The Yorkshire Vet - Season 20 Episode 6
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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
01:19not glamorous, but it's varied. It's rarely easy, but they continue the Herriot tradition,
01:33treating all creatures. It's moving. I can't believe it. Great. Not quite the same as operating
01:39in theatre, is it? Come on! And small. Yorkshire is policed by the forces of nature. Sobering
02:01winds. The icy grip of a frosty morning. Or a resting views on a summer's day. And the
02:17captivating power of its rivers and streams. Flowing ferociously. Or falling. When gravity
02:30takes hold. At the practice in Kirby Moorside. He's a good boy. He's not very well. Problems
02:43with water flow have led to Lisa bringing Fred to see Peter. With a male goat in a major
02:49crisis, apparently it can't pass urine due to a blockage in its penis and urethra. It's
02:56a good boy. I noticed he was laying in the field and he was straining as though he was
03:04trying to go to the toilet. He's in a lot of discomfort now. So I'm hoping, fingers
03:10crossed, they can operate today so that he can go to the toilet. But there's a very high
03:15risk. I'd be devastated if I lost him. I'm hoping he's strong enough to get through this
03:21today. Aren't we? We are. I know. Good morning. Good morning. You having problems, I understand?
03:30Yes, we are. He was having contractions and he was really, really straining. I know, I
03:37know, I know, I know, I know. Shush, shush, shush, shush. Shush, shush, shush, shush.
03:43It isn't a straightforward procedure. We need a bit of luck is what I'm saying. Yeah. Lots
03:47of luck. Lots of luck. But I'll certainly do my best. Yeah. Yeah. Go on, good boy. Good
03:51lad. Come on then. Good boy. Good boy. Right, that's fine. Right, we'll see you later. Thank
04:00you. Righto. Where am I clipping on here, Peter? Right, this area here. Nurse Izzy will
04:07be helping Peter with this challenging surgery to remove Fred's blockage. It's brought with
04:17The bladder may be ruptured already. There's a great risk of hemorrhage during this procedure.
04:25So this isn't straightforward in any shape or form. Is he okay? He's not breathing as
04:36well as he was. I'm just worried. There's also a risk that he may not survive the anaesthetic.
04:44But the alternative would be for Fred to have been put to sleep.
04:55Sometimes a Yorkshire vet's own pet feels off colour. And in Thirsk... I'm feeling poorly.
05:02Oh no. Julian's had to bring his Jack Russell Emmy to the practice.
05:08I've got a poorly patient. Oh no. Oh, Emmy. Emmy's not very well. Oh my goodness me. What's the
05:15matter? She's been sick. She's been eating grass. Oh. She's been vomiting. She's got diarrhoea.
05:22Oh, Ems. Her tummy's been gurgling. Oh. And she's lugubrious. Oh, that's a good word.
05:32But Julian does have his suspicions. She's making a meal of it,
05:36because she's not as poorly as she looks, I don't think. About an ulterior motive.
05:42She was a big asset to the practice, not only because she's a brilliant receptionist,
05:45but she's in charge of giving dog treats to all the patients that come in. And you've got quite
05:50a reputation, haven't you? A harvester. The feeder. The treat giver. No, I'm not doing that,
05:58because that's not fair. I suppose you could give her half of one and see whether this would be a
06:01test of how poorly she is. See, this is what they do. Yes, I know. Hang on a minute. I'm just
06:09going to give you a little bit right here. Oh, she's not that poorly then. Good girl. Maybe
06:14you're fooling me, Em. Maybe you're not so poorly. How's that? Oh, are we feeling better?
06:20Shall we go home, Em? Yeah, go home. Have I done it? Bye, Em.
06:31Near Huddersfield, Rohin's responding to an emergency call.
06:40Go for it like that, yeah. You're a good girl. Julie is worried that her pet sheep,
06:46Dolly, has been left injured by a traumatic birth.
06:49She had triplets, which was a surprise, because we were only wanting two.
06:53Sadly, the first one was stillborn. Literally was life or death. I had to intervene and untangle
06:59heads and legs. They were all tangled up together. So I'm not sure if I've done any damage or whether
07:04she was just in a lot of distress. She's taken quite a quick deterioration just today, since
07:11this morning we left. So yeah, it's a bit stressful thinking Rohin can fix her.
07:18Hi, guys. Hello. How's it going? Nice to meet you. I'm Rohin. Nice to meet you. I'm Joe. You too.
07:21Nice to meet you, Joe. First thing, if we can just give her a really good check over then and
07:26probably have a feel inside as well. I think I'll start off just having a look around her back end.
07:31I'm just checking her temperature, because as a first step, it would be
07:35useful to know if she's got a fever or not. It's common to have
07:39infection if they've had a difficult lambing. It's 39.2, so that's okay.
