James Herriot Faces Trials with Man’s Best Friend
In Dog Days, the second episode of All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot continues adjusting to the quirks of veterinary life in the Yorkshire Dales. Faced with difficult cases involving loyal but stubborn pet owners and sick animals, James begins to understand the emotional bond between farmers and their dogs. Full of gentle humor and heartfelt moments, this episode captures the warmth and realism that define the beloved series.
In Dog Days, the second episode of All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot continues adjusting to the quirks of veterinary life in the Yorkshire Dales. Faced with difficult cases involving loyal but stubborn pet owners and sick animals, James begins to understand the emotional bond between farmers and their dogs. Full of gentle humor and heartfelt moments, this episode captures the warmth and realism that define the beloved series.
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00:00I'll be right back
00:30Morning, Mrs Hall.
00:50Morning, sir.
00:51It's a lovely morning.
00:52Ah, cows are sitting down.
00:54That means we'll have a rain sometime today.
00:56Quite soon, I shouldn't wonder.
00:58Really?
00:59Scrambled eggs.
01:00Pardon?
01:01For breakfast.
01:02Oh, I'll eat anything.
01:04They're my favourite, scrambled eggs.
01:07Mr Farnham not down yet, then?
01:08Oh, hours since.
01:10He's gone through to Lord Alton to do the post-mortem on that horse.
01:13The one you shot.
01:14Oh, that.
01:18Yes.
01:28You call that clean, eh?
01:42I haven't done that yet, Mr Song.
01:44Well, get a move on, will you?
01:45We haven't got all day.
01:47And just remember, there's lots of people on the dole know about horses who would jump at your soft job.
01:52By hell.
01:58I can't wait for Lord Alton to get back from Scarborough.
02:02He'd be down on that area like a ton of bricks.
02:05If he were wrong.
02:06He was wrong.
02:08Forgotten more about horses than he'll ever know.
02:10Yeah, like a ton of bricks.
02:19There, what did I tell thee?
02:21Here comes Ryan.
02:24Is there something wrong with your eggs?
02:26No, no, it's fine.
02:27It's just, um, I don't really seem very hungry.
02:30Oh, no, it's fine.
03:00I don't know.
03:12Come on up, Murphy.
03:13How's that baby, Mrs Warburton?
03:14Oh, she's fine.
03:16Well done, you.
03:28Morning.
03:29Morning. Morning, James.
03:33Is the coffee still hot?
03:34Yes, just made. Shall I, um...
03:36No, no, no. I can manage.
03:39I wonder if I can have the sugar, please, James.
03:49I'll have it back.
03:59You've been over to Lord Halton's, then?
04:03Yes, all done.
04:08How did it go?
04:10All right. Straightforward enough.
04:19Classical torsion, several loops of bowel involved black and timpanitic.
04:23You did well, James, well.
04:25Oh, good.
04:26Fenty swelling of it there, didn't I?
04:28Yes, you could say that.
04:29Well, you couldn't stop sweating now.
04:31Very good thing you put the poor beggar out of his misery.
04:34You've got nothing to worry about.
04:36It's more than I can say for that wretched man, Soames.
04:38Oh, he was there, was he?
04:39Yes, he was there, trying to mix you a bottle.
04:41I still put a stop to that.
04:42Oh?
04:42Asked him how he thought Lord Halton was going to feel
04:44when he found out how long he kept his favourite hunter suffering
04:47before calling us in.
04:48Give him something to chew on, I can tell you.
04:50Yes, I can imagine.
04:51Are you ready?
04:53Yes.
04:54Well, let's go have a look at the day book
04:55and see if we can't find you
04:56a few trouble-free cases this time.
05:02Oh, yes, I know.
05:04Hanshaw's farm.
05:06Of course, you won't know where that is, will you?
05:08Uh, no.
05:08I'll write it down for you.
05:11Um, one of his cows has had milk fever.
05:17I've given her a couple of injections
05:18according to old Hanshaw.
05:19She still won't get off her backside.
05:21Have a look at her for me, will you?
05:22Right.
05:23Now, you get there on the Borton Road,
05:26third turn to the left just after the cough hat.
05:29All right?
05:30How's that look to you?
05:33Thanks.
05:34Oh, do me a favour while you're out, will you, James?
05:38Yes, of course.
