0:00:02 > 0:00:05- Nearly half of Britain owns a pet. - Nice one, mate.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08It's the council and the police, can you open the door, please?
0:00:08 > 0:00:12But man and beast don't always live together in harmony.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14There is reason to believe it's your dog
0:00:14 > 0:00:16and you've had it for a fair few years and not two weeks.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20When things go wrong, animal wardens are there to protect our pets.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- And keep their owners in check. - I'm not having my dog taken!
0:00:27 > 0:00:31But for some of us, our animals are more than just pets.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I wouldn't know what to do without him.
0:00:33 > 0:00:38- They can change and even save lives. - I owe my life to these horses.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41This is Animal Saints And Sinners.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Coming up...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The animal welfare team in Newham are on the hunt for a Dalmatian
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- who is terrorising the local area. - And it's a Dalmatian, is it?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Have you got a photo of the dog? OK.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- In Kent, we meet a guide dog with a difference.- Socks. Good girl.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Pull, pull, pull. Life would be very hard without her.
0:01:07 > 0:01:12- And a lurcher found abandoned in the Fens.- Hello.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16- You're a bit undernourished, aren't you?- Yes, he's a bit thin.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Oh, dear. Look at you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Newham, East London,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31is a sprawling urban area with its fair share of social issues.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Animal welfare manager Tina Delaney regularly works with
0:01:34 > 0:01:38the police to make sure people and their pets live in harmony.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Tina comes face-to-face with ill-treated
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and aggressive dogs every day.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46She knows they're not the ones to blame.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55I don't think any dog is naturally bad or inherently bad.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00What makes a dog bad usually is no training or the wrong training.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11Today, Tina is out on patrol with PC Sean Pickering.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We're going to premises now where it is alleged there is
0:02:14 > 0:02:17a Dalmatian getting into the complainant's garden.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19We're not actually sure where the dog is coming from,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21we've left a couple of cards in the area already.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Nobody's got back to us, but he's still complaining the dog
0:02:24 > 0:02:27is getting into his garden and behaving in an aggressive manner
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and that him and his family are terrified of the dog.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31So, we're going to go back there and see if we can ascertain
0:02:31 > 0:02:33where the dog actually lives.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Dalmatians were bred to be family pets, but
0:02:37 > 0:02:41if a badly trained dog is roaming the area, it could be dangerous.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Tina and Sean need to track it down as soon as possible.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48First stop, the family who called in the sightings.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Hello, I'm from the London Borough of Newham Animal Welfare Service,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56this officer is from the Metropolitan Police.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Have you still got a problem with your dog getting into the back
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- garden?- Not this time.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- It comes in the morning, sometimes in the evening.- Can we have a look?
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Because we left a couple of cards, just because we tried to see where
0:03:09 > 0:03:13the dog was actually coming from and we've not been able to do that.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Do you know which area it comes from?
0:03:19 > 0:03:24- From there.- So, it's from next door.- No.- No, it's not from next door.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30I saw upstairs, they come from... You know, the...
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Two or three houses.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37So, it comes through this garden, so when you say two or three houses,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41this way or that way? That way? OK. And it's a Dalmatian, is it?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Have you got a photo of the dog? - Yes, a lot of photographs.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49The kids get scared so much. They can't play.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Can you just flip through them for me? OK.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Right, OK. What's it doing there?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00So, it's just kind of laying
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and having a little snooze in your garden, as well.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Tina gets a copy of the photos in case she needs to use them
0:04:06 > 0:04:09as evidence at a later date.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Do you know roughly what times it comes into your garden?
0:04:11 > 0:04:15- Mostly in the morning and evening. - In the mornings?
0:04:15 > 0:04:20In the morning sometimes when I wake up to...
