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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 I learned to stop hurrying and let my dog check his pee-mail

Wednesday, Mar 27th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Didn’t I read something, perhaps a soliloquy from a doggy Shakespeare who exclaimed from beside a fire-hydrant, “To pee, or not to pee, that is not the question.”? A dog’s […]

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Does your pup need to gain weight?

Monday, Mar 25th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Obesity is an epidemic in pet dogs and cats, but there are pets who need to gain weight, usually due to a medical problem. So is your “skinny” pup really […]

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Tips for living with a blind dog

Monday, Mar 18th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker

We had a beloved blind dog, Shakira. I share some of what we learned with this dog owner struggling with her dog’s vision loss. Q: My dog is losing her […]

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Video: The right and wrong way to pet a dog

Thursday, Mar 14th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Dogs have personal “bubbles” just like people do. They also have specific ways they do and don’t like to be petted. In the final video in her training series with […]

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The truth about cats and milk

Monday, Mar 11th, 2019 | By Dr. Marty Becker

The cat lapping at a bowl of cream is a familiar image in cartoons, children’s books, and popular imagination. But this reader wasn’t sure her cat should be consuming dairy […]

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