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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.

How to remove ticks from pets

Tuesday, Jun 22nd, 2021 | By Dr. Marty Becker

How to remove ticks from pets is one of the top questions I get, never more so than now as ticks and tick diseases are spreading into parts of the […]

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What’s causing your cat’s diarrhea, and what can you do about it?

Thursday, Jun 17th, 2021 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Diarrhea is a non-specific medical condition. What that means is it can have many causes, some not too serious and others deadly. Here’s what I told a reader dealing with […]

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The easy way to teach your cat to do tricks

Monday, Jun 7th, 2021 | By Dr. Marty Becker

A very brave reader wanted to teach her cat some tricks. Instead of telling her to run away from the idea, I got my daughter, trainer Mikkel Becker, to explain […]

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Demonstration and Review: Canine Food Puzzles and Games

Thursday, Jun 3rd, 2021 | By Dr. Marty Becker

These are the products I featured in my Facebook Live presentation featuring a roundup of dog food puzzles and games designed to give both their mind and body a workout! […]

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How to stop your dog from chasing squirrels

Monday, May 31st, 2021 | By Dr. Marty Becker

How can you train a dog not to chase squirrels? That was a question from a reader, and of course I had to turn to my daughter, trainer Mikkel Becker, […]

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