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I'm Stacey Dooley, and I just love animals,

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so it makes me super sad to see them poorly.

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But when they are, they can come to places like this where awesome

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vets will make them better.

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Hello, baby.

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Meet passionate pet lover Cheryl.

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And that is how she broke it in the first place.

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The biggest softie of them all, gentle James.

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-DEEP VOICE:

-Hello, Stu.

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Come on, come for a little swim.

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The vet who talks to the animals, Cat.

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I'm a snorty pig.

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Oh, no, don't eat the tape measure.

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And the one with all the best moves - Rory.

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Look at that. Oh, wow, that was a snog.

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They are the vets with The Pets Factor.

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Coming up on today's show...

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James throws a party for Derek the puppy...

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I can't quite get my head around the fact that he's already so big!

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..the gentle giant who just wants to fit in.

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Cheryl treats a tiny hamster...

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He's so cute! He doesn't bite.

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..with a big problem.

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And vet Cat needs to check over a snake who's a bit snappy.

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Apparently, if it does bite me, it won't hurt.

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I'd sort of rather it didn't bite me at all, actually. Yeah.

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First, we kick off in Bristol with James.

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If there is one thing James loves about his job,

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it's his daily dose of puppy love.

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-Oh, he's so sweet, isn't he? He's gorgeous.

-He's lovely.

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I just can't resist them -

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the big eyes, soft little bellies, what is not to love?

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Sometimes they are tiny.

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Oh, look. Do you want a new home? You want to come and live with me?

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Other times, they are anything but.

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Like Derek, the nine-week-old puppy.

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Yep, that's right, he's a puppy.

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What is Derek coming in for today, do you know?

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For his vaccination.

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Derek is what's called a blue great Dane,

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the tallest breed in the world.

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But he's not really blue, that would be silly.

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It's more of a bluey grey.

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And this big pup likes to get into big mischief.

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He's very naughty sometimes.

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Sometimes he wees and poos on the wood.

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And he just did a wee.

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Derek loves to play with his owners, Carys and Ethan.

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He'll chase after you.

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And when he runs, his ears flop up, and it's adorable.

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He's already as big as a fully grown spaniel,

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and he's totally unaware of his size.

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At the moment, he's stuck indoors

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until he's had some jabs to stop him getting nasty diseases.

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-Hi there. Have you got Derek?

-Come on, Derek.

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But the idea of an injection is a little too much

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for this big scaredy cat.

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Derek, what a cutie.

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He is a big lad, but he's not the bravest.

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But with a little encouragement from Dad, he's soon settled down.

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So, right, what we need to do today is obviously

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we have a really good check over - we want to listen to his heart,

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we want to make sure that everything is growing and developing as normal.

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And then once we've done that,

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we're then going to give him the vaccination.

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Shall we start with his head and we'll work our way back?

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If Derek's owners copy the basic things I've done

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in the surgery at home, he probably won't struggle the next time

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I handle him, which is good because one day he will be huge.

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So, you know, get used to looking in his mouth and/or his paws,

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and his ears, and just have a really good kind of check over every day.

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Do this at home.

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Just pretend you're at the vet's and give him a good check over, OK?

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He seems pretty chilled, but the real test is still to come.

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It's vaccination time.

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So what we're going to do is, when I give you the word,

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if you could put the treats in front of him so he's more

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interested in your treats than he is in my vaccination, OK?

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Then hopefully, he won't even notice that I'm giving him this.

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See if he wants to take your treats.

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There we go. And if you could just...hold him.

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There we go. All done!

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Look at that, he didn't even notice.

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-Can he start socialising with other dogs?

-Yep, absolutely.

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So a week after today, he has got enough immunity

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that he can then start to meet other dogs and start playing out, so...

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And that's with the fun really begins cos then you can introduce

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him to your friends' dogs and you can start to have puppy parties.

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-Did you say puppy party?

-I did, I did say puppy parties.

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Now, they are really cool.

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What we tend to do is we get all of the puppies in the practice

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to come into one room, and we let them all go,

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and they all just socialise and have fun and have one big...

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It is just one big party.

