Anti-Aging for Dogs: A Longevity Program For Man's Best Friend [Hardcover]

John M. Simon D.V.M. (Author), Steve Duno (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1998

All dog owners want their pets to live forever. While immortality is an impossibility, Dr. John Simon provides the next best thing: a program that will help your dog live as long and healthy a life as possible. While many dog-care books describe traditional treatments given to dogs who are already ill, Anti-Aging for Dogs is the first book to present a full program to ensure health and longevity for man's best friend. With accessible, hands-on guidance offered in Anti-Aging for Dogs, dog owners can take a more active role in their dogs' daily habits, rest easier about their dogs' long-term health, and avoid costly and inconvenient trips to the vet.

Anti-Aging for Dogs culls the most useful information available from traditional veterinary medicine while featuring crucial facts from up-to-the-minute research on alternative and complementary approaches to longevity, including:
-How to ensure your dog gets appropriate exercise, good grooming, and dental hygiene
-How to create a safe, healthy home environment
-Tips on avoiding behavioral problems
-Programs for optimizing nutrition, promoting digestion, and improving detoxification
-Appendices on canine first aid, toxic substances, and health maintenance

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

As more pets succumb early to cancer and other illnesses, their owners are searching for alternative forms of treatment. Simon has over 25 years of experience combining traditional and alternative forms of therapy. Together with canine behaviorist Duno, he has written a guide for the lay reader to use in concert with qualified veterinary consultation. The plan recommends dietary, environmental, and lifestyle changes along with regular veterinary check-ups, tests, and advanced medical and surgical techniques. The first section examines the aging process and how it affects each of the dog's organs and bodily functions. Part 2 covers preventive practices such as weekly home exams, exercise, grooming, diet, and obedience training. The final section discusses therapies for specific conditions. Readers will be interested in the authors' other books, including What Your Dog Is Trying To Tell You (LJ 3/1/98). Recommended for larger public libraries.?Edell Marie Schaefer, Brookfield P.L., WI
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

John M. Simon, D.V.M., has more than twenty-five years of experience in conventional and alternative pet care. He is the author of What Your Dog is Trying to Tell You and What Your Cat is Trying to Tell You.

Steve Duno is a freelance writer and canine behaviorist. He is the author of Leader of the Pack and Choosing a Dog.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (October 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312190603
• ISBN-13: 978-0312190606
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's never to late to start, November 27, 2001

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James (Hamilton Bermuda) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anti-Aging for Dogs: A Longevity Program For Man's Best Friend (Mass Market Paperback)

I've started using some of the recommendations on my 12 year old Golden & there is definately some improvement! (He seems younger now than he did a year ago).

A GREAT BOOK! Takes a week or two to start noticing improvements. Well laid out and concise.

No index at the back, so difficult to quickly reference info. However, book is well laid out so that once you're read it you have a good idea of where to find information.

Would be helpful if there was an "update" website - or some way of getting more current information - as science is always finding new information.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one dog book, buy this book, August 11, 2008

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Fairy Dogmother "Healthy Dogs, not Poisoned D... (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anti-Aging for Dogs: A Longevity Program For Man's Best Friend (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a great overview of every system and how to keep your dog living closer to the intended years it was designed for IN GREAT health. Dogs life spans have shortened considerably and they now get conditions and diseases they NEVER got before we started feeding and treating them the "modern way". Love this book, have extra copies to loan out and keep it as a reference tool for myself even though I've gone on to collect more technical books about each of the subjects he lays out. Don't hesitate Follow his tips, learn more and change the world one dog at a time. Don't forget to loan it out when you are done.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must for blind who use dogs!, August 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Anti-Aging for Dogs: A Longevity Program For Man's Best Friend (Hardcover)

This is a must for blind who use dogs! when you are blind, you need your dog to be healthier than you. this book is not for blind poeple of course, but I found it helpful.