07:46She is breathing pretty heavily. Has she been breathing quite heavily in general?
07:50All day, yes. That's unusual for her. That's again one of the... She was laying down as well,
07:57panting. Panting like that. It's the way she was laid as well. She was laid on this side,
08:02but then with her head on that side, she twisted her in tight. She was twisted like this,
08:08and head up and making this awful strain.
08:14It's a bit mysterious so far. Steady, steady. That's it. I know it's sore. Steady, steady.
08:21That's it. There's a good girl. That's it. She's really trying to push against me there. It is
08:26quite uncomfortable when I'm doing this. Just see what we've got internally. That's it. Steady girl.
08:34That doesn't look good.
08:42Coming up... God, there's hundreds of them. Absolutely hundreds of storms here.
08:46The route of Fred's toilet trouble pains Peter.
08:50Just nice to get a urine pouring out. I wouldn't want it, John.
08:54And animal art. What could possibly go wrong? But Julian draws a blank.
08:59If I take this home at this point, and Ann says what we've been doing today,
09:01and I say I've been drawing pictures of a sheep with the leaves of the pit away,
09:04she'll burst out laughing.
09:16Near Huddersfield... I'm just going to feel a bit deeper inside, see what we've got
09:21around the cervix, just see if there's any tears or anything abnormal that I can feel around there.
09:25Rohin's trying to work out why Julie's pet sheep Dolly has been in pain after a difficult birth.
09:32It just looks inflamed and swollen. Do you see there, that vaginal tissue?
09:37She is just having the start of a vaginal prolapse.
09:41It feels pretty swollen, and I can feel the tissue of the vagina pushing against me,
09:46almost trying to force its way out.
09:48So I did the right thing calling you when I did.
09:49Definitely, yeah. If we can deal with this now and try and keep that in position and
09:55stop it coming out more, then we can hopefully prevent it from turning into a very big problem.
10:00You can place a stitch that will stop it from pushing through and causing an issue.
10:06I'm just going to give her an epidural.
10:09Anna's doing a brilliant job at the front, making sure mum behaves herself.
10:14She's used to being handled. She was an orphan, so she was bottle-fed,
10:19so she's always been a pet. She liked a massage.
10:23We all like ladies' hugs when they're pregnant, and so I was massaging her back,
10:26and she'd come up to me and she was really affectionate, and I'm massaging her.
10:30I think proper farmers would look at me stupid, like, what's she doing?
10:34Yeah, living a good life over here.
10:38Really nervous, actually. Yeah, I've got butterflies seeing her because she looks so distressed.
10:44I'm trying to reassure her, but I've seen the size of the needle, and you don't look very nice.
10:49Rowan assures that it's common, so I'm taking his word for it.
10:53I'm aware it looks brutal, but it's not as bad as it looks.
10:57The stitch works to sort of go all the way around the vulva, and then when we tighten it,
11:01it makes the entrance slightly smaller and try and keep all the vaginal tissue where it should be.
11:08Steady, steady, girl. There we go.
11:12So she's done very, very well. We're nearly there now.
11:14Good girl. It's all right, darling. You're all right.
11:18That's a good girl. You two monkeys.
11:21Don't get your mummy stressed out. Go back to mummy. Go on. There you go.
11:24Two more of these. Go back to mummy, then she can see.
11:27There. That's it. Good girl.
11:31I'm pretty pleased with that. I can just about get a finger underneath her,
11:35meaning there's still enough room for everything to come out that needs to,
11:38but the entrance is now much reduced from what it was.
11:42Really? Now? I was panicking that it was hurting her, but it wasn't.
11:46It was just that she couldn't see her babies.
11:48I think she's just a very good mum and wants to see her babies, isn't it?
11:51She's had a very stressful day, hasn't she?
11:53She's had a very stressful three days, I think.
11:56She's had more human arms inside her than she would care to like, I think.
12:02Yeah. All right.
12:04I get the feeling you're as relieved as Dolly is right now after that procedure's ended.
12:08I am, yeah. My heart was beating. I was really nervous.
12:11She seems a lot happier now because this is the most relaxed I've seen her,
12:15actually, since she had her baby.
12:17I'm hopeful we've really turned it around now,
12:19but I guess it's just taking it a day at a time, isn't it?
12:22OK? No worries. Thank you.
12:33James Herriot adored the view from the top of Sutton Bank,
12:38where he loved to walk his dog.
12:40Come on, Em, good girl.
12:42And over the past year, he's been a regular visitor.
12:46And over the past 11 years, Julian and Emmy have been enjoying it together.
12:53How about that for a view?
12:55It's one you've seen since you were a little puppy.
12:57Everything that you can see all across there, everything is Yorkshire.
