0:00:02 > 0:00:04We Brits love our animals.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10From livestock in the fields to pooches in the park.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14It's the job of the nation's vets to keep them healthy.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Whether consulting in the countryside...
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There is something very nice about being next to a nice cow.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..or horsing around in the stables...
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I spend all my job outwitting animals.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Got him!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39..they're passionate about their patients.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43It's always very tempting to take more animals home.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46You're a terrifying dog, aren't you! Yes!
0:00:49 > 0:00:52On call when the animals need them most...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54If we leave it any longer,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58he almost certainly is going to not make it.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01..they're the dedicated vets,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04patching up pets, and caring every day
0:01:04 > 0:01:06for more creatures, great and small.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Coming up, in Teesdale, vet Sybil carries out emergency surgery
0:01:23 > 0:01:25to save a horse's eye.
0:01:27 > 0:01:3040 or 50 stitches altogether, by the time I've finished?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Farm vet Erica is called to a difficult birth.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38This calf's coming backwards,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40it's going to have to come out the side door.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43And it's birth time in Dunfermline too,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46as vet Angela helps a distressed new mum.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It's important to not interfere as much as you can
0:01:51 > 0:01:54so, but it's also important to try and keep them calm.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The rolling moors and lush farmland of Teesdale,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10home to the rural practice of Castle Vets.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Good lad, good lad.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17With over 1,500 equine clients on the books,
0:02:17 > 0:02:22there are plenty of patients for the team to look after.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Come on, Bobby. Pay attention.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Out in the country,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and at the equine hospital,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Senior vet Sybil is always ready for a challenge.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40The things that make me most excited
0:02:40 > 0:02:43are putting horses back together.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's really satisfying to be able to do an excellent surgical job
0:02:46 > 0:02:51and make an animal who was falling to pieces back together again
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and know that that animal's going to go on and do really, really well.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It's early morning, and while Sybil is out on her rounds...
0:03:14 > 0:03:18..back at base, an emergency has arrived.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Equine vet Claire is holding the fort.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26When did he do it, do you know?
0:03:26 > 0:03:29He's been in the stable all night. I don't know how he's done it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33It's all right, calm down, we're here now. Deep breath. It's OK.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Michelle and dad Vince have brought in Denzil.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41He's ripped his upper eyelid during the night
0:03:41 > 0:03:45on something in his stable. It's a serious injury.
0:03:45 > 0:03:46The longer we leave them,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49the more the dead tissue shrivels up and shrinks.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53It's already quite swollen, it's not going to be an easy job at all.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Denzil needs immediate reconstructive surgery,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01so Claire calls the more experienced Sybil back to the practice.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Michelle and Vince wait anxiously.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17At their stable at home,
0:04:17 > 0:04:2020-year-old Denzil is part of the family.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Devastating when I found him like that.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Made me feel sick that he was hurt.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30I wanted to protect him and I couldn't, really.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I think I was round about 12 when we got him.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36I used to sit on top of a bucket in the corner of the stable
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and do my homework while he was eating his tea.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44They've been through thick and thin, enlisting together in the Army.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47When I moved to Sandhurst, he came to the army barracks with me.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50He lived indoors in the army barracks,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53among all of the black army horses.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57He's just...part of my life.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08There's a lot resting on Sybil's shoulders.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10With the inflammation and everything,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I'm not going to actually touch it. Right!
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I will attempt to put that back together.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20It's absolutely vital to try to keep the eyelid.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Without the eyelid, the eye will die
0:05:22 > 0:05:24because it needs the tears
0:05:24 > 0:05:27and the eyelid's the only structure to provide the tears
0:05:27 > 0:05:29all the time in the right places -
0:05:29 > 0:05:32a bit like a windscreen wiper on a car.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38But the surgery to fix the tear is very delicate.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45The front of the eye is only about 15 to 20 cells thick,
0:05:45 > 0:05:46so very, very thin,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49very susceptible to damage.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Suturing so near the eye carry a risk of lacerating the eye.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Denzil could go blind and lose his eye.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It's a challenge for even the most experienced vet.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Across the County Durham countryside,
0:06:14 > 0:06:18the farm vets of the practice are out on their rounds.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Good morning.- Nice to see you.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27So, I'll just have a listen on the other side.
