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Through education and entertainment, Dr. Marty Becker strengthens that special relationship between pets and people that he calls “The Bond.”

As a veterinarian, media personality, author, lecturer, educator, contributor, influencer and recipient of many prestigious awards, Dr. Marty Becker has become known as the “best loved family doctor for pets.” Despite a demanding writing, speaking and media schedule, Dr. Becker still enjoys practicing veterinary medicine at the North Idaho Animal Hospital in Sandpoint, ID.

Dr. Becker is the popular veterinary contributor to ABC-TV’s Good Morning America. He also appears on Good Morning America Weekend and contributes special features called the “GMA Pet Clinic,” one-minute vignettes on pet care topics.

Dr. Becker serves as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, and at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He also served as the practice leadership editor for Veterinary Economics magazine, a position he held for almost 15 years.

He is co-author of the fastest-selling pet book in history, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul. With famed human obesity expert, Dr. Robert Kushner of Northwestern University, Dr. Becker wrote the top-selling Fitness Unleashed: A Dog and Owner’s Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together! Teaming up with Gina Spadafori, he authored two best-sellers, Why Do Dogs Drink Out of the Toilet? (a New York Times best-seller) and Do Cats Always Land on Their Feet? In addition, his The Healing Power of Pets: Harnessing the Amazing Ability of Pets to Make and Keep People Happy and Healthy was awarded the prestigious Silver Award in the National Health Information Awards.

He has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and at every veterinary school in America. Dr. Becker is the recipient of several professional honors and awards, including the American Veterinary Medical Association’s prestigious Bustad Award as the Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year. Dr. Becker served as the national spokesperson for the AVMA’s inaugural National Pet Wellness Month (NPWM), a duty he repeated the next year.

Dr. Becker devotes his life to his family, which includes his beloved wife of 29 years, Teresa, daughter Mikkel and son Lex, along with the dogs, horses and cats of the family’s Almost Heaven Ranch in northern Idaho.

Interested in hearing more from Dr. Becker? Visit Pet Connection. He and a team of pet care experts maintain this popular pet health blog and educational site. Pet Connection feature articles are currently distributed by the Universal Press Syndicate and appear in newspapers across the country.