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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.

Toy joy for pet parrots

Monday, May 25th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

I write a lot about enrichment, and that includes pets other than cats and dogs. Here’s what my daughter, trainer Mikkel Becker, and I told a reader who wanted to […]

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Signs of pet stress you might miss

Monday, May 18th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Pets show stress in many different ways. Yawning, showing the whites of their eyes (nicknamed whale eye), excessive licking or grooming, sudden hair loss (like when your pet is at […]

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Make your pets happy on May 16!

Friday, May 15th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Don’t your pets deserve a special day set aside just to enrich their lives and give them joy? That’s the idea behind Pet Happiness Day, which will be held every […]

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Tips on choosing a new pet’s name. Hint: It shouldn’t rhyme with ‘no’!

Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

One of my favorite things to do in the veterinary exam room is ask my clients how they came up with their pets’ names. Here are some tips I shared […]

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What’s new in ‘Happy Paws’ magazine?

Thursday, May 7th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

The Spring/Summer issue of Happy Paws magazine from Fear Free is now on newsstands nationwide! This new issue is loaded with great content from instructions for trimming your pet’s nails […]

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