0:06:27 > 0:06:3226-year-old vet Erica has been at the practice three years.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Just going to take a bit of time.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Just keep an eye that she's filling herself up.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42She's just set up home with fellow farm vet, Graham.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- She's had some calcium, then? - Yeah, of course she has.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- Oxytocin?- Yeah.- Go on, then!
0:06:51 > 0:06:55But being on call means they don't get much time there together.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Being dragged from your bed at two in the morning,
0:06:58 > 0:07:00to go out on a cold, dark night.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05If you're not on call and the phone rings, it's fine,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07because you know you can go back to sleep
0:07:07 > 0:07:10but you do feel sorry for the other person having to go out.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's Erica's turn today to be the vet on call
0:07:22 > 0:07:26and she's heading out to a cow having trouble giving birth.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Probably the most common reason would be
0:07:31 > 0:07:34that the calf is relatively too big
0:07:34 > 0:07:36to the size of the cow or heifer's pelvis.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The cow is part of a herd of 50 beef cattle owned by farmer Robin.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50His family have farmed here for three generations.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- Hi, Erica. - Hello, how are you doing?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57This is a heifer that's been on calving a little bit,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01and this calf's coming backwards
0:08:01 > 0:08:04so doesn't come through the pelvis quite as easily.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08The calf can't be delivered naturally,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10so Erica must perform a Caesarean.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12It's going to have to come out the side door.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15We've blocked her up so she can't feel anything down her side,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and I'm just about to make the first incision.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Right...
0:08:25 > 0:08:28She'll feel it a bit when I'm pulling the calf out,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30but she won't feel, like, the cutting.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33So, when I cut into her, she won't feel it.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40And in under eight minutes, he's out.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- You all right, Robin?- Yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Erica needs to quickly stitch up the mother, so Robin revives the calf.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52He's taking a few breaths there, so that's great.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58He's doing great. That's a very successful Caesarean.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01He would not have come out backwards. Too large a calf.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04He's only just been born,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07but the calf will soon try to get on his feet.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Tend to have a little race with them,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12try and get stitched up before they stand up.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15He keeps having a fidget, but he's a big lad,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18so it wouldn't surprise me if he'll take a bit longer.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21He won't stand up until he gets some milk inside of him.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26He needs his mother's first milk, called colostrum.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Its first milk's like the most important milk for it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33That will give it its protection against any bugs
0:09:33 > 0:09:36that it's going to meet in its next few months of life.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39I have some already in a container
0:09:39 > 0:09:42from a previous cow that's been in the freezer.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47This is just mother's first milk off another cow...
0:09:49 > 0:09:51..and hopefully he'll suckle.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55You have to give it some form of antibodies
0:09:55 > 0:09:59and, of course, the natural ones are always the best.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03That's probably enough for now.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10A cow will produce around nine gallons of colostrum in the first few days.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14It's four times richer in antibodies than human colostrum.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Minutes after his first feed, the calf's on his feet.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21He's got the message.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25We'll pop him in the pen down there.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30That's great, cos he's really good and lively.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32This is what we aim to achieve every single time,
0:10:32 > 0:10:36and it is a wonderful thing.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Births, we shape our cow's calves.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43It's an amazing thing. We'll pop him down in the pen, I think.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50He wants to be with his mum, but Erica must finish stitching.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55So, these stitches will hold her skin together until it heals
