The Forever Dog Life: The Essential Guide to Nourishing Your Dog for a Longer, Healthier Life

In this beautifully illustrated guide, the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Forever Dog show how to create a thriving, sustainable lifestyle and environment to help your dog live a longer, happier, and healthier life.

In The Forever Dog, Rodney Habib and Dr. Karen Becker explained that your dog’s longevity starts with proper pet nutrition. In The Forever Dog Life, they offer simple ways you can help your dog live longer and better from the inside-out and outside-in, including easy-to-follow tools, recipes, and tips.

Learn to prepare healthy, homemade meals your dog will love, with more than 120 nutritionally packed dog food recipes for delicious bowls, fresh food toppers that supercharge any type of pet food, and nourishing broths and stews that entice the pickiest of eaters. And don’t forget DIY training treats, cookies, jerkies, and chews. Accompanying the recipes are science-rich tips for the best ingredients, food hacks, and tools to use in the kitchen.

But food is only one aspect of a dog’s good health. The Forever Dog Life teaches you how to create a non-toxic home that is as healthy as possible, with practical instructions for your own DIY cleaners, natural disinfectants, and lawn care solutions that can easily replace hazardous chemical-based products. Also included are all-natural recipes for body care and natural pet care, including shampoos and conditioners, skin rinses, oral and ear care, and chemical-free flea and tick solutions. Habib and Becker make it easy to incorporate their science-backed tips into your home, so your dog (and cat!) can live a long, happy, and healthy life.

Filled with wonderful stories and fantastic canines, The Forever Dog Life makes the world a safer, healthier, and happier place for animals. Backed by science and filled with photographs and four-color instructions, it is the ultimate handbook for dog wellness to help your dogs and cats live their best life. 

This comprehensive guide to dog and cat health delivers practical, science-backed solutions for a healthier life:

• Homemade Pet Food: Master more than 120 recipes for complete meals, nutrient-dense toppers, and nourishing broths that even the pickiest eaters will love.
• Healthy DIY Treats: Go beyond the bowl with easy, wholesome recipes for training treats, cookies, jerkies, and chews that replace store-bought junk food.
• Non-Toxic Cleaning: Swap hazardous chemicals for simple, effective DIY cleaners, natural disinfectants, and lawn care solutions to create a safer home environment.
• Natural Grooming Solutions: Care for your pet from the outside-in with all-natural recipes for shampoos, conditioners, and chemical-free flea and tick solutions.
• Science-Backed Longevity Tips: Implement the LIFE strategy (Lifestyle, Ideal microbiome, Food, Environment) to support your pet’s health and extend their happy years.

Rodney Habib is a sought-after public speaker, filmmaker, multiple award-winning content creator and founder of Planet Paws—the world’s largest pet health page on Facebook—and most importantly, a pet parent. Driven by a passion for citizen science, Rodney established the non-profit organization Paws for Change Foundation to further education and research in the area of animal nutrition and lifestyle. Rodney’s first TEDx talk on pet health stands as the highest viewed TED talk in history pertaining to dogs. He is the creator of the documentary The Dog Cancer Series: Rethinking the Canine Epidemic, and his educational online video posts have been viewed and shared millions of times the world over.He was recently honored by the Canadian government as having one of the most influential platforms in Canada. 

Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker's deliberate, common-sense approach to creating vibrant health for companion animals has been embraced by millions of pet lovers around the world, making her the most followed vet on social media. She has spent her career as a small animal clinician, empowering animal guardians to make intentional lifestyle decisions to enhance the wellbeing of their animals. Dr. Becker  writes and lectures extensively and serves as a wellness consultant for a variety of health-oriented organizations. She is the first veterinarian to give a TEDx talk on species appropriate nutrition, which has been a lifelong passion. In 2023 she received the Stange Award for outstanding professional achievement in veterinary medicine, the highest award granted by the Iowa State College of Veterinary Medicine.