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00:00Across Yorkshire's moors and dales, the world's most famous vets set the benchmark for animal care.
00:09And James Herriot's legacy lives on.
00:14His former trainee, Peter Wright...
00:17All my life, I've enjoyed doing this.
00:19...has been a Yorkshire vet for over 40 years.
00:23There we are. How are you doing, my old mate?
00:25Peter's old partner, Julian Norton...
00:28Not quite the same as operated in theatre, is he?
00:31I know.
00:32Now has two practices.
00:34I don't want to let him go.
00:36One of them in the town where Herriot worked, surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape he loved.
00:42Everything that you can see all across there is Yorkshire.
00:45And in the foothills of the Pennines...
00:47That's a Hollywood smile.
00:49...a new generation of town and country vets also uphold the Herriot ethos.
00:55I'm just gonna have a feel a bit deeper inside, see what we've got.
00:57The teams are united.
00:59We can probably knock this off ourselves, do you think?
01:01Never taking their eyes off the ball.
01:04I've got it!
01:06Has there help animals of all shapes...
01:09He's trying to grow an extra pair of legs.
01:11...sizes...
01:12Hello, God, yes.
01:13...types...
01:14...and temperaments.
01:17No, don't be nasty.
01:19It's definitely not glamorous.
01:21Cut that mucus out.
01:23But it's varied.
01:24So we've actually found gold, literally found gold.
01:26It's rarely easy.
01:28You've won Mr. Wet T-shirt.
01:30But they continue the Herriot tradition.
01:32It's alive.
01:33Treating all creatures...
01:35It's moving.
01:36I can't believe it.
01:37...great...
01:38You're all right, little bird.
01:41...and small.
01:42How are we happening?
01:43Yay!
01:44Yorkshire's morning glory.
01:59A time to look forward...
02:02...in peace.
02:04But while some might say heading out early is the best way to enjoy the countryside...
02:10For farmers, those first rays of sunshine don't mean an oasis of calm...
02:17...as they embrace the importance of not being idle.
02:22It's a similar story for a Yorkshire vet.
02:26Like those who work the land, they have to be prepared for whatever the day throws out.
02:32Their patience can come from all around the world.
02:35And Julian's off to see a creature native to the hills of South America.
02:41Today I'm in Nidderdale, traversing some very beautiful fells and hillsides.
02:47But I've got to see a llama.
02:49And it's a llama with quite an unusual problem.
02:52Suzanne, who has a herd of llama, has sent me a photo of one of them.
02:58It looks like there's something quite nasty going on.
03:01Suzanne's very worried.
03:02She's not seen anything quite like this before.
03:04And neither have I, judging by the photos.
03:07You alright, fella?
03:09Hmm?
03:10How's it out today?
03:12Hey?
03:13This is Ozzy.
03:15His left eye has been ulcerating since January.
03:19We've been treating it and it's got better and then all of a sudden it's sort of...
03:22We've noticed it's got worse again.
03:24So, got in touch with Julian and he's offered to come along and sort it out, hasn't he Ozzy?
03:30I'm suspecting there might be some surgery required for this problem.
03:35So, Lucy's coming to help.
03:37She lives quite nearby Suzanne's farm.
03:43Alright, nice drive.
03:44This is exciting, isn't it?
03:46And backup might well be useful.
03:49Because as Julian knows all too well...
03:51Oh, good boy.
03:52Alright.
03:53Oh, you're naughty llama.
03:54Oh, you're naughty.
03:55Oh, you're naughty.
03:56Oh, you're naughty.
03:57Camelids can be awkward customers.
04:00Oh, dear me.
04:01What's happening?
04:02Everyone's spitting at us.
04:05Have you ever treated a llama before?
04:08No.
04:09We'll see how this goes.
04:11Do you know what to expect?
04:12I don't want to be spat on.
04:14Well, they don't always spit.
04:16They're quite nice animals but it's just such a natural instinct if they get crossed.
04:21We'll have to keep it happy then, won't we?
04:23It's my job.
04:24They're quite unpredictable creatures, the llamas.
04:27Hi, Suzanne.
04:28Hi, Julian.
04:29This is Lucy.
04:30Hello, Aussie.
04:31Hiya.
04:32This is Aussie.
04:33This is Aussie.
04:34Hello, Aussie.
04:35Hello, Aussie.
04:36We'll put him in the bush and then hopefully he'll be a really good patient for you.
04:42Oh, no, sorry.
04:43I'm just attaching.
04:44I'm jumping the gun.