05:39I've my brother arriving today.
05:40He's been at veterinary college.
05:41Town finished yesterday.
05:42He's trained you in at midday.
05:43Would you mind picking him up?
05:44Yes, of course.
05:45How will I recognise him?
05:46Oh, you shouldn't have any trouble there.
05:47Looks rather like me, I suppose.
05:49Except he's a fresh-faced kid.
05:52Rings under his eyes.
05:53Bit like a debauched choir boy.
05:57His name's Tristan, by the way.
05:59Tristan?
06:00Yeah.
06:00Really?
06:01Well, my father was dotty about Wagner.
06:04I'm quite partial to a bit of Wagner myself.
06:06Oh, potentially.
06:07You weren't subjected to it, were you?
06:08Morning, noon, and night.
06:10Or stuck with a ridiculous name like Siegfried.
06:13Still.
06:14Yeah.
06:16I suppose it could have been worse.
06:18Could have been, uh...
06:20Votan?
06:20Or Pognor.
06:22Forgotten about El Pognor.
06:25Pognor Farmon.
06:26Sounds like a South Coast holiday resort.
06:28Yes, Dad.
06:30Yes!
06:50Bitch.
06:55Bluey-lazy bitch.
06:57She's got it into her today, Arthur.
06:59Ah, the bitch that she is.
07:12Have you tried rubbing a tail between two sticks?
07:17Or setting a strange dog on her?
07:20That usually does the trick.
07:22A strange dog.
07:23Good morning.
07:31Good morning.
07:32What do you want?
07:33Mr. Hansall.
07:34Hanshaw.
07:36Oh, yes, of course.
07:38Sorry.
07:39It's his handwriting.
07:39I said, what do you want?
07:41James Helliot, Mr. Farman's new assistant.
07:42Well, where's Mr. Farman?
07:44Ah, he's not coming.
07:45He asked me to have a look at her.
07:47Oh, hell, that's all we need.
07:48This is the name of the question, is it?
08:09This ear is very wet.
08:11Well, it will be.
08:12Oh?
08:12Water.
08:13Pardon?
08:15Water.
08:16Surely you've heard of that.
08:17If they'll not get up, try pouring a bottle of cold water down the lug oil.
08:21Old trick of me dad's with that.
08:23And we did know how we stopped me dad.
08:26I see.
08:28Did it have any effect?
08:30It doesn't always work.
08:38Look, let's not muck about.
08:39Get a tail with Toph and let's have done with it.
08:42And how is that going to help, Mr. Hanshaw?
08:43Well, I mean, the tail is obviously what's doing her.
08:46There's no such complaint as worm in the tail, Mr. Hanshaw.
08:48That's just a popular myth.
08:50Every cow I've ever seen has got up damn quick when she's had her tail off.
08:54Well, she would.
08:56Wouldn't you?
08:57The pain must be quite excruciating.
09:01You're not this game, are you?
09:04Reasonably.
09:04Aye.
09:07And Scotch, so they tell me.
09:10Aye.
09:11That's right.
09:13You could try shouting down a lug oil.
09:16What?
09:19Shouting down a lug oil.
09:21I haven't heard of that one either.
09:24Well, I suppose anything's worth a try.
09:26Help yourself.
09:27No.
09:28The other vets.
09:31Cush!
09:33Beg your pardon?
09:34That's what this yaltecau is.
09:36Cush!
09:39Cush!
09:48Cush!
09:48Yeah, he's that best that can do.
09:56Cush!
09:59Get in there.
10:00Come on.
10:01There you go.
10:02Come on.
10:03Get down.
10:09Just rock her gently from side to side, will you, please?
10:14And again.
10:15Yes.
10:20I suspected as much.
10:22What?
10:23I'm sorry, Mr. Hanshaw.
10:24But this car has a broken pelvis.
10:27And damaged nerve endings as well, I shouldn't wonder.
10:34Probably happened the first night when she was staggering around with a milk fever.
10:38Well, if that's one car, that's never going to get up again.
10:41The best thing you can do is get her down to the butchers as quickly as possible.
10:45Well, there must be some of you can do.
10:48I'm afraid there isn't, Mr. Hanshaw.
10:50If my dad were alive, he'd have done some of you.
10:53I hardly think so.
10:55Not with a broken pelvis.