0:10:55 > 0:10:59and within a few days, the skin starts knitting together.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Lovely silver spray.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07With aluminium spray protecting the wound,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Mum can now meet her calf for the first time.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16She's just having a little look round cos it's all new to her.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19She's doing some vigorous licking at the moment
0:11:19 > 0:11:23which is the best stimulus a calf can get.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Bonding is the key. - She's having another look.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27She's not quite bonded with it yet.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29She's not quite ready to let it suckle
0:11:29 > 0:11:31because she's turning on the spot.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36She needs time to get used to her new baby,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40but her calf will start to suffer if she leaves it too long.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Back at base at the equine hospital,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Sybil is preparing for a more delicate operation.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Michelle discovered Denzil had torn his eyelid during the night.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Devastating, when I found him like that.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I wanted to protect him and I couldn't, really.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Senior vet Sybil will have to carry out
0:12:18 > 0:12:21major reconstructive surgery to save his eye.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Absolutely vital to keep the eyelid.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Without the eyelid, the eye will die.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I will attempt to put that back together.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34General anaesthetic in horses is risky.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Sybil will attempt the delicate repair with local anaesthetic.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Denzil will be conscious, but heavily sedated.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Lovely and floppy, he can't do anything about that now.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47If he stays like this, it'll be great and then,
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I'm going to start stitching... I'll put this bit back together
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and start stitching from the inside up to the end.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57It certainly looks like we'll be able to put him back together
0:12:57 > 0:13:00with him standing if Claire manages his sedation.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05He could spring back at any moment, but she can do it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Claire must sedate at just the right level.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Too much and Denzil will become unsteady.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Too little and he could pull away during the op.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Even if he can't feel Sybil stitching his eye,
0:13:18 > 0:13:20he will be able to see her.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22So, even just having someone come near him
0:13:22 > 0:13:25with something sharp might be enough to wake him up a bit.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31I feel under enormous pressure before I start an operation.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34But, once I start, to be honest,
0:13:34 > 0:13:39I'm entirely unaware of anything else except the horse and myself.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43World War III could break out around me.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53One of the temptations that people always have
0:13:53 > 0:13:55when things are this severe
0:13:55 > 0:13:58is to simply chop the offending bit off.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00But if you remove an eyelid at all,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02you will lose the eye.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07And so all attempts should be made to put it back together
0:14:07 > 0:14:11and to put it back together as physically perfect as you can do.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Sybil is stitching with thread as fine as human hair.
0:14:16 > 0:14:2040 or 50 stitches altogether, by the time I've finished?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Michelle mustn't stand too close.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Her presence could rouse Denzil.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I have to be quiet because he can hear my voice.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34He looks much better.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35I can't believe...
0:14:35 > 0:14:39He doesn't even look as though he's had a piece missing.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Hopefully, when the swelling goes back down,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45it will be all right.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52And finally after almost an hour of intensive surgery...
0:14:53 > 0:14:57OK, so Denzel's eyelid is now...exactly back together
0:14:57 > 0:14:59and the rest of the eyelid is coming together nicely.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02So all we have to do is put some sutures in the skin
0:15:02 > 0:15:04to hold it together.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- Thank God for that, cos he was beginning to lean on me. - LAUGHTER
0:15:07 > 0:15:09HE SIGHS
0:15:09 > 0:15:12At last Michelle and Denzel are reunited.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17The swelling is just massive,
0:15:17 > 0:15:22so the circulation won't come back to there fully for another day or so.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26So lots of things to happen, lots of support for the eye.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32We've now got a pirate horse. MICHELLE LAUGHS
0:15:34 > 0:15:38The worst is over, but now the wound needs time to heal.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40It'll be a few weeks before Sybil can tell
0:15:40 > 0:15:43if the eyelid is functioning like it used to.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57Across the Firth of Forth at Inglis Small Animal Hospital...