04:45Come on, Aussie, a little bit further.
04:47I didn't know they'd sound like that.
04:50Oh, they make some excellent noises, don't they?
04:53I'm not totally sure what I'm going to do.
04:56But first thing is to see what it looks like.
04:59Yeah.
05:00Will you let me look at it like this?
05:01Yeah.
05:02You should do it.
05:03Oz.
05:04Shh.
05:05Good lad.
05:06Oh, yeah.
05:07Look, so that's hairs there coming from that bulging thing on the third eyelid.
05:13That big bulging thing looks very swollen.
05:16Oh, right.
05:17Okay.
05:18Do you think they're actually coming off a growth or off the eyelid?
05:24Not exactly what I was expecting.
05:28Because hairs are growing all over this gland on the third eyelid, which is pretty unusual.
05:35I'm inclined to chop that bit off with all the hairs on.
05:40And if we can take a superficial bit and get all the hairs off, I think that'll fix it.
05:50Right.
05:51Okay.
05:52Well, I'll go with your instincts.
05:53That's my instincts.
05:55You can see the steam coming out and the thinking cap on.
06:00And then the next thing is stopping it from bleeding.
06:04I'm trusting Julian, basically.
06:06I mean, we've got to do something because otherwise he's always going to have issues with his eye and we can't carry on forever like that.
06:12So, it's obviously not going to be as straightforward as he initially thought.
06:16I'm just a bit worried it might not be very easy to take it all off.
06:27If only they could talk, bemoaned James Herriot famously.
06:32But while animals can't express themselves with words, their tales speak volumes.
06:39And at the hospital in Hammersfield, the chatter is always non-stop.
06:45Although the tail action isn't quite so easy for Tyson, Natasha's rescue cat.
06:52When he came to me from the rescue, he had a strange bit on his tail.
06:56Just the last week or so, unfortunately, it's just bleeding and bleeding.
07:00He's been in a little bit of pain with it, but generally it's just because it's not healing.
07:04So, we were concerned and brought him in.
07:06We've had Tyson for about two years. He's a really friendly, lovely cat.
07:13Tyson was not a name we gave him, but he does live up to it.
07:16He does like the odd fight now and again.
07:18Looking pretty sleepy there. I'd say you're ready to go.
07:22Rohin and the team have made a unanimous decision.
07:25Right, we'll take him through.
07:27And Tyson has been knocked out ahead of surgery.
07:30The tip of his tail has just got infected. It probably started out as a wound.
07:35But just through that constant cycle of infection, it's just turned into a long-running, chronic, nasty issue.
07:42The tail is an awful sight to have a wound. It's a horrible area to get it to heal.
07:46The only way we can really solve it is taking a bit of a more drastic measure, which is actually to amputate his tail.
07:52If we don't go in there and we don't operate, it's just going to keep getting traumatised, keep getting inflamed and just cause him a lot of bother in the long run.
08:03So, it is really our only option to get him better now.
08:06His heart reach 108, he's a little bit light.
08:09He is, yeah. He's not taking... He's doing okay.
08:12Not taking very big breaths at the moment.
08:15Rohin's being assisted by Shannon.
08:18It's very scabby on the underside as well, where all the fur's sort of just stuck to it.
08:23Who'll be keeping tabs on Tyson?
08:25How's he doing, Shannon?
08:27Doing all right. Nice and stable. No problem.
08:29Good.
08:30Really see how inflamed it is and how it's been disinfected.
08:34It's really red and sore, isn't it?
08:36We are kind of striking a fine balance in a way.
08:39Obviously, we can't amputate the tail up here where it's an inflamed and non-healing kind of skin.
08:44Equally, we don't want to amputate it too close in that direction if we can avoid it, because it's just a more traumatic surgery.
08:50And, you know, they do benefit from having the tail to help them balance.
08:54So, we're going to try and go somewhere in the middle, I think somewhere in this sort of region.
09:04Coming up...
09:06Okay.
09:07Julian and Lucy need a calm alarm.
09:09It's okay, sweetheart.
09:10It's not quite the same as operating in theatre, is it?
09:12I know.
09:13And Peter wants his car pristine.
09:15We'll get you back to the standard that you normally have, do you?
09:18But it's his patients who find top gear.
09:21And don't knock us fly in.
09:23Yeah.
09:24Yeah, do the tapers.
09:25No, no.
09:26Manners.
09:38In the Dales at Suzanne Benson's Lama Trekking Centre...
09:42Looks dramatic, this, but I don't think he'll feel it.
