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CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY:
Across Yorkshire's moors and dales,
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the world's most famous vet
set the benchmark for animal care.
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And James Herriot's legacy lives on.
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COWS MOO
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His former trainee Peter Wright...
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All my life,
I've enjoyed doing this.
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...has been a Yorkshire vet
for over 40 years.
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I'm getting the impression
you wouldn't take me on
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as an assistant, is that right?
Probably.
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THEY LAUGH
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Peter's old partnerjulian Norton...
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With a gloved hand and a lubricated
finger, I'm well-equipped.
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...now runs two practices.
Come on, young man.
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One of them in the town
where Herriot worked,
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surrounded by the North Yorkshire
landscape he loved.
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Look at that. What a sheep.
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And in the foothills
of the Pennines...
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I'm armed and ready.
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...a new generation
of town and country vets...
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This is the closest tojames Bond
I think I'm ever getting.
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...also uphold the Herriot ethos.
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Another day in paradise.
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The teams are united.
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We can probably knock these off
ourselves, do you think? Phwoo!
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Never taking their eyes
off the ball.
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THEY CHEER
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As they help animals
of all shapes...
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I didn't think I'd be hugging
a turkey today.
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Whoa.
..sizes...
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That's more like pulling a calf out.
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...types...
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Nearly clone, nearly clone, Bertie.
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...and temperaments.
Ow! He's bit me.
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It's definitely not glamourous.
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I spend far too much of my time
scrubbing testicles.
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But it's varied.
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SHE IMITATES HORSE
You ought to know better.
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It's rarely easy.
SHE GROANS
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But they continue
the Herriot tradition...
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COW BELLOWS
Whoa.
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...treating all creatures...
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That's it. There we go, there we go.
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...great...
Aw, Merlin.
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Come on!
..and small.
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HE LAUGHS
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More haste can mean less speed.
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The race is not always to the swift.
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SHEEP BLEAT
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And while there are those who simply
have too much energy
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not to burn it...
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...whether you're the tortoise
or the hare...
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...in Yorkshire, the real win
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is being able to stop
and admire the scenery.
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But for a Yorkshire vet,
a complacent snooze...
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COWS MOO
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...is almost always
out of the question.
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And on the edge
of the North York Moors,
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Peter's racing to an emergency.
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Just had a call
from a farmer called Steven
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who has a young heifer
that hasn't had a calf before,
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and she's in difficulty.
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He sounded quite concerned,
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and he would like someone out
as soon as possible.
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When we visit these animals,
especially when calving or lambing,
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then giving birth generally
can be a life-or-death situation.
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Ancl farmers only call us, really,
when they need us.
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And with over 50 years
of farming experience,
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Steve knows when to sound the alarm.
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It's a big calf, and it's her
first calf, and I'm on my own.
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Ancl if I get the calf stuck,
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I've had it happen
once this year already,
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I lost the calf
cos I struggled to get it out.
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Morning.
Good afternoon, sir.
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Good afternoon. I've had a sandwich,
so it's afternoon now.
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THEY CH UCKLE
How are you?
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I'm very well, thank you.
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You having problems, are you?
Yeah. It's a heifer, her first calf,
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and it's got big feet
and a big head.
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COW BELLOWS
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Right.
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I think your assessment is right.
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She's just clone nothing since I saw
her at half past seven this morning.
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She's not been straining at all?
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Not unless she's been straining
during the night. Yes.
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This calf hasn't engaged
the birth canal properly.
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It's not a lost cause trying
to give birth naturally.
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Ancl that's always, obviously,
the preferred course of action,
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but it's going to be touch and go.
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No matter whether it's lambs,
chickens, goslings,
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I just love it when there's a birth
on the farm. Absolutely. Yeah.
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Right, we're roped up.
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No.
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Steady on, lass.
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If you want her to come out,
we can...
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I just wonder if she's... If she
gets her leg stuck through there.
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That's not gonna be good.
No.
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Right, we better go into the yard.
Yeah.
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Let's take her through.
Come on, lass.
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Come on, lass, off you go.
Steady away.
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Come on, lass. Come on, hey up.
Come on.
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Let's try again.
Now we've a bit more space.
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COW BELLOWS
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Right.
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I'm just concerned...
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...| think your shoulders
might come through,
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but it's his back end
I'm worried about.
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STEVEN LAUGHS
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COW BELLOWS
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I'm not so sure.
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You look like you're having doubts.
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I am.
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PETER SIGHS
It's not gonna come through.
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No. Right. Right.
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Make the decision.
Yeah.
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COW GRUNTS
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We'll need a couple of buckets
of nice, clean, warm water, please.
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This calf's too big
to be born naturally.
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Our only chance
of having a live calf
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is to carry out a caesarean section.
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COW MOOS
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COW BELLOWS
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At the practice in Thirsk,
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Matt's been helpingjulian with some
of his more exotic patients.
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I know you're cross
and I know you're hungry,
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but we've just gotta check you out.
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And next to see him
is Louise's tortoise Doris,
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who has an unusual problem.
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So, Doris, she climbs up everything.
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So, I went out
for a couple of hours.
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When I got home,
she was upside down.
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I didn't know how long she'd been
upside down, so I checked her,
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and I thought, well,
she might be a bit dehydrated.
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So I put her
in a bath of warm water,
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and some little white floaty things
came up on the surface.
