Suri and Brooke the Dogs Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales

I think I'm going to leave

this animal care to Ferne and Rory.

Hello, I'm Rory and today

I'm in Kinross in Scotland to meet

Autumn and her gorgeous dogs,

who are visiting the vet

for a very special reason.

And I'm Ferne.

I'll be finding out how the vets

here at a wildlife park in Kent

help to keep the animals

fit and healthy.

# Ferne and Rory,

telling you the story

# Of some poorly pets

# We will take them,

show you how to make them

# Better at the vets

# Vet Tales

# These are our Vet Tales

# Vet Tales

# Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales. #

Hi, I'm Autumn. These are my dogs.

I have four dogs.

Three are black and one is yellow.

They are all girls.

River, Suri, Brooke and Grace.

Look how beautiful they are.

We run around and play together.

My dogs love playing in the water.

I love my dogs so much.

Hi, Rory.

Hello, Autumn. Hi, Ashley.

Hi, Rory.

Would you like to come and see

our dogs?

Of course I do. Let's go.

Come on.

Good girl, come. River. Come.

Hello. Who do we have here, then?

That's Brooke, that's Grace, there

and this is River and that's Suri.

And are any of these guys family?

Suri and River are sisters.

They're sisters?

And who's the mum.

Brooke.

Wow.

They are gorgeous and they're very

cuddly as well, aren't they?

You must know what sort of dogs

these guys are.

Labradors.

Absolutely, they are.

Labradors are very popular and very

friendly dogs, as you can see.

Do want to come and see them do some

tricks?

Of course, come on.

Come on, dogs, let's go.

Down.

Clever dog.

Well done.

Spin.

Speak. Speak, Grace.

Well, that was very impressive

but your dogs are special

for another reason, aren't they?

They are life-savers.

Are they?

What do they do to save lives?

They give blood.

That is amazing.

Blood donor dogs.

So just like humans,

dogs can give blood.

They go to a special place and give

a small amount of their blood

and it's stored safely

until it's needed by a poorly dog.

We're taking Suri and Brooke to give

blood today.

Would you like to come?

I'd love to come. Let's go, then.

This is Fiona.

She's been a vet for nine years.

She once had to remove

a coin from a cat's tummy

and, although she's a vet,

she's allergic to horses.

Hi. Hi, Rory. Hi, Autumn.

Hello.

Hello. Hiya.

Right, shall we take Brooke through

first?

Brooke's first. Let's go.

Great, come on through.

See you soon.

See you soon.

Right, just come on in. Come on,

Brooke.

Well done.

Good girl.

Hello.

Right, what's first, Fiona?

First thing I'm going to do is pop

her on the scales over here.

OK.

Good girl.

So sit down, Brooke. 27.

27?

What weight are you

looking for there?

We're looking for a dog that is

over 25kg,

so it's absolutely fine for Brooke

to go ahead today.

Right, what's next?

Right, we just go across over here.

Brooke gets some hair shaved off

so Fiona can take a small

amount of Brooke's blood.

This is tested to make sure Brooke

is healthy and can give blood today.

Right, that's the blood all sorted,

so what is happening next?

I'm going to look at Brooke

from the top of her nose to the tip

of her tail. Right, let's have a

look at these eyes.

What are you looking for

in the eyes?

Looking to see if she's got any

eye infections,

any problems with her teeth.

Checking the glands in her neck,

checking her ears.

Looking for gunk or

anything in those ears?

Looking to see

if she's got any stuff in there.

I'm just going to have a listen to

her heart now.

Good girl.

Super.

Brilliant.

It's important we have

her heart rate now so that

when she's given blood, we can check

her heart again after.

Can we listen to that?

What does it sound like?

Boom, boom.

Boom, boom, yeah.

I'm just running my hands over to

feel for any lumps or bumps,

anything we don't already know

about.

I'm just going to have a

feel of her tummy.

OK.

The last thing we need to do is

check her temperature.

I'm happy with everything on her

clinical exam.

She can go next door to take her

blood.

Awesome.

You're going to give some blood. You

did so well. Come on, darling.

If a dog gets sick

or has been injured,

sometimes it might need to visit

the vets to be given some blood.

The blood from amazing blood

donor dogs like Suri

and Brooke can be given to the sick

dog to help make them better.

Blood donor dogs help over 1,000

dogs every year.

Brooke has passed all of her tests,

so while vet Fiona checks over Suri,

Lee and her team are going to

collect Brooke's blood.

So you always lie

the dog on their side, yes?

Always on their side, yeah,

because what we're going to do

is we're going to take

the donation from the donation site

which was clipped earlier.

That's the big patch that was

shaved a minute ago, right?

Do you think she's liking all these

strokes? Yeah?

Brooke feels a little scratch

when the needle goes in

but she's not in any pain.

She looks very relaxed.

Brooke is doing so well.

How many times has she done

this before, Autumn?

A lot.

More than ten.

More than ten?

Well, you can tell.

Look how relaxed she is.

As soon as the needle goes in,

blood starts coming out.

It goes through a tube and it's

collected in a plastic bag.

So we can see the blood is coming

out now

and is that scales you've got down

there?

Yeah.

We measure on the scales how much

we take and we also time how

long it takes as well.

OK.

So we like it to be maybe seven

minutes to take the donation.

Okey doke.

Are you very proud of Brooke for

giving blood?

Yes, she's a hero.

