The forever dog : surprising new science to help your canine companion live younger, healthier, and longer / Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Shaw Becker ; with Kristin Loberg.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: xxiii, 433 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780063002609
- 0063002604
- 9781443461689
- 1443461687
- Surprising new science to help your canine companion live younger, healthier, and longer
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#1 New York Times Bestseller
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.
Includes bibliographical references (page 413) and index.
Introduction: Humanity's best friend -- The modern, unwell dog: a short story. Sick as a dog: why we and our companions are losing our longevity ; Our co-evolution with dogs: from wild wolves to willful pets ; The science of aging: surprising truths about dogs and their risk factors for disease -- Secrets from the world's oldest dogs: the long tale. De-aging through diet: how food is information for health and longevity genes ; The triple threat: how stress, isolation, and lack of physical activity affect us all ; Environmental impact: the difference between a muddy dog and a dirty dog -- Pooch parenting to build a forever dog. Dietary habits for a long and healthy life: building a better bowl ; Supplemental habits for a long and healthy life: the essentials to navigate safe and effective supplements ; Personalized meals as medicine: pet food homework and fresher percentages for a durable dog ; Putting the OGS into DOGS: fitness guidelines and controlling for genetic and environmental impacts -- Epilogue.
"A ground-breaking book to help dogs live healthier and longer lives. When Rodney Habib's dog, Sam, was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, it sent him on a mission to save her life. At the age of five, Sam was given only six months to live. Her plight inspired Rodney to travel the world, looking for innovative ways to arrest the progression of the disease. In his quest to save Sam, he met world-renowned veterinarian Karen Becker, a proactive pet health advocate with more than 20 years of experience. The two quickly realized they had the same goal: to improve the quality of life for dogs and pet parents everywhere. For the last three years, they've interviewed top geneticists, microbiologists, and researchers, collecting data related to their mission. What they discovered has the potential to change the pet world forever, just as it has changed the fate of Rodney's beloved Sam, who is now 11, and still very much a part of his life. They interviewed top geneticists, microbiologists, and people who have owned the oldest dogs in the world to find out what they did--or didn't do--to enable their dogs to live into their 20s and, in some cases, even into their 30s. What they discovered has the potential to change the pet world forever. Backed by cutting-edge research, The Forever Dog explores the key factors that can help improve your dog's health lengthen your dog's lifespan including the truth about the food that you're probably feeding your pet and then explain what the commercial manufacturers don't want you to know: that is, what that food is actually doing to your pet's health. We'll offer practical solutions and tips on how to better provide your dog the nutrients he needs--safely. In Lifestyle, we'll explore how external factors such as exercise, environmental toxins, the stress in your own life and the choices your veterinarian leads you to make can greatly affect your pet's overall health and wellbeing so you can raise a Forever Dog."-- Provided by publisher