13:05The bond that Emmy and I have is quite a special one.
13:08I always take her for a walk in the morning,
13:11so it's always that time, half an hour, that's just me and her and nobody else,
13:15and we've got our thoughts and our plans for the day.
13:18She's amazing, really.
13:19But I'm starting to sense that she's starting to age a little bit.
13:24When she was a pup, she was black and brown on top of her head.
13:27Now she's kind of various shades of grey.
13:29And we're aware that she's not going to be around forever.
13:32We've got loads and loads of photos of Emmy,
13:35but we really wanted to find a way of capturing her youthful enthusiasm forever, really.
13:41I've got a friend who I think might be able to help with this.
13:45Come on then.
13:48You can bring your stick if you want.
13:52Julian's friend is Lucy Pittaway,
13:55who's been awarded the title of the UK's most popular published artist.
13:59I'm fairly well known for my cuddly round sheep.
14:03But yes, I do a lot of paintings of Yorkshire scenes.
14:08Hello, Lucy.
14:09Hello.
14:10How are you?
14:11I'm good, thank you.
14:12Nice to see you.
14:13It's been a while, yeah.
14:15Hello, Emmy.
14:16The second Jack Russell in the room.
14:19Fellow terrier lover Lucy is going to immortalise Emmy on canvas.
14:23I don't know what you think.
14:24She's got loads of character in that face.
14:26Absolutely, yeah. I think she's really beautiful.
14:28But she wants Julian to use his expertise in veterinary science
14:32to find his own artistic side.
14:35So while you're here, I thought I'd set you a little challenge.
14:38See this lovely painting here?
14:40I thought you could do something like that.
14:44Seriously?
14:45That's why I brought you here.
14:46I think you can do it with a bit of expert tuition.
14:49I'll show you the technique.
14:50It's actually a lot easier than you think.
14:52Challenge accepted.
14:54Oh, great. You're on.
14:59There we are.
15:00What could possibly go wrong?
15:02So I've picked a palette of colours that I think that you'll need to recreate that.
15:06So what I want you to do is, looking at that,
15:08is place the circle sort of almost scale for scale here.
15:13If you're doing an Emmy, there's nothing circular about Emmy.
15:16No.
15:16So that will be harder, won't it?
15:17That's going to give me a fair challenge, yes.
15:20If I take this home at this point and say,
15:21Anne says what we've been doing today,
15:23and I say I've been drawing pictures of sheep with Lucy Pittaway,
15:26she'll burst out laughing if I say this is my day's work.
15:30Well, we're going to try and get it to be a little bit further on before you go.
15:37Shall I show you a little bit about how to do the fleece?
15:39I think I'm going to need to,
15:41because at the moment it looks like I've drawn a bumblebee.
15:45So first we're going to put some dark squiggles on top of this.
15:48So you build them, you build lots up,
15:50blend them, then put some more on.
15:53Oh, you're off, you're off.
15:54Thank you, well done, she says.
15:56She says, oh, goodness me.
15:58What do you think, Cassie?
15:59If you think that's a painting, then that's not my idea of a painting.
16:03Not sure yet, are you?
16:04Well, it's work in progress, dogs.
16:06So I'm going to take that home and turn it into a masterpiece, potentially,
16:10and then we'll reconvene in a week or two.
16:12Yeah, I will try and do the same with Emmy and produce something that you like,
16:16and we'll reveal at the same time.
16:21There are your pastels.
16:23I'm going to need some good luck as well as some crayons.
16:26Right then, Emma, let's go.
16:28Thank you very much, Lucy, that's been absolutely brilliant.
16:30Bye.
16:31Come on, Em, let's go, we've got some work to do.
16:41Over in Kirby Moorside, there's work to do for Peter and Izzy.
16:46They salivate so much, don't they, that we're having to empty the tube.
16:51They're performing urgent surgery on Fred the goat, who's unable to urinate.
17:00I'm going to just try and incise into his penis now.
17:05And Peter can now see what's causing the blockage.
17:08I'm into the urethra.
17:10We've got bladder stones, loads and loads of stones.
17:14Right.
17:17God, there's hundreds of them, absolutely hundreds of stones here,
17:21like little grains of mustard.
17:23My concern is his bladder could have lots of stones in them still.
17:28But I want to see if I can flush through now.
17:33See, some of these stones are so big.
17:38I can't get the catheter through to the bladder, which is a major concern.
17:46Try and flush it as you...
17:47Please, yeah.
17:50This is a crucial stage of life-or-death surgery for Fred.
17:55Try the smaller catheter now.
17:58Push again, please.
18:01And practice director John has come to help.
18:04I'm into the urethra, but I can't get the catheter any further.
18:10This is what's coming out.
18:11Yeah. Can you blast it?
