The Yorkshire Vet - Season 20 Episode 2
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00:00Across Yorkshire's moors and dales, the world's most famous vets set the benchmark for animal
00:07care. And James Herriot's legacy lives on. His former trainee, Peter Wright, has been
00:19a Yorkshire vet for over 40 years. Peter's old partner, Julian Norton, now has two practices.
00:35One of them in the town where Herriot worked, surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape
00:40he loved. And in the foothills of the Pennines, a new generation of town and country vets
00:52also uphold the Herriot ethos. The teams are united, never taking their eyes off the ball.
01:06As they help animals of all shapes, sizes, types and temperaments. It's definitely not
01:20glamorous. But it's varied. It's rarely easy. But they continue the Herriot tradition, treating
01:33all creatures. It's moving. I can't believe it. Great. Not quite the same as operating
01:39in theatre, is it? And small. Yorkshire, where no one needs to walk alone. Adversity,
02:03like the often trying conditions, must be navigated with head held high.
02:11Because once a storm has been weathered, hope fills the heart.
02:20But sometimes, that golden sky and sweet birdsong can seem a long way away.
02:29At the practice in Kirby Moorside, Peter's patient is a cockapoo puppy who's had a rough
02:35start in life after being born with a rare defect. It's a grossly deformed leg. You can't use it at
02:41all, so it's totally useless. What's going to happen is he's going to start putting some weight
02:46on this carpal joint here. And as that happens, it's going to ulcerate and cause major issues.
02:52Peter needs to carry out a more thorough examination.
02:58To see if there's anything he can do. It's completely facing the wrong way, that leg.
03:03And that joint won't extend any further than that. But the elbow, instead of being at the back there,
03:08is at the front. So as it's turned around, so how bizarre. Never seen this before. It's just a
03:17deformity. Even if you did an operation and turned that round there, this joint is still abnormal here.
03:25There's no other option, sadly, other than to remove the leg.
03:32Right, we'd better get clipped up, haven't we?
03:37To have a deformed leg is not particularly common, thank goodness.
03:42But it's always sad when you've got a baby that's got the rest of the life ahead of them and they've
03:48got to have an operation like this. You think, why don't you, really? But there's no answer to it.
03:53So we've got to do our bit now. And after that, we've got to find him a nice loving home.
03:59Have we got an op there to set up? Yeah.
04:03You all right?
04:04I just don't want this puppy to get cold, that's what I'm dreading, because they're so tiny.
04:09No, puppies can't regulate their heat as well. But temperature isn't Imogen's only concern.
04:18He's a little bit unsettled at the moment, just like any puppy would be really, because you can't
04:22give them a great deal of sedation. So we've got to find a way to get him to calm down.
04:30This is just going to be an awful anaesthetic if it keeps breathing like this.
04:35What's the heart rate? We don't know, do we?
04:39You want these animals off the table as quickly as possible, really.
04:42So I'm just proceeding very carefully at the moment.
04:46I'm just going to have to get him to calm down.
04:48I'm just going to have to get him to calm down.
04:50I'm just going to have to get him to calm down.
04:52I'm going to have to get him to calm down.
04:54I'm going to have to get him to calm down.
04:57Very carefully at the moment. Very carefully.
05:08Over at the practice in Wetherby, the calls are coming thick and fast.
05:13Yep, no problem at all.
05:15For Bev and Tracy.
05:17Do you know, Bev, you know you've got a really good phone voice.
05:21Oh, thank you.
05:22Yeah, whenever you know you, I'm always telling you you are.
05:24Well, that lady on the phone then said she wants to do a sat-nav
05:28and she's going to set a nap up for me.
05:31That'll be easier than working here, Beverly.
05:33It would, it would.
05:34That is exciting, though.
05:36So I said she knows where I am.
05:37Yeah, you're in the money, Bev.
05:39Sideline.
05:42Julian's on his way to see the latest caller greeted by Bev's soothing tones.
05:48But he doesn't need his sat-nav.
05:50I'm heading today to see an alpaca.
05:53It's not far from the practice and it belongs to a lady called Dye
05:58and her helper Renata, who's Polish.
06:01Renata does most of the alpaca maintenance.
06:06When I came here, work to Mrs Hair,
06:09then I haven't contact with alpaca before.
06:14But when I see first day, I love the sound of the alpaca.
06:21It's like little horses.
06:26The one we're going to see today is causing some concern
06:29because she's been losing condition and isn't looking very well.
06:34Come on, old lady.
06:37Good girl.
06:39Well done.
06:40Don't be scared.
06:41Don't be scared.
06:44We call her Auntie.
06:45She's 20.