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So I looked closer, and it
looked like tiny, tiny maggots.
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I've got quite a bit
of experience with tortoises.
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However, this will be the first
time I think I've seen maggots.
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Have we got Doris, please?
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Yes.
Come on through. Hi, Doris.
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What's the story with Doris?
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I understand
we're concerned about maggots.
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There was a tiny, tiny little hole
between her tail
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and the top of her shell, and the
maggots were coming out of there.
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But she's been fine prior to this?
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We've got no other underlying
worries, problems, concerns?
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Nothing at all.
Right, come on, let's get you out.
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I can just see there's
a few more little eggs there.
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That's good. Right, so if you
could just light me up in there.
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Perfect, yeah.
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So it's not just
at the top of the tail.
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The maggots have actually started
to go up into the muscle there.
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Hopefully, they've not gone
too far into her body,
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because if they penetrate
into her body cavity,
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then certainly, that's not good.
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Right, we'll get some tweezers,
and we'll pick out what we can.
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So hopefully, we'll be able
to get those maggots out.
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But my concern is how deep
have they gone up into here?
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That's what I was worried about.
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It's the first time I've seen it
in tortoises,
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but the thing is,
it can happen to any animal.
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All you need is a tiny wound,
a little bit of moisture,
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a fly to come in at the wrong spot,
a bit of poo, and that's it.
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I mean, this could have happened
within 24 hours.
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You know, they're horrible,
horrible, horrible little things.
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They just start to eat away
at the flesh there.
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I can see them there. That is foul.
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Come on.
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Ugh.
Clever girl.
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I might just brush up here
a little bit.
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I know. All right, darling.
I know, you're being so good.
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They are horrendous.
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We've got developed maggots
that I've been pulling out
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of little holes that have gone
into the muscle
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just at the top of her tail.
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Ancl I'm just brushing away the
fly eggs that have just been laid.
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Erm, but what we have discovered
is that the wound
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on the top of the tail
isn't the only wound there.
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There's two holes, one of which
is quite a shallow hole,
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and the other one I am concerned
runs a bit deeper.
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The problem is that
in this top part of the shell,
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what we call the carapace,
it's quite hollow.
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So it's filled with air. Ancl if
the maggots have got in there,
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then that is obviously a big,
big concern.
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PETER GROANS
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A huge challenge for Peter.
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PETER EXCLAIMS
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Big bugger!
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Eight little Labs perk upjulian.
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A pop-up puppy play pen. Wow.
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But one older one
is a concern for Rohin.
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We're dealing with something
challenging here,
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and I think if it's left unmanaged,
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it would be catastrophic,
to be honest.
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CH RISTOPH ER TIMOTHY:
Near Kirkbymoorside...
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PETER EXHALES HEAVILY
Whoa, what a job.
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...Peter's performing
an emergency C-section
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to try and save Steve's
first-time mum and her large calf.
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Can you hold onto that leg for me?
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I'll have to try
and get the other one as well.
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STEVE: Yeah.
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It's coming. We're winning.
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PETER EXCLAIMS
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Big bugger!
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PETER EXCLAIMS
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PETER EXCLAIMS
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PETER EXCLAIMS
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PETER STRAINS
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There's no heartbeat.
Yeah.
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I think he's a dead 'un, in't he?
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Ah, clear.
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I never felt a flicker of life
when I went in earlier.
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No, no, well, that's it.
It had to be.
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The cow is the most important now.
Right, let's start stitching.
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The calf was, I think,
dead before we started.
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But it was difficult.
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There was no movement.
We still had to get him out.
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Absolutely.
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I'll try and get a calf
to mother on.
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Yes.
Foster one on.
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Cos she has a good udder.
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She looks like she's loaded
with milk. Yes.
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'|'m disappointed
that the calf wasn't born alive.
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'Earlier on today, she hadn't given
any signs that she was calving.
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'She wasn't straining at all,
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'and sometimes that happens
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'when they know that the calf's
too big to be born naturally.
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'So they give up before they start.'
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just about clone.
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'But we had to get the calf out,
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'otherwise we're going
to lose them both.'
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Are you going to sit up?
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Come on, away. Come on, then.
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COW BELLOWS
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That's it.
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I like to see them sat up.
Yeah.
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That's better, in't it?
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You want a drink, lass?
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Yeah, she probably will.
Yeah.
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That's good, that's nice.
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Steve's now going to find a calf
that we can foster on.
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If I get a young calf, I'll be able
to use some of that afterbirth up
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to cover him and give him the
same smell as what her own calf has.
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You can try and salvage something.
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So I'm just hoping that out
of what's been a sad ending
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is ultimately a happy outcome.
246
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Well, this is most kind, and we
rarely get this nowadays, you know?
247
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Yeah, well, we've had
a long session, haven't we?
248
00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:27,295
There's no way that calf
could have been born naturally.
249
00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,775
No, no.
Not a chance.
250
00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,975
Ancl we'd have lost the cow as well.
Yeah. The heifer.
251
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Anyway, good health.
Cheers. Good health.
252
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Ancl our patient's had a drink
as well,
253
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which is great.
That's right, yeah.
254
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For every heartbreak
a vet experiences,
255
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there are any number
of heart-warming moments.
256
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And this morning
atjulian's Wetherby practice,
257
00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:04,895
that number is eight...
beautiful babies.