09:45Julian and Lucy have an unusual job, operating on Aussie.
09:50Goodbye.
09:51Goodbye.
09:52You're so brave.
09:54That should be plenty, actually.
09:55You don't need very much, and that'll just...
09:57I know why you keep moving.
09:58It's awful.
09:59Numb everything.
10:00They've set up a makeshift theatre.
10:03There's swabs in there.
10:04Yeah, there'll be five in there.
10:06So they can remove a strange, hairy growth on his eyelid.
10:11So the next stage of the plan is to cut off the surface layer of this third eyelid gland with all the hairs attached to it.
10:19There's actually loads of hairs.
10:21They're all swirled up into a kind of ball.
10:23And I'm going to try to somehow dissect as best I can, but sort of snip off the surface of the membrane.
10:31Right.
10:32I need to be able to hold the eyelid open, but I don't want him to be stressed, which it's already a stressful situation for him,
10:38and he's doing really well, so just talk to him and keep him as...
10:41Calm as possible.
10:42Yeah.
10:43It's OK.
10:45All right.
10:46So he should be totally numb, so...
10:48If...
10:49Oh, no, he's going down.
10:51It's OK, sweet child.
10:53It's not quite the same as operated in theatre, is it?
10:55I know.
10:56I'm a small animal.
10:57You're doing well.
10:58You're doing so well.
11:00I'm going to snip some of this off.
11:03Well done, you good boy.
11:06You brave boy.
11:08It must feel strange, because whilst it doesn't hurt, he must be able to see what we're doing.
11:13And llamas naturally don't you like you near their head at all?
11:15No, they don't, do they?
11:16I'm not surprised.
11:18Oh, blimey.
11:23Well, this is pretty much as fiddly as it gets, I think.
11:27Good boy.
11:28Well done.
11:30And I bet absolutely no-one has taken hairs off a lamb's third eyelid, so...
11:37I suspect not.
11:39Do you think that's got everything?
11:44Yeah, well, I can't see any.
11:48So, the next thing, Lucy, would you be able to squirt some of that adrenaline on this swab,
11:54please?
11:55Just in there.
11:56Right, so this is adrenaline, and what it does, it makes the blood vessels shrink or constrict,
12:02so it stops the bleeding.
12:03Well done.
12:04And that looks pretty good to me.
12:06Mmm.
12:07I'm just going to put this fluorocene, which is a dye that identifies if there's any ulceration.
12:14There's no active ulceration, and I reckon that's fixed it now.
12:18Good.
12:19Good, good, good.
12:21Well done, I was...
12:22I'll tell you what, he's been an absolutely perfect patient, hasn't he?
12:28It went better than I expected.
12:30So, no, I'm really pleased, actually.
12:32I'm just hoping now it's a really good outcome for him, and he'll be able to rejoin his trekking
12:36groups and go on his dates with the ladies, and just be one happy llama again that he was
12:41before.
12:43So, keep us informed.
12:46Yeah, I will do.
12:48Tell you what, considering five minutes ago I was chopping part of his eye off,
12:52he just looked remarkably phased, didn't he?
12:55Ozzy's procedure was a little bit more peculiar than I was expecting,
12:59but it went really well with the help of Lucy, who was a novice with llamas,
13:04but quite adept when it came to him.
13:07It always worries you when you get into a procedure
13:09without the use of all your equipment you can use.
13:12When we are in practice, all the people we need,
13:15I was a bit worried about bleeding, but it didn't bleed really at all, did it?
13:18No, all right?
13:19It was absolutely fine, so I think when you get to the end of the procedure,
13:22it's really nice and it's nice to be out as well.
13:25Would you fancy the life of a mixed practice veterinary nurse?
13:28Yeah, I would do it, I'd like it.
13:30It's a bit nice, I don't think I'd like it in winter,
13:32but I like it in summer, I could do a seasonal.
13:39Given Lucy's pride in her car...
13:41People are writing stuff on my car.
13:45Just wash me in capsule letters on my car, it's really big.
13:50Regular work on farms might not suit her.
13:54There's a bucket here, so I think I'll never go on.
13:58It's something Peter's been dealing with for over 40 years.
14:02Richard never told me I was covered in cow shit.
14:04And today, at the practice in Kirby Moorside,
14:09he's performing a vital operation.
14:15It's always really, really annoying me if my car gets dirty.
14:19And I don't like to keep it in pristine condition.
14:22I've had a farmer in, and he had some mucky over trousers on,
14:29he's left muck on me seat,
14:31he's left muck on the rail here as you get in,
14:33and they get very dusty.