06:46It's always worrying if they're losing condition at this time of year.
06:51Every day morning, when I came, I bring food.
06:54I check if eating proper.
06:58She looks very teeny, thin and a little bit worried
07:03because she is quite old.
07:05I worried about her.
07:08She means a lot.
07:09She's the only female left.
07:12So yeah, she's sort of our favorite, really.
07:15And I just thought it was worth Julian having a look to see
07:20whether there's something he can do.
07:23Hello.
07:24Hi, darling.
07:24Hi, Renata.
07:25Nice to see you again.
07:27Yes, yes.
07:27It's been a while, hasn't it?
07:28So this is the patient then today.
07:30She looks a bit poor as if she's losing condition.
07:34What's she called?
07:35Well, Auntie.
07:36And what is it in Polish?
07:38Cioteczka.
07:39She reaction to Auntie and Cioteczka.
07:41Oh, she knows both words?
07:42Yeah.
07:43So she's the bilingual alpaca.
07:44But she's sort of universal aunt for all the others.
07:48Matriarch of the herd, is she?
07:49Yes.
07:50She is, really.
07:51She's quite old, isn't she?
07:52She's 20.
07:5320, wow.
07:53That is old.
07:58Are we having a gate in?
07:59That's a good idea.
08:00That's it.
08:06These kind of cases, it's a little bit like detective work
08:11because you're sort of looking for clues, really,
08:13as to what might be going on.
08:15So I'm just going to take a temperature, first of all.
08:20She's going to listen to her chest and her heart and her lungs.
08:23It's all right, old lady.
08:24It's all right.
08:27She's actually got quite a lot of noise in her lungs.
08:30Has she?
08:33Certainly in older alpacas, you can get bronchitis in the lungs.
08:37Right.
08:38Which is a bit like when, you know, old people get chest infections.
08:42I don't think it's an infection as such because the temperature would have been higher.
08:46Any of the organ systems can have pathology
08:50and the risks of those are amplified with age, of course.
08:53So even cancers and that sort of thing can affect older alpacas.
08:59Actually, the last alpaca that I saw that was really old, a few weeks ago,
09:04that had a similar kind of thing.
09:06And I think that actually had cancer in its lungs.
09:08Really?
09:09We put him down because he was really poorly.
09:13Coming up...
09:14All right, back, back.
09:15Come on.
09:16I'll take the net out.
09:17You hold the horse.
09:18A huge horse isn't big on Shona's surgery plan.
09:23Back up.
09:25And palsies are racing during Peter's puppy operation.
09:29How's it going at your end, Imogen?
09:31It's just that respite that's unfortunately going very speedy.
09:45Near Wetherby, Julian's examining Di and Renata's elderly alpaca.
09:54She's breathing quite quickly because she's being anxious.
09:59Auntie, or ciauteczka, as Renata calls her in Polish, has been losing weight.
10:05Do you want to listen?
10:06Can I?
10:07And Julian's concerned about her breathing.
10:10Normally, you'll get no noise and you can hear.
10:13Oh, yeah.
10:14Quite harsh, rough sounds.
10:16Yes, a harsh noise.
10:17Yeah, and there shouldn't really be any noise there at all.
10:20I wouldn't be surprised without being too pessimistic if it's a more serious lung cancer.
10:27And I can't say for certain that it isn't anything bad like that,
10:30but it does sound suspicious that that's where the problem's coming from.
10:33Will this be causing her great discomfort?
10:35Not discomfort, but it'll be taking a toll on her system.
10:39I think the best way of managing this is a long-acting
10:44cortisone injection that will work quite well to reduce the noise and reduce the inflammation.
10:49I think give that treatment and reassess things in a week or so's time, see how she's improving.
10:55Yes, I know what you're talking about.
10:59I suppose I'm not too surprised that lung problems aren't great.
11:03She is rattly, so a cortisone injection, I'm sure, will make a difference to how she feels.
11:11If it's the end, she'll stay right to the end.
11:16Right, so this should hopefully help.
11:20So she's free to go.
11:23All right, out you go.
11:26So she'll go straight back to her mates, I guess, won't she?
11:28Yes, she just wants to be out here.
11:31Come on, go on.
11:33Go to your brother.
11:36Good girl.
11:37She's a lot thinner than the others, isn't she?
11:39She is.
11:40When you look at her.
11:40She is.
11:42Keep in touch.
11:42I'll come back and have another assessment, I think.
11:45Give us a shout if there's a big improvement or if things work out differently.
11:49Brilliant.
11:49OK, good to see you again.
11:51Bye.
11:51Thank you, see you next week.
11:53Bye.
11:55I was a bit worried about what I might find today with this very elderly alpaca.