258
00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,255
I've got a room full of puppies
259
00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,775
all waiting to be checked over
and vaccinated.
260
00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,255
So that's about the best thing
to start the clay, really.
261
00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,735
The Labrador puppies' owner Bev
has come with help,
262
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in both human and fabric form.
263
00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:22,415
Hello.
WOMAN: Morning.
264
00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,255
Wow. Is that some kind of
PUPPY Play Pen?
265
00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,135
|11'S a pop-up_
A P°P'"P PUPPY Play Pen-
266
00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,495
Wow.
Yeah.
267
00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,455
Crikey, they're a nice little
bunch, aren't they? Aren't they?
268
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He's not stopped drinking.
BEV LAUGHS
269
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One down lying on his back.
Ancl Tiny Titty.
270
00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,095
She's the smallest,
but she's the feistiest. Hello.
271
00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,095
You're quite big as well,
aren't you?
272
00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:45,695
He's still going, look, that one.
THEY LAUGH
273
00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,055
That's really fun, isn't it?
Two are playing like that,
274
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and the other one's
just sitting there drinking away.
275
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BEV LAUGHS
Well, it's all great fun,
276
00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,535
but I think we're gonna have
to start doing some veterinary work,
277
00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,815
as much as we could watch you
doing this all clay.
278
00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,495
This is Mia, orange collar.
279
00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:00,695
Mia?
Yeah.
280
00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,335
Hello, Mia. You're a very
nice-looking pup, aren't you?
281
00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,295
So, we check, obviously, the heart
is the main thing to be right.
282
00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:07,935
Check for hernias.
283
00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,655
In male clogs, we check
there's two testicles. Yeah.
284
00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,615
Ears as well, some puppies you get
bad ears, but they look brilliant.
285
00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,695
Ancl then mouth and eyes
and other bits and bobs.
286
00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,975
Right, so she passes the test.
She can go.
287
00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,335
So, you're all right, sweetheart.
288
00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,695
So, contestant number two.
This is Ragnor.
289
00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,535
He's the one that was drinking.
290
00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,095
Yeah.
This is the one I'm having.
291
00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,455
I can see why he's, er...
Big chubs.
292
00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,735
He is massive, isn't he? Yeah.
WOMEN LAUGH
293
00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,215
So, he's got two testicles.
294
00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,935
There you are, Ragnor. Perfect.
295
00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,015
He looks gentle, doesn't he?
296
00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,295
Ancl soft.
Beautiful.
297
00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,375
Perfect.
298
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,015
Good boy.
299
00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:48,615
There we are, that's good.
300
00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,175
Look at her wagging her tail.
301
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:51,455
Another male again.
Another boy.
302
00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,775
This is number four, this is.
303
00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,495
Half way.
304
00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,335
Who's the next one?
Purple collar, little girl.
305
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,895
I was going to say, we should
be clue some girls at this point.
306
00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,015
You just get so apprehensive
until, obviously,
307
00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,255
you get your vet to check 'em.
We spend 24 hours a day with 'em,
308
00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,935
and you think they're perfect,
but we're not the medical people.
309
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,095
So you're just so anxious,
and fingers crossed.
310
00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,095
That sounds good to me.
311
00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,255
PUPPY SQUEAKS
Good girl.
312
00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:24,455
Oh, sorry.
The only one to squeak.
313
00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,615
So, that's eight all together.
It is, lovey.
314
00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:36,655
So, the next logistical challenge
is how you gonna get them out?
315
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:37,895
Aww.
316
00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,175
HE CHUCKLES
317
00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,575
Look how cute that is.
Come on, guys.
318
00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,655
So, the puppies went in
two by two.
319
00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,175
They're lovely and warm,
aren't they?
320
00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,135
They're like hot water bottles.
321
00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,415
And to get out of the rain,
322
00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,775
they all go into... the car.
323
00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,095
Oh, pups,
I don't want to say goodbye.
324
00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:04,375
Brilliant.
325
00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,655
PUPS WHINE
326
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:12,775
Over in Thirsk,
327
00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,495
Matt and Kelly are concerned
about Louise's tortoise Doris.
328
00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:18,855
Right, what we'll do is,
I know you're not gonna like this,
329
00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,535
but just tip her up like that
for me.
330
00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,015
We'll get that light in, and that
gives me a nice angle just to see
331
00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,575
how far this goes.
332
00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:30,975
She has maggots in her tail injury.
LOUISE: Well clone, darling.
333
00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,495
And if they've burrowed too far,
it could be fatal.
334
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,455
So, the maggots have burrowed
by about a centimetre,
335
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,535
that's on that left-hand side hole.
336
00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:46,335
I'm gonna have a feel
of that other hole as well.
337
00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,535
Make sure that
that's not any deeper.
338
00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,855
I know it's stingy,
but it needs to be clone.
339
00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:54,375
It needs to be clone.
340
00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,015
VET: It'll be better
in the long run, darling.
341
00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,615
Clever girl.
We're nearly done, darling.
342
00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:04,815
You know what? That hole is a little
bit deeper than I initially thought.
343
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,535
Right, then.
344
00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,935
I'll be able to tell
with this little needle
345
00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,135
how deep that hole really goes.
346
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,455
If, say, we weren't getting
all this iodine coming out,
347
00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:19,095
it'd be going into the areas there.
