Blog - Dr. Marty Becker

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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.

My tips on caring for pet ferrets

Thursday, Oct 13th, 2016 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Are ferrets easy to keep as pets? A reader recently wrote asking me how to be a great first-time ferret owner: Q: I just got a ferret! What should I […]

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Diabetic alert dog Remmy keeps her little girl safe

Tuesday, Oct 11th, 2016 | By Dr. Marty Becker

A little girl is alive and well today thanks to her diabetic alert dog. When Rebecca Russell, a registered nurse from Cameron Park, Calif., first learned about diabetic alert dogs, […]

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Petmate helps shine light into darkness for Idaho dog lover stricken with repeated loss

Friday, Oct 7th, 2016 | By Dr. Marty Becker

It takes a village to save a dog lover, and it helps when you have friends like Petmate to help! I recounted the story below to a friend who works […]

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Near my hometown of Bonners Ferry, Idaho? This ‘Boo!’ is for you!

Wednesday, Oct 5th, 2016 | By Dr. Marty Becker

To my friends and neighbors, and anyone planning a trip to northern Idaho during October: You have a chance to have a scary lot of fun and help our community’s […]

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Yes, there’s a new way to protect dogs from heartworm

Tuesday, Oct 4th, 2016 | By Dr. Marty Becker

Do you have questions about dogs and heartworm, including whether heartworm really is becoming resistant to preventives? Some interesting results came out of a study of Ceva’s Vectra 3D flea/tick/mosquito […]

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