12:00When old creatures like this start to lose condition and lose ground,
12:04there's all manner of things that can be going on to cause those problems.
12:10Renata and I have obviously got a bit of a soft spot for this one,
12:13so fingers crossed we can make some improvements.
12:16I look after her every day.
12:18I love them.
12:20It's like my baby.
12:21I can't lose her.
12:24I can't lose her.
12:30In Kirby Moorside.
12:35A bit panty now.
12:37It's just really rapid breathing there.
12:41Peter and Imogen are in the middle of tense surgery
12:44to remove a nine-week-old cockapoo puppy's deformed leg.
12:51I'm looking for a major artery.
12:53If I hit it, I will know about it.
12:56Barry's got a big one.
12:58Where are your vessels?
13:01We're coming to them now.
13:03It's under the armpit, isn't it?
13:04Yes.
13:05There's a nerve next to it.
13:08That's what I hear it doing.
13:10Coming through that nerve and watching it jump about.
13:13How's it going at your end, Imogen?
13:15It's just that respite that's unfortunately going very speedy,
13:19but there's not a great deal I can do about it.
13:22Just get under here.
13:23Sorry, Peter.
13:28I'm just locating the major blood vessels.
13:34I don't want this puppy to lose too much blood
13:37because it won't help with recovery.
13:40Oh, that's a biggie.
13:43Time to close it.
13:49Fairly crude surgery.
13:51The leg's off now.
13:53I've had very little bleeding, which is good.
13:56This pup hasn't bled a lot because it's going to add to the shock
14:00coming out from the surgery.
14:03Last stitch.
14:04That's gone as well as it could do.
14:07Hopefully, we'll give it a good clean up.
14:09Just getting him off anaesthetic, so knowing he's stable,
14:13seeing how he reacts to a bit of a shock.
14:16I'm just going to give it a good clean up.
14:18Seeing how he reacts to a big surgery,
14:21and hopefully he doesn't come around too badly.
14:23He'll have a bit of pain to start with.
14:25There's no doubt about that.
14:27He's a lovely little boy.
14:34This pup is now in the recovery area
14:37and he's just starting to come around.
14:39The operation itself has gone very well.
14:42He's got rid of his useless leg.
14:44He'll stay with us overnight so he can be monitored for pain.
14:48Any other issues that he may have.
14:53After a good night's sleep.
14:56Now then, have a look.
14:58There now.
15:00The early signs are promising.
15:03This little chap's looking superb this morning.
15:06He's as bright as a button.
15:08I'm not sure I would have been in his situation
15:10if I'd had a leg amputated yesterday.
15:12But animals just get on with it.
15:14The wound is looking absolutely great.
15:17There's been no bleeding from it overnight.
15:20As the saying goes, it's a short-term pain
15:22for hopefully a long-term gain.
15:25I've given this little fellow the best chance
15:27of a happy life going forward.
15:30Oh, aren't you lovely?
15:37Great minds have always pondered life's big questions.
15:42What's in a name?
15:44William Shakespeare once posed.
15:46And more than 400 years later,
15:49at the practice in Wetherby,
15:51Nurse Lucy has also been mulling over monikers.
15:54My brain is just that ahead of everyone else's.
15:57It thinks of stuff like this.
15:59I had to text Lucy yesterday
16:00because it's been in my head all weekend.
16:02Jonathan, why are they called John and not Nathan?
16:07I can't get it out of my head.
16:08I just need an answer.
16:11What was the other one?
16:12William and Leah?
16:13Yeah, and she just texted me saying,
16:14your brain baffles me and I just want someone to answer me.
16:18Have you ever known a William called Liam for short?
16:21I haven't actually.
16:22I can't get it out of my head.
16:23I just want to know why.
16:25Richard, so Richard, you'd call someone
16:27abbreviated Rick rather than...
16:30Ad.
16:33Simon tends to be Si rather than Mum.
16:38It's an interesting point.
16:39What would your name be?
16:41Because I call you Jules,
16:42but it's not going to be Liam.
16:44I don't know.
16:45I just want someone to agree with what I'm saying.
16:49Being a great philosopher just requires time to think.
16:56Cordelia.
16:57Cordelia would be commonly referred to as Delia.
17:00I've never heard of that name ever.
17:01No.
17:03Delia, abbreviated to Leah, as in Princess Leah.
17:06Her full name is Princess Delia.
17:11Interesting.
17:12Right, so we're ready to go.
17:13Concentrate now.
17:15I'm concentrating.
17:15Mind on the job, not on the names.
17:19I'm concentrating.
17:20Don't worry.