348
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,735
So I think we've been
quite lucky there.
349
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:24,295
They've not buried themselves
too far in there at all.
350
00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:28,015
They were all kind of sat
squirming away
351
00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,375
were these horrible
little ones here.
352
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,495
Right, then. I'm just going
to get some topical treatment.
353
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,855
When it touches the maggots,
anything like that,
354
00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:37,055
it just kills them.
OK.
355
00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,535
So I'm just going to rub it around
that area.
356
00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,535
That's it, there we go.
357
00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,895
You'll feel better, I promise.
358
00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,775
Trust me, this is good for you.
This is what you need.
359
00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,935
Lovely.
That looks better.
360
00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:54,295
Right, so, what we're gonna do now
361
00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,495
is I'm going to give her
an injection of antibiotic.
362
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,455
Well clone. Well clone.
Good girl.
363
00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,655
Let's get you back in your box,
Doris.
364
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,575
Bit of a peculiar case there.
365
00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,655
The maggots had started to bury
into the muscle
366
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,695
underneath the top of her shell.
367
00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,415
I've flushed it out and checked.
368
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:17,175
But we're gonna be on some
intensive care and therapy,
369
00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,175
certainly for the next few clays,
370
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,455
until we can be sure
there's no more maggots left
371
00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,855
and Doris continues to improve.
372
00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:36,895
At the hospital in Huddersfield,
373
00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,775
Emma and Charlie
374
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:43,175
are waiting anxiously with their
11-year old black Labrador Benson.
375
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,815
He was actually really quiet
and sleeping lots,
376
00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,335
and I thought I could feel his spine
just protruding a little bit.
377
00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,815
So we brought him in.
378
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,495
Ancl then within a week,
he grew this big lump.
379
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,055
Rohin is examining the results
of Benson's CT scan.
380
00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,535
The results came back
that it was a really invasive,
381
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,775
quite a nasty cancer, really,
which has grown quite rapidly.
382
00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:09,255
That's our tumour, and that's part
of the actual spinal column.
383
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:12,375
This way. This way, boy.
384
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,855
Our only chance now to actually get
a good outcome in this case
385
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,135
is essentially to remove
not just the growth,
386
00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,935
but to take wide margins around it,
387
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,935
which includes the tip
of the spine itself.
388
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,455
We know that Benson's got
heart disease as well.
389
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,095
There's a lot of risk factors there
which we've got to bear in mind.
390
00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:33,375
Ancl we're dealing with something
challenging here.
391
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,215
But I think if it's left unmanaged,
392
00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,815
there's a real risk that does invade
deeper into his spinal tissue.
393
00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,295
Ancl if that happened, it would
be catastrophic, to be honest.
394
00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,215
He's our baby.
He's like one of our children.
395
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,895
CHARLIE: He's a brilliant dog.
396
00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,855
Yeah. He's just the best.
397
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,215
Just wait for the call after the op,
won't we,
398
00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,975
and keep everything crossed?
Yeah.
399
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,855
NEIL: Are you good for me
to knock him out? Yes.
400
00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,815
Good boy. There's a good boy.
401
00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:03,215
See you soon.
402
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,335
Cancer consultant Neil
403
00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,015
will be leading Rohin
through the surgery.
404
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,415
This is what's described
as a grade-three tumour,
405
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,095
which is a high-grade disease,
406
00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,895
so what we do when we cut
is we cut a big circle,
407
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,055
and then we just kind of keep
going down on that same circle.
408
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,815
Are we ready?
409
00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:34,735
So, there's the outline of our mass.
410
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,255
If we don't go in with this sort
of radical approach,
411
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,335
it's just gonna keep growing back
and shorten his lifespan.
412
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,615
Is that a baby hare?
The hare...
413
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,415
WOMAN: A dog actually got it.
414
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,775
Ah, yeah. That's from the dog, look.
415
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,055
...and the tortoise.
416
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,335
EV UP. we're weeing!
417
00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:58,015
I'm sorry, Doris,
I'm only trying to help you.
418
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,695
And slow and steady
will definitely win Peter's race.
419
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,695
Within the next hour, I can see
Number 13 overtaking Number 10.
420
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,495
This could be heading
to a photo finish here.
421
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,415
CH RISTOPH ER TIMOTHY:
In Huddersfield,
422
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,815
Rohin and the hospital's
cancer consultant Neil
423
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,735
are about to perform complex,
high-risk surgery.
424
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,295
Are you happy at your end, Kirsty?
KIRSTY: Yes.
425
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:30,135
Are we good to go? Nice and stable.
426
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,575
They're removing a tumour from
elderly Labrador Benson's spine.
427
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,495
We can see where the edge
of the tumour is on the CT,
428
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:41,415
and we can give ourselves that bit
of extra boundary around that.
429
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,255
If you take that extra region,
430
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,055
then you minimise your chance
of cancer cells being left behind.
431
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,575
OK, right, there's a vertebrae.
432
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,095
Oh, yeah.
433
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:58,975
Neil's being super careful here
434
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,215
because we've only got
one chance to get this right.
435
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,735
We're cutting through the tip
of each vertebra
436
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,135
in order to get the proper margins.
437
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,735
We're not very far away
from what is absolutely vital,
438
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,615
which is the spinal cord itself,
439
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,815
so steady hand needed for this bit.
