The Forever Dog

A New Science Blueprint for Raising Exceptionally Healthy and Happy Companions

By: Rodney Habib, Karen Shaw Becker

Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass, Joe Knezevich

Length: 15 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

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 well-being, 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.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Rodney Habib and Karen Shaw Becker (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

AMAZING! Not only for dogs, but for US population.

This book tells it all, not only for dogs. All about common sense and following reliable research. Large organization hide the TRUTH. Its horrible what these companies are doing to humanity and our animals. How do they sleep at night? Knowing they're harming people, children and our animals.

Eye opening!

Excellent book full of inormation. Very eye opening for me.Want to know why our pets are dying young with chronic diseases, read this and you'll be able to make better decisions with your beloved fur baby.

must read for pet parents, guardians and advocates

anyone caring for dogs must read this book to foster the best health for their dogs

Great book for understanding your dogs health

awesome book with lots of great information too increase longevity and health of your dog

Life changing for your dog and you!

So much important information for your dog's health and your own. This book totally opened my eyes! Highly recommend!! I'm also ordering a hard copy to look back on certain information.

Wow. Enlightening, informative and a required read

A must read for all pet owners.
I also got the hard copy for reference. So much material covered

Every dog owner should be required to read this

What a great book, i have recommended this to every dog owner i know.
Please buy it for your friends, all great science based information and there is a PDF you can download with the purchase of the audio book. So much great information here, all from a loving approach and very nicely narrated.
Changed the way i feed my pets.
My veterinarian already taught us some items mentioned on here (feed once a day, exercise requirements and supplements).
Excellent book, cannot recommend enough.
Five stars all across the board.

Dr Becker & Rodney Habib at their finest!

I LOVED this book & will listen to it numerous times. There is so much to learn here. If you wish to learn more about caring for your forever friend in the best way possible and possibly extend their lives, this book is for you! A combination of science, nutrition, stories and hope, this book is a must for those who wish to give the best care for their furry friend.

validated resource

Finally a resource that validates what I did to help my dogs outlive cancer.

Excellent Book

I recommend for any doggy parent! I am looking forward to doing more research and implementing what I learned from this this book.