog food can do it with confidence.Comprehensive: It covers a wide range of topics, from diet and exercise to preventive healthcare and environmental factors, providing a holistic approach to canine health.Engaging: The writing is engaging and accessible, making it an enjoyable read as well as a valuable resource.Cons:None! I am completely satisfied with this book.Overall, “The Forever Dog” has made a significant positive impact on my dogâs health. I highly recommend it to any dog owner looking to improve their canine companionâs quality of life.
Reviewer: D E P
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A MUST Read for dog owners
Review: This well-researched, readable book gives great information about how to extend your dogâs lifespan and improve quality of life for you and your dog. The advice is accessible as well as doable. The book is well organized and will be one our most important resources as we welcome and raise our puppy.
Reviewer: Ann Neris
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: As a breeder this book has made an impact on us
Review: When breeding my 2 Yorkies, it always been a priority for me the health of my girls. The stronger and healthier they are the healthier foundation the puppies will have when growing inside and the better and easier my girl will recuperate from the draining process of pregnancy. As a breeder I chose puppy parents who I believe have the requirements to care for and grow one of our puppies. I include this book in our puppies to go home bag, we have Puppy Parents Date that are a most, this to minimize the trauma of leaving Mom, Dad, siblings and us , to go to a new home, in our PPDs not only puppies get familiar with their new family smell, voice and touh but we get the chance to know and talk to their parents about nutrition and healthy for our puppies. I don’t talk about the book but I encourage them to look in to finding commercial pet food with the minimal amount of chemicals and closer to what is normal in the animal kingdom or nature. Then in the go home bag I include a book. In their updates some parents proudly will send me videos of their puppies eating food with natural ingredients, which always fills my heart.Thanks guys for making this book is an easy and simple reading and very helpful for breeders like me who cares about our puppies foundations.
Reviewer: Emanuela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Essential reading for all pet owners.
Review: This book is a life saver so many tips and so much good advice if you want a happy healthy dog and improve his longevity!A must have for all dog owners!
Reviewer: Gina V. Peterson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing Book
Review: I highly recommend this book to anybody who is concerned about properly feeding and taking care of their pet best friend AKA dog. It is full of very good information and has been incredibly helpful to me with all of my foster fails.
Reviewer: Stacy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Last third of book is where I found most value
Review: The book had a rough start for me when I ran into the C word on page 2 of the intro. Fair warning, if you are just as sick of hearing people talk about what happened globally in 2020-2021 as anything more than a planned attempt by the globalists to take over the world. I was just as disgusted and horrified to see the WHO and Harari (p. 34) cited in this book as reputable sources. It appears the authors are blind to the evil, globalist agenda and their attempt to takeover our earth with their BS and man made viruses. Anyway, once I got beyond the horrible start, I enjoyed most of the book. The brunt of the book is a presentation of their scientific evidence to support their theory that the commercial dog food industry (specifically ultra processed dry dog kibble and canned dog food) has been cause to our poochesâ demise. I agree with them! And thatâs why I read this book, after my dog passed away. Because I wanted to see proof of what I knew was wrong: dog kibble kills. Of course there are many other contributing factors in the longevity of the dog life, and the authors do elaborate on those. There wasnât a whole lot of info on healthy flea/tick and heartworm preventative/treatment options unfortunately, and I cannot believe they never even mentioned diatomaceous earth!! Do they not know the immense health benefits of food-grade DE?! I have been feeding it to my animals for years as a de-wormer and source of added minerals. No heart worm meds needed. That missing piece of info astounded me. DE is cheap and plentiful (diatomaceousearth.com). I take it myself. Overall, the book was informative and confirmed what I suspected: that cooking for your dog is just as healthy for them as it is for you. I cooked my late dogâs food for the last 7 of her 14 years of life, but I never added vitamins/minerals/supplements to her food because I thought âIf I donât need to add them to my meals, why do I have to add them to my dogâs?â That wasnât answered in the book. Why canât I just feed my dog a chicken, rice, organ, broth, and veggie dinner and call that good? My body gets everything I need from eating that, so why would I have to crush supplement pills to add to my dogâs meal? Seems stupid. I live in the country and would let my dog outside to hunt and eat wild mice and rabbits every now and then (and fed DE to get rid of those intestinal worms) in addition to feeding homemade meals using meat from our farmed animals. Good read. I recommend to anyone who has a dog. Form your own opinions and listen to what your dog is telling you.
Reviewer: Stacy Ames
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The world needs this!
Review: If I could give this book ten stars, I would! I have been a follower of Dr. Becker for years and this book is truly transformative. I have always been deep into dog food nutrition but this book has so much context. It is enlightening to learn how much our human selves and our beloved pups, by sharing the same environment, have parallel needs. It is packed with information, but delivered in a way that is easy to understand. If you have a dog, you MUST read this book.
Reviewer: ca
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great science
Review: While it may be difficult to do everything suggested in this nook it inspires to try having a new puppy nu helps yo get off yo a hood stsrt
Reviewer: Wendy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I have the audio version of this book and decided to get the physical copy to reread some sections and make notes. Not only does it talk in caring and friendly terms about your dogs health it provides great reminders for us humans too. I have already pre-ordered their next book.
Reviewer: Dulce Mendoza
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Yo ya conocÃa el trabajo de la Dra. Becker y como quién siempre ha tenido perros como mascotas miembros de mi familia, puedo decir sin lugar a dudas que los cambios hechos en la dieta de mis 3 perras han sido de gran beneficio al pasar del alimento seco (croquetas) a la dieta natural (no cruda ya q hay q considerar que desafortunadamente en Mexico hay muchos claroscuros en la forma en que manejan los productos cárnicos). El cambio en la dieta se ve reflejado en la salud de las mascotas directamente, mis perras ya son geriátricas (dos de 13 y una de 11) y puedo decir que debido a la alimentación q sugiere entre sus distintas modalidades ha generado un cambio de gran beneficio en mis mascotas, piel sana (2 son alérgicas y me fue muy complicado encontrar un tratamiento que no incluyera corticoides), digestión sin complicaciones, sus chequeos anuales son excelentes (les hago un examen de sangre completo anual y gracias a su esquema de alimentación los resultados son muy buenos). Para mi ha sido de gran ayuda apoyarme con el conocimiento de la Dra. Becker y Rodney HabÃb en conjunto logran en este libro. Yo recomiendo ampliamente su contenido.
Reviewer: Andreia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Muito pedagógico, de leitura simples e que nos faz pensar e equacionar muitas mudanças nas vidas dos nossos animais de estimação. Aconselho a todos os amantes de cães e gatos!!!
Reviewer: Mitch
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Really interesting read, wish I’d read it sooner. If you’re thinking of switching your dog to a raw food diet this is the go to book. Thought provoking, lots of interesting information and ideas on improving your dogs diet.
Reviewer: Jamie Higham
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Bought it in softback version. It’s a good read, it can be a little “wordy” and seem like a text book in parts but overall enjoyable.