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- So we've got two new additions?- Yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04..vet Angela has a day of consults.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Nip some many points off them.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Her patients can be flighty.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12You are going to tire yourself out, big guy.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Yes.- But they've captured her heart.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19A world without pets would be a really, really horrible,
0:16:19 > 0:16:20much sadder place.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And some are particularly cute.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33It's always nice when you get new live babies being born.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It is always one of the nicer things.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Today's new arrivals have not had the easiest start in life.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- This one is doing really well.- She's taking it straightaway. Brilliant.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52That's good.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56They're minutes old, but some of these German Shepherd puppies
0:16:56 > 0:16:58have been rejected by their mum.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Yummy! Is that good? LAUGHTER
0:17:03 > 0:17:05There we go.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Nurses Kelly, Kerry and Leanne
0:17:08 > 0:17:11are making sure they're getting their first essential feed.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18First-time mum Quiz is being looked after in a separate ward
0:17:18 > 0:17:22by head nurse Louise and vet Angela. She's very distressed.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24This is her first litter.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Unfortunately, the first one was born dead,
0:17:27 > 0:17:31the three after her have all been thankfully alive.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34She doesn't quite understand what's going on with her
0:17:34 > 0:17:39and she had a little issue where she had tried to eat the dead pup,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41which isn't an uncommon thing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46In the wild, mother dogs will often eat their stillborn pups,
0:17:46 > 0:17:51it's a natural instinct but it was shocking for her owner Electra.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Quiet a distressful labour for her. The first puppy was stillborn
0:17:54 > 0:17:58and then the second one was a little girl and when she licked off
0:17:58 > 0:18:02the afterbirth of that pup, she then started to attack the pup.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I think she'd basically gone into panic and stress mode.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07So I took that one away from her
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and then rang the vet to see what I should do about it,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13because I couldn't get the puppy to latch onto her to suckle
0:18:13 > 0:18:16and I couldn't get it to bottle feed either.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18So on the way to the vet,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21we then pull off on the roundabout at the top
0:18:21 > 0:18:23and she has another puppy in the car.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27If a mum has rejected some of the puppies in her litter,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30there is a worry that she will go on and reject the whole litter.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34That is a concern, that's why we have to keep a close eye on them.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40While Quiz is so upset and confused,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43she can't be trusted with her newborns.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The nurses have to feed them every hour.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It's a full-time job.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51There you go.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Just going to give her another wee check and see how things are progressing along.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02German Shepherds regularly have litters of eight.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Quiz may have more puppies to come.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Sometimes the only way to tell for definite how many pups are left
0:19:09 > 0:19:12is to take an X-ray
0:19:12 > 0:19:14or to do an ultrasound scan.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18We have decided that we think that might just be too stressful.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I do think I can feel another pup here actually.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I'm going just check inside her pelvis as well,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27make sure that there's not one stuck there.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Good girl. This is a wee bit uncomfortable, so I'm sorry, poppet.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34QUIZ WHINES
0:19:34 > 0:19:37It's OK. It's all right.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40No, there's nothing there. OK.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Good.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45So there's no pup there, but her pelvis still is nice and wide and open,
0:19:45 > 0:19:48so it's not closing up.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52So I think we just need to give her time and rest
0:19:52 > 0:19:56and see how she gets on and try and keep her nice and calm.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Nurse Louise will stay with Quiz while her owner keeps away.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Her anxiety won't help.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Obviously, my stress levels are just completely off the wall at the moment,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12which is then rubbing off on the dog.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14She's picking up on my stress and vice versa
0:20:14 > 0:20:19and it's just ended up in a big mess really, to be honest.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22That's a baby. That's a baby!
0:20:35 > 0:20:41In Teasdale, farm vet Erica is on her way to check if her new mum is adjusting to motherhood.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48A week ago, she helped a cow give birth with a Caesarean,
0:20:48 > 0:20:52but the mother didn't bond with her baby straightaway.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58She's not ready to let it suckle because she's turning on the spot.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Today, Erica is back to check the mum's wound
0:21:01 > 0:21:03and to make sure she's feeding her calf.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08The last time I was here, I left the cow and calf,
0:21:08 > 0:21:13the calf was yet to suckle... but it was almost there
0:21:13 > 0:21:15and it should probably have grown quite a bit,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17I would think, in a week.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Well, they look like they're doing well.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27- And her appetite looks good.- It is, it's fantastic.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30And her wound is amazing. I can't believe...
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I've never seen one not weep at all.
0:21:32 > 0:21:38- We'll just leave those stitches in, another couple of weeks really will be fine.- Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Well, I don't think we need to get in close to examine her.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43I think we're more likely to upset her.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47I'm pleased with how cow and calf are doing.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49She looks like she's a good first-time mother.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Yeah, she's bonded really well.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55It's a good sight to see, really, the healthy feeding calf.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I think we were maybe expecting a little too much last week.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02It's good to come back and see him filled out and grown
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and doing what calves should be doing.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Erica's mother and baby have settled into their new life together.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13CATTLE LOW
0:22:23 > 0:22:28And across the rolling hills, equine vet Sybil is checking up on her patient too.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Four weeks ago, Sybil carried out emergency surgery
0:22:36 > 0:22:38to repair Denzel's torn eyelid.