440
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,615
One more part here to
the scary portion of the operation.
441
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,895
The final vertebrae here
to cut through.
442
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,335
So that's uncler the last bit
of bone there.
443
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,775
Here we go. Get rid of that.
444
00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,255
Now, cos what we should
never do at this stage
445
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,255
is see where the tumour is.
446
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:48,095
It's all contained
inside that thing.
447
00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:49,535
I don't want to see it.
448
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,535
Are you familiar
with this sliding knot?
449
00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,295
I'm not. I've clone Wilko stitches,
450
00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,055
but I've not clone a knot
like that before.
451
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,295
Neil's a fountain of knowledge
with this stuff.
452
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,095
So it's quite nice
to get to learn new things
453
00:24:05,120 --> 00:24:06,895
that you're not clone before.
454
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,335
OK, great. There we are.
All sorted.
455
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,775
The plan now is we need
to keep him comfortable overnight
456
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:19,135
and keep him pain free.
457
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,055
All right, Bens.
There we go, big boy.
458
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,375
It's a case I've followed through
from the very beginning,
459
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,735
and Benson,
he just kind of melts your heart.
460
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,375
He's a typical old, happy,
friendly Labrador.
461
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,055
I know we put him
through a lot there,
462
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,015
but we would only ever do that if we
thought there was a chance of a cure
463
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:37,695
and a good outcome in the long run.
464
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:39,055
BENSON WHINES
465
00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:51,935
In Thirsk, it's been three weeks
466
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,735
since Matt treated
Louise's pet tortoise Doris...
467
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,655
Doris, come on through.
468
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,455
...whose tail injury
469
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,575
led to a potentially fatal
maggot infestation.
470
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,215
Right, little Doris.
So, how are we doing?
471
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,615
I've been putting the fly cream on
like you say every clay,
472
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,335
and I say to her, "Right, Doris,
I'll take you to see Matt"...
473
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,895
Ancl obviously just that name,
"Matt."
474
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,495
Eh up, we're weeing!
475
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,375
That was the name.
It's striking the fear into her.
476
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,735
I'm sorry, Doris,
I'm only trying to help you.
477
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,495
Ancl this should be your last visit,
OK?
478
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:32,935
Right. Are you OK just to hold her
slightly up like that for me?
479
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,495
Ancl then I can just get a good look
by this skin under that shell.
480
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,895
Just going to get some
of this excess skin away here.
481
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:46,135
There we go. Let's get some of that,
ugh, all of that scabbiness away.
482
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,495
It's looking really, really well.
483
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,975
That skin there
is beautiful and pink.
484
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,255
It's sealing up there.
485
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:55,775
There's no infection there.
486
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:57,535
It doesn't smell
or anything like that,
487
00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,215
so it should heal up no bother.
488
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,815
Lovely, right.
Thank you.
489
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,655
In you go, Doris.
490
00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:07,895
It's really good to see Doris
doing so well.
491
00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,495
It was a bit touch and go
to start with.
492
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,135
I was concerned that those maggots
had got into her body cavity,
493
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,495
which would've been curtains
for her,
494
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,855
but I'm really pleased
that they hadn't.
495
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,735
It'll continue to heal now
over the next few weeks
496
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,335
and, with some more TLC from Louise,
she should be fine.
497
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,055
And a few weeks later,
498
00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,255
even though Doris
doesn't move anywhere quickly,
499
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,815
her ordeal
is well and truly behind her.
500
00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,495
Doris was really, really ill
with the maggots,
501
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,775
but she's absolutely
on form again now,
502
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,415
enjoying her food, enjoying life.
503
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,335
And that's ream] thanks to Matt.
504
00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,695
Because without him,
she would've probably cited.
505
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,815
Ancl all I say to her is, "We will go
and see Matt if you do it again."
506
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,135
Ancl, oh, she behaves herself!
507
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,575
Back at the practice...
508
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:10,935
See you later on, bye.
509
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,335
...nurse Sue hasn't realised
that they're following the fable.
510
00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:18,895
I've got a little baby wabbit!
A rabbit? Yes.
511
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,215
It's been found,
512
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,615
and the lady thinks it might have
a little damaged leg.
513
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,655
Because after the tortoise...
514
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,935
Is that a baby hare?
Is it?
515
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,215
Oh, my goodness!
516
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,575
Look at that.
Hello!
517
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,255
Awwww!
518
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:36,175
They have big legs, big back legs,
don't they? Yeah.
519
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,015
So, we want to save you, definitely.
Yeah.
520
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,375
A dog actually got it.
Ah, yeah.
521
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,735
It's covered in goo, isn't it?
From the dog.
522
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,335
Is that a bit of blood there?
That's from the dog, look.
523
00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:48,655
Awww.
524
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,255
The leveret was brought in by Abi.
525
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,135
Mum lives on a farm,
the dogs were playing on the lawn,
526
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,415
and she noticed the dog had
something in its mouth.
527
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:00,175
So, she runs over.
528
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,095
He was absolutely drenched,
529
00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:04,455
because the dog had had him
in his mouth so...
530
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,095
We weren't sure if he had broken
his leg.
531
00:28:06,120 --> 00:28:07,855
He looked a bit
like he was limping, so.
532
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,335
Thought it was best
to get him looked at.