0:04:21 > 0:04:24..You know, the kids going to school.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29- So, what time is that roughly? - Nine. Before nine.- Before nine.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So, between about eight and nine o'clock.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34So, basically, someone is probably coming home from work
0:04:34 > 0:04:38and letting the dog out before they go to work and letting it out
0:04:38 > 0:04:39when they get home from work.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41If I give you a card, tomorrow,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- as soon as you see the dog in your garden, can you give us a call?- OK.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Brilliant, thank you very much for your time.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48They stay in the garden to see
0:04:48 > 0:04:51if they can work out where the dog is coming from.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It's obviously broken their fence,
0:04:53 > 0:04:58and the problem is the lady is saying it is coming from that direction.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02There are so many gardens backing onto each other that it's
0:05:02 > 0:05:05going to be quite difficult to ascertain where the dog lives.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11I'm actually surprised it comes through that garden,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15because that garden is full of branches and trees and stuff.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26The majority of the fences behind the terraces are damaged,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28meaning the dog could be coming from any one
0:05:28 > 0:05:31of the houses down the street, and the one running behind it.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35At the moment, all of the gardens are really overgrown, which is making
0:05:35 > 0:05:39it even more difficult to try to find out where the dog is coming from.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43None of them seem very well-kept at all.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Giving up on the overgrown gardens, Tina and Sean
0:05:47 > 0:05:49look for clues from the street.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The main problem along here seems to be that everybody's fence is
0:06:00 > 0:06:03damaged or has blown down and the gardens aren't kept very well.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05So, it seems there are several dogs
0:06:05 > 0:06:08running in and out of neighbours' gardens.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15That's 21.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Dog barking. There he goes again. Barking from in there.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Find out later if they tracked down the problem Dalmatian.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36In Kent, dogs have transformed the life of one family.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The whole family are extremely grateful, it's just
0:06:40 > 0:06:46a fantastic thing that really gives me the ability to carry on my life in
0:06:46 > 0:06:49such an enriched way that I wouldn't be able to do without my dog.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Tony Brown-Griffin is a 42-year-old mother of two.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59She's been living with a life-limiting condition for 25 years.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03I had my first seizure in my late teens.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09I'd woken up with a wet bed, very bad headache and muscle aches,
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and as time went on and I had more seizures,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14we didn't really know what had happened.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I started having more, they put two and two together
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and I got a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Despite her diagnosis, Tony tried to live a normal life.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29She got married and held down a successful career.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33But when she reached her early 20s, her condition worsened.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I had a very bad asthma attack and went into hospital
0:07:37 > 0:07:40and was ventilated and was really quite unwell,
0:07:40 > 0:07:45and it was during the time that I was ventilated that I went into
0:07:45 > 0:07:48status epilepticus, which is where you have one seizure after another
0:07:48 > 0:07:52after another, and really my epilepsy has stayed active since then.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58My life kind of fell apart a bit. I hadn't been married for very long,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02and I suddenly had to surrender my driving licence,
0:08:02 > 0:08:07I was medically retired from my job of managing a wine merchant,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09and we'd not long bought a new house
0:08:09 > 0:08:13and suddenly we had mortgage implications of that
0:08:13 > 0:08:18but no job for me, so, yeah, it changed life quite drastically.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23Tony was experiencing 12 major and up to 40 minor seizures a week.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27The seizures were very hard to deal with.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29I didn't go out and I didn't want to go out
0:08:29 > 0:08:32because if I had to seizure in public it was embarrassing.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- So, it had a big impact on life. - Tony felt isolated and helpless.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43When you receive a diagnosis for epilepsy,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45you often don't get help to go along with that.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49You get given a leaflet, and that is the help you get.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52My husband wrote to the British Epilepsy Society
0:08:52 > 0:08:56and they actually sent back a leaflet for Support Dogs in Sheffield.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Support Dogs UK is a charity which specialises in training
0:09:03 > 0:09:05and providing seizure alert dogs.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11The dogs are specially trained to pick up visual signs
0:09:11 > 0:09:15of an impending seizure before it happens and warn their owners.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Having a seizure alert dog is absolutely phenomenal.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25To have that early warning system so you don't have to worry.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29It meant my husband could go to work without worrying about me.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33He knew that if I was in a seizure or a permanent state of seizure
0:09:33 > 0:09:36that my dog would call using a specialist button,
0:09:36 > 0:09:41he'd be able to call an ambulance and summon help for me.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43So, it made a huge difference to our lives.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Her support dog allowed Tony to establish a normal life.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51She went on to have her first daughter, Grace.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54But when giving birth to her second child,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57her life changed dramatically once again.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05During the birth, I suffered retinal bleeding in the back of my eyes.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10My vision was affected initially with almost like flashing,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13swirling lights in the central field of vision,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17which meant it was very difficult to see fine detail of things.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19It actually led to me
0:10:19 > 0:10:22being registered blind some seven months later.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27This had a devastating effect on Tony
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and her relationship with her trusted support dog.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35AJ obviously wasn't a guide dog, and when I started to lose my sight,
0:10:35 > 0:10:40it became apparent that there were things that he couldn't do.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46AJ was placed into retirement, but being blind as well
0:10:46 > 0:10:49as suffering from epilepsy, Tony needed specialist help.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55So, Support Dogs teamed up with Guide Dogs
0:10:55 > 0:10:56to try to find a solution.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02We needed to look for a dog that had both qualities.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05A - the qualities to be a guide dog,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and B - the qualities to be a seizure alert dog.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13We looked at various guide dog centres, we came across Hetty.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Hetty is unique because she is Europe's first dual-assistance dog.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23She went through specialist training for 11 months to be not only
0:11:23 > 0:11:27a guide dog but also a seizure-alert dog.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32What have you got, Betty-Boo?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Hetty alerts to two types of seizure that I have.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42And with these, she gives me a 42-minute warning
0:11:42 > 0:11:46where she will touch me, rest her head on my leg initially
0:11:46 > 0:11:48and then she'll touch me with her paws,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and that enables me to get somewhere safe and allow them to pass.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Up, up, up. Come on.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Come on. Lie down.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Good girl.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09It means I can do all sorts of things like the cooking, the taking
0:12:09 > 0:12:13kids to school, without the worry I might have a seizure en route.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16And also, Hetty acts as Tony's eyes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24She'll pick things up that I drop, she will fetch me things.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28If I've dropped something, she'll put her nose on it.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34She's always there by my side ready to help, and desperate to help.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Hetty does a lot of other bits and pieces for me.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42She will take my socks off. Socks. Good girl.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. And she'll take my trousers off.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49She will unload the washing machine.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55Good girl. Life would be very hard without her.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Looking at the relationship between Tony and Hetty...