10:58Dad!
10:59Hey, Dad!
11:02Dad!
11:02Some daft buggers left Topgate open.
11:07There's cows all over them.
11:08There's something, Cornfield.
11:09I make it record.
11:11And here's thehot.
11:20He'suck!
11:23He'suck!
11:24Tristan Farnon I presume yes James Heriot your brother's new assistant oh
11:46hello thanks
12:15you'll have just finished your exams then that's right pathology and
12:19parasitology oh yes good journey down slept for most of it oh really
12:45a bit of a roughish end of term party last night ah swinging the lamp and telling
13:13the tale eh mind us with a couple of girlfriends actually oh really hey you
13:20Harriet hello mr. Hanshaw I just thought I'd let you know you'll not be getting
13:25paid for that professional advice you gave me oh that car will never get up
13:30again he says get her down to the butchers he says half an hour later she's
13:35up on her feet trotting around like a two-year-old but that's impossible I went
13:39down to the butchers all right got myself a fresh killed sheepskin I put it on her
13:43back and hope she gets in no time what do you think of that then eh
13:49I'll trick her me dad's of course now we knew about stock
13:57mrs. Hall hello master Tristan how do you do it what's that then manage to look
14:09younger every time I see you oh get away with you when you bother oh is my brother in
14:14the old sheepskin trick no you've heard of it before have you why works like a sort of a potis you see damn
14:34uncomfortable I would think but if a cow is lying there under sheer cussiness she will sometimes get up just to be rid of it amazing isn't it how there is often
14:44a grain of sense in these old quack remedies Jerry home good health it still
14:52doesn't make any kind of sense though what that cow had a broken pelvis I
14:55definitely had the bones creaking oh I mean the car recently carved didn't you
15:00yes well there you are the energy what do you mean well for some cows the pelvic
15:05ligaments don't always tighten up for a few days and that can give the same effect
15:08oh I see still and all I think it's only fair to warn you
15:13what's that well cows about to become a celebrity if I know old Hanshaw he's gonna
15:18show her off to every last man in the district there's the car that mr.
15:22Harriet said would never walk again oh hell down at last are you I thought I'd take a bath freshen up a bit
15:32mm-hmm how are you all right do you mind if I am
15:40I hope it's tough
15:48so how did the exams go not bad I did all right in parasitology and pathology I
15:55didn't do quite so well in pathology I didn't get it you failed pathology right
16:03still that's pretty good yeah pretty good getting parasitology and pathology is a
16:09very tough subject it was tough he can sit it again at Christmas there is always
16:14Christmas when you think that's pretty good do you well yes but I don't think it's
16:21pretty good I think it's awful a damn disgrace and just what the hell you've
16:27been doing all this term boozing I suppose chasing women I suppose spending my
16:31money and now you have the nerve come in here and tell me to fail pathology well
16:36I've had enough this time I'm sick of you do you see sick I am not gonna go on
16:41working my fingers alone just to keep you there idling away your time shut up
16:45you're sacked you hear me you're sacked go on down here I don't want to see you
16:50around here anymore get out
16:52oh hello James no I won't thanks
17:10I'm sorry about the way things have worked out could have been worse it's bad enough though isn't
17:20it what are you going to do do well now that he's kicked you out I mean for a start where are you going
17:26to sleep tonight well here where else it's pretty sacked you oh he's always doing that always forgets
17:32immediately afterwards oh I see that was a tricky part of course getting him to swallow that bit
17:39about parasitology parasitology but you said you passed in parasitology no I didn't you did all I said
17:46was I'd done all right you flunked that one as well oh yes still as you said yourself there's always
17:53Christmas eh yes I'll get it see free don't you
18:00I'll get it see free don't you want
18:13hello yes oh mrs. pamphrey the cheeky was gone what flop bot again I see uh well I'll send someone out to
18:30see him good fun mrs. pamphrey tricky whoo started going flop bot again tricky whoo woo flop bot
18:40are you deaf what the blasted telephone I hear no telephone of course you know because I've just
18:47answered it how many times I've got to tell you it is your job to take the early morning calls your