18:13I've tried, but Izzy's tried.
18:15Did urine come out?
18:17Just stones so far.
18:22One, two, three.
18:25Yeah.
18:26Just nice to get urine pouring out.
18:27Oh, it wouldn't, John. It wouldn't come this far.
18:31This is very frustrating because the operation so far has gone very well.
18:36I can't carry out any more surgery, can't get any higher towards the bladder,
18:41any closer towards the bladder where the stones are accumulating,
18:44and it is a possibility that we may not end up with a happy result.
18:57Coming up...
18:58Come on, Dora, this way, chief.
19:00Can Matt help farmer Rob's favourite dog?
19:03We're worried.
19:03We know she's not going to live forever,
19:05but we'd like her to live a little while longer, yeah.
19:07Will Dolly the sheep be a picture of health?
19:10She's probably desperate to go out now, isn't she?
19:12She is, she's got amnesia.
19:13Her best friend Susan the sheep's outside, and they're calling to each other.
19:16And Julian suffers for his sheep heart.
19:19Slightly stressful, isn't it?
19:23Snap my chalk in half.
19:24Before seeing Emmy in a whole new light.
19:27So, are you ready for the new bingo?
19:30Are you ready?
19:31OK.
19:42At the practice in Kirby Moorside...
19:44What's another goat, John?
19:46Lion.
19:47Peter, John and Izzy are operating on Fred the goat,
19:51who's unable to urinate because of bladder stones.
19:54Look at these.
19:56Look at him.
19:57If they can't flash out the blockage, Fred won't survive.
20:02Right, I've got an idea.
20:03Mm-hmm, incise down that ureter.
20:05I just wonder whether you incise down here,
20:06and then you might be able to get a better...
20:10Shall we try it?
20:10I might believe, like, stint mightn't...
20:12We've nothing to lose, John.
20:14We need to open that ureter up anyway.
20:16Now, then, something gave there, John.
20:19Something gave.
20:27Yay!
20:31Whoa!
20:32What's that?
20:35Whoa!
20:36Wing, glorious wing.
20:40Oh, my God.
20:41Oh, my God.
20:42Oh, my God.
20:43Oh, my God.
20:43Wing, glorious wing.
20:49Oh, the relief I'm feeling for Fred at this moment in time is immense.
20:55Oh.
20:57You enjoy this, Fred.
20:58You don't know much about it,
21:00but I'm sure you'll have some relief when you come round.
21:03I felt for him.
21:03Probably not have to urinate for two or three days.
21:05You know what it's like when you've had a couple of beers, John,
21:07and you're desperate to go to the toilet.
21:09What I'm doing now, I'm stitching the urethra so far down,
21:13which means he's going to now be weeing from just below his bottom
21:19rather than from his penis.
21:22Well, that doesn't matter,
21:23because this is a life-saving procedure.
21:28OK, at your end.
21:29All right with you?
21:30Yeah, he is just feeling that a little bit, but he's all right.
21:33Good.
21:34That means he's not going to have to go to the toilet.
21:36But he's all right.
21:37Good.
21:38That means he's alive.
21:40Yes.
21:41That is my aim.
21:42Get him out of this alive.
21:44Izzy, you never let me down.
21:48Right, there we are, Fred.
21:49It's down to you now.
21:50All right, mate.
21:52Ready?
21:54At least we're going down, not up, are we?
21:57That's it.
21:58That's it.
21:58Lovely.
22:00Cup of tea time, Izzy.
22:01Definitely.
22:03Well done.
22:04Really good job.
22:06That was a battle.
22:08Superb one.
22:09So impressed that you did that.
22:11Well, I'm quite chuffed, really.
22:12Yeah.
22:14Fred's owner, Lisa, is even more chuffed.
22:17Look who's here to see you.
22:19Frederick!
22:21Hello, Frederick.
22:23Oh, baby.
22:26Hello.
22:27Did you get rid of all that wee?
22:29Oh, that was a lot of wee.
22:31It was a bucket full, bucket full.
22:33Oh.
22:36The champagne isn't flowing just yet.
22:38We've got to make sure it can, because there's a possibility it can just develop again.
22:44I'd like to pop in and see him in a couple of weeks,
22:47and just have a look at him and see how he's doing.
22:49Right, yeah.
22:50But for Peter, it does feel like a day to celebrate.
22:53Go on in, Fred.
22:54Good boy.
22:56What a good boy.
22:57See you, darling.
22:59Sometimes, in the veterinary world, you get massive disappointments.
23:04Fred, you're going home.
23:07But I think in Fred's case now, bearing in mind that we almost clutched disaster
23:13from the jaws of success when we couldn't get through to the bladder.
23:17At that point, I was thinking we might have to let Fred go under the anaesthetic.