533
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,575
It's only just a flesh wound, that.
534
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:17,455
You've been a very lucky
little leveret.
535
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,775
It's very lucky.
536
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,255
He might have avoided major injury,
537
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,415
but Matt knows
there's still cause for concern.
538
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,695
I've seen a few little baby
leverets, and, unfortunately,
539
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,015
the more human intervention
that's acquired with them,
540
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,935
the less well they do, so...
541
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,295
The best thing we can do
for this little chap
542
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,655
is to get it fed up and put it back
where it came from.
543
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,255
I do fear that if we started
to interfere too much,
544
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,615
the poor little thing
would die of stress.
545
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,975
It's always touch and go
with wild animals
546
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:46,695
when they've been injured,
especially young ones.
547
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,855
Peter is a vet
with extensive equine experience.
548
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,535
Ancl who's this?
549
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,255
It's Dream.
Dream?
550
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,975
Ancl is he a Dream or a nightmare?
Well, that depends.
551
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,455
THEY LAUGH
552
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,215
I think I can just pull that,
just one quick pull.
553
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,695
I don't think we need
to even sedate him.
554
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,575
There we are.
just like that.
555
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:17,775
Job clone.
Thank you.
556
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,135
Ancl if you put that under
your pillow,
557
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,455
you never know what
the Tooth Fairy might bring you.
558
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,895
But many years ago,
559
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:29,215
his horse work
was less "tooth hurty",
560
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,055
more likely the 2.30 at Thirsk.
561
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,295
I used to do the emergency
racecourse work here on race clays
562
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,775
with Donald Sinclair,
better known as Siegfried Farnon.
563
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:46,095
Ancl this brings back lots
of memories for me.
564
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:52,095
And today,
as magnificent thoroughbreds
565
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:53,935
gallop home at high speed...
566
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,535
...Peter's on duty once more.
567
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,855
For a snail race.
568
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,055
Organised by his friend Ian.
569
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:09,455
It is 13 inches
to the finishing line.
570
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,055
It is actually
in the Guinness Book of Records,
571
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,335
so we're really genuine about it.
572
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:20,695
Obviously the most important piece
is that we have a vet here.
573
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,095
I need to make sure they're healthy
before they go off
574
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,335
and there's no signs of lameness,
there's nobody ill.
575
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,215
We've got to make sure that during
the race that there's no injuries,
576
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,975
so I'll be on standby then
to make sure they go home safely.
577
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,655
Although Peter's normally at
the races with friends and family...
578
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,175
You've won it, you've won!
579
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:43,495
Get on there!
580
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:47,175
...today, he couldn't risk bringing
his wife Lin.
581
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,375
When we've been in France,
582
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,735
she's rather partial
to an odd snail or so.
583
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:56,455
Ancl I didn't want her eating
any of the competitors today,
584
00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,135
so I thought it was safer
if I left her at home.
585
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,895
With eyes on the race course
rather than the main course...
586
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,655
There are some outstanding snails.
587
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,015
You see them now, they're trying
to get out. I can, I can see.
588
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,255
They're really keen.
589
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:14,615
...the local youngsters have selected
their snails.
590
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:15,695
I picked 11.
591
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:16,935
Ancl I picked 10.
592
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,135
I picked 13.
593
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,415
We're all lined up, Peter.
594
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,135
Right, they're under
starters orders...
595
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,575
and they're off!
596
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,655
EXCITED CHATTER
597
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,895
I think number 12's a non-runner.
598
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,255
The stewards will be watching
number 9 very carefully.
599
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,055
It looks as if we've got some
interference going on there.
600
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:44,815
There may be
a disqualification coming here.
601
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,655
Number 10's doing very nicely,
602
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,935
but number 13 is making
a bit of a break for it now.
603
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,015
Within the next hour, I can see
number 13 overtaking number 10.
604
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,695
Number 2 set off really well.
605
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,055
But sadly,
he's burnt himself out,
606
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,575
and number 10 and number 13
are really going strong.
607
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,695
This could be heading
to a photo finish here.
608
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,455
This is looking very close!
609
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,375
At five minutes, 11 seconds,
610
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,015
it's more than three minutes
off world record pace.
611
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,255
I think number 10's there first.
612
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,935
But nine-year-old winner Lincoln
doesn't care.
613
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,615
I'm amazed.
614
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,175
And while Lin likes her escargot,
615
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,695
Peter's developed an appetite for
very different snail starter orders.
616
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,975
Do you know, I've enjoyed it
a lot better
617
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,655
than when I was here in the '80s
618
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,375
when I was making sure the horses
were getting round safely.
619
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,415
A, you're not going to get kicked,
you're not going to be bitten.
620
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,055
So it's been a bit of a doddle,
really.
621
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:53,335
Meanwhile, U-Snail Bolt
has already claimed his trophy.
622
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,935
I think you may be taking him home
with you.
623
00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,255
He's obviously very pleased
with himself, isn't he?
624
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,015
So many congratulations.
625
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,375
There's your trophy.
Thank you.
626
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,655
Ancl also, there's your prize
as well. Thank you.
627
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:10,655
Well clone.
628
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,055
In Huddersfield,
it's two weeks since Rohin's surgery
629
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,455
to remove 11-year old
black Lab Benson's spinal tumour.
630
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,535
He's had several sections
of his lumbar vertebrae removed.
