Dr. Karen Becker, DVM, CVH, CVA, CCRT

Most Followed Veterinarian in the World

My first recommendation is for you to make your own home-made treats so you know exactly what is in them. If you can’t, then my second recommendation is to let our family make the treats for you. Dr. Karen Becker, DVM, CVH, CVA, CCRT

Meet Dr. Karen Shaw Becker

Karen Shaw Becker is the most followed veterinarian in the world, and for good reason. Dr. Becker believes in a deliberate, common sense approach to creating and maintaining vibrant health for companion animals and an unconventional, integrative approach to addressing disease and re-establishing wellbeing in ill pets. This refreshing, proactive approach that intentionally focuses on creating or restoring wellbeing has been embraced by millions of pet lovers around the world.

Dr. Becker received her degree in veterinary medicine from the Iowa State School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Becker completed exotic animal internships in California and at the Berlin Zoo, Germany. She is certified in acupuncture, homeopathy and rehabilitation. Dr. Becker founded the first proactive animal hospital in the Midwest in 1999, opened an exotic animal clinic in 2001 and a rehabilitation and pain management clinic in 2011. Since then, thousands of patients have benefitted from Dr. Becker’s functional medicine approach to addressing health challenges. Her array of progressive diagnostics and innovative treatment protocols earned her recognition as one of Chicago’s Top Vets (according to Chicago Magazine), and a special place in her clients’ hearts.

Dr. Becker is passionate about protecting and preserving wildlife and their natural environment. She became a federally licensed wildlife rehabilitator in 1989.

She is also licensed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rehabilitate injured and orphaned endangered species through her non-profit organization, Covenant Wildlife.

Dr. Becker lectures internationally and writes about species-appropriate nutrition on many platforms. She was the recipient of the Whole Dog Journal’s ‘Best Homemade Diet Book of All-Time’ award and is currently co-authoring a book about dog longevity.

Dr. Becker consults for a variety of health and wellness companies and is the first veterinarian in the world to give a TEDx talk on biologically-oriented nutrition. In her spare time, she enjoys formulating fresh pet food recipes for transparent, ethical pet food companies and developing pet health products for a variety of wellness companies to improve the healthspan of companion animals, worldwide.