Terrorized puppy survives being shot in head to find happiness
Thursday, Apr 17th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
Ruby came to me at North Idaho Animal Hospital, a terrorized puppy who had been shot in the head. She was deathly afraid of going to the veterinarian, and terrified to even leave home. Yesterday I was in downtown Sandpoint, ID, and who did I see trotting up to me for a greeting and hug? […]
Read more »Just a few more veterinarians in it for the money
Tuesday, Apr 15th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
I hear it all the time on my Facebook page: Veterinarians are only in it for the money, and don’t really care about animals. I’m not going to get into a verbal wrestling match over this, but I will say that it strains credibility. Every single day I meet or hear from veterinarians who are […]
Read more »Join veterinarians and oppose horse soring
Saturday, Apr 12th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
If you’ve never heard of the practice known as ‘horse soring,’ there are a lot of horses who wish they never had, either. Soring is the practice of applying caustic, blistering substances, chains, and other forms of pain, often severe, to get Tennessee Walking Horses to lift their legs up high when moving. This gait […]
Read more »What you don’t know about clinical trials may hurt your pet
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2014 | By Dr. Marty Becker
If you had a pet with a life-threatening disease that had no reliable cure, would you consider being part of a clinical trial for a new treatment? Your answer to that will probably depend on how much you know about clinical trials. I discovered not every knows what they are when I shared news about […]
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