23:21And for that urine to start to flow, it was just the best feeling ever.
23:28Over near Huddersfield.
23:31Woo-hoo!
23:32Here, leave it.
23:34Rohin's checking on Julie's pet sheep, Dolly,
23:37who suffered a prolapse after giving birth.
23:40It's been about three weeks, and we're hoping that things are better now.
23:43It was quite a swollen, inflamed vagina.
23:46So we had to stitch that so it stayed in place,
23:49and give her meds to help all that inflammation settle down.
23:51So important to get her to the hospital,
23:53But also, there's some lambs here who need mum to be very healthy
23:57so they can survive as well.
24:00Oh, she's pushed it open again.
24:02Right.
24:02Oh, back you go.
24:03Good girl.
24:05She's probably desperate to go out now, isn't she?
24:06She is. She can't understand why her best friend
24:08sues on the sheep outside, and they're calling to each other.
24:11Oh, right.
24:11Hello, Dolly.
24:12If it all looks like it's OK, then we can just take that stitch out.
24:15She likes a good scratch.
24:17She's got a good scratch.
24:18She's got a good scratch.
24:19She's got a good scratch.
24:20She's got a good scratch.
24:21She's got a good scratch.
24:22She likes a good scratch, though, don't you?
24:24She says, oh, go on then.
24:26I'll stand still if you're going to give me a scratch.
24:30I'm really pleased with how it looks.
24:31I think we would be fine to take that stitch out now,
24:34and then she'll probably be grateful as well that she can
24:36stop having her vagina interfered with.
24:41So I'm just going to snip through that stitch.
24:43You all right?
24:44It's all right.
24:44Steady, steady, steady, steady.
24:45Good girl, Dolly.
24:46Doing really well.
24:47Good girl.
24:49You all right?
24:51What's that?
24:51Good girl.
24:51There we go.
24:52We're through it now.
24:53There we go.
24:54Oh.
24:54There we go.
24:57Good girl.
24:57So that's come out OK.
24:59There's no visible signs of infection at all,
25:02and you can just tell that she's not straining and uncomfortable
25:05the way she was last time.
25:07So I would say that's a good success.
25:10It's a great relief.
25:11She's such a lovely sheep, and the lambs are great.
25:13It's probably time for me to start bothering her now,
25:15and I think she'll be grateful.
25:17Yeah.
25:17It looks fantastic,
25:18and she can definitely go back out there with Susan.
25:22Hello, Susan.
25:23Come on.
25:24We're all right.
25:25Come on, then.
25:26Go on, little ones.
25:27Away.
25:28Good boy.
25:28Here we go.
25:29I suppose you're going to want some now, aren't you?
25:31Susan, you've had your food, you greedy thing.
25:35Her lambs are five weeks old.
25:37They're even bigger than Dolly's.
25:38That's the thing, but considering Dolly's are only three weeks,
25:41they're not far off, are they?
25:43They're really big lambs for their age.
25:45So Dolly's clearly been looking after them brilliantly.
25:49The gang's all back together.
25:50They seem really happy.
25:52You've got the sheep, and the collie,
25:53and the dry stone wall, and the beautiful weather.
25:56It's just a classic Yorkshire, isn't it?
25:58Oh, yeah.
25:58That's what it's about, yeah.
25:59God's own county, as they say.
26:01It's a beautiful place.
26:06Catch.
26:07Yay!
26:08Good boy.
26:09He's a good boy.
26:09Oh, you'll be there all day.
26:11You'll never get any work done.
26:12I could imagine.
26:12I don't think you'll ever get bored of that, will you?
26:16Yeah.
26:23In North Yorkshire,
26:25while Julian's award-winning artist friend Lucy
26:28is making serene progress with her portrait
26:31of his beloved Jack Russell...
26:33I just don't know how much of these grasses to add.
26:37...Emmy is not much help to Julian
26:40as he struggles with his art homework.
26:45And it's the light and the dark that's difficult as well.
26:52It's quite relaxing in a way,
26:54but slightly stressful in another...
26:58Ooh!
26:58Oh, bother.
26:59I'm drunk, man.
27:00Snap my chalk in half.
27:04I'm slightly worried that it's very different
27:07to what she told me to draw.
27:09I've got a very different sky and different clouds,
27:12and it's all gone a little bit off-piste.
27:16The final bit is the face of the sheep,
27:19and I know faces are really hard.
27:21So whether she'll be impressed or not impressed,
27:27we'll have to find out.
27:37A few days later at Lucy's gallery,
27:40it's time for the big reveals.
27:42Hi.
27:43Hi, how are you?
27:44I'm very good, thanks.
27:45Yeah, very excited.
27:46Good, me too.
27:47Slightly nervous as well.
