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

This book should be required reading! Whether you want to make your dog plant based, or simply find a way to incorporate Whole Foods into your dogs diet to help boost their health, this book is for you! I learned SO much from this book and it is filled with so many simple holistic tips to help combat a variety of common health concerns: indigestion, cancer, diabetes, Inflammatory bowel disease, and overall well being! The nice thing is that the author pairs scientific study throughout to show that this book has been given serious thought and isn’t simply a fad diet. I have tried numerous recipes and my two dogs (pit bull and a German Shepard) wolf them down with more enthusiasm than they do their honest kitchen. Even if you simply incorporate some of the treats, toppers, or meals into your dogs diet it makes giving the BEST to your dog a viable option! This book is revolutionary and I am so grateful it was written. PS: after using the plant based diet for a bit, my vet said both of their blood work was “perfect!” Don’t wait, as you could be giving your dog organic meals by tonight!

From the science-backed physiological reasons dogs thrive on a vegan diet to discussions of the digestibility and efficacy of an array of fabulous plant-based ingredients, this book has it all. Despite my experience researching and working with people feeding their companion animals a vegan diet (and knowing those animals to flourish), The Plant-Powered Dog presented me with exciting new scientific studies, explained complicated physiological processes in easy-to-understand ways, and sparked renewed creativity in the way I approach vegan, home-prepared recipes for dogs.Beyond that, you get animal nutritionist formulated recipes for $29.95! Recipes are included for healthy dogs AND a dogs facing some of the most common health challenges, including cancer, kidney disease, GI issues, or food intolerances. You also get all the information you need to design your own recipes. Fun and risk free! The recipe building section of The Plant-Powered Dog lays out the fundamentals you need to consider when feeding your pup a home-prepared diet, then gives you a user-friendly guide complete with individual recipe ingredient options and their nutritional makeup. You just puzzle your plant-based recipe together and get rewarded with the peace of mind that your dog is getting all he or she needs…without all the toxins and undesirables he or she doesn’t need from a meat-based or commercial diet.This wonderful resource will dispel any uncertainty those inclined to feed a vegan diet might have and will likely convince many others less inclined to move away from an inflammatory meat-based diet to embrace the benefits of a cleaner, more compassionate, plant-based diet. Rarely will you find so much detailed information so palatable. The Plant-Powered Dog belongs next to Dr. Pitcarin’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (2017) on your bookshelf, or, better yet, on your kitchen counter. Both books are invaluable.

For many years I have worked at a vegan restaurant that encourages bringing your dog. As a server, I often talk to people about what they feed their dogs. I’m often surprised that even many vegans and those who favor a plant-based diet still think that their dogs need to eat meat and other animal products to be healthy. I was so happy to see this book come out as a great resource for me and my customers. It is packed with scientific facts, which I think is very important. I will certainly be telling a lot of my customers about it!

Diet is so incredibly important to overall health, for humans and dogs, and the field of nutrition can be rife with misinformation and conventional wisdom that is counter to the actual scientific data (prime example: page 80 on anti-soy propaganda).This book is a valuable resource for new pet parents and those that have been feeding plant-based diets for decades alike. I appreciate the way that Diana has laid out this book - it's easy to tab through and find concise explanations by topic, but also goes deep into the science where topics demand further exploring to really understand.While I feed my two very active and healthy lab mixes a commercial diet (Petaluma), this is a wonderfully rich resource to keep on hand for home preparation for any future rescues or foster dogs that may be very picky or have a health condition that needs to be managed with diet.

Our animals our part of our family and deserve the best care and diet available. This book is makes it easy to give your dog a plant based diet that is healthy for their mind and body. I was impressed with all the research and how the book flowed. Thanks for making such a great book.

This book is an absolute must for any dog owner! Not only does it include a great number of recipes that make it affordable to cook organic nutritionally balanced meals for your dog, but it clearly explains the scientific evidence behind why the nutrition of your dogs food matters. This book uses scientific studies and factually driven evidence to dispel long held beliefs about what foods truly matter to our pets. Recipes include: treats, supplemental recipes, entrees, and even some sweet treats like carob pancakes! My dogs LOVE the prebiotic potato salad and the cancer kicking broth which I use for my dog when he has a flare up from his Inflammatory bowel disease and helps not only get him nutrients from organic sources during that time but also calms his stomach as well. This book is such a tremendous wealth of information for any dog owner, as well as ones who have loved ones who need special health considerations. We all know that our diet plays a role in our overall health as humans, and the same goes for our pets. I am a firm believer in “let food be they medicine” and this book puts so much power in our very own hands! I can’t recommend this book enough to ANY dog owner!

Still in the early pages of the book but already clear it places a high value on two of the most important things to me, making more evidence-based and compassionate choices.Copious reference to supporting research and consistent with many facts I'm familiar with though may not be widely known.

I learned so much from this book. It's well-written and informative.