The Forever Dog

Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer

By: Rodney Habib, Karen Shaw Becker

Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass, Joe Knezevich

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.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

My new bible

Amazing book. Perfect manual for being a pet parent. A lot of the info is good for our health also.

A must read for anyone wanting to give their K9 family members the best life possible

I’ve been waiting a long time for some one to write a book like this. After my golden mix got cancer and passed away at eight, I intuitively never wanted to buy commercial dog food again. I’ve had another dog for nine years and have cooked for her almost the entire time. So great to get new information so that I can fine tune her meals and have another nine years with her if I can! ❤️🥰🐕

Must Read for Every Pet Parent!!

This is a phenomenal book. If you love dogs, it’s an absolute must read. Packed with the latest science and research, it’s full of empowering information you need to parent the happiest, healthiest dog possible.

Very thought-provoking

What a great mix of common sense, science and education. I learned a lot listening to this

The BEST Book!!

I absolutely loved this book and have recommended it to more people than any other book I've ever read/listened to. The information is so necessary for pet parents!