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Sounds amazing, and it sounds like Derek might be the star of the show.

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I'm looking forward for Derek to go to the puppy party,

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as I think he'll make lots of new friends.

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-Come on, big man.

-HE LAUGHS

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Time to visit Cheryl in Essex.

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Super smiley vet Cheryl sees more than her fair share

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of teenie-weenie pets.

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I think you're going to be OK, Gaza.

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I see a lot of tiny animals, but I don't mind, I love them.

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But today, Cheryl might have her tiniest patient to date.

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This is Gilbert. Hi, Gilbert!

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Gilbert is so small, you have to look hard to find him.

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This pocket-size pet is a Russian dwarf hamster.

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RUSSIAN MUSIC

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And when he isn't RUSSIAN around,

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he's usually shovelling grub into his cheeky little chops.

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But lately, this little guy has developed a big problem

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on his jaw, so he's wheelie keen to see vet Cheryl.

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He's so cute. He doesn't bite.

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Look, he is genuinely the nicest...

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Look at you.

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Aw. This little lump's just grown on his side

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in the past three weeks and now it is kind of uncomfortable,

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so we're going to try and remove it.

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The lump is growing fast.

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Gilbert is going to need emergency surgery.

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It's quite risky and quite a big surgery

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for such a tiny little hamster.

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And if we don't do something,

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he'll probably have to be put to sleep.

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Because Gilbert is so tiny,

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he can't be injected with a measured anaesthetic like a dog or a cat.

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So the best option for Cheryl and Nurse Nick is to place him

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inside a dog's facemask and fill it with anaesthetic gas.

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I'm sorry, mate. It's for your own good. It's OK.

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Poor Gilbert.

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He doesn't know what's going on,

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but this really is the safest way to get him under anaesthetic.

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Now Gilbert is in dreamland,

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Nurse Nick has to carefully shave off the fur around the lump,

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but it's difficult when the clippers are bigger than the patient.

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He is very cute. He is definitely

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one of the cutest hamsters we've ever had here.

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Gilbert is so friendly.

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And I know he's not showing that this lump is bothering him,

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but I bet he's in pain.

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If this lump was on a human, it would be the size of a football,

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a big football.

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Cheryl has no time to waste and is ready to cut off that nasty lump.

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That is the huge lump, look at it.

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If it grew much bigger, then it would be impossible to remove.

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I must admit, I'm a little bit nervous.

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Gilbert could be one of the smallest pets I've ever operated on.

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Even the tiny blood vessels, we have to be careful that they don't

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bleed because a little bit of blood is a huge amount for a hamster.

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Squawk! If you're squeamish, look away now.

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The huge lump is almost off,

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but Gilbert is not out of danger yet.

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Because we can't control the aesthetic,

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we just want to be as quick as possible.

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Stay with us as Cheryl needs a steady hand to help Gilbert

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through his major surgery.

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It's really, really, really hard to stitch the skin

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because it's so paper thin.

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And it's party time as Derek the great Dane

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meets some new friends.

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It's organised chaos is what I'm going to say.

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Oh, yeah!

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Next, we're in Sheffield with vet Cat.

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Tauser! Come on in.

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Blade, please.

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She's got bags of experience dealing with all kinds of wild

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and wacky pets.

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But some days, a job comes in

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that takes even this cool and calm vet by surprise.

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Guys, you'll never guess what I've got to see later on today.

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Four rats and two rat snakes.

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No way.

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Apparently, one of these snakes does like to bite, but luckily,

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they have very small teeth and they are not venomous,

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so apparently if it does bite me, it won't hurt.

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But I'd sort of rather it didn't bite me at all, actually. Yeah.

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The owners, Chloe and Jennifer, arrive in reception.

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-Hello.

-What have you got there?

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Cat won't have to wait long before she finds out.

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-We've got Ajax and Anya, the two snakes.

-OK.

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-And...

-Four rats.

-Four rats in there.

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And then how old are your rats? Are they baby rats, big rats?

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12 weeks old.

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What a combination of pets!

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Snakes will happily gobble up a rat for lunch.

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And they're such slippery customers!

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It would be a total disaster if any of them escaped.