0:13:01 > 0:13:03..it really does take your breath away,
0:13:03 > 0:13:08the way they are matched together. They are definitely true soul mates.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12She's totally perfect. She is my perfect girl.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14I couldn't wish her any other way.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Support Dogs had such an effect on Tony's life that she
0:13:22 > 0:13:23turned to the charity once again
0:13:23 > 0:13:27when she realised her daughter Grace had problems communicating.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34Grace was diagnosed in 2007, when she was seven, with autism.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36First in class.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39One of them.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Grace's autism did make life difficult at home
0:13:44 > 0:13:49because she was very rigid in her thinking.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Oh, agility.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54She finds sudden changes very difficult,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58and these could result in her screaming for a length of time.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02She also suffered from severe separation anxiety, so if I was to
0:14:02 > 0:14:07go out, she would try to climb out of windows, so she had to be restrained.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- Grace needed something to help keep her calm.- Is that nice?
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Merlin is a springer spaniel cross lab.
0:14:17 > 0:14:24- He's mostly spaniel and mostly mischief.- Thank you.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25He's full of life, full of energy.
0:14:25 > 0:14:32He's really special to me, and let's say he's my best friend.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Aren't you, Mr?
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Like Hetty and AJ, Merlin was a Support Dog,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42but his training focused specifically on autism.
0:14:43 > 0:14:49I get meltdowns easily and he calms me down when I really,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51really am upset.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56Merlin was taught to lay down, and she would wear a waistband which
0:14:56 > 0:14:58was connected to his jacket, so if she was about to bolt,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02he would lay down and thus anchor her to where they were stood.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05He didn't have to do it very many times,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Grace built a bond with him very quickly.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Good boy!
0:15:10 > 0:15:17He transformed her life. It sounds rather dramatic, but he really did.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19From having a child that would scream the house down
0:15:19 > 0:15:23if I was to leave her, she kind of settles.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25And I love him.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28There's no other dog I would have in the world.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32Merlin brought a whole new dimension to the family. Because Grace
0:15:32 > 0:15:36was happier and calmer, it meant that everyone else was happier and calmer.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37I love my boy.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41The dogs all get on fantastically.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44My retired dog is rather laid-back and takes everything
0:15:44 > 0:15:48in his stride, but he's often a pillow for the other two.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50They all get on brilliantly.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53They are best buddies, they look out for each other.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Before I had the dogs, I was in a pretty dark place.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Now, I am a positive person.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Dogs are our family, aren't they?
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Hackney, an inner London borough just north of the city.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20The local dog warden is Tumer Hassan, known as T.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27When I first started as a dog warden, dealing with dangerous dogs,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31it was nerve-racking. I never know what the situation is.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34No two dogs or jobs are the same.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37Each day, he sees abandoned dogs that need help.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42One such dog is Missy, who he's been caring for for the last two weeks.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45This is Missy when she first came in, and basically, you can
0:16:45 > 0:16:48see her nails are so long, she couldn't walk.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52One of them was curling underneath and straight into her pad,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56so it was in there up to two or three millimetres. It makes me so angry.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Someone had this dog and neglected this dog and it is animal cruelty.