17:25Near Huddersfield, named after the famous Italian poet,
17:30Dante the Huge Young Shy Horse belongs to friends of Shona.
17:34Hello.
17:35Are you a bit poorly?
17:37And recently, he had a worrying bout of colic.
17:40It's always an emergency.
17:43Dante was on his best behaviour for treatment.
17:46Good lad.
17:48And the inferno in his tummy settled.
17:50Oh, these sound better.
17:53But today, Shona's back to see him,
17:55after hearing from Dave that Dante has seemed a little unstable.
18:01Recently, Dante has been becoming a little bit of a handful.
18:04You know, he's a big lad, and he's getting to that age
18:07where he's sort of looking at the girls,
18:09he's a bit interested in them,
18:11and it's just making him that bit more difficult to handle.
18:16If there's other horses around, if there's mares around especially,
18:19then we'd have to keep him in all the time.
18:22He's quite capable of jumping fences.
18:25Obviously, with the size of him,
18:26we've got to start thinking about calming him down a little bit.
18:31So we've decided that it's going to be the best thing to castrate him
18:34before he gets too much more bullshit and full of himself.
18:37Shona's brought Nurse Beth to help her with the huge patient.
18:42Hello, gorgeous.
18:44How are you doing?
18:45How's he been getting on, then, Dave?
18:46He got over his bat of colic, didn't he?
18:48He did, he did, yeah.
18:49He's been absolutely fine since then.
18:51He's been jumping over walls as well, hasn't he?
18:53Yeah, he cleared the wall and got into the woods.
18:55The wall's probably about four foot high, so he's definitely...
18:58He's going to be show-jumping.
19:00A show-jumping shire horse, yeah.
19:01Yeah, aren't you?
19:03Right, then, mister, let's get you in.
19:06Right, then, mister, let's get you sorted out.
19:07Let's have a listen to your heart.
19:10Oh, he's good.
19:14Good.
19:15That all sounds good, mister.
19:17His heart's really good, so that means we can give him some sedation.
19:20The castrate itself is fairly straightforward,
19:22as long as he stands pretty still and doesn't feel it
19:24and try and kick me in the head or anything.
19:28But with the bigger horses especially, we just need to be really careful
19:31so that he's going to be stood up for the procedure.
19:35Dante doesn't seem keen to be nilled by mouth.
19:41I'll take the net out, you hold the horse.
19:43And the procedure to rein in his rebellious streak is especially vital.
19:47We don't have schnapps and we've got sedation, Dante.
19:50Given his newfound fame in the community.
19:53He's actually been down to the local old people's home.
19:56He took him into the gardens there and then he got to meet all the old people
20:00and they've actually almost adopted me as their mascot down there now.
20:06Come on, back up.
20:10Come on.
20:11You've just gone too sleepy.
20:12Come on, come on.
20:13Oh, he's got his eyes closed.
20:16Steady on.
20:16If he stumbles, just let him.
20:18He won't go down.
20:21Oh, he's going against the wall now.
20:22Okay, right.
20:24We'll just do a bit of lurk.
20:26The size of the animal and the fact that they're not fully anaesthetised,
20:30it's obviously dangerous.
20:31I'm right next to back legs that they'd have a good crack at breaking my shin
20:34if he kicked me.
20:35And it's always with sedation getting that balance between
20:39them being sleepy enough that you can grab his testicles without him trying to kick me
20:43and not too sleepy that he tries to fall over constantly while you're doing the job.
20:52Coming up.
20:55Lone Ranger Matt feels the pressure trying to save a calf.
20:59Stop bloody moving.
21:01Is the alpaca with two names on the ment?
21:04Listening to it, I'm hopeful that there'll be an improvement.
21:09And back on all threes.
21:11But can Peter's puppy take the next step and find a home?
21:15Hopefully people will overlook his disability.
21:18So we'll have to ask around.
21:19Near Huddersfield, a young shire horse has become a firm favourite as a visitor to a local care home.
21:38So Dave has asked for Shona's help.
21:44Big, boisterous Dante needs castrating to calm him down.
21:48Spend far too much of my time scrubbing testicles.
21:52And even though he's sedated, Shona and Beth have to be on their guard.
21:57Stay on my right hand side, Beth, in case you ever kick.
22:02Bigger horses are as sensitive to anaesthetic as small ones and it's quite easy to overdose
22:07them. We don't actually give them any more volume of anaesthetic than we give a normal-sized horse.
22:12In fact, usually Shetlands take more.
22:14I think it's as much witchcraft as science sometimes.
22:17One of the hospital's nurses, Beth's here to learn some of Shona's horse sorcery.
22:23I think this is the first castrate you've seen, isn't it?