18:52job now will you get out of that damn bed no no it's perfectly true she's a widow worth a fortune
19:02her old man was a beer baron at breweries all over Yorkshire till he popped off who's tricky woo
19:09that's her big knees oh I see you mentioned the condition it had I'd never heard of it before oh yeah
19:14flop bot that's it that's why mrs. pamphrey's own oh yes well you see the woman feeds the dog all the
19:21wrong things and as a result he's overweight and subject to impacted anal glands every so
19:27often the condition becomes acute and he simply drops down in mid-walk and refuses to go any further
19:32flopped what
19:34yes ma'am leave that now and come along time for tricky whoo's exercise hodgkin now uncle hodgkin will throw our
20:02rings for us and we'll all have a lovely game off we go then uncle hodgkin
20:09little swine
20:18oh a little further than that hodgkin
20:27not into the rose bed hodgkin we wouldn't want tricky to get tricky poor who wouldn't what was that
20:38what was that you said hodgkin
20:40mrs. pamphrey yes my name's james herriot from mr. farnham's oh yes of course
20:48delighted oh mr. herriot thank heavens you've come so quickly you've no idea what agonies my poor
20:56darling's been going through
20:57come along tricky time for examination
21:03fetch
21:09you're quite sure he'll be all right now oh yes
21:18good
21:20here you are ah oh and do help yourself the biscuits thank you
21:29cheers
21:30cheerio
21:31so you were trained in scotland then
21:36right
21:36oh of course tricky's always been passionately fond of the scots
21:41he met an aberdeen terrier when he was on holiday in scarborough once you know and they absolutely adored one another really and of course apart from floppot he's been in a very happy mood today because of his win
21:54his win a shilling each way on canny laddie at redker yesterday he got nine shillings back his horses always win you know the bookmaker in town loves him
22:07yes i can imagine mind you he has disappointed me about the summer house
22:12oh yes well you see i had it built specially so we could sit out together on warm summer afternoons but he's taken the most violent dislike to it
22:22oh dear really yesterday he called it
22:25that bloody hut
22:27good grief
22:29i can't think where he picks up such language
22:32unless of course it's from hodgkin
22:33ah he doesn't care what he comes out with
22:36he is a bit overweight you know mrs pamphrey
22:38hodgkin
22:39no um tricky woo
22:41oh yes i know but
22:43well i mean what can one do
22:45i mean he does get so bored with chicken
22:48he was telling his pen friend only the other day
22:51his pen friend
22:54oh yes he has a pen friend
22:57it all started when he wrote a letter to the doggy times of sending a donation
23:02oh yes
23:03what he told the editor that although he was descended from a long line of chinese emperors
23:09he decided to come down anyway and to mingle with the ordinary dogs
23:13so would the editor please find him a pen friend
23:17really and he got the most beautiful letter back from the editor saying that he would see what he could do
23:23bonzo fotheringham
23:26i beg your pardon
23:27that's his name
23:28the editor
23:29no his pen friend
23:32he's a lonely dalmatian
23:34oh i see
23:36of course tricky always sends him a hamper at christmas time from fortnum's
23:40bonzo fotheringham
23:41no
23:42the editor
23:44hasn't siegfried's surface yet
24:01just about
24:02and a pretty vile humor i'm afraid
24:04oh
24:05was up most of the night over at whiteley's place with one of the cows
24:09seems to blame you for it
24:10me
24:11right you can leave that for a moment
24:20now today is market day right
24:23right
24:24all the bills went out on wednesday
24:26and everyone will be queuing up shortly to give us their money
24:29i want you to divert the entire day to take me from them
24:31all right
24:32right
24:32you take the money you give them a receipt
24:33then you write their names down in the receipt book
24:36now do you think you can manage that without making a bloody hash of it
24:39i think i might just be able to cope
24:41all right then get on with it
24:42you find the receipt book over there on the desk
24:43ah
24:45morning
24:48morning james
24:50a bit of a late night then
24:51ah you could say that yes
24:54i got to bed just before dawn
24:55thanks largely to you i might add
24:58me
24:59one of the whiteley's cows had a mild impaction
25:02he's been messing about with it himself for weeks
25:04and suddenly at four o'clock in the morning
25:05he decides to call us in
25:06well i'm afraid i can't see the connection
