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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.

Yes, you can do something about your cat’s age-related changes

Monday, May 4th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Those changes your older cat is going through may be age-related, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do something about them. Here’s what I told a reader who has concerns […]

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Becker Family Recipes for Homemade Dog Treats (Plus help for thunderstorm fears)

Thursday, Apr 30th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

These are our favorite family recipes for treating our dogs! Peanut Butter Biscuits Kong Stuffer Recipes from Mikkel Becker and Joe Markham, founder of Kong! Springtime Muffins Bow-Wow Brownies and […]

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How to set up your pet emergency kit

Monday, Apr 27th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

A pandemic isn’t the only reason you should have an emergency kit and care plan ready to go for pets; it can also be useful if you are injured in […]

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Socializing your quarantine puppy

Monday, Apr 20th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

It’s probably no mystery why we’re getting so many more behavior questions during the COVID lockdown than we normally do: Humans are home more, and it’s changing routines and creating […]

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When pets get more love than partners

Thursday, Apr 16th, 2020 | By Dr. Marty Becker

The global pandemic has turned our world upside down. The nation imposed travel restrictions, some states are on lockdown, our cities and towns are reeling, many neighborhoods seem like tumbleweeds […]

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