She certainly is.

Once the bag is full, the blood

is taken away and stored safely

until it's needed by a poorly dog.

So the needle comes out.

First of all, right.

We make that nice and safe.

OK.

That's one of the things

we have to do first.

Sorted.

Claire is putting pressure on

Brooke's neck to stop

the flow of blood.

We put a bandage on her. A pink one.

Another thing that we do is

we do another couple of checks.

Claire is checking her gums.

So if you put pressure on and

release it, the blood

comes back in.

It's a bit

like pressing your own skin.

It goes lighter,

then the blood comes back.

The other thing we do is

check her heart rate.

We don't use a stethoscope here.

We check with the pulse

that's in the leg.

You can feel your heartbeat in

different places, can't you?

Ever felt your heartbeat

in your wrist?

You can feel it in your neck

as well. Can you feel it?

It's called your pulse.

Yeah.

That's the blood

pumping around your body.

Brooke is absolutely fine after

donating her blood

and a few minutes later,

she's back on her feet.

Well done.

Would you like to give

her a treat?

Yes?

Good girl.

She's so good.

Come on, Brooke, let's go.

Brooke and Suri weren't the only

dogs to give blood today.

Lots of other dogs visited two.

Another Labrador, Quincy,

donated blood for the first time.

Lucy also gave blood.

She's a greyhound.

She used to run races but never won.

Not everyone managed to give blood,

though.

Korah came in for a trial run

but wasn't quite able to.

Maybe next time, Korah.

Autumn, I have loved meeting you

and your amazing life-saving dogs.

I wondered if I could come back and

see how they're getting on soon?

Yes, please, Rory.

Yes?

Oh, you agree as well.

Thank you very much.

Now I wonder what

Ferne has been up to today.

At this wildlife park, keepers

and vet, Rachel, look after many

different animals.

This way.

And today I'm eating some really

wriggly ones.

There you go, Ferne.

Thank you.

Ferrets. I love ferrets.

They're like the cheekiest animals

ever, aren't they, Rachel?

They are.

Hi. So who's this?

That one is Fudge.

She's beautiful.

I love her little mask.

And this one is Fred.

He's huge.

He is. Big boy.

So squiggly.

They are.

They're very energetic.

Male ferrets tend to be bigger

than the females

and they are really social animals.

They enjoy company

and love to jump around.

What are you doing with Fudge

and Fred today?

They're new to the park so we're

going to put a microchip in

them so we can identify them if

they get lost.

Microchips are little chips

that are injected under their skin.

They help us find

lots of information on the animals,

like where they're from and who

they are in case they get lost.

You're going to have your own

microchip. Who's first?

As you've got Fred,

let's start with him.

Perfect.

Are you ready, Freddie?

What we'll do ism if you can hold

him like that,

I just need a little bit of scruff

on the back of his neck.

That's it.

Done.

Does it hurt them, Rachel?

It doesn't hurt them too much

but they can feel a little pinch.

Sometimes they flinch a little bit.

Same as if we're having a

vaccination, but it's very quick

and they're normally back to their

normal selves straightaway.

We need to scan him to make

sure that the chip is working.

Perfect. So this scanner just reads

his number?

It does.

It comes up with a number on the

screen, there, and that is his

unique number that will stay with

him for the rest of his life and

hold all the important information

we need to know about him.

Fantastic. Well done, Fred.

You brave little ferret.

Fudge's turn next. Are you ready?

Oh, well done.

Good girl.

All done. Good girl.

Probably a bit of a fright,

isn't it?

Yes.

Never had anything like that before?

No, it was a big thing

for a little ferret.

Do we need to test

if the chip works?

We do.

Yep, she's all good to go.

Well done.

They've been so brave, haven't they?

They've been very brave.

It's been so interesting finding

out about these cheeky

ferrets and it's been great seeing

the work that you do to keep them

happy and healthy.

Thank you very much.

My pleasure.

Recently, I met Autumn

and her awesome blood donor dogs.

I'm back today to see how

they're all getting on

and to meet another very

special doggy friend.

Hi, guys, good to see you all.

Hi, Rory.

Brooke and Suri are looking well

after giving blood.

And who do we have here?

It's

Patricia and her dog, Jinxy.

Pleased to meet you, Patricia.

Pleased to meet you.

Hello, Jinxy.

You're gorgeous.

So why is Jinxy here today?

Jinxy got blood given to him.

Oh, wow, so Jinxy's life was saved

by blood donor dogs just like yours?

That's amazing.

So, Patricia, what happened?

Jinxy became very sick

and had to have an operation

and he was given blood.

Wow.

And it looks like he is doing

very well.

Is that right?

He is very well now so,

really, his life has been saved.

Fantastic, shall we go

and have a play then?

Yes.

Come on!

Come on, guys, come on!

Come on. What a good boy. Yeah.

Autumn, your dogs do an incredible

job, don't they?

Yes.

I have loved meeting you.

Brooke, Suri, Grace and River, oh,

and, of course, Jinxy as well.

Thank you for coming, Rory.

Oh, you are very welcome.

I hope you enjoyed finding out all

about these very special dogs too.

See you next time for more

Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales.

Bye.

# Ferne and Rory,

telling you the story

# Of some poorly pets

# We will take them,

show you how to make them

# Better at the vets

# Vet Tales

# These are our Vet Tales

# Vet Tales

# Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales. #