25:07i mean i haven't been in the whiteley's for weeks
25:09no no but when he was there last that's when the damage was done wasn't it
25:12when i pointed out what time it was he came back at me by saying that you said
25:17we would turn out at any time of the day or night
25:21i understood that that was our policy secret
25:23what i'm saying james is that you're
25:25you're spoiling these chaps
25:27if i didn't turn out i'd be worried sick in case the animal died on me
25:30well let it die my dear boy
25:32perhaps they'll call us in a little bit earlier
25:34there's nothing like a dead animal for bringing people to their senses
25:37i'll try and remember that's it
25:38for me
25:41it's got your name on it
25:43it's not your birthday is it lad
25:44not that i'm aware of no
25:46oh ho
25:52stilton my very favorite
25:56ah
25:57a certain good lady of this parish was on the telephone yesterday
26:00inquiring after your gastronomic information
26:02oh
26:03she said her dog wanted to know
26:05dear uncle herriot
26:11just a small token of appreciation for services rendered
26:15yours affectionately tricky woo
26:18p.s
26:19i've told bonzo fatheringham what gentle hands you have
26:23and he says that if ever he's afflicted by floppot himself
26:27he'll certainly be in touch
26:29now isn't that sweet do you mind
26:31who the hell's bonzo fatheringham
26:33well if you must know
26:35he's a lonely dalmatian
26:38hello mr herriot
26:40darling
26:41it's uncle herriot on the phone
26:42i just wanted to say thank you very much for the stilton
26:45oh how nice
26:46just hold on and i'll get him
26:48hello
26:50hello
26:53here he is he's listening now
26:55who's listening mrs pumfrey
26:57tricky woo of course
26:59i thought you said you wanted to thank him for the cheese
27:02well yes i did
27:03well go on then uncle herriot
27:05tricky's waiting
27:06hello tricky
27:11uncle herriot here
27:12i just wanted to say thank you very much for the cheese
27:15it was very sweet of you
27:17well i have to be going now
27:19so don't forget
27:20less sweet biscuits
27:22and more protein
27:23there's a good doc
27:24bye
27:25mr dean
27:47hi
27:48you're the vet are you
27:52james harriot
27:53yes
27:54come in lad
27:55am i interrupting your dinner
28:05nay i just finished
28:07bit of a tip i'm afraid
28:09i'm on my own now do you see
28:11since we put her in the ground last year
28:14well it can't be easy man-eating on the pension these days
28:17nay it's the young'uns i feel sorry for
28:20the ones we kids to bring up
28:21this is the patient is it
28:24aye he's the one
28:26it's all right
28:30he's getting on a bit isn't he
28:33oh aye
28:34nearly 14 now you know
28:36wonderful dog for his age though
28:39been galloping about just like a pup up to this last week
28:42never bit once in his life
28:45unless the kids do whatever they want with him
28:48he's all i've got left now he's out bob
28:51you will be able to put him on right won't you mr harriot
28:56is he off his food at all
29:00clean off
29:01well that isn't him isn't that
29:03hmm
29:04got some swelling
29:06in the abdomen here
29:08let's just see if we can turn him over shall we
29:11come on up
29:13he's all right lad
29:14over we go
29:15come on
29:15mr harriot he's gonna make you better
29:19you can put him right can't you
29:22you see that swelling there mr dean
29:26aye
29:27well that's caused by an internal growth
29:30cancer
29:32yes
29:33is there all you can do
29:36i only wish there were
29:38he's going to die then
29:41we can't just leave him to die can we mr dean
29:45i mean he's in distress now but it's going to get a lot worse
29:50what i mean is
29:53wouldn't it be kinder simply just to put him to sleep
29:55after all he's had a good long innings
29:57you've got the stuff you use with you
30:06yes
30:07then will you do it now
30:14please
30:16it is um
30:20quite painless you know mr dean
30:22it's just an
30:25overdose of anesthetic
30:26it's just like
30:31it's just like going to sleep
30:34come on old boy
30:45is that it
31:00yes
31:02thank you
31:04what do i owe you
31:07that's all right mr dean
31:08nay i'll not see you do it for nothing
31:10it's all right honestly
31:11i was passing anyway
31:13would you like me to take him away
31:15nay
31:16i'll say to him
31:19right well
31:21goodbye mr dean
31:22sorry
31:24mr leonard
31:27so much i've been saving
31:32for a rainy day
31:33i'd like you to have it
31:35thank you mr dean
31:38thank you very much
31:42you're very welcome lad
31:44bye mr dean
31:46i'll see you next time
32:16hello. oh it's you. waiting for Siegfried? no I'm waiting for a train. that's very good.
