The Old Dominion welcomes Dr. Becker

May 4, 2011

Richmond, Va., is the next stop on Dr. Marty Becker’s BIG Bus Tour. The tour is a celebration of the release of his newest best-seller, “Your Dog: The Owner’s Manual: Hundreds of Secrets, Surprises, and Solutions for Raising a Happy, Healthy Dog.” Dr. Becker will be appearing today, Wednesday, May 4, at the PETCO located at 9700 Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond from 12:30-2 pm. Bring the whole family, including your dog, of course!

Dr. Becker, Gina Spadafori and the official tour dog, McKenzie, will be there to sign books and tell you how you can help your favorite shelter or rescue group win $20,000 in free pet supplies. If you’re in the Richmond area, be sure to catch Dr. Becker on WRIC-TV 8, when he makes a 9 AM live appearance on “Good Morning Richmond.”
Don’t forget the entire tour schedule is at DrMartyBecker.com. You can also follow Dr. Becker on Facebook and Twitter, and McKenzie on Facebook and Twitter.

Photo: Dr. Marty Becker in front of the BIG Bus in Cary, N.C., with his friend Allan Handleman, whose national radio show has become a second home to Dr. Becker. 

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Dr. Becker on ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ with help for allergic pet owners

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Allergic to pets? Dr. Oz, Dr. Becker team up to help

January 26, 2011

If you’re one of the 15 percent of Americans with pet allergies, you may be able to shed the sniffing, sneezing and itching, but keep your dogs and cats.

That’s the word from Dr. Oz and our own Dr. Marty Becker, who is part of “Core Team Oz” on the “The Dr. Oz Show.” On today’s show, physician and veterinarian together demonstrated a few simple changes that can allow allergic pet-owners and their cats and dogs to share a home together.

Tips include frequent use of a vacuum with a HEPA filter, creating a “pet zone” with a washable cover as your pet’s bed, and weekly bathing.

For cats like Dr. Oz’s Siberian, Baby Cat, Dr. Becker recommended using a grooming wipe instead of shampoo and water. He also demonstrated his canine bathing technique on Rusty, a Dachshund whose owner is allergic to him — but lets him sleep on the bed, anyway.

Dr. Becker wanted us to say thanks to Bissell (Beth Jester) and Dechra / DermaPet (Dena Ware) for sending out supplies overnight — he couldn’t have done it without them.

Check out the rest of the tips, and see how Dr. Becker’s magic touch got Rusty to stop barking at Baby Cat, by clicking on the image below to view the video:

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Dr. Becker kicks off a year of helping shelter pets

Shelter pets want nothing more than to move from a cage to a couch. One of the ways to help them do that is to cut down on the number of pets who find themselves in the shelter in the first place. And I’d like your help to make that happen.

As a practicing veterinarian, I’m all too familiar with the hard choices pet owners are having to make in these tough economic times. Facing a veterinary bill you can’t pay is painful, and your pet’s veterinarian feels that pain, too.

Fortunately, the American Animal Hospital Association created the AAHA Helping Pets Fund to assist veterinarians with the expenses of pets whose owners can’t afford them, as well as for pets who are abandoned at their clinics.

At the recent North American Veterinary Conference, I stopped by the AAHA booth to record this video about how I’m planning on help the Fund help pets:
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That’s all you have to do: Visit my Facebook page, and if you haven’t already done it, click “Like,” and I’ll donate $1, up to $1,000 total, for everyone who clicks.

If you’ve already “liked” my page, be sure to ask your animal-loving friends and family to do the same!

I’ll be continuing to raise funds and awareness for animals in need, particularly those in shelters, all year. I’ll also be helping pet owners find new, better and more cost-effective ways to keep their pets healthy and happy.

To follow the campaign, be sure to sign up for my free newsletter!

Let’s all join together, pet owners and veterinarians alike, and help the AAHA Helping Pets Fund keep pets out of shelters!

Photo: My beloved mixed breed shelter dog, Gracie.

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Remain calm: Dr. Becker will be here in less than 24 hours

When “America’s Veterinarian” visits you at home and you have 21 animals it is time to remain calm … or try to, anyway.