631
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,895
So, it's a big thing
to recover from that,
632
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,415
and I'm really hoping
it's all gone well.
633
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:34,695
We didn't have obvious signs
634
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,135
of spread of the tumour
elsewhere in his body.
635
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,535
It could be a proper cure
if the surgery all heals OK.
636
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,895
But Benson's owners Emma
and Charlie...
637
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,055
HOYv you doing, guys?
Hlya, you all right?
638
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,055
...have fresh concerns.
639
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:52,375
I have thought
I've felt another lump.
640
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,255
Just there.
641
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,815
It's worth me just checking
that while we're here today,
642
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,495
and if it's a fatty lump,
at least we'll know straight away.
643
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,455
It's a bit of a scare
that we want to know,
644
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,975
is this another problem
that he's now got to deal with,
645
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,655
another cancer, essentially?
646
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,575
It's not like last time, sweetheart.
647
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:10,455
We're just taking
a little sample here
648
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,975
that will help us to know what cells
are inside there,
649
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,815
whether there's something
we need to be worried about or not.
650
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:26,175
Still to come...
651
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,895
Right, then, little leveret.
652
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,535
Will it be a good hare day
forjulian?
653
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,575
Come on, little one.
Come on, bit more.
654
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,175
And Peter has high hopes
for a heifer.
655
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:39,415
I'm hoping that Steven
has managed to get a calf
656
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,215
and fostered it on to the heifer.
657
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:43,815
Morning.
Good morning, sir.
658
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,375
CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY:
At the practice in Thirsk...
659
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,935
Intensive care nutrition
for debilitated herbivores.
660
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,295
Guinea pigs, chinchillas,
iguanas, and tortoises...
661
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,655
Ancl [eve rets .
662
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,415
"Julian's patient
is an exhausted baby hare,
663
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,135
who's had a traumatic day.
664
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:14,935
This is a tiny amount of stuff.
665
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:19,255
Hopefully, this will be mended
by this medicine.
666
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,535
Right, then, little leveret.
667
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,215
Glasses on again.
668
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,575
Well, this little baby leveret
was found by a member of the public
669
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,335
whose dog
had actually come across it.
670
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,655
Already we've called him Larry.
671
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,615
It seems to be uninjured,
672
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:41,535
but they're very susceptible,
much more so than wild rabbits,
673
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,055
to human contact and stuff.
674
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,335
So, we need to really get it back
out to nature.
675
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,375
Come on, little one.
676
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,135
Come on, bit more.
677
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:53,535
There we are.
678
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,175
It likes this.
679
00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,975
I've spilt a bit down its chin,
680
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,175
but apart from that,
it's going quite well.
681
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,935
I think he looks like he might
have a reasonable chance.
682
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,815
Abi brought Larry to the surgery
683
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,695
after rescuing him
in her mum's garden.
684
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,455
Oh, hello. Hello.
Do you want to come through?
685
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,015
So, this is a baby hare,
called a leveret.
686
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,215
Seems to be uninjured.
Luckily.
687
00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:28,215
We were just
a bit concerned by his legs.
688
00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:30,175
There's a couple of little bits
of blood,
689
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,975
which I think are just where
he's probably been squeezed
690
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,335
a bit too hard by the dog.
691
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,895
But nothing that's too serious.
Covered in saliva, obviously.
692
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,935
They do really badly
if you try to hospitalise them.
693
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,535
The more they're handled,
the worse the situation is. Right.
694
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:46,895
So, I would literally
just take him back
695
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,655
and make sure the dog
doesn't get to him again.
696
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:49,855
I'll keep them in the house.
697
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,375
I'm just glad he's OK,
698
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,495
I was so concerned
the clogs had really hurt him.
699
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,295
But, yeah, remarkably bright,
I thought.
700
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,655
He's OK? Yeah.
Thank God.
701
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,015
So, yeah, good luck.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
702
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:03,775
Cheerio.
Bye.
703
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:08,615
Well, hopefully this little
leveret's going to do OK.
704
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,175
I think with this nutritious food
and a few more closes to take home,
705
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,535
I think that's as good
as we can do,
706
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,975
and hopefully nature will be kind
to this little leveret.
707
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:26,015
Anything that looks slightly injured
or ill, we take in and try and save.
708
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,375
This is where we found him.
709
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,015
We're gonna keep a really close eye
on him now for the rest of today.
710
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,295
He's looking loads better
than he did, a lot perkier,
711
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,655
and he's got a full belly now.
712
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,975
A bit of an eventful clay
for the little one.
713
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,895
At the hospital in Huddersfield,
714
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,935
Rohin's checking to see
715
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,975
if Emma and Charlie's
elderly Labrador, Benson,
716
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,935
has another cancerous tumour.
717
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,935
Good boy.
718
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:03,735
Just a couple of weeks
after complex surgery on his spine.
719
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,135
The good news we've got is
that we've just got fatty cells.
720
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,455
Ancl that means this is looking
like a lipoma,
721
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,215
a benign fatty growth,
722
00:38:17,240 --> 00:38:19,575
rather than what would be more
concerning,
723
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,295
which is another tumour
that's cancerous.
724
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:27,775
Yes, it looks like good news.
We've got the fatty cells.
725
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,415
There was no cellular material
coming back.
726
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,175
Brilliant, massive relief.