22:25Yeah, it is.
22:26Right, so just hold this on for a good few minutes now.
22:28And then you've got the crushing causes clotting.
22:33And then when we cut it, it should bleed just by the natural process.
22:39And obviously, he's got a pretty big testicle.
22:42This might be a bit sore, this bit.
22:44Are you all right at your end, Dave?
22:45I'm fine. I'm looking away now.
22:47That's fine.
22:48I'm just trying to avoid concentrating on the horn.
22:52I'm going to feel his pain.
22:55There we go. That's one.
23:00He's very sleepy. He's just daydreaming away to himself here.
23:05Good boy.
23:06I think he'll never trust me again. But, you know, what can you do?
23:09It's all for the best in the end, mate. It's all for the best.
23:15Probably feel sorry for himself for a couple of days. Who can blame him?
23:19But it's going to give him a much easier life because we don't need to worry about
23:22when there's mares around or just him generally being big, strong and bullshy.
23:28Number two.
23:29All done.
23:30All done.
23:30All done.
23:31All done.
23:31All done.
23:32All done.
23:33All done.
23:33All done.
23:33All done.
23:34All done.
23:35All done.
23:35All done.
23:35All done. That's the second one off. Everything's perfectly normal.
23:39Stenation's lasted just the right amount of time, hasn't it?
23:41Yeah, he's just starting to come round now. He's just
23:43being a bit more aware of what's going on around him.
23:46So that's his antibiotic there. He's got an open wound
23:50and horses are very prone to getting infections.
23:54There we go. Perfect.
23:57He's going to be ace, isn't he?
23:59He is indeed.
24:01Oh, look at him.
24:03So there's something not quite right.
24:06I'm missing something.
24:10It's nice to come out and come and help Shona.
24:12Getting familiar with the horses.
24:15Just an extra pair of hands is really helpful.
24:20Right, thanks.
24:21See you later.
24:21Bye-bye.
24:23I think Dante will forgive us tomorrow.
24:25We'll give him some treats and he can just live happily with the other horses.
24:29He'll be able to go back and see his new friends at the old people's home.
24:33Everything's just going to be so much easier.
24:36Yeah.
24:43Over in Kirby Moorside.
24:45Hello.
24:48It's three days since Peter and Imogen
24:50had to remove a nine-week-old cockapoo's deformed leg.
24:55Hello, little man.
24:56Isn't he beautiful?
24:57He's gorgeous.
24:58What a character.
25:00He's a lovely little cockapoo.
25:02He's one of the nicest that I've met.
25:04So it's like a lovely nature.
25:06How's he doing with that leg?
25:07If I go and stand over here, do you think he'll come towards me?
25:10Come on, then.
25:11Come on, come on, come on.
25:21And doesn't he love being cuddled?
25:23He loves it.
25:24Come on, then.
25:26Come on, then.
25:28Look at you go.
25:30It's just as if he's got four legs, really.
25:33His movement is that good.
25:35Even from after the operation, he was moving really well.
25:38But within the last 24 hours, he's come on even further.
25:42Come on, come on.
25:45Oh, no.
25:45Not me.
25:46He doesn't want me anymore now.
25:48Come on, come on.
25:54The puppy may have overcome his first hurdle.
25:56Come here.
25:58He'll soon get used to it.
26:00But Peter's mission isn't finished yet.
26:04The only thing left now is to find him a lovely home,
26:08where he'll have somebody that dotes on him.
26:11That will make the vets and the nurses here extremely happy.
26:16He's just got one of these wonderful characters that you can't help but like.
26:20And hopefully, people will overlook his disability.
26:24A, because he gets about so well.
26:26And B, because it's his character that shines through.
26:29So we'll have to ask around.
26:31Somebody will give you one, surely.
26:34Nice loving family.
26:47Near Wetherby, Julian's heading back to see
26:51Diane Renata's elderly alpaca with two names.
26:55I was really worried about Chechka, otherwise known as Auntie,
27:00when I saw her a few weeks ago.
27:02Suspicious that there's something serious going on in her lungs,
27:05because there was a lot of noise.
27:06Good girl.
27:08In an elderly alpaca that's losing condition,
27:11you've got to be quite suspicious of cancer.
27:14So I gave some treatment, and I'm hoping it will have made some improvement.
27:21Would you like a little bit more?
27:24No.
27:25Morning.
27:26Morning.
27:26How are you?
27:27I'm good, thank you.
27:28Are you all right?
27:29Fine, thank you.
27:29Everybody here OK?
27:30Yes, she still looks a little bit teeny.
27:34I wasn't expecting that she would have changed much in her condition.
27:38No.
