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From pet health tips to ideas on fighting boredom and loneliness in pets, you can learn how to make your pets' lives better here.

Help bring rescue and hope to suffering animals nationwide!

Sunday, Jun 21st, 2015 | By Dr. Marty Becker

In just the past ten years, the American Humane Association’s Red Star program has rescued, sheltered and cared for some 80,000 animals. They have fought to eradicate the gas chamber […]

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Am I playing favorites with my pets?

Thursday, Jun 18th, 2015 | By Dr. Marty Becker

I never played favorites with my children, but I’m starting to worry I’m doing that with my dogs. Our oldest dog is a 15-year-old, blind, deaf, but still very active […]

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And QT’s family goes home!

Tuesday, Jun 16th, 2015 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Here’s some great news: Our little shelter puppy, QT’s, mother and littermates have been adopted! For any who don’t know, I first met this canine family when one of the […]

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Veterinarian adopts senior German Shepherd right out of shelter euthanasia room

Monday, Jun 8th, 2015 | By Dr. Marty Becker

When I saw the look in the eyes of Lem, a senior German Shepherd left by his owner at a shelter in Southern California and who was almost out of […]

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Let’s get NYC’s senior dogs adopted!

Monday, Jun 8th, 2015 | By Dr. Marty Becker

What’s better than helping homeless senior dogs find homes? Teresa, our senior adopted dog Quixote (in the photo), and I flew to New York City to do just that, along […]

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