The Puppies Ferne and Rory's Vet Tales

Hi, I'm Ferne and today I'm in Stirlingshire to meet Jamie

and his furry little friends and we are going to take all of them to

the vet. This is going to be fun.

And I'm Rory.

I'm at an aquarium near Oban to meet some of their awesome seals.

# 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. #

Hello, my name's Jamie. I just don't have one dog, I have lots of dogs.

Eight of them are puppies - seven boys and one girl.

They are only six weeks old.

This is Willow, she's their mummy.

She's really lovely and takes good care of them.

This is Ruby, she's the puppies' granny.

I love playing with all my dogs and giving them lots of cuddles.

-Hi, Ferne.

-Hiya, Jamie. Hi, Michelle.

-Hi, Ferne.

-Do you want to come in?

-I would love to.

FERNE GASPS Oh, wow, who are these?

That's Ruby and that's Willow.

Hi, Ruby. Hi, Willow. They're beautiful.

And is this Willow's first litter?

-Mm-hm.

-I can hear them now, they sound like a noisy bunch.

A litter is the name given to a group of baby animals

when they're born, like kittens, rats and puppies.

-I think they want to say hello. Shall we get them out?

-Mm-hm.

-Get ready, Ferne, here they come.

-FERNE LAUGHS

Wow, hello!

Hello, babies.

Eight puppies! They are so sweet.

Hello. Jamie, what type of dogs by these?

Golden Labradors.

That's right.

Golden or yellow Labradors are very popular in the UK and they can

make great family pets, but also assistance or therapy dogs because

they tend to be very friendly and also respond well to training.

-Jamie, do you play with these puppies a lot?

-Yes.

-That's important.

-Yes, it's important to play with them

-so they're used to being around children and other animals.

-Aw.

They're going to make great pets. Willow's doing such a good job.

-She's a great mummy.

-Especially for her first litter.

-Absolutely.

Ferne, would you like to take the puppies to the vet for a checkup?

-All eight of them?!

-Yes.

-Wow.

That is going to be an adventure.

Yeah!

This is Alasdair.

He's been a vet for seven years.

Once he treated an elephant with a sore ear...

..and helped a monkey who had hurt its finger.

Come on, pups.

-Hi there.

-Hi.

-How you doing?

-Good.

-Do you have all the puppies with you?

-Yes.

-You've got them in their

boxes. It's important to keep them separate from other animals before

they've had their vaccinations so they don't pick up germs. Let's get

-some puppies out.

-Right, first box.

-So who have we got here then, Jamie?

-Suri and Maximus.

Suri and Maximus.

-Which one is this?

-Maximus.

-Aw, he's beautiful.

Right, Alasdair, what do we need to do first?

First of all, I'll check his wee eyes.

You want to check they're nice and clear,

there's no muck coming out, there's no signs of infection,

they're not red, not cloudy.

They're perfect, nice wee clear eyes.

We also check in the mouth that the teeth are all where they ought to be

and that the jaws line up. Which they do. Next up, I would have a wee

-listen to his heart.

-Oh, wow, do you want to listen, Jamie?

-I think it's going to be very quick.

-It is quite quick.

-Is it?

-THEY LAUGH

-I'll let you have a wee listen.

HEART BEATS

Are you trying to listen?

-It's going quite fast.

-Yes.

-Does his heart sound good?

Sounds good. So I'm just going to pop them on to the scales.

-Let me see.

-Good lad.

-Aw.

-Wow.

-3.9 kilos. He's a big boy.

-THEY LAUGH

-So he's nice and healthy.

-Nice and healthy.

-Good weight.

-Good weight.

-Come on, Max.

-Out you come, silly.

Great, so, Suri's checkup.

Same again. So we're looking at her wee eyes.

That one's a wee bit watery but her wee eye's not red or painful.

I'll check that when she comes for her vaccination.

-If it gets worse before then, bring her back.

-Good girl, Suri.

-What are you looking for?

-I'm checking her ears

are nice and clean. Often when you lift them up,

they might be a bit red, which would be a sign of inflammation,

-and often you'll get chunks of brown muck.

-OK.

-But her ears are nice and clean.

-Perfect.

Good job, Suri.

Go on.

Puppies grow very quickly from birth.

When they are born, they can't see or hear very much

and their teeth haven't come through yet.

They sleep a lot and eat a little and can only crawl.

For the first few weeks, they will really need their mums.

Then, as they get older, their eyesight, hearing and teeth develop,

and they can walk, run and play.

Now that Maximus and Suri have been checked over,

it's time for Alasdair to look at the rest of the puppies.

This is our fluffiest puppy.

They're very squiggly, aren't they, Jamie?

-I suppose this is all new to them.

-HEART BEATS

3.2 and a wee bitty.

-So who's this one, then?

-William.

-William was the first puppy born.

-Oh, wow.

-Was he?

-So he's called William, it's a bit like Willow.

-Aw!

-He's nibbling at your glasses.

-Oi!

What's different about Zoomer, Jamie?

He has white toes, the same as his dad, and he has black freckle.

A black freckle.

Have you ever seen a Labrador with a freckle before?

No, I think he's the first one.

He's being so good, isn't he?

There we go. This is important when you're playing with him,

if you do check his paws and check in his mouth,

it means he gets used to it.

-3.4.

-The last two now.

-So this is Arthur, then?

-Yeah.

-And how's he getting on?

-Good.