27:38But hopefully, listening to her, I'm hopeful that there'll be an improvement.
27:45Good girl.
27:49Well, last time the lungs sounded really harsh and very abnormal.
27:54I'm hoping that it'll sound a bit clearer.
27:57It's quite deep, but it seems a bit less fast than it was.
28:03They sound a lot better.
28:05Do they?
28:06So that's good.
28:08It doesn't necessarily tell us exactly what the problem is,
28:11but suffice to say, I think it's a bit better, isn't it?
28:16Yeah.
28:17And it seems Chow Tietzka's family are keen to hear the news.
28:21It's all right.
28:22Who's this one?
28:23She's all right.
28:23This is her baby.
28:25Wobuziak.
28:26His name Wobuziak.
28:27Wobuziak.
28:28And what does that mean in Polish?
28:30Little cheeky boy.
28:31Little cheeky boy.
28:32Yes.
28:33Wobuziak.
28:34All of them look at her as mum.
28:36Yes.
28:36So there's no wonder they're all staring over the gate to work out if she's going to be OK.
28:41Yes.
28:41I think it's going to be all right, guys.
28:45So I'll give her another dose, I think.
28:46This one lasts a bit longer.
28:47This one lasts about three weeks.
28:49You are so good, Chow Tietzka.
28:52I'll go in this side.
28:53Well done.
28:54Easy.
28:55Good girl.
28:55You see, it was all right.
28:57It's all done.
28:58I reckon we can let her go back to her friends.
29:00OK.
29:02Come on, Chow Tietzka.
29:03Come on, lady.
29:04Go out.
29:05Good girl.
29:06Brilliant.
29:07Wobuziak, look.
29:09Look, everything fine.
29:10I promise you.
29:14I was worried there might have been no improvement at all.
29:16In fact, possibly even a deterioration.
29:18But quite the opposite.
29:20There's been definitely an upturn.
29:21She looks like she's perked up no end.
29:24That injection made her feel like a new woman.
29:27Yeah, exactly, yeah.
29:28I mean, she's clearly feeling happier.
29:32OK, nice to see you again.
29:33Good job.
29:34Thanks, Julia.
29:35Bye.
29:37She seems to be a lot brighter.
29:38Been a very good improvement.
29:40And hopefully we can continue that for many months more.
29:44I like look after her because I want we'll be very healthy long time.
29:50Stay long time here.
29:52I love it.
29:53I'm happy.
30:01During a farm emergency, a Yorkshire vet will often benefit from helping hands.
30:07That's coming.
30:09Big bugger.
30:10Steady, steady, steady, steady.
30:12The moorhound's just shoving it in the net now.
30:14But there are days when crises crop up all over the place.
30:19And as he rushes out to his next job, Matt knows he'll have to work alone.
30:25I've just had a call for an emergency carving.
30:29It sounds like the farmer's put his hand in and he can't feel anything normal.
30:34So I don't have any idea what could be going on.
30:37And to make matters even more complicated, he's had to go off an emergency himself.
30:42So he's asked if I'll manage on my own for now.
30:45So hopefully it wasn't turning to a disaster.
30:47So hopefully it wasn't turning to a caesarean and I can
30:50untangle the calf that's in there and get it out alive.
30:59Right.
31:01Right.
31:02Lovely.
31:03Right then, missus.
31:04Let's have a feel.
31:05Come on, lass.
31:06Good girl.
31:06I can only feel one in the head at the moment.
31:18Hellfire.
31:21So normally calves come out in like a superman position with the
31:24feet punching forward and the head down.
31:26This head is all the way back.
31:29So I need to get my hand in and hook that head round as best I can.
31:34And Matt has to continue flying solo.
31:36You know what?
31:37Let's just put them legs back.
31:38It's almost like starting again and giving us a bit of space to pull that head round.
31:43As there's still no sign of the farmer.
31:50I can't get my hand far enough to scoop it.
31:53So the plan with the rope is to get the noose around the calf's head and pull it round.
31:59Stop diddering.
32:02Unfortunately, she's not helping because every time I need her to be still,
32:05she's moving around.
32:07I don't want to give her too much sedation.
32:08I don't want her to sit down.
32:09So it's like two steps forward, one step back.
32:14Right.
32:15I'm just going to stick an epidural in her and just take a few drugs to hopefully loosen
32:18up her uterus a little bit and allow me a bit more access.
32:20There are times when it's fine to move and there are times when not.
32:26Give over.
32:29I just literally need her for a couple of seconds to stay chuffing still.
32:33Stop.
32:35Stop bloody moving.
32:42Okay, right.
32:44I think it might be a single shot.
32:45I'm going to try and get her to stop.
