Quixote: Our long goodbye after a life full of love
Monday, Nov 18th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
2002 was a sentinel year in our lives. My beloved wife, Teresa, had lost her dad and my best friend, Jim Burkholder, after a brief battle with lung cancer. Teresa’s […]
Read more »Do dogs really need special shampoo?
Monday, Nov 11th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
A reader was looking for mild alternatives to canine-formula shampoos for her dog. Here’s what I had to say. Q: Is it OK to use Dawn dishwashing detergent to bathe […]
Read more »Human pain meds for pets?
Tuesday, Nov 5th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
You can create a lot of problems giving human medications to your pets, even one as simple as an aspirin. Here’s the risk as I explained it to a reader […]
Read more »Why you should bathe your kitten – even if she doesn’t ‘need’ it
Monday, Oct 28th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Whether cats “need” to be routinely bathed or not is an open question, but because a bath may be medically necessary at some point in their lives, every cat should […]
Read more »Allergic to cats? New food may help
Monday, Oct 21st, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Is there really a pet food that can reduce human allergies to cats? How would it work if there is? And is it available? That’s what a reader wanted to […]
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