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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.

Resolve to look beyond the pet food label this year

Thursday, Jan 11th, 2018 | By Dr. Marty Becker

It’s a New Year. Is it time to take a new look at pet food labels? We’ve all been urged as consumers to read labels, but there’s a lot of […]

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Your pet: Getting to the heart of the matter

Monday, Jan 8th, 2018 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Usually when I talk about the heart and pets, I’m speaking about our emotional connection. Not this time; I’m talking about your pet’s cardiovascular system. Just like us, your pet’s […]

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Keeping your dog exercise-ready is a stretch. (Literally)

Thursday, Jan 4th, 2018 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Stretching benefits dogs, whether you’re taking them for a walk around the block, a two-hour hike or a 10-day backpacking trip. After a five-minute warm-up of walking or light jogging, […]

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Your dog has giaridia. What can you do?

Tuesday, Jan 2nd, 2018 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Giardia is a very difficult parasite to cure in dogs. Here’s what I told a reader who asked me about her dog’s diagnosis. Q: My dog doesn’t seem to keep […]

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Saying goodbye to Gracie

Tuesday, Dec 26th, 2017 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Our family welcomed a new family member into our home on Christmas Eve in 2010, and said goodbye to her on Christmas Day seven years later. Our beloved family member […]

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