0:17:01 > 0:17:02The person should be prosecuted.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07After a trip to the vet and some time recuperating,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Missy is ready to be re-homed.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13Job satisfaction is just what I get.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The results are she's happy, she can walk properly,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19she is going to go to a good home and it's just brilliant.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22The results are brilliant.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Today, T has had a call about a lost dog.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28A woman just called to say she picked up a stray dog last night,
0:17:28 > 0:17:30it was running around the street, two months old,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Staffordshire bull terrier, typical thing.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35We're going to go investigate and find out what is happening.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38In this London borough,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42a lot of dogs that need T's help are bull breeds.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46To be honest, a lot of times people describe it as a Staffy,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50it turns out to be a pit bull, vice versa. We've just got no idea.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I've learnt over the years just to get there
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and just treat a dog as a dog and that's it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Regardless of how they describe it.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Hi. I'm a London Hackney dog warden. Is this the dog you called about?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- Yes, I found her on Woodford Road. - When did you find her?- Last night.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17- She's pretty young, isn't she?- Yeah, she was scared. She's really scared.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20If you put her down, I'll put a lead around her. Good girl.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25- Have you called her a name?- I called her Chelsea.- Chelsea. Right.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29And just in and out of the road, was she?
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Yeah, yeah, so I took her in for the night. I fed her and everything.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37- I'll carry her, don't you worry. - Please, look after her.- Right.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40So, basically, found her last night, about 11 o'clock,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- and no-one's looking for her, you'd never seen her before.- No.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47All right, then. She's very sweet. You give her a kiss.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51With five years' experience, T makes a quick assessment of Chelsea.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Come on, Chelsea. She's a bit nervous, a bit cold.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58It seems like she's been kept inside quite a lot,
0:18:58 > 0:18:59her claws are quite long.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04For her age, she needs to be socialised, she is in poor condition.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Chelsea is so young she needs socialising with people and dogs.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12In this case, I doubt if anyone is going to come forward to claim
0:19:12 > 0:19:15this dog, and if they did, I'd be very reluctant to give it back.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I mean, how do you lose a two-month-old Staffy at 11 o'clock
0:19:18 > 0:19:21at night at temperatures close to freezing point?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It is neglect, I wouldn't want to give her back.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28T puts in a call to a local charity to organise a foster home.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Gave a description of the dog, I said it's a two-month-old puppy,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35Staffordshire bull terrier type, too young to go to the kennels, and
0:19:35 > 0:19:39she said to me, no problem, bring it in and we will take it into foster.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41So, it's brilliant.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43After a quick health check at the vet,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46they're off to meet her potential foster carer.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48We're taking Chelsea, as she's called now,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52to a charity called All Dogs Matter and she's going into foster.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56From foster she will be re-homed as soon as possible,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00and that's the next stage for her, if it goes well.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05The foster carer, Victoria, already has a young dog,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09so living with her will provide the perfect environment for Chelsea.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- Just as long as everyone gets on. - This is the happiest I've seen her.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Look at her tail go.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It's important - at this age they should be with other dogs.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Yes, I'm going to keep Chelsea until she's found a proper home,
0:20:25 > 0:20:30so she can have nice cuddles. A lot of treats and calming down.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- That was a kiss, that was nice. - Not shy, is he?
0:20:42 > 0:20:44South Holland, Lincolnshire,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47in the east of England, is a large rural area.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51South Holland is Fenland,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55so we've got quite a flat area around here, so you can see for miles.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Good boy. Rachel Thompson is the council's dog warden.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06I love my job because you get out and about, every day's different.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10You get to meet some nice people, you get to meet some fantastic dogs.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11You are beautiful.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Good girl, aren't you?
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Today, Rachel is on her way to collect a dog that was
0:21:17 > 0:21:20roaming around in a small village nearby.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23We've had a call into our office to say that the
0:21:23 > 0:21:29local veterinary practice has had a lurcher brought in last night.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Obviously, it's got no microchip, they've scanned it, nothing there.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So far no-one's called in,
0:21:35 > 0:21:40so it looks like it needs to get collected and taken to kennels,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43so we'll head down there and see what it's all about.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47I don't know what his condition is, hopefully it's not too bad.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Sometimes we pick up lurchers and they're in an appalling condition,
0:21:50 > 0:21:58very, very undernourished, so let's hope this boy is at least well-fed.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02There are a particularly high number of lurchers
0:22:02 > 0:22:06abandoned in this area due to the illegal sport, hare coursing.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- Hear you've got a stray that needs collecting?- We have.- Brilliant.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- Found him in Moulton.- Go fetch him for you.- Thank you very much.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Hare coursing is when a group of people get together in fields
0:22:20 > 0:22:24with their lurcher-type dogs and send three or four dogs after a hare,
0:22:24 > 0:22:26and that's when the betting starts,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29cos they'll bet on which dog will get to the hare first.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31It's all about gambling really,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34and that's obviously, where they exchange money, the whole
0:22:34 > 0:22:38point of it is whose dog is the best and whose will kill the hare.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41As well as being illegal in the UK, the sport also results in the
0:22:41 > 0:22:44neglect of dogs and abandonment when they're no longer useful.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48The dogs are usually very malnourished,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51not well cared for, probably never seen a vet in their life.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54This type of activity is not wanted on anyone's land,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and we certainly don't want this type of thing happening,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00cos of the poor animals that are suffering because of it.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Be it the hares and the lurchers.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Hello. Oh, you're a bit undernourished, aren't you?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Yeah, he's a bit thin.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Oh, dear, look at you.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16Oh, sweetheart. I don't know, why do they leave you like this, eh?