32:37should I like a drink? I've had a drink. well have another drink. good lord no. does Siegfried
32:44know you're here? I should think so. he brought me. hot. what? the weather. oh. I shouldn't be
33:04surprised if there wasn't a drought. shouldn't you? no. no I really shouldn't. not at
33:09all. oh hello James. hello. sorry to keep you waiting Diana. I'm sure James has been
33:16entertaining you. it's been riveting. ah good. now I wanted a word with James. I
33:22wonder if you'd wait for me in the car. oh very well. bye.
33:30ah James you're on call this evening aren't sure? yes. yes well I shouldn't be late.
33:38there was just one thing which came up while you were out. oh Sumner rang. he said
33:43he telephoned the other night and you refused to turn out because it was the
33:46middle of the night. is that right? yes. not like you that James. he's a good client.
33:51I wouldn't want to lose him. oh it was only a chronic mastitis. I thought it was
33:55perfectly safe to leave it until the following day. my dear James the
33:59fundamental rule of our profession day or night rain or shine if asked to attend
34:04we must attend. the animal might die. would that be such a bad thing? what? remember
34:12what you said. there is nothing like a dead animal for bringing them to their senses.
34:16I said yes. well not secret. James I don't want to hear any more about it. now from no
34:21on write it in letters of fire across your soul. you've asked to attend. I must attend. I must attend.
34:28come on. where are you going? you'll see. just a minute. come on.
34:51what are you doing? hello yes? oh is that Farnon's? I want to speak to Mr Farnon please.
35:12I'm afraid Mr Farnon isn't him. can I help? oh I'd rather have your boss but I suppose they'll have to do.
35:19this is Sims here of Beal Clothes. oh yes. they knows my place to is there?
35:24that's the one with the nine different gates isn't it? aye that's the one. and make sure they're
35:28closes them all after thee this time. what exactly is the trouble Mr Sims? oh I'll tell
35:33me what the trouble is. I've got this great big horse and daft bugger's gone and cut
35:38himself. I see. and where exactly has he cut himself? oh on his hind leg. just above his
35:42hock. I want him stitched straight away. and um how big is the wound? oh about a foot and
35:48half long and bleeding like hell. hey hey when you're stitching him you better watch it. he can kick a fly's eye out on this fella.
35:53blacksmiths scared to death of him. right. well if you can have a couple of
35:57chaps standing by Mr Sims in case we have to throw him. throw him? you'll never throw this
36:01fella. he'll kill you first. any road. I'm no many this time of night. you'll just have to manage on your own.
36:08I see. well I'll get there as quickly as I can Mr Sims. oh you've heard about the road have you?
36:14road? road up to my place. got washed away and then fludged till the night. you'll have to
36:19what last my laugh on foot. hello? and get a move on will they? I don't want keeping waiting all night.
36:26I'm not sure I like your tone Mr Sims. oh thou doesn't like my tone doesn't thou?
36:31well I'll tell thee what I don't like. what I don't like is useless young apprentices boogering about with me stuff.
36:37thou knows nout about dumb job. well you can't talk to me like that. I mean who the hell do you think you are anyway?
36:43Mr Sims you can take it from me that if it wasn't for that poor animal I wouldn't be coming out at all.
36:48Mr Sims. are you there Mr Sims?
36:55you really should take it easier. buy your best of business.
37:00Tristan? Tristan is that you? one of these?
37:06one of these days I'm gonna murder you.
37:18I'll probably kill him. what?
37:21if he's found strangled one of these mornings you can put me down as prime suspect.
37:24who's that? your batty brother. oh him.
37:28just a boy James full of youthful high spirits.
37:32you know you don't must learn to take these things in your stride James.
37:35really?
37:36professional men all over the country worrying themselves into early graves and do you know why?
37:41because they allow themselves to get all steamed up over little piffling things.
37:47ask yourself James is it worth it?
37:50all be the same you know in a hundred years time.
37:53thank you. any messages?
37:56just the one. uh-huh.
37:58Ned Holt wanted you.
38:00oh dear old Ned.
38:02probably my very favorite customer.
38:06looked after his herd for years.
38:08and do you know how much I've charged him?
