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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 report a pet’s adverse reaction to a food, drug, product, or device

Tuesday, Aug 15th, 2017 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Has your pet had a problem related to ingestion or use of a food, drug, product or device? Here’s how to report it. If necessary, first contact your veterinarian so […]

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Quora: Saying goodbye to our angel dog

Sunday, Aug 13th, 2017 | By Mikkel Becker KPA CTP, CPDT-KA, CDBC, CBCC-KA, CTC

Heaven gained another four legged angel last week: Our Miss Quora. Despite taking every measure possible, our family was unable to save her, and she died at the age of […]

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What you need to know about bringing pets to high altitudes

Wednesday, Aug 9th, 2017 | By Dr. Marty Becker

One of my team members recently had to leave early from a mountain vacation when her dog developed severe altitude sickness, requiring hospitalization. Coincidentally, a reader just wrote me about […]

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Girl in trouble: Will you help this horse to stand again?

Sunday, Aug 6th, 2017 | By Dr. Marty Becker

A horse who cannot stand is a horse who cannot survive. We can’t let that happen to Girl! I was approached about helping a horse named Girl in Oklahoma. A […]

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What makes a dog a dog: Secrets of the canine genome

Tuesday, Aug 1st, 2017 | By Dr. Marty Becker

What’s in our dogs’ DNA that makes them dogs? The answer is locked in the canine genome, and that’s what a reader asked me about! Q: I’m always seeing articles […]

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