-Good.

-He's already started bringing tennis balls back.

-Has he?

All the puppies have had their checkups and are looking good?

-Yep, they're all in good health.

-What do we need to do now?

Now it's a case of carrying on, feeding them puppy food and getting

them off the milk, and in a couple of weeks' time, they'll come in for

their first vaccination and micro-chipping. Hello.

Let's see who else has been at the vets today.

It's been a busy day at the vets

and there were lots of animals to see.

Joey the cat is having problems

when trying to do the toilet, so he had some blood samples taken.

And there were some chickens waiting to be seen, too.

Linda and Ruth's owner brought them in because they were feeling

poorly and she brought some of their poo for the vet to look at.

What a lovely present to bring the vet!

And we weren't the only puppies visiting today.

These Border collie pups came in to get micro-chipped by Sarah the vet.

What a busy day for Alasdair and his team!

Jamie, I have had the most amazing time meeting your wonderful dogs

and these gorgeous puppies. It's been so much fun.

-Do you think I could come back and say hello when they're bigger?

-Yes.

Thank you, that'll be lovely. Let's see what Rory's been up to today.

At this aquarium in Oban,

aquarist Anna helps to look after many different animals.

And today she's going to introduce me to some very special seals.

Good girl, Laura.

-Hey, Anna.

-Hi, Rory.

-Who have we got here?

Well, in this pool we've got Laura, Pippa, Macy and Boo.

They are absolutely gorgeous and are very happy to see you. I wonder why.

I've got a bucket of fish, which is their favourite thing

-in the whole world.

-Look at that! Anna, I've heard you've got

some baby seals here. Is that right?

We do, we have two baby seals.

-Would you like to come and see them?

-I'd love to.

-Great. Let's go.

-HE GASPS

-Wow!

Hi. Who do we have here?

This is Norbert, he's a common seal pup and next door we have Dumbo.

Oh, absolutely adorable. There are two different kinds of seal

in the UK. There's the common or harbour seal, like this guy here,

and then there's grey seals. Common seals are the smaller of the two.

Why do you have seal pups at the centre?

They can be brought in for a number of reasons.

They can be abandoned by their mothers or injured in some way

or it could be through human interference.

-These guys don't stay here forever, do they?

-No, they don't.

Our aim is to bring them in when they need help and get them

nice and healthy for release back to the wild. We always release a seal

into the wild based on weight.

-When they are about 25kg they're ready to go back.

-Great, fantastic.

What are we doing for these particular pups today?

Today we're going to weigh Norbert and give Dumbo some lunch.

Well, first of all, we've got to get the scales in. Nice and gently.

And then we lift Norbert onto the scales,

and to do that we wrap a little towel around his head

-so that he doesn't get frightened.

-PUP YELPS

It might look unusual, but that towel's helping him keep calm.

-9.8 kilos.

-OK, and you think it's going to be a while

-before he's 25 kilos and can be released to the wild?

-It is.

It takes each seal a different amount of time

-to get to the correct weight.

-Great. A bit more food for you, Norbert.

-Right, is that us done here?

-We're done here.

-Now we need to prep some food.

-We'll get Dumbo's food ready.

-Anna, we're in the food prep room.

-We are, this is where I'm going

to prepare Dumbo's lunch. He will eat about 700g of herring

and then we supplement it with vitamins and iron

to make sure they're getting the correct nutrients.

-Great, is all that fish ready?

-It's all ready to go.

-Shall we go and feed Dumbo?

-Yes, please.

We're in the weaning pool, Rory. I'm going to feed Dumbo his lunch.

Great, can't wait to see it.

Oh, yummy!

Almost down in one.

-Yeah, he doesn't hang about.

-HE LAUGHS

Oh, Dumbo!

What a good boy. You have been an amazing seal pup

and you deserve that treat. Hopefully, you'll be swimming

in the sea very soon. Anna, thank you so much for introducing me

-to these wonderful pups.

-Thank you for coming to visit us, Rory.

Not long ago, I met Jamie, his mum, Michelle,

and all of their lovely dogs.

And now I'm back and I've come to Jamie's school to see how

the puppies are getting on before they go to their forever homes.

A forever home is where the puppies

go to live with new owners who love and care for them.

Now that the puppies are a little older

and they've been wormed and vaccinated,

it's safe to bring them to meet Jamie's friends at his school.

Hiya, Jamie. Hello, everyone.

-Hello!

-This is incredible.

You're having a puppy party in your classroom.

-Is everyone enjoying it?

-Yeah.

Aw! They're very, very cuddly, aren't they?

Jamie, these puppies have gotten so big! How old are they now?

-Eight weeks.

-They're huge. It is so much fun. Is this why you've brought

-them here, Michelle?

-Yes, the puppies get lots of cuddles,

the puppies get well socialised and then they're ready to

-go to their forever homes.

-Isla, do you have a favourite puppy?

-Yeah.

-Which one?

-A girl.

-She's very cute, isn't she?

-Yeah.

What does he feel like?

Soft.

Really soft.

-Do you like petting him?

-Yeah.

-Do you all think they are going to make great pets?

-Yeah.

These puppies are so tired because they're still growing.

-Yes.

-They have a lot more to do

if they're going to get anywhere as big as their mum.

Thank you for joining us

and learning all about these lovely puppies.

-See you next time for more Ferne And Rory's Vet Tales.

-Bye!

Bye-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. #