0:23:16 > 0:23:18It doesn't look like he's going to get claimed,
0:23:18 > 0:23:21since yesterday no-one's contacted us.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24In this day and age there's more dogs than rescue spaces,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26so it's a bit of a juggling act.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I'll have to contact the local rescue kennels and see
0:23:29 > 0:23:31if they'll take him in.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Oh, hi there, it's Rachel, the dog warden
0:23:33 > 0:23:34for South Holland District Council.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39I'm just ringing up cos we're down at the veterinary centre at Sutterton
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and we've just picked up, I think it's a greyhound lurcher,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I can never tell which is which.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Quite a large boy but a bit undernourished to be honest
0:23:47 > 0:23:51with you, Joe. Is there any chance of being able to squeeze him in?
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Cos he does need a lot of TLC.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59Brilliant. OK, then, we'll see you soon. Thanks, bye.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01There's every chance he's a coursing dog.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03He's the right breed, he's undernourished,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05which unfortunately is a characteristic of a coursing dog.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Rachel takes the lurhcer to the kennels,
0:24:11 > 0:24:13where he'll get the attention he needs.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17They use these dogs until they're no longer good, they can't run,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21they're lame, they're too old et cetera, and then just discard it
0:24:21 > 0:24:22and start with another one.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26It's a throwaway thing, there's no love or passion for the animals.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27They just discard them.
0:24:29 > 0:24:36Oh, look. There's a good boy. There's your chew that the vet sent for you.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I'll pop it here with these toys, look.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46There's a good boy. I'll pop it down there. Good boy, int' you? Good boy.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52That's a gorgeous-looking dog.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55It's so distressing when you see dogs in that state,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58because there's no need or excuse for a dog to be kept like that.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00You never see an underweight athlete,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04so I'm never sure what the thinking is, why people want to keep dogs
0:25:04 > 0:25:07so thin, because it doesn't make you any faster.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Speed comes from good food, ask any good athlete that.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13If you eat well, you perform well.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17You going to be a good boy? You are, aren't you?
0:25:17 > 0:25:22And start eating your dinner, get some weight put back on, sweetheart.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Yeah. These'll look after you lovely, won't they?
0:25:28 > 0:25:35You're a good boy. Lots of cuddles and fuss, yeah, I know.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Have a rest, had a stressful few days, haven't you? I bet.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41The dog will need care,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44food and medical attention to regain his health
0:25:44 > 0:25:46before he'll be considered for rehoming,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48and it may be a long process.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01In Stoke-on-Trent, one man has turned his house into
0:26:01 > 0:26:03a rescue home for some surprising creatures.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11In this room in particular we've got hedgehogs, snakes, lizards, insects,
0:26:11 > 0:26:18a ferret, some micro squirrels and a spider.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Dale started collecting critters when he was young.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Right now, he has 96 animals living in his house.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30But since 2010, he's been using them for therapeutic purposes, too.
0:26:31 > 0:26:36Animal-assisted therapy can be used in quite a wide variety of settings.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40This is Bertie. Bertie's an African pygmy hedgehog.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Dale takes his animals to meet patients in hospitals,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47psychiatric wards and care homes.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50He thinks the interaction they provide can have a real impact.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54It helps people who otherwise couldn't be helped.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57People will engage with animals who remain disengaged for months.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Sometimes even years.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02We have people in the psychiatric hospitals that we've helped,
0:27:02 > 0:27:04haven't been out their rooms, haven't spoken,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07and then all of a sudden they meet the animals
0:27:07 > 0:27:12and begin to engage with others in conversation.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Each of Dale's exotic collection has something different to offer.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Snakes give a three-dimensional therapy, in terms of...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23you're conquering a fear to start with,
0:27:23 > 0:27:26because lots of people are wary of snakes
0:27:26 > 0:27:31because they're portrayed as being quite an evil thing
0:27:31 > 0:27:35right from the start of time, there was a snake in the Garden of Eden.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39The sensory effect of a millipede walking on your skin is
0:27:39 > 0:27:43actually quite therapeutic. It kind of feels a bit like Velcro.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48You can imagine the sound it makes when you part two pieces of
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Velcro, it's exactly the same when you take a millipede off your skin.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54They're absolutely awesome.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Just pop him in there.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Today Dale is preparing to run a session with
0:28:03 > 0:28:05dementia patients in a residential home.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07This is Sebastian the chinchilla.
