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A review by alifromkc1907
The Forever Dog: Surprising New Science to Help Your Canine Companion Live Younger, Healthier, and Longer by Karen Shaw Becker, Rodney Habib
5.0
was EXACTLY what I feared it would be, what I wanted it to be and so so much more. I cannot speak on this book enough, so I will try to keep this so so short (looking back, this is not as short as I hoped it would be... but I'm not sorry). Bare with me while I filter out all my emotions and thoughts. I've included a few photos from the book (sorry for the quality, but I initially wasn't going to include these as they were more for my personal use/Facebook spamming my friends and then realized this review would be incomplete without some of these features) that really stood out to me while reading and to hopefully entice you as a parent to jump down this rabbit hole of all things holy.. because this is the dog bible.
I do not read a lot of non-fiction because fiction simply makes me feel happier and less drained; less dry. This one, however, I have been waiting for months on end to have in my hands. I am so so glad that I pre-ordered this book because it's sold out in so many places. I watched Pet Fooled (the documentary featuring Dr. Karen Becker) about 5 years ago and found that everything I was doing -at the time- was right. I believed I was making great choices, and I have continued to evolve based on these two individuals (as well as our amazing integrative doctors) dedicating their lives to the exploration and science of dogs. This book took all the science, experiences, and history of our dogs and made me hate everything about it. I hate the pet food industry.
AAFCO. The FDA. The United States for not having stricter enforcement on the pet food industry. I am also sad. I am sad that there are pet parents who will never look at the information in this book (or choose not to hear this information as truth, despite SCIENCE) and they will continue to feed poor food only because it's cheap and they don't want to spend more, expose their pets routinely to poor environmental factors, and never provide proper mental stimulation (puzzles, Kongs, whatever) to their dogs because "it's just a dog." I am angry that we are routinely told in pet food stores that these things are acceptable - from toys, to chews (see how rawhides are made
I do not read a lot of non-fiction because fiction simply makes me feel happier and less drained; less dry. This one, however, I have been waiting for months on end to have in my hands. I am so so glad that I pre-ordered this book because it's sold out in so many places. I watched Pet Fooled (the documentary featuring Dr. Karen Becker) about 5 years ago and found that everything I was doing -at the time- was right. I believed I was making great choices, and I have continued to evolve based on these two individuals (as well as our amazing integrative doctors) dedicating their lives to the exploration and science of dogs. This book took all the science, experiences, and history of our dogs and made me hate everything about it. I hate the pet food industry.
AAFCO. The FDA. The United States for not having stricter enforcement on the pet food industry. I am also sad. I am sad that there are pet parents who will never look at the information in this book (or choose not to hear this information as truth, despite SCIENCE) and they will continue to feed poor food only because it's cheap and they don't want to spend more, expose their pets routinely to poor environmental factors, and never provide proper mental stimulation (puzzles, Kongs, whatever) to their dogs because "it's just a dog." I am angry that we are routinely told in pet food stores that these things are acceptable - from toys, to chews (see how rawhides are made