27:49I've got my attempt here.
27:51Right, okay.
27:52I've got a bottle of wine as a thank you,
27:54but you're gonna definitely need that
27:56when you see what's under there.
28:00It's not quite the same as the one I was copying.
28:02It's a bit kind of...
28:04It's my version of it.
28:05Your style.
28:06Are you ready?
28:08Drum roll!
28:09What do we do?
28:10Are you ready?
28:11Drum roll!
28:11What do we do?
28:12Do I just lift it up?
28:13Yeah, just lift it up.
28:14Let's see.
28:18Wow!
28:20You have gone off-piste, but I love it.
28:24You've really got into the texture of the fleece as well, haven't you?
28:27Yeah, yeah.
28:27I can see the way you've been using your knuckles in there.
28:29Did you blend that with the palm of your hand?
28:32Blended it with everything, Lucy.
28:35Straight ahead.
28:36Absolutely everything, yeah.
28:37Good.
28:37One part I was using my nose.
28:40No way!
28:43I think your painting is absolutely wonderful.
28:47It's got character, it's bright, it's vibrant, it's colourful,
28:51and your sheep has a personality.
28:54I think you've done really well there.
28:56Well done.
28:56Thank you, thank you.
29:00I'm really nervous about this, I really am, because it's your baby.
29:04Emmy is your baby, and she's your pride and joy,
29:08and it's been a challenge for me to actually make sure that I do her justice.
29:13And actually, when you look at this, you feel as though that is your dog in the painting.
29:22So are you ready?
29:23I'm ready, yeah.
29:25Are you ready?
29:26Okay.
29:26I don't think I can.
29:48What do you think?
29:53I hope that means I guess it does.
29:55I think that's absolutely amazing.
30:02Does she look like a youthful Emmy?
30:08I can't believe I'm crying, because that is absolutely beautiful.
30:12Oh, thank you.
30:14I'm so relieved.
30:23Oh, that's amazing.
30:24I can't believe it.
30:25Thank you so much.
30:25You're welcome, you're welcome.
30:28And that's like literally her favourite place.
30:33I can't believe I'm going to talk.
30:36And it's my favourite place as well, then.
30:38It's got all the best bits.
30:43That view, not far from what James Herwitt calls the best view in Yorkshire.
30:47Yeah.
30:48No, best view in England, he says, doesn't he?
30:50In my opinion, the best view is there.
30:52Mm-hmm.
30:53So hopefully, it's a great reminder of where you like to spend your time.
30:58Absolutely, yeah.
30:59With my best mate.
31:01Aww.
31:03They are your best friends.
31:05You're my best friend.
31:06Come here.
31:07What do you think of it?
31:08Eh?
31:09She says, I'm not so sure, because it hasn't got meat.
31:15I'm feeling really overwhelmed by this painting.
31:18It's really emotional when you see your own pride and joy there,
31:23smiling back and looking intently.
31:25He's just captured her perfectly.
31:28It's really wonderful, and I'm absolutely touched and really thrilled.
31:39At Callan Hall Farm.
31:43Although he cares for all the animals.
31:46You like a tummy tickle, don't you?
31:48Rob's always admitted that his four-legged soulmate is Dora.
31:53We're all mucky now.
31:54We'll be in doghouse, won't we?
31:57Today, he's brought the 10-year-old Labrador to the animal hospital in Hullersfield
32:02after a worrying discovery.
32:06Dora is a sort of family pet, really.
32:09She was a bridging gap between our children leaving home
32:13and our granddaughter arriving,
32:14and so she's been sort of our baby a little bit.
32:17And one thing that she particularly loves is lying down for a tummy tickling,
32:21which I think is a good job,
32:23because when she was doing that,
32:24my wife Julie noticed some lumps had appeared very, very recently.
32:29So Matt actually came out to look at them and didn't like the look of them.
32:34The oncologist had a look, and he confirmed that it wasn't good news
32:38and that we needed surgery straight away to give her the best chance of recovery.
32:43So we're worried.
32:45We know she's not going to live forever,
32:46but we'd like her to live a little while longer, yeah.
32:51How's it going?
32:52It's good stuff.
32:54Hey, Dora.
32:55Got a quick feel at this.
32:56Oh, I know.
32:57We're doing horrible things, aren't we?
32:59She remembers the biscuits she gave her last time,
33:01so I think she's quite happy to be here.
33:03Excellent.
33:03Well, we will give you lots more, Dora.
33:05But no biscuits this morning.
33:06No, none this morning.
33:07She can have a double the amount this afternoon.
33:08Yeah.
33:09Right, I'll give you a ring this afternoon, Rob.
33:11We can go and pick her up.
33:12Yeah.
33:12Hey, come on, Dora.