0:28:09 > 0:28:15The last one in is Beans. In the boot. He's just caught on his lead.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18And, eh...
0:28:20 > 0:28:2230 miles away at the care home,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25one of the people waiting Dale's arrival is Joan.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Mum is in her early eighties,
0:28:30 > 0:28:36she was widowed just coming up to 12 months ago and she has dementia.
0:28:36 > 0:28:41So, when my father passed away, it became very evident very quickly
0:28:41 > 0:28:45that she needed to be somewhere that she was safe and looked after.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Well, the main one was the dog I suppose!
0:28:49 > 0:28:56Her short-term memory is very, very short, within minutes
0:28:56 > 0:28:59she will have forgotten or she will have repeated the same question.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03And it becomes quite frustrating, and it's quite difficult sometimes
0:29:03 > 0:29:07to answer those questions as if it's the first time you've heard them.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10When in fact it's probably the 20th.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13It's very hard because I think you lose your mother,
0:29:13 > 0:29:15I've lost my mother.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And as the disease progresses,
0:29:17 > 0:29:22she doesn't even really look like my mum used to look, which is odd.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29But Pat found the one thing that really seemed to make
0:29:29 > 0:29:32a difference was Dale's weekly visits.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39We've got some animals, ladies and gents.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Within dementia, the crux of it basically is that you're
0:29:44 > 0:29:49connecting to a dementia patient's memories of their past life
0:29:49 > 0:29:53and helping bring them back into the now.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58OK, so we've brought a good selection of animals.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Give me five, good boy.
0:30:00 > 0:30:05Obviously, Beans, and then we've got a few others to look at, they're
0:30:05 > 0:30:09all furry animals, so they all like a fuss and they like to be stroked.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11So, what we're going to do is give him a treat,
0:30:11 > 0:30:12but make him ask for it.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16No, no, no, no. Now give me five. Good boy.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Most of our residents are dog lovers,
0:30:18 > 0:30:23many have owned dogs in the past, so this is just like a little reminder.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Are you gorgeous?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Beans is a dog that I really rate, very highly.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- What's your name?- He won't bite anybody. He's called Beans.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Come down here.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37We had quite a few family dogs over the years,
0:30:37 > 0:30:43and interestingly, knowing that Dale was coming today did
0:30:43 > 0:30:46spark off several conversations about our pets
0:30:46 > 0:30:49and she did do a lot of reminiscing over the last couple of days
0:30:49 > 0:30:53about our dogs and having put them in kennels,
0:30:53 > 0:30:57and how traumatic that'd been, and we never did it again!
0:30:57 > 0:31:01So, it was nice to hear her talking about those things.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- He's a chinchilla.- Chinchilla? - A chinchilla.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10Oh, there you go, he's taken to you, hasn't he?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14The chinchilla is amazing, because of that softness.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16They used to farm them in this country.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Called Sebastian. Sebastian.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24Sebastian.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Sebastian the chinchilla.
0:31:26 > 0:31:33I think having a pet when you're well is therapeutic in itself,
0:31:33 > 0:31:37so obviously for somebody that isn't as well,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40be that physically or mentally, it's got to be a good thing.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44And you can see how calming it can be
0:31:44 > 0:31:47when they're stroking the animals, it's just lovely.
0:31:47 > 0:31:54Beautiful, it's like silk, gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- Did you touch him?- Yes, I did.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Very soft, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03That's OK, yeah?
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Next animal we've got is a hedgehog, and his name is Bertie.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13- Bertie's about two years old. - I thought he was a hairbrush!
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Until I just saw...
0:32:16 > 0:32:21- the nose go.- You thought he was a hairbrush?- Didn't...?
0:32:23 > 0:32:28- We won't try it, eh? - Ooh, prickly, isn't he?
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Who remembers these guys?
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Yeah.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Back in the '60s and '70s,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37tortoises were very popular pets,
0:32:37 > 0:32:41and you find quite a lot of dementia patients will say,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44"I used to have one of these when I was a child."
0:32:44 > 0:32:49Or they will remember having one as a parent for their child.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Tortoises do bring back a lot of memories in people.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57He is beautiful. Don't take me jumper with you.
0:32:57 > 0:33:03He loves jumpers. Gives him something to snuggle up to at night.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12BACKGROUND CHATTER
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- How did that one feel, Mum?- Hmm? - How did that feel?