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All six pets are booked in today for a health check.

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I hope they are well trained.

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We've only had the rats for a little while,

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so they're not really well handled yet, but they're good.

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They're getting there.

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But it is Ajax, the naughty snake in the box,

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who's worrying them most.

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He's really easily stressed out.

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I've got a horrible feeling he might bite somebody today.

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I'm hoping that he doesn't, but I think that he might, yeah,

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cos he likes to be very snappy.

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Time to call in the reinforcements.

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Ashley, could you come and give me a hand, please?

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I think we're going to need an extra pair. Thank you.

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Right then, what shall we have a look at first? Rats or snakes?

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-What do you think?

-Snakes, otherwise the snakes are going to smell

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-the rats on us.

-That's true.

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We don't want the snakes to think that we're lunch, do we? No.

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First up is the friendly snake, Anya.

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Where are you? Where are you?

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Oh, look how beautiful you are.

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Rat snakes can grow up to a metre in length,

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but thankfully, Anya is a tiddler.

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So she's got beautiful, shiny scales

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and bright, open eyes.

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She has got quite a tongue on her!

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That's quite a long one.

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Next up is the snappy happy Ajax.

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And according to Ashley, the signs aren't good.

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So because they are bending the head in an S shape,

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it's a striking pose,

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when they're a bit nervous

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and they're not quite sure of the situation.

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Everyone, including Ajax, seems a little nervous,

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so Jen handles him with care.

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Much better than when I first got him.

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He'd be attacking your hand. I used to wear gloves, didn't I?

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I still do sometimes when I'm getting him out, I put gloves on.

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That's OK, cos we don't need to,

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cos we can see most things from where we are.

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So, see, he can hold his head.

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Look at the strength he's got in his neck.

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He's lovely.

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I'm really glad Anya and Ajax are looking so healthy

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because that means we can put them away.

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Having rattled through the rat snakes, it's time for the rats.

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You're a speedy one. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

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-And they are even more slippery than the snakes.

-Calm down.

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They're better than they were, believe it or not.

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Oh, my goodness, oh, my...

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Blimey! It's OK. It's OK, it's OK.

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These guys are wriggling all over the place, which is

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a nightmare for me, but it's great news for them

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because it means that they are really healthy.

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They're all absolutely fine, totally fine, no concerns there at all.

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Job done. It's time for the pets

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and their owners to start snaking their way home.

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Yeah, I'm talking to you.

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Back to Bristol now with vet James and Derek the great Dane.

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Now he's growing up, he's had his final vaccination,

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so this mischief-loving pup can make some new friends.

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So James and Lily are throwing him the best kind of party ever -

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a party for puppies.

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It sounds like we are going to turn all the lights off,

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a big disco ball, puppies with sunglasses on.

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We're going to get everybody in who's got puppies at the moment,

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and it's a really good way of getting them to socialise,

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but more than anything, it's just a chance to have

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an afternoon playing with puppies, really.

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It's brilliant!

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I love the puppy parties.

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We have them every week in the practice,

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and they are such a lovely break from all the poorly animals.

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Puppies Bertie, Beau and Molly can't wait to get this party started.

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And the biggest name on the guest list is about to make his debut.

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Believe it or not, Derek is the same age as all the other pups,

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and he is already twice their size.

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This could be fun!

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I can't quite get my head around the fact that he's already so big!

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He's already the size of my Lab!

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He's huge all right, but he seems to be a hit with his new pals already.

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So pleased to see him with the rest of the puppies.

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Obviously, we've just got to be careful because his paws

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weigh so much, and he weighs a tonne if he treads on one of them.

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Derek is such a gentle giant, but he has no idea how big he is.

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I reckon those other dogs will tell him

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if he plays too rough. He'll soon learn.

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BARKING

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If we swap Beau and Derek, and then Molly and Derek, shall we try that?

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As well as having a ball, it's also helping him

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get used to other people and new environments.

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It's all about making sure the puppies realise that

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actually coming to the vet's isn't that scary,

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so then, as they grow up, they just end up thinking

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this is just a great place to come

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and they can't wait to get through the door. It's brilliant.

