Dr. Marty Becker

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Are baths good for cats? Yes, and here’s why

Pet lovers: What’s on your phone’s screensaver?

For the past eight years, I’ve had the same phone screensaver. It’s a photo of my granddaughter, Reagan, when she was just one day old, holding my right index finger with her tiny little hand. I’ve promised her I will never take it off until she asks me to (maybe to be replaced with her […]

Alopecia X in dogs: Can it be treated?

There’s a puzzling condition that makes dogs’ hair fall out and not regrow. It goes by many different names, and it can be very difficult (but defnitely not impossible!) to treat. Here’s what I told a reader whose Pomeranion was affected by “alopecia X.” Q: We have a 7-year-old blue merle Pomeranian whose fur […]