0:33:20 > 0:33:26Not soft, you know, when you pick up a little animal... It was just hard.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Well, it's a shell, isn't it?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35And for Dale's grand finale, the star of the show is Stoosh.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37There she is.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Just going to put that there.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44What we've got here is a North American striped skunk.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46They are very friendly animals.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51Oh, you are lovely, aren't you?
0:33:51 > 0:33:57How wonderful to be in your eighties and still have new experiences,
0:33:57 > 0:34:01you know, touching and stroking new animals that you've never
0:34:01 > 0:34:03seen before, I think it's marvellous.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07She has fresh fruit and vegetables...
0:34:07 > 0:34:13- Mm-hmm.- ..seeds, nuts, chicken.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15She'll go in and make sure she's got space for it.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18There's a lot of enjoyment in just seeing they're
0:34:18 > 0:34:20delighted to see animals.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Animals brighten up anyone's day,
0:34:23 > 0:34:26regardless of what your problem is on that particular day.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31I can't really call it work.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36I love my pets and I get to meet different people everyday,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39to help people, I get to see that look on their face
0:34:39 > 0:34:43when the animal's helping them, making them feel better.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45You don't get any better job satisfaction
0:34:45 > 0:34:46than helping other people.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48It's lovely, it's absolutely lovely,
0:34:48 > 0:34:54and it's difficult to say in words, but to see her face light up when she
0:34:54 > 0:34:58sees the animals, and I know that she won't remember,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03but for that snapshot in time, for that afternoon, this afternoon,
0:35:03 > 0:35:05it's brought her so much joy.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Ooh, I could stroke you all day!
0:35:17 > 0:35:18Many people do.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Back in Newham, Tina is on the hunt for a Dalmatian dog that is
0:35:24 > 0:35:28escaping into a neighbour's garden and scaring their children.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Yeah, at the moment all the gardens are really overgrown, which is making
0:35:32 > 0:35:36it even more difficult to try and find where the dog is coming from.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Dalmatians are not normally aggressive,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42but if this one is terrorising the neighbours, Tina needs to find it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46It's a Dalmatian, do you know what a Dalmatian looks like?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51KNOCK ON DOOR AND BARKING
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Hello, I'm from the London Borough of Newham Animal Welfare Service,
0:35:54 > 0:35:56this officer's from the Metropolitan Police,
0:35:56 > 0:35:58do you have a Dalmatian on the property?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Have you had a problem with him getting out?
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- No, no, I put him out in the back garden.- Mm-hmm.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06The problem is, how secure is your fence in the back garden?
0:36:06 > 0:36:10OK, what your dog is doing is going into people's gardens.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Well, if he go outside and he gets the chance he'll want to run, so...
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Right, OK, but you can't let him do that.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19If you can't control him and make him stay in your garden,
0:36:19 > 0:36:22then you need to either tether him in your garden when you
0:36:22 > 0:36:25let him out or go out there with him on a lead.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28He's not going across there any more.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29He is, he's going over there
0:36:29 > 0:36:32and the people have loads of photographs of him being over there.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34What photographs?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37Of your dog, of a Dalmatian. Is that a photo of your dog?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- That doesn't look like... Would you like to look at my dog?- Yes, please.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Is there a reason you keep him in this cage?
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Why'd you keep him in there?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- This cage isn't big enough for him. - Yes, I understand.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58So, he can't be kept in this cage, because it isn't big enough.
0:36:58 > 0:37:04He can't stand up properly. DOG BARKS
0:37:04 > 0:37:06It doesn't matter if you take him outside, he can't stand up
0:37:06 > 0:37:10properly in that cage, you can't keep him in that cage.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Why'd you keep him in there?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15He's not my dog, he's my son's dog.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18No, he doesn't want to come out and bite me at all, do you, Buster?
0:37:18 > 0:37:19No, you don't.
0:37:21 > 0:37:2636 by 24. Good boy, Buster. He's frightened.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28He's a bit worried.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30If you put a dog in a cage with some water or you just put
0:37:30 > 0:37:33a dog in a cage generally, on its own, without anything to
0:37:33 > 0:37:36do for long periods of time, you're going to have behavioural problems.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Has he got some sores on him, have you had them looked at?
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- Has he been chewing his feet, the tops of his feet?- I don't know.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48He's been chewing it on the top of that one, see that there?