14:37I've got this duster, lint-free,
14:39though we don't need bits of fluff everywhere.
14:43There's this fallacy, you know, that vets have to have dirty cars.
14:47It isn't the case.
14:48It's just no good, no good at all.
14:52Never mind.
14:54We'll get you back to the standard that you normally have, do you?
14:57There's bits in the folds on these seats,
14:59so they're going to have to be vacuumed out.
15:04Right, fit for action.
15:07OK, that's quite good.
15:08Just not quite happy with that seat, though.
15:12I always keep a sheet on the back seat.
15:15If things get dirty there,
15:16I can always take the sheet out and wash it.
15:19You know, if your car doubles up
15:20when you go out in an evening as well,
15:22you don't have to put your best chinos on
15:24and then find you've got cow muck on your backside
15:27when you go into your local restaurant.
15:28So it's quite important to me
15:30to keep the car something like.
15:35Much better.
15:36At the animal hospital in Huddersfield.
15:48It is a bit of a fiddly, a fiddly operation.
15:51Rohin's amputating part of rescue cat Tyson's badly infected tail.
15:55The delicate and tricky part of this operation is
15:58tying the vessels off to make sure he's not going to bleed.
16:02It's a little vessel there that I'm just going to
16:04use this to stop it from bleeding.
16:07You know, there is an artery there that,
16:09if you're not careful, can bleed quite a lot.
16:12So you want to make sure you get that bit right.
16:26That's pretty much it now.
16:31In a second, this will be off now.
16:35Simple as that.
16:38It's come out nicely.
16:39I'm glad we found that blood vessel and stopped it bleeding
16:42because it's not really bleeding now at all.
16:43So I'm pretty chuffed with that.
16:45We just need to focus on the cosmetics now
16:47getting them closed up and looking nice.
16:50Nurse Kersha just needs to make sure
16:52there's no twist in this tail.
16:54So I'm just getting him under the bear hugger
16:56just because he's a little bit cold
16:57and we're not quite finished yet.
17:02The first stitch is in.
17:03This is pretty important, this part.
17:05The most important thing that it's going to heal well,
17:07but also the cosmetics will try and do a good job.
17:10So it looks okay as well.
17:15Well done.
17:16I think it's come together okay there.
17:22What do you think Kersha?
17:23Is he still a handsome boy?
17:24She is.
17:25With a little stump instead of a proper tail.
17:28Looks a bit like a little alien now, doesn't it?
17:30But once her hair grows back, I think you'll look all right.
17:34I'm going to leave it in Kersha's capable hands.
17:37Not quite an expert.
17:38She is.
17:39She's being modest.
17:40She's an expert.
17:41If you want a neat dressing done,
17:43you're probably better asking a nurse than a vet in general, I think.
17:48Gas is off.
17:49We've just got him on oxygen.
17:50So I'm just going to get him warmed up, get him into ICU,
17:52and then we'll get one of the nurses just sitting with him
17:55and just checking that everything's okay.
17:58I'm pretty pleased with that.
17:59It's quite a satisfying operation to do something where,
18:02if it heals well,
18:03we'll just have a clear instant benefit to the cat.
18:07Priority now, just get him recovered from this,
18:09get him home, keep him free of infection,
18:11and then fingers crossed in 10 to 14 days,
18:14we'll have a healed wound that's not going to cause him problems anymore.
18:17Up on the North York Moors,
18:28Peter's back on the road in his lovingly cleaned car,
18:32heading out to help his friend Mo.
18:38I know, my sweet son, no.
18:41Let's see his poorly faces.
18:43Although she's partially sighted,
18:45Mo's close bond with her pet sheep...
18:48Oh, God, Peter can look at you as well.
18:50Can't see.
18:52..he?
18:53..has alerted her to a problem.
18:56I can't see very well at all,
18:58but I always stroke them and feel them,
19:01and I felt that her lower lip was getting crispy.
19:07I just want to see, Peter, if we can do anything for these bands.
19:12I would rather this was me than them having something wrong with them.
19:18Nice to see you.
19:19Nice to see you.
19:20Are you well?
19:21I'm fine, it's the kids.
19:24Hi, kids. You mean the woolly ones?
19:26The woolly ones.
19:27Not something I've come across before.
19:29Really?
19:30Considering your eyesight's so poor, you're very intuitive though, aren't you?
19:33Oh, I know when they're not right.
19:35Yes.
19:38She might have a condition called off,
19:40which is a nasty viral condition
19:43that affects sheep around the face,
19:45and it's a painful condition.