33:13This way, chief.
33:15Good girl.
33:17Come on, this way.
33:18All right, speak soon, Rob.
33:19Bye.
33:21Today now will be a day of waiting, you know, worrying to a degree.
33:26Hopefully, we'll have her back in front of the fire tonight.
33:29She's developed a lump on her nipple, and it does feel quite hard,
33:33and there's quite a high chance that it'll be cancerous.
33:35So we've got her in today to get that lump removed as soon as possible,
33:38get it sent away to find out exactly what we're dealing with.
33:42Obviously, all the animals at Cannon Hall mean a lot,
33:44but Dora's been around for a long time,
33:45so she's got a special place in Rob and Julie's hearts.
33:48So I've got to make sure we do the best for her.
33:52You all right, Naomi?
33:53All right, Dora?
33:54Yes.
33:55Yeah, she's okay.
33:55How's it looking?
33:55Any more lumps turned up, or just that one still?
33:57Just the one.
33:58So it's only a small lump at this point in time,
34:01but it's gathering all the blood supply from Dora's mammary tissue area.
34:07It could double in size in a week,
34:08and then double in size again over the next week,
34:10so they can grow really quite rapidly.
34:12Until we get the lab results back and know exactly what we're dealing with,
34:15we just need to make sure that this doesn't cause any more problems where it is now.
34:24Still to come...
34:25I know it's not very nice, Fred,
34:27but I'd like to have a look at your nether region, if it's all right.
34:29When he checks on Fred, is it right, said Peter?
34:34Well...
34:35And will Thirsk's littlest portrait model give her seal of approval?
34:40See you there. Don't look.
34:54Peter has travelled across the North York moors to see Lisa and her goat, Fred.
34:59He's like, I want to go out. I want to go out. I want to go out.
35:03A month after he came to the practice, suffering with bladder stones.
35:08I had to carry out a life or death operation,
35:10major surgery, so that he was able to pass urine properly.
35:16Yay!
35:19Whoa!
35:20Well done.
35:22Wee, glorious wee!
35:30When he left the surgery, it was the last time I saw him.
35:33Hopefully he's doing OK.
35:38Lisa.
35:38Hiya, how are you doing?
35:39Very well, thanks. How are you?
35:40Yes, smashing. So is Fred?
35:42It's nice to see him. How are you doing, Fred?
35:46Well, I know it's not very nice, Fred,
35:48but I'd like to have a look at your nether region, if it's all right.
35:54He's a good boy. I know.
35:57Well, that's him very nicely.
36:01Good boy.
36:02Very nicely.
36:03Well, I've got to say, this is as good as I could have hoped for.
36:07So what we've got now, we've got an entrance to his bladder
36:10through a wider part of the channel called the urethra,
36:14and the fact that he tubes wider through, which is passing his urine now,
36:17that means that he should be able to continue passing his wee OK.
36:24Good boy. Are you going out?
36:25Although Peter thinks everything looks OK,
36:28he's not quite sure what's going to happen.
36:30Although Peter thinks everything looks OK...
36:35There you go, mister. Are you going?
36:37...Fred makes sure he can see for himself.
36:40Oh, he's having a piddle.
36:41He's having a piddle.
36:43You see him turned out in the field now,
36:45and just have a little wee as he goes.
36:47Couldn't be better from my point of view.
36:50Yeah, he's gone to lay with George.
36:52Lovely.
36:53His little stable buddy.
36:54How lovely.
36:57I'm so pleased that I've been able to come here
36:59and see him with all his mates out in the field there.
37:02I'm very happy with life, and I'm very happy for Fred and for Lisa.
37:09I cannot recall in 400 years in practice
37:12having to carry out this procedure on a goat.
37:15It's great to try something new, I suppose, after all these years.
37:18You know, they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
37:22Maybe you can sometimes.
37:30...at the animal hospital in Huddersfield.
37:35Right, let's have this lump off.
37:37Matt's operating on Rob Nicholson's beloved Labrador Dora
37:41to remove her worrying lump.
37:43Look at that.
37:43There's some big blood vessels that are tracking underneath
37:47this lump that are feeding it and giving it loads and loads of nutrition,
37:50and we want to get rid of those.
37:53OK, so the thing with tumours is that sometimes
37:56they can penetrate to deeper layers of the skin,
37:59and I need to make sure that this is a clean removal.
38:01Although Dora is 10 years old,
38:04Naomi is happy with how she's doing under anaesthetic so far.
38:08She's been really stable at the moment.
38:10She's a nice, steady heart rate and breathing nicely, so yeah.
38:14It's just making sure that her blood pressure stays nice and stable as well.
38:18I'm just going to keep going through here.
38:20You can see there the sort of blood supply it's got.