0:37:50 > 0:37:54There, and that one as well. He's just nibbling the tops of them.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59(Good lad.) OK then.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01BUSTER GROANS
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Who complaining about the dog?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Well, the dog's getting into people's gardens.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17I didn't get the chance to go across the fences, dogs is dogs, so they...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20No, dogs is not... That can't happen, I'm afraid.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23There's some little children in a house over there, where we
0:38:23 > 0:38:27got the photos from, they're scared to go in their garden.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- Really?- Cos he's getting into their garden
0:38:31 > 0:38:34and they're scared of being bitten.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36The thing is, if you own a dog it's up to you to
0:38:36 > 0:38:38make sure your dog is kept on the premises.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41At the same time, I'm going to issue your son with an
0:38:41 > 0:38:44improvement notice, cos your dog cannot be kept like that.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46An animal, if it's confined in an area,
0:38:46 > 0:38:50needs to be able to stand up and turn around. He can't stand up.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53He can't even sit up straight. OWNER LAUGHS
0:38:53 > 0:38:56It's not funny, I'm afraid, he can't even sit up straight.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58This dog can't be kept like that. And is your garden secure?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02You just saw outside, you can look out there.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04OK, yes, please, can we go out this way?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Is that the way he's going, out the back?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18He's going out through that gap there.
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Climbing up on the rubbish.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Does that go straight back into that woman's garden?
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Yeah, cos that's, erm...
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Do they remember she had a brick-built shed down there?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31That's that. That's the fence we were standing on.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- You see, when he goes down there... - Mm-hmm. Cos he's also going this way.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44And going into people's gardens along there.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46And they've got the photographs of him,
0:39:46 > 0:39:49and they're terrified of going into their garden.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51And sometimes he lays out there in the sun,
0:39:51 > 0:39:54there's a picture of him laying out in the sun.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- In somebody else's garden? - Yes, over there.- Seriously?- Mm-hmm.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01And obviously, they've got young children and they're quite scared.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03I didn't know that.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05No, but that's what I mean, if your dog's leaving your garden,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07you don't know what your dog's doing.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10But letting the dog out is not adequate exercise for him,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12especially when he's confined to a cage.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15For long periods of time.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18In situations like this I don't really understand why
0:40:18 > 0:40:21people have a dog. It's confined in a cage,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24she doesn't want the dog running around in her house,
0:40:24 > 0:40:28and I just find it amazing why people would want a dog
0:40:28 > 0:40:31if they're just going to confine it that way.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35I think the worst part of my job is
0:40:35 > 0:40:37when you know an animal's being ill-treated
0:40:37 > 0:40:42but it's not being ill-treated to the extent that you can take it away.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It's really, really difficult.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46So, what we're going to do next,
0:40:46 > 0:40:47if your son contacts me we'll talk to him
0:40:47 > 0:40:50and give him some advice, I'll also give an improvement notice,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53which means that Buster's accommodation,
0:40:53 > 0:40:55he needs to be able to sit up properly in,
0:40:55 > 0:40:57he needs to be able to stand properly in,
0:40:57 > 0:41:00and we will give him advice regarding habitat enrichment as well,
0:41:00 > 0:41:02like having a KONG that he can chew,
0:41:02 > 0:41:07and how to have him out in your house so that he isn't a pain for you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Whenever you let him out, he's just so desperate for attention
0:41:10 > 0:41:13and to be out, that he's really excited and over the top.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17So, you kind of have to get through those stages so that he's going
0:41:17 > 0:41:20to be a nice, healthy dog that you enjoy having round your home.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23You know? But while he's confined like that, he won't be.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28OK, then, thank you very much for your time.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Later that day, Tina receives a call from the owner of the Dalmatian.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Right. Thank you, cheers, bye.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45So, since we returned form the property we've had
0:41:45 > 0:41:48a call from the owner of the dog, who's the lady's son, stating
0:41:48 > 0:41:51that he understands the dog is not living in an adequate environment.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54I've spoken to him at length about the kind of environment the dog needs.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57It needs to exhibit natural behaviour, sit up properly,
0:41:57 > 0:42:00stand up, lay down fully extended.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03He understands that and has ten days to comply with that,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06otherwise the dog will be seized under the Animal Welfare Act
0:42:06 > 0:42:09and legal action will be taken against him.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12The dog isn't well-socialised, people are frightened of it,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15and neighbours have been terrorised by the dog chasing them,
0:42:15 > 0:42:19so whether it's a Dalmatian, a pit bull or a Yorkshire Terrier,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23if it causes somebody to be concerned in their garden and bites them,
0:42:23 > 0:42:24they will be prosecuted.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28BUSTER GROANS
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Good lad.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36In Hackney, after her time in foster care, Chelsea was rehomed.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40In Newham, ten days after her first visit,
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Tina returned to check on Buster the Dalmatian.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47The garden fence has been repaired so he can no longer escape,
0:42:47 > 0:42:49and he now has a larger cage.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53The owners of the lurcher in Lincolnshire never claimed him.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57Sadly, due to underlying medical issues, he never fully recovered
0:42:57 > 0:42:59and was put to sleep.