I am nervous but excited because our Dr. Becker and his wife, Teresa, are visiting. Dr. Becker is in town is to give a presentation to The Brody Project, an animal-assisted therapy program in Naples, Fla. The night before his speech, I invited Dr. B and Teresa out for dinner.

No, I’m not cooking, since I like these people. But I am a more than a little nervous about them coming over before we got out to dinner. Why? Because they will see how I really live. My neighbors say I should put up a sign, “Welcome to the Basile Fur Palace.”

So how to prepare? My husband refused to replace our carpeting. He said turn off the lights and entertain by candlelight. On my hair-flying frenzy list of to-dos this past week:

Clean turtle tanksClean reef aquariumClean rabbit hutchBrush eight cats (I thought about washing them but even the Becker’s visit get me to do that)Wash three dogsSift sand in Spike’s (bearded dragon) terrarium

I am sure there is a pet that I am completely forgetting about, which is kinda how it goes. … actually, I just remembered one! Sophia, our mentally challenged cat who lives in our bathroom. I need to make sure she is clean. Somehow she missed the gene pool hand-outs where cats groom themselves. And act sane.

Oh, and my kids! Crap. I need to look at them when they get out of school today and see if their nails are trimmed and they have brushed their teeth this month.

But back to the pets: My dogs are do not have  good manners. Quick, I need a 24-hour course on how to teach, sit, stay and down.

Considering everything, maybe I should just drink a liter of vodka and call it a day?

My 10 year old son, Nico, informed me on the way to school TODAY that he needs a mockingbird costume. It is due Monday.

Send vodka back-up.

Photo above is of my cat, Georgia. No, she did not get on the skateboard by herself. Staging these photos is much more fun than actually cleaning my house.

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Dr. Becker reveals year’s top pet/vet products on ‘Good Morning America’

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East Coast ‘snowmageddon’ keeps Dr. Becker from ‘Good Morning America’

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Another Happy Christmas pet: Dr. Becker adopts!

December 25, 2010

More details tomorrow, but here’s what I just got in my e-mail:

Dr. Becker, his daughter, Mikkel, and volunteers from the two hospitals where he practices, Lakewood Animal Hospital (Coeur D’Alene) and North Idaho Animal Hospital (Sandpoint), spent part of Christmas Eve and today taking toys and treats to the pets in the north Idaho shelters. Apparently one pet really got Dr. Becker’s attention, a Lab-pit mix named Gracie. From his e-mail just now:

We ended up adopting Gracie, the 2-year-old Lab-pit cross who has spent her entire life in the pound. They said she had two broken legs when she came to them, but I actually think it’s a congenital defect of both rear knee joints. We’ve already introduced her to the six other dogs at the house (Shakira, Quixote, Quora, Willy, Bruce and Mr. Teddy) and they get along great. She loved the feel of snow on her feet. Loved to chase a tennis ball. Loves to be held (she’s 35-40 pounds) in your lap. I’ve already made her bed for her.

And here’s the image from earlier today, from Dr. Becker’s iPhone, with Gracie in his arms. We’ll have something better later, but … well, this was just too cool not to share right away!

Update: Here’s a better picture. Dr. Becker and his daughter, Coeur D’Alene-based dog-trainer Mikkel Becker, with Gracie.  Adopted from Second Chance Animal Adoption in Dr. Becker’s hometown, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. We’ll have lots more tomorrow.

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Help Dr. Becker help shelter pets this holiday season

December 10, 2010

This year on Christmas Day, my co-workers from Lakewood Animal Hospital in Coeur d’Alene and North Idaho Animal Hospital in Sandpoint will visit local shelters in those towns and my own hometown of Bonners Ferry, bringing gifts to all the dogs and cats, including toys generously donated by The Kong Company.

Will you be a part of helping homeless pets in your hometowns, too?

My daughter, Mikkel, and I have made a video appeal and put together a list of organizations and campaigns designed to help pets right here.

Will you post a promise on that page to do something for these wonderful pets who have so little? Let me know when you’ve fulfilled the pledge. Post stories, photos, links and tips for other pet lovers who want to help. Share this message with your friends and social media connections.

I’ll collect the stories and share them in a future edition of my free email newsletter and here on PetConnection.com, so we can all find out how people are helping the homeless and needy pets in their communities.

Find out what you can do to make these precious pets’ lives a little bit better, and to spread the message, here.

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