38:22It's just pulsing away.
38:25There we go.
38:27Just like that, the bleeding's stopped.
38:29I'm going to take away all the fat that surrounds that tumour
38:32and stop it from getting into contact with anything.
38:35All being well, it should come off in one nice big lump,
38:39and that'll be the end of it.
38:45Right, we are pretty much about to come off here.
38:48Right, here we go.
38:52There we go.
38:53In we go.
38:55So the plan is to send the lump off to the lab,
38:57and then we'll know exactly what we're dealing with.
38:59Right, let's get you stitched back up.
39:05There we go.
39:06All done, sorted.
39:09Well done, Dora.
39:09That's from Naomi.
39:12Everything's gone really well with Dora.
39:14She's been a great patient under anaesthetic,
39:16and then it's just waiting with bated breath to see what those results bring.
39:22A few weeks later,
39:24Matt's headed over to Callan Hall Farm to see Dora and Rob.
39:28You all right, Rob?
39:29Hiya, Matt.
39:29How's it going?
39:30It's going well.
39:31I've got you a cup of tea.
39:32Fantastic.
39:33Thank you very much, Rob.
39:34No problem.
39:35How are we doing?
39:36Hi, Dora.
39:37Oh, hi.
39:39Good girl, and she never bothered a wound, anything like that.
39:42She's been a dream patient.
39:44She has.
39:45She's a special girl.
39:46Right, let's have a quick look at you, Dora.
39:48Good girl.
39:49Oh, yes.
39:51Good girl.
39:52That wound has healed up fantastically well.
39:54There's just a little bit of the fine line that you can see there,
39:58and that's where the stitching was in.
40:00She's not looked back.
40:01She's absolutely fantastic.
40:03So we had good and bad news with the results.
40:05So the bad news was it was a tumour,
40:07and it was quite a little nasty one that was starting to grow.
40:09But the good news is I managed to get the whole thing out,
40:11so it should not come back and bother us again.
40:14But biology can always show you a curveball,
40:16so we just need to keep an eye on her like a hawk,
40:18and obviously let me know if you feel anything that's a bit untoward.
40:21I'll be honest, Matt, we check her every day,
40:23and the moment that she gets anything looking like that again,
40:25we'll be straight on the phone to you.
40:27But we couldn't be more thrilled.
40:29She's special to us.
40:30Good girl.
40:31So does Dora like coming in here, having a bit of a social?
40:35She's got loads of pals up here, Matt.
40:37She just loves the smells, the atmosphere,
40:40the camaraderie of other dogs.
40:42And I think other dog owners like other dog owners.
40:45You know, there's a real community feel about this,
40:47so she's happy, and I certainly am.
40:49Ah, excellent.
40:51Eh?
40:51Good girl.
40:52Thanks for the brew, Rob.
40:53Yeah, well, Matt, thank you for what you've done for Dora.
40:56She's a big part of our life, and I hope she is for years to come, so...
40:59Any time.
40:59Chin, chin.
41:10Over in Thirsk, Julian has a surprise for the dog who's a big part of his life,
41:16with Sue making sure the practice is spic and span for this special visit.
41:21I'm bringing Emmy to see her new portrait, which is hanging up in the practice.
41:27We thought about having it up at home,
41:29but we haven't got anywhere big enough to do justice,
41:31and it'll be a big surprise.
41:34Go on to Em.
41:36Sue, there, don't look.
41:44Come on.
41:44Oh, how exciting.
41:46A big reveal, Em.
41:47One, two, three.
41:49What do you think?
41:49It's you.
41:50Do you recognise all this wispy hair and those eyes?
41:55She says, no, don't know what you're talking about.
41:58So, yeah, when you go like this, it is just like she's looking at you, isn't it?
42:02Yeah.
42:04Yeah, really, really good.
42:05I'm just going to take my eyes off of you.
42:07Look, there we are.
42:08That's you, that is.
42:10She says, let me down, please.
42:12I know, I know.
42:13I'll put her down.
42:14I'll put her down.
42:15I'll put her down.
42:15I'll put her down.
42:16I'll put her down.
42:16I'll put her down.
42:17I'll put her down.
42:18I'll put her down.
42:19Because she doesn't like...
42:20She likes being on the floor.
42:21She doesn't like being picked up very much.
42:22You're all right, you're fine.
42:24She makes everybody smile when she walks in and they see it.
42:27And even when you're sitting at the desk and you look up, you see her.
42:30It just makes you smile.
42:31Makes you feel happy, doesn't it?
42:32Yeah, yeah.
42:32It really, really does, yeah.
42:36To me, it's like looking through a window into a bright, beautiful, colourful part of
42:41Yorkshire that's only four miles from here.
42:48Um, good girl.
43:18Good girl.