0:22:40 > 0:22:4440 or 50 stitches altogether probably by the time I'd finished.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47His owner, Michelle, watched anxiously.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52Hopefully, when the swelling comes back down, it'll be all all right.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Today, Sybil is finding out if Denzel's eyelid is healing well
0:22:58 > 0:23:01and she hopes to remove his stitches.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Hello!- Hi!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Where's our mission for the day?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09But before checking Denzel,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12there's a new mum here too and lots of puppies
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- Oh, wow! How old are they? - Five weeks.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Oh! Look at you! Aren't you lovely!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Aren't you lovely?! PUPPIES YELP
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- LAUGHTER - Don't you dare!
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Back on the job, the first signs look promising.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Oh, wow! You've done well.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Move your head over here for me.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Oh, it's excellent, isn't it? Look at that muscle function, it's all come back.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46So I'm just having a little look along here.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53I'm really looking specifically at how the edge of the eyelid
0:23:53 > 0:23:55is contacting the eye all the way around.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Denzel has to be patient one final time
0:24:00 > 0:24:02as the last stitches are taken out.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Just relax. I'll get it for you.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07There.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10This eye is working just as well as it did before
0:24:10 > 0:24:13and as well as the other one, so that's...
0:24:13 > 0:24:18As he tried to remove it completely...I'm really pleased.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Out riding, he's just back to his normal self.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24He's still got a cheeky little face, cute eyes.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Eh?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- He's lovely, isn't he?- Yeah. - MICHELLE LAUGHS
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Yes, you are.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35You try and be good.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40With his eye saved, Denzel keeps a close watch on Sybil.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Hopefully that will be the last he sees of a vet for a while.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Good boy. Yes, I know. I know
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I know.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57BIRDSONG
0:25:04 > 0:25:08In Dunfermline, Angela and nurse Louise are still waiting
0:25:08 > 0:25:12for their anxious mum to give birth to her final puppy.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16It's important to not interfere as much as you can,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20but it's also important to try and keep them calm.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25Quiz is still too upset to be reunited with her three newborns.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28It's not that she's a bad mother in any way,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30it's just sometimes when they are so stressed,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33they can have a reaction to things
0:25:33 > 0:25:35that we wouldn't think would be normal.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39- OK.- Everyone is waiting to see
0:25:39 > 0:25:42if she'll accept the last puppy of the litter.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Good girl.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03I'm just making sure that she's...licking the pup.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Just because she had issued the first puppy,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09make sure she's not damaging the pup at all.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12They also... In humans you cut the cord, whereas they do it themselves.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15She's done really well.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18She's just cleaning everything up and being a good mum.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20PUPPY YELPS
0:26:21 > 0:26:25Quiz's mothering instincts are looking strong.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Now she may be ready to bond with the rest of her pups.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31PUPS WHINE
0:26:39 > 0:26:40BOTH: Aw!
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- Good girl.- It's nice to see mum accepting them
0:26:44 > 0:26:47and giving them a clean and stuff like that.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51And one's suckling already, so that's promising.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Her owner, Electra, can now be reunited to.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01- Here she is.- Hello, baby.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Oh, look! Fantastic!
0:27:05 > 0:27:08There's a good girl!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- Aw!- It's mum.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13LAUGHTER
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Beforehand when she was a bit stressed,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20we were a bit worried about her pups,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23now she's gone the other way, she's really protective of her babies.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Oh, I'm so happy that she's accepted them, I really am.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I just can't wait to get her home now and see them all grow up.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35The puppies need a basket for their journey in the car,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37but Quiz has other ideas.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Give it back! - LAUGHTER
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Oh, Quiz! - LAUGHTER
0:27:43 > 0:27:45LAUGHTER
0:27:45 > 0:27:47One goes in, one comes out.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51She's trying to take her babies back out the basket and put them back in her bed.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53She doesn't want them in here. That's OK.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- "Why are you trapping them?" - LAUGHTER
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- There we go.- You can have this one. - Good girl. Well done.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Quiz, thankfully, has settled down
0:28:03 > 0:28:06and hopefully now we're going to go on
0:28:06 > 0:28:10and have four growing, healthy, happy puppies and a happy mum as well.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Are we ready?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Checking her puppies are safe,
0:28:14 > 0:28:18doting mum Quiz can take her family home.