The Plant-Powered Dog
Unleash the Healing Powers of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet to Help Your Canine Companion Enjoy a Healthier, Longer Life
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Publisher Description
A vegan diet for dogs?! But aren't dogs carnivores? Can dogs really get all the nutrients they need, even protein, without eating meat? Would switching my dog to a plant-based diet be too expensive to sustain? In her newest book, The Plant-Powered Dog, Canine Nutritionist Diana Laverdure-Dunetz, MS, along with W. Jean Dodds, DVM reference the most up-to-date scientific research to explain the detailed nutritional needs of our canine companions and explore the many benefits of switching to a plant-based diet, including increasing longevity and preventing chronic disease. It’s no coincidence that staggering numbers of modern companion dogs suffer from one or more chronic inflammatory diseases. Our canine companions have fallen victim to the same lifestyle-related conditions that are skyrocketing among people living in developed societies. As a culture, we and our companion animals are overfed and undernourished, and we are all traveling down the same dangerous inflammatory path.
Customer Reviews
Very useful and informative
I’ve been searching for a book like this for a long time…I have had my dogs on a fresh whole food meat based diet for many years, but I feel terrible knowing that other animals have been farmed to provide them with food. Also there’s a lot of myths out there that dogs require meat to be healthy. I wanted to understand the science before switching to plant based diet. This book provides references and summaries of research that supports a plant based diet is fine for dogs, in some cases even better than animal-based diets. It’s very thorough in providing ways to determine your own dogs needs, in terms of calories and macronutrients. It provides an easy recipe- building chart that allows you to create your own recipe instead of providing a few so-called “balanced” recipes, which try to get every nutritional requirement into that recipe, as if that one recipe will be the only thing your dog is ever going to eat.
There’s a lot of conflicting information on the web about how to feed your dog, especially if there are underlying health issues like kidney disease. And even more infuriating is the inevitable advice to consult your vet, when the vets I talk to have very little knowledge of nutrition, and only suggest buying the highly processed commercial dog food they sell in their lobby. But this book has given me the confidence to take control of my dogs whole food plant based diet. And it’s really not that hard if you’re someone who already cooks healthy meals for yourself.