Is your dog a rock chomper?
Friday, Jul 18th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
My dog has rocks in her stomach. Do you think they’re in her head too? My beloved rescue dog, Gracie, is a spayed female Lab/Pit mix who was in a shelter from age four months to two and a half years. My “Gracie girl” will eat anything (all kinds of feces, including her own from […]
Read more »When medicine is crap: Fecal transplants in veterinary medicine
Tuesday, Jul 8th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
I know many of my canine patients would as soon chow down on the contents of a diaper pail as their own nutritious food. I also remember as a child telling my mother, “This medicine tastes like crap!” That’s close to literally true now, as a growing number of MDs and veterinarians are using fecal […]
Read more »How long can a wedding ring hide inside a dog?
Monday, Jul 7th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
A woman in Wisconsin recently found her lost wedding ring, which had been missing for five years. She found it when her dog, Tucker, vomited it up. (And no, he’s not a Lab!) I shared the story on my Facebook page, commenting that, as a veterinarian, inside the dog was the first place I’d have […]
Read more »Don’t ‘Ace’ the Fear: Why acepromazine may make your dog’s fireworks fear worse
Tuesday, Jul 1st, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Is what you’re doing to help your dog with his fireworks and thunderstorm fears making them worse? Fear of fireworks and thunderstorms can ruin a pet’s summer, but sometimes our best efforts to help our pets feel better have the opposite effect. One of the worst offenders is the drug acepromazine, known as Ace. Once […]
Read more »Turn down the volume on pets’ firework fears
Monday, Jun 30th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
It’s coming up on the Fourth of July, or as one of my team member calls it, “Xanax season.” She’s referring to her dog’s thunderstorm and fireworks fears, which at their worst require a veterinarian-prescribed dose of alprazolam (generic for Xanax). I believe this medication has its place, but it’s not the only tool I […]
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