727
00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:35,735
Absolutely over the moon,
cos he's got a few of those already,
728
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,695
and they don't tend to grow
very quickly, so that's good.
729
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,055
Well clone.
Well clone!
730
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:43,655
I'm glad he's doing
as well as he is.
731
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,015
Yeah, thank you very much as well.
No worries, guys.
732
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,215
Thank you very much.
See you later. Bye.
733
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,295
There's another spanner
in the works there
734
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,175
with a new lump that had formed.
735
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,535
Ancl to know that
that one's a fatty lump as well,
736
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,455
it's just a, you know,
an even better feeling now.
737
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,055
The wound itself looks great.
Benson's still happy.
738
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,255
It's the best feeling in the world,
honestly.
739
00:39:07,240 --> 00:39:11,655
And after a few more weeks
of rest and recuperation,
740
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,255
Benson's enjoying
his best feeling in the world.
741
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,335
Good boy. Fetch it.
742
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,095
Benson loves coming here.
He absolutely loves swimming.
743
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,415
He always has.
744
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:23,895
We've got photos of him
745
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,255
in the bath with our kids
when they were younger as well,
746
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:27,855
all three of them
having a bath together.
747
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:29,575
He's always loved water.
748
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,015
You ready, boy?
749
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,055
We were really worried about Benson
at the time, because obviously,
750
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,615
it was a very aggressive form
of cancer that he had.
751
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,255
But he seems to be getting fitter
and stronger and healthier.
752
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,775
So, we're really pleased cos he...
Yeah, he means the world to us.
753
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,255
He is maybe not quite as quick
as he used to be,
754
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,175
but he still loves his walks.
755
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:53,615
He did a zoom the other day,
didn't he? He did.
756
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:57,215
Yeah, he's just back
to his old self again.
757
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,535
Near Kirkbymoorside,
758
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:12,455
Peter's come to see Steve
and his granddaughter Elisha,
759
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,975
after delivering a still-born calf
by c-section two weeks ago.
760
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,295
Right.
761
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,335
I'm hoping that Steven
has managed to get a calf
762
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,935
and fostered it onto the heifer.
763
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,655
Hopefully, she'll be doing OK,
but we'll soon find out.
764
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,295
Morning.
Good morning, sir.
765
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,735
How are you?
Fine. Thank you.
766
00:40:35,760 --> 00:40:38,175
Better than the weather.
Aye, it's not been great, has it?
767
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:41,495
Yeah. Miserable. And I see we've got
an extra pair of hands today.
768
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:42,615
Oh, yes.
769
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,975
And despite losing her own calf,
770
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,935
the heifer also has a youngster
to guide.
771
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,735
She took the calf that night.
Oh, how lovely.
772
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,735
She's doing that calf well.
She is doing it well.
773
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,735
So, some good's come out of it.
Yeah, that's right.
774
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,215
That's lovely. And I think she's clue
her stitches out, isn't she? Yes.
775
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:05,935
We'll get into the crush, shall we?
Yeah, that's lovely. Excellent.
776
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,135
It's always nice
to have an extra pair of hands.
777
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,935
Especially someone youthful
like Elisha.
778
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,935
Because to be fair
to Steven and myself,
779
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,215
we're not in the first flush
of youth.
780
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:18,895
Ancl I think it's fair to say
781
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,255
that Elisha will move a little bit
more quickly than we do.
782
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,655
Right. That's it.
783
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,735
Elisha's studying agriculture
at college.
784
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:29,175
Hello, clear.
785
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,775
But every day's a school day.
786
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,135
And is Grandad a good teacher?
Yeah.
787
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,095
Is he really? Well, you had
to say that, didn't you?
788
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,815
Maybe he uses a few choice words,
sometimes.
789
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,615
I'm sure he is!
790
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:43,015
Right, we'll take those out.
791
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,855
I couldn't ask for this wound,
really, to look any better.
792
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,695
There's no swelling.
There's no infection.
793
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:55,255
You know, we're not exactly working
under sterile conditions.
794
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,895
And that's what at ways amazes me
about our customers,
795
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,895
you know, the animals,
how resilient they are.
796
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:04,695
Yeah. They have good healing skin,
have animals. They have!
797
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:08,255
I often say, they're far superior
to human beings, aren't they?
798
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:10,735
Oh, they mend easy.
Ancl they don't complain as much.
799
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,255
They don't complain at all.
800
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,815
That's it. Very happy with that.
801
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:17,735
That's good. Excellent.
802
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,255
Good, all right.
803
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,775
Are they going out now?
804
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,255
Are you going out, clear?
Are you going out?
805
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,975
You'll be happy
when you get out there.
806
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:36,215
Well, that's turned out quite well.
It has, yeah.
807
00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:39,015
I'll leave you in peace.
Thank you very much, Peter.
808
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:40,415
Nice to see you, Elisha.
You, too.
809
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,775
Ancl good luck at college.
Thank you.
810
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,735
Do you know, this shows how out
of misfortune and sadness,
811
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,295
goodness can come.
812
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,215
Ancl it gives me a great thrill
813
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:57,135
to come and see
how she's accepted this calf,
814
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,975
not only accepted it, but this calf
is absolutely thriving.
815
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,335
And, er, as veterinary surgeons,
816
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:06,415
when we have a result like this,
it does cheer you up.