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And for these pups, it's just the best fun in the world.

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It's organised chaos is what I'm going to say.

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It's about them exploring

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and learning how to interact with each other,

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you know, in a safe environment. And this is exactly what it is.

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It's great.

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Who am I kidding? This is absolute chaos!

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And after the excitement of the big wide world,

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this big lad will certainly sleep tonight.

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Excuse me, will you come down, please?

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Let's go back to Essex to the Cheryl and Gilbert.

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This little guy is having a big operation to get

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rid of a nasty growth.

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Now it's kind of uncomfortable, so we're going to try and remove it.

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Gilbert the Russian dwarf hamster has a huge lump on the side

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of his head that has been growing for three weeks.

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And now that she's taken off the lump,

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Cheryl needs a steady hand to quickly close Gilbert's wound.

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It's really, really, really hard to stitch the skin because it's

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so paper-thin. So I use the tiniest stitches.

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She's done it. But this has been major surgery for this little guy.

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The next few minutes are critical.

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Please wake up, little hammy.

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Come on, Gilbert!

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You can do it!

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-Oops.

-There we go. Hey!

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I'm so glad he's awake.

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Now we just have to make sure he recovers well.

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Gilbert wakes up to a biscuit the size of his head.

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Wonder if he still thinks he's dreaming.

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That's it, have a nice bite of that, get your sugar up.

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I'm really pleased that Gilbert is alive and eating his cookie,

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and I'm copying him.

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We're only letting him have that biscuit cos he's had a big

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operation, but it really gets your energy levels up.

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It's been a really big day for tiny Gilbert, but he's already

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looking happier and giving himself a big good post-op clean.

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It's time for Gilbert to go home.

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I think his owners are really excited to have him back. Yes?

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Are you going to be happy to go home?

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He's a very, very brave hamster.

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Yes, you're going to have that blanket tonight.

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He's such a good boy.

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Gilbert, the happiest hamster. Aren't you? So cute.

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Two days after the operation,

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Gilbert and his owners, Jake and Mikey,

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have come back to see Cheryl.

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Hello, handsome boys. So how did he recover?

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I was a bit worried on the first night

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-cos he was just really, really quiet, I suppose.

-Yeah, very tired.

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By the second day, like yesterday, he was fine, he was back to himself.

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He was running around the cage being...

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-Being his normal cheeky chap.

-Yeah.

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-He is officially the nicest hamster...

-Oh, really?

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-Yeah. ..on our books. He really is.

-Oh, sweet!

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He's so friendly, he doesn't bite even when he's in pain...

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Oh, are you nipping on my finger to prove me wrong?

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Yeah, you shouldn't say that.

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-His wound looks amazing.

-Yeah, he keeps trying to scratch it.

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Scratching is OK, but chewing isn't,

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because then he can pull the stitches out.

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And even though it looks amazing now,

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it will take ten to 14 days to heal.

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-Oh, OK.

-So, so far, so good.

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Oh! I just can't cope with how cute Gilbert is.

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Do you like me? Yes.

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-He's, like, so small and so brave.

-Yeah, I know.

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Hopefully, his hair will grow back and he'll be good as new.

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So thank you for your help.

0:18:040:18:06

-No worries. It's a dodgy haircut he's got, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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Hey. Gilbert, what a cute little hamster.

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And you're a little cutie too, aren't you? Hello.

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But I do know someone who isn't so little - Derek the great Dane.

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Derek!

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Here, boy!

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Three months later, he's still growing.

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And he's full of energy.

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Derek has become a big part of the family.

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A really big part of the family.

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Bigger and bigger every day, isn't he?

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And his size means if he doesn't want to do something,

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it's tricky to make him.

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Shall we measure him, see how big he is?

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So who knows exactly how big he is, let's just call him extra,

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extra, extra large and leave it at that.

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Next time on The Pets Factor...

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Cheryl operates on an abandoned kitten in need of a home.

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Hello, Trinity. Isn't she cute?

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Aw! Trinity...

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And James gets training with some potential canine champions.

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Cor, my heart's really going, I really feel... I'm feeling

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the pressure that I've got to achieve.

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