38:10no.
38:11not one red cent.
38:14far too nice a fella.
38:16about the car was he?
38:18yes. he told me to tell her that she was fine now.
38:20yes I thought she probably would be.
38:22I had this current tympani you know.
38:27nothing seemed to do her any good and then quite suddenly it struck me.
38:31oh it is?
38:32of course.
38:33actinobacillosis of the reticulum.
38:35ah.
38:36so I shot some sodium iodide into her.
38:39there you are you see.
38:40he says she's all right now is he?
38:42yes.
38:43though he thought she would be by tonight.
38:45he said that he gave her half a pound of epsom salts in a bran mash.
38:49the bugger.
38:50I'll scangle him.
38:51yes I thought you might.
38:52here.
38:53get me down the side two double three.
38:54still secret like you said.
38:55no point getting into a state about these things after all.
38:57well it'll all still be here in a hundred years.
38:58I'll speak to Ned Holt.
38:59well get the bugger out of bed.
39:00well get the bugger out of bed.
39:01James.
39:02something terrible's happened.
39:03you've been sacked.
39:04you've been sacked.
39:05no.
39:06you're just trying to cheer me up.
39:07it's not funny.
39:08I've lost it.
39:09I've lost it.
39:10I can't find it anywhere.
39:11what?
39:12the receipt book.
39:13the man I was listing the bills in yesterday.
39:14without it I have no bills in yesterday.
39:15without it I have no bills.
39:16it's not funny.
39:17I've lost it.
39:18I can't find it anywhere.
39:19what?
39:20the receipt book.
39:21the man I was listing the bills in yesterday.
39:22without it I have no blind idea who paid what and who didn't.
39:23oh it must be somewhere.
39:24no.
39:25it's gone.
39:26I've been searching for hours.
39:27oh dear.
39:28look it's not my.
39:29I have no choice.
39:30I was going to hang out.
39:31to him.
39:32I have no choice.
39:33no.
39:34I don't know.
39:35here.
39:36if you're going to hang out with me.
39:37and there's no choice.
39:38a little boy out here.
39:39I have no choice.
39:40the cat's coming away and she's going to be a good boy.
39:42I would have a good boy.
39:43yet there was no choice.
39:45but I've always been on it.
39:46and there was no choice.
39:48I've always been talking to myself.
39:49O' also has been on it.
39:51Oh dear.
39:52Look, it's no joke, James. You know what this means, don't you?
39:55Yes. It means I'm not going to have to be the one to murder you after all.
39:58Siegfried will do the job for me.
40:00It means all the people who paid their bills yesterday
40:02are going to get them again next month.
40:04Then there'll be hell to pay.
40:06I believe there is a job going on the Leawood Islands.
40:08Well, at least help me look for it.
40:10I'm afraid I can't. I've gotten an appointment with Tricky Woo.
40:13It seems he's gone cracker dog.
40:15Cracker dog? According to Mrs. Pumphrey.
40:16What the hell's cracker dog?
40:18Do you know, I can't wait to find out.
40:20Ah, that sounds like Siegfried now.
40:22Break it to him gently, eh?
40:24About the receipt book.
40:28Morning, Siegfried.
40:29Morning, James.
40:31Hello, little brother.
40:33Hi, man.
40:35Siegfried.
40:36Yeah?
40:36You won't believe this, but the damnedest thing's happened.
40:40Oh, it was awful, terrifying.
40:43It happened this morning while Hodgkin was throwing his rings for him.
40:47Well, you know, it's Hodgkin's job to throw his rings for him.
40:49Yes.
40:49But all of a sudden, right out of the blue,
40:52Tricky went cracker dog.
40:55Running around in circles,
40:56hysterically barking and yelping in the most peculiar fashion.
41:00Then suddenly,
41:01down he went on his side,
41:03just like a dead thing.
41:05I was beside myself, Mr. Herriot.
41:07I feel sure you must have been.
41:08And then the next thing,
41:10up he gets again,
41:11apparently perfectly normal.
41:13I see.
41:13And how has he been since?
41:16Fine.
41:18It should do,
41:19because
41:20on the 24th or something.
41:24On the 24th of it.
41:27Is that me, anything to you?
41:28No.
41:29Would you like one?
41:30Oh.
41:31Hmm?
41:32Oh, yes.