32:46I'm going to try and get her to stop.
32:48Okay, right.
32:49I think it might be a single.
32:51Just whether it's alive or not, you never tell until you've got it out.
32:58If it's there for too long, the calf might die.
33:01We've just got to get it out.
33:11Still to come.
33:14The huge horse is a big hit at the care home.
33:18But Will Peter's little pal.
33:22Hello, pup.
33:23Hello.
33:24Hit it off with potential owners.
33:26If she doesn't fall in love with him, then there's something wrong.
33:28I don't have to say this, but this puppy is very special.
33:32Come on.
33:43Near Huddersfield, giant young shire horse Dante is on a day trip with owners, Dave and Rachel.
33:53Come on.
33:54Because after Shona's castration to calm him down a little.
33:57Good boy.
33:58He can resume his role at the local care home.
34:02Oh, here he is.
34:03As their honorary mascot.
34:06The residents are keen to see how he's doing,
34:08how he's getting along.
34:09They always like to see him.
34:11Hello, darling.
34:12Oh, my goodness me.
34:14Oh, you're lovely.
34:16Look at his happy feet.
34:17Aren't they?
34:20He recovered really well, and he was up and about straight away.
34:24Say hello.
34:26Gently.
34:27And the good thing is he's settled back
34:28into being the gentle giant that you're seeing again today.
34:31No, I'm not going to touch you.
34:33Please, darling.
34:34You're a beautiful giant.
34:36Come on in.
34:36Say hello.
34:37Good boy.
34:39I'm sorry there's nothing there.
34:40Have you brought your own lunch with you?
34:43I think he's just going to eat the garden indeed.
34:45There you go.
34:46Oh, look.
34:47Whoa, leave me alone.
34:49Don't do something else like that.
34:50Oh, good boy.
34:51Is he about size now?
34:52No, no, he's still got another two to three years to grow,
34:55I think, something like that.
34:57It's great.
34:58The residents love him.
35:00He provides some entertainment, but he's
35:01getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
35:02He might not be able to get through anymore.
35:04Come on.
35:06Down that way.
35:09There you go.
35:10That's a good boy.
35:12You're very handsome.
35:13You're talking to Dave, all the whole time,
35:15knowing Margaret would probably be you.
35:19Stop it.
35:20Your horse was called Macbeth.
35:21It's a leather horse.
35:22The mother of all the horses used to dress your horses.
35:24Oh, really?
35:25She sure does, yeah.
35:27I don't suppose you get too many shyer horses
35:30visiting care homes, so it's always good to do
35:32something different with him.
35:33Also, it gets him more socialized,
35:35so it's good for him as well as good for the residents.
35:37Do you want to go back in with this?
35:39Do you want to take some off?
35:40Stay there.
35:41Don't look this side, then.
35:46Oh, fantastic.
35:48And so good.
35:49He posed nicely, didn't he?
35:51Yes.
35:53See you all later.
35:54Bye.
35:58Bye.
36:03A few miles away, things are a little less relaxed
36:06and sociable for Matt.
36:08This is just in the way.
36:10A busy day of emergencies means he's
36:13battling alone to save a stuck, unborn calf.
36:20The problem is, there's nothing to get hold of.
36:22I need to get hold of the nose, which
36:23I need to be able to reach, because everything else is
36:25so slippy.
36:26I can't pull in there.
36:27I can't just pull a bit of cheek.
36:28I have to literally get to the nose and find some bone.
36:37Literally, it's like I don't want to lose my progress,
36:39so I've got to swap out the arm.
36:43I got it.
36:44I got it.
36:44I got it.
36:45I'll fire, Jack.
36:47Right.
36:49Crikey.
36:50That was a job.
36:53Whether it's alive or not, I don't know.
36:54But I've got it.
36:56Much better than a caesarean.
36:58Much better.
36:59All right, calf, let's have you out.
37:05All right, I've got a head rope on now.
37:07Head rope's on.
37:07I'm not losing that head.
37:10All right, here we come.
37:13Come on, calf.
37:13Come on.
37:14Come on.
37:20Oh, we're alive.
37:21Here, let's get some fluid out of them lungs.
37:23Come on.
37:25Get that mucus out.
37:32Come on.
37:35Come on.
37:36Have some stimulation.
37:43I'm not having a dead calf.
37:46I'm not having it.
37:48So this just stimulates those reflexes.
37:51Breathe.
37:51Breathe a bit.
37:52That's going.
37:54That's good.
37:55That's good.
37:56Breathing a bit better now, isn't it?
38:00I think it's just inhaled some fluid.
38:02So nothing wrong with calf or mum was just one of them things.
38:10Oh, I'm dead.
38:11I thought it was dead.
38:14That was one of the most frustrating carvings that I've ever done.
38:18My head was so far back, I could only just reach it.
38:21Every single point she moved, I just lost it.
38:23And then I just felt everything just go into the correct position.
38:27And then I was like, away we go.
38:31Good girl.
38:34You were very frustrating.
38:35I'm not going to lie.
38:37But you did very, very well.
38:39Look after that little calf.
38:40Yes, good girl.
38:43With a grateful mum and her new baby, the only ones around.
38:46Crikey, that was an hard one.
38:48The one advantage of working alone on the farm
38:52is there's no one to judge you except yourself.
38:56This is certainly one of the biggest messes I've got myself into.
38:59I can see I've got a little bit of a poo mustache as well.
39:02I can feel all the blood crusting on my arms and I stink.
39:16In Kirby Moorside, Peter recently amputated a cockapoo puppy's
39:21deformed leg.
39:22Oh, aren't you lovely?
39:24Hoping he'd then be able to find him a loving home.
39:27Hopefully people will overlook his disability.
39:30Somebody will give you one, surely.
39:32A nice, loving family.
39:35And prepared to go the extra mile for their perfect puppy,
39:39Hannah and Griffin have travelled over 200.
39:44We heard through a friend who works for Peter
39:47that there was a puppy available,
39:50but this puppy was a little bit different
39:53and needed some extra special help.
39:59So we've driven four hours from Suffolk to be here today to pick him up.
40:05Hello, pup. Hello.
40:08I think I've got a really good home for him.
40:10And if she doesn't fall in love with him, then there's something wrong.
40:14I'm going to miss him.
40:16Say goodbye.
40:18Bye, little puddin'.
40:20Have fun in your new home down south, the best place to be.
40:23Down south, the best place to be?
40:27Hannah, I'm very pleased to meet you.
40:29Oh, hello, nice to meet you.
40:30This is my son, Griffin.
40:32Griffin, come through.
40:36I don't have to say this, but this puppy is very special.
40:40He's one of the nicest characters that you'd meet in the dog world.
40:44And he's been charging up and down the pep area.
40:47Everybody has fallen in love with him.
40:50Why don't you hold him?
40:52Aww.
40:53He's very cuddly.
40:54Hello, baby.
40:55He gives lots of kisses as well.
40:59Oh, he's lovely. He's lovely.
41:01What do you think of him?
41:02Love him? Yeah.
41:03He hasn't had his first vaccination, so I'm just going to give him that.
41:08It's OK.
41:09There we are.
41:12We had thought of a name, haven't we? Have you?
41:15Percy.
41:16Oh, Percy.
41:17I think that's lovely.
41:18Can I write his name in?
41:20You can write Percy, yeah.
41:22I think it suits you, little man.
41:23I think it does.
41:25Well, you're going to your new home, aren't you?
41:28You'll be a good boy, won't you?
41:29You promise Uncle Peter you will be.
41:32And I hope you have a safe trip home with him.
41:34I'll keep you posted.
41:36Please do.
41:37Be a good boy, Percy.
41:39Thank you, Peter. Take care.
41:41All the best.
41:43As veterinary surgeons, that's what our life's about,
41:45looking after our patients to the best of our ability
41:49and trying to ensure the quality of life is as good as it can be.
41:54Yes, he's got a bit of a disability,
41:56but Percy isn't going to let that get in his way
41:59of having a good life going forward.
42:03And after being born and saved in North Yorkshire,
42:06a few weeks later in Suffolk,
42:09Percy is loving life with his new family.
42:12He just slotted in as soon as he arrived.
42:15Ted took to him.
42:16The kids were really excited.
42:18Griffin had bonded with him in the car on the way back.
42:21He's loving life with three legs.
42:23Yeah.
42:24He's amazing.
42:25He just gets on with it, doesn't hold him back at all.
42:29Percy!
42:30Percy!
42:32Percy!
42:34Percy, sit.
42:35Good boy.
42:36Good boy.
42:37Good boy.
42:38Good boy.
42:39Oh, yay, now a hug!
42:42Yay!
42:45Percy!
42:46Percy!
42:49You like that, don't you?
42:53I'm tired.
42:54They're in a sleep.
42:55It's like a baby, isn't he?
42:57Yeah.
42:58There's something really special about kids growing up
43:00with a puppy and a young dog
43:02and them just being a part of each other's lives.
43:04It's just so lovely.
43:05And he loves it.
43:06He's always got someone to play with.
43:08All right, come on, girls.
43:09Ready to dive in, give him a hug.
43:10Ready to dive in, give him a cuddle.
43:36You