41:37Tricky Woo?
41:38Yes.
41:40I hope you remember to thank him.
41:43Yes, I'll give Mrs. Pumpery a ring.
41:44Do you know my last assistant
41:47did even better than you
41:48out of that dog?
41:49Oh?
41:50Oh, yes.
41:52I mean,
41:52boxes would kip us through the post
41:53every time Tricky went to the seaside.
41:55Handposts from Fortnum's at Christmas?
41:57Yeah.
42:00But then, of course,
42:01he was rather better organised than you are.
42:03Oh?
42:04I mean,
42:05he'd never telephoned to say thank you.
42:08He used to write
42:09to the dog personally.
42:11Really?
42:12Amazing, isn't it?
42:14The lengths to which such people would go.
42:16Isn't it, though?
42:24Are you all right?
42:27Shattered.
42:29Like I've been run over by a steamroller.
42:31I'm not surprised.
42:33One of the hardest jobs in country practice.
42:35Putting a carous carf bait back into her.
42:38It's like trying to fill a needle with a sausage.
42:39You can say that again.
42:40You know,
42:43I'm sure this sort of thing isn't good for me.
42:45It's a great feeling somehow.
42:47What?
42:48That blissful moment
42:49when the whole thing suddenly slips back inside.
42:52You know you've finally managed it.
42:54I see nothing remotely poetic
42:56in watching a cow's engorged uterus disappearing.
42:59Anyway,
43:00you know why he sent me on this job
43:01with you in the first place,
43:02don't you?
43:03Revenge for losing that bloody receipt book.
43:05Oh, well.
43:06It's all over now.
43:21Let's just hope it doesn't come out again.
43:22Do you think there's a chance it might?
43:25Oh, yes.
43:27Happens quite often.
43:31But I'm on duty this afternoon.
43:33On my own.
43:34Oh, well.
43:35We'll just have to keep our fingers crossed for you, won't we?
43:37What's his name?
44:06Bob.
44:08Oh, I see.
44:10Well, when old Bob went,
44:12I vowed I'd never have another.
44:14But then when they brought him round to me,
44:16they couldn't afford to keep them all, do you see?
44:19And if I hadn't,
44:20I reckon we'd have found him at bottom at river
44:22in a bag with a brick,
44:23just like the rest of the litter.
44:25Well, I'm glad.
44:28You're right fond of animals, aren't you, Mr Elliot?
44:30It's my job.
44:32Doesn't always follow.
44:33Well, thanks for the tea, Mr Dean.
44:37Thanks for calling to see me.
44:39Anytime.
44:41Right.
44:42Well, Mr Elliot,
44:43have you smoked that cigar yet?
44:48Saving it?
44:49Just like I did.
44:51Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
44:56Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
44:57Hello, yes?
45:25Is that Farnins?
45:27A young fella has put our cow's calf bed back this morning.
45:35Oh.
45:36Well, I've got some very bad news for you.
45:40Oh, really?
45:44It's all come out?
45:46Oh, no.
45:48Surely it's not all come out.
45:55OK, scissors, please, please.
46:02I'll get either with you.
46:09Just watch it.
46:10Mrs. Pumphrey, hello.
46:15Hello.
46:17Hello.
46:18Oh, hello.
46:19Good morning, Mrs. Pumphrey.
46:22Tricky Boo asked me to call in to thank you for your letter.
46:27Oh, that?
46:28Not at all.
46:29Thank you for the cigars.
46:30Just one thing.
46:31Next time you write to him, well, you know you addressed your letter to Mr. Tricky.
46:37Yes.
46:38Well, I'm afraid he does insist on Tricky Boo a squire.
46:42Ah.
46:43At first he was terribly affronted, but when he found out it was from Uncle Harriet, he soon
46:47recovered his temper.
46:48Oh, good.
46:49Good.
46:50I can't think why he should have these little prejudices.
46:54Do you think it's because he's an only dog?
46:57Oh, yes.
46:58I suppose that could well be it.
47:00Yes.
47:01Yes.
47:02I was...
47:03Oh, well.
47:05Goodbye for now.
47:06Goodbye, Mrs. Pumphrey.
47:08Bye, Mrs. Pumphrey.
47:09Goodbye, Mrs. Pumphrey.
47:23Goodbye, Mrs. Pumphrey.