19:47And the other important thing is it can pass to humans,
19:49so we're putting gloves on for our own benefits
19:52and also for the benefits of the sheep that haven't got it.
19:56Right. Come and see who's here.
20:01Oh, crikey.
20:02Oh, yes.
20:03Yes.
20:04That's classic off.
20:05It's classic off.
20:06Yeah, it is.
20:07Yeah.
20:08And it's Debbie, and she's just not happy at all.
20:11My bouncy girl is not bouncy.
20:13That isn't, that isn't nice.
20:15No.
20:16I think I'm going to put some percus brown,
20:19an antibiotics and painkiller.
20:21Call me a chick.
20:22I know.
20:23I know you don't feel very well.
20:26I'm going to put some of this on your nose.
20:29There now.
20:30After the antibiotic spray.
20:32No good for the family photos of this.
20:34Debbie on my face, but nevertheless.
20:37It's injection time.
20:39Right.
20:40I'm going to put this in your bum.
20:41That's lovely.
20:42Yeah.
20:43Right, that's antibiotic.
20:45But while Debbie's been the perfect patient.
20:47Got you.
20:48Mm-hmm.
20:49Come on, Snowy.
20:51Come on, Snowy.
20:52It's all right.
20:53Snowy, Snowy, Snowy, Snowy.
20:54Come on.
20:55Snowy, Snowy, Snowy, Snowy.
20:56Snowy isn't whiter than white.
20:57He's a strong boy.
20:58He is a strong boy.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Short legs, but he's very strong.
21:03I think I was going to spray that.
21:09We're just going to check sweep,
21:11but I think sweep's understood and he's done a runner.
21:14Sweep be nice.
21:16Yeah.
21:17And don't knock a slide.
21:19Yeah, do be tight.
21:20No, no.
21:21Manners.
21:22This is a respectable house sweep.
21:24You've got a...
21:25You've got a...
21:26Well done, Peter.
21:27Have you managed?
21:28Yes.
21:29And the real challenge is still to come.
21:32I think the hooligans are still out.
21:35We've met the placid ones, but the hooligans are still out,
21:38so I hope they're coming nicely for us.
21:40I suppose it depends on what sort of mood they're in.
21:43So I'm going out to help.
21:49Coming up...
21:50Speak.
21:51Good girl.
21:52It's part of the training, Matt.
21:54Can Matt help a four-legged lifesaver get back in training?
21:58You can already see it's really quite red.
22:00Hey.
22:01Hey.
22:02What's the tale of the tape in Tyson's comeback?
22:05I think he's a bit stressed.
22:06His heart rate's pretty fast.
22:08And I'm not going to damage him.
22:10No.
22:11Just watch your own fingers.
22:12And Julian becomes a llama barber.
22:15I'm aiming for a perfect symmetry like Vidal Sassoon.
22:19In Huddersfield...
22:35Natacha's back at the hospital with Tyson,
22:40nearly two weeks after Rohin amputated part of his infecting tail.
22:44Tyson's coming back today for his final check-up after the operation we got Tyson
22:48here Tyson hopefully it's all healing okay and there's no sign of infection
22:54in which case we could take his stitches out and then he can be tried
22:57without his bust of collar and kind of go back to a more normal life and be
23:00happy again I think oh my little guy you're gonna hide his name's a bit
23:06deceiving isn't it Tyson because he's quite a sensitive impression he can
23:11hold his own side if he needs to I'll get him out of this and we can just pop it
23:17on the floor so it's it's not in the way I think he's a bit stressed his heart
23:25rates pretty fast and get cuddles from mom it's looking really good to me there's
23:34no no swelling no infection cosmetically looks a bit strange now but I think when
23:39the fur grows back he'll probably he'll probably look like a normal tail
23:42eventually yeah I'm really pleased with that good if we leave those stitches in
23:47any longer they're just gonna irritate him rather than help him such a good boy
23:52isn't he he's a really good guy he's such a lovely pet
23:58and that's it all sorted excellent shall we see what he's like without the color and see what
24:05he does yeah are you pleased to get rid of this mate he will be there you go oh wow we can find
24:12the scratch he's been waiting to reach a bit for a while yeah there we go go back in there because
24:18you know that's going on let go on you feel a bit safer in there don't you right no worries then
24:25I'm glad he's doing well very much yes thank you bye bye a few weeks later Tyson's tail troubles are well
24:39behind him to the relief of Natasha and her daughters Meredith and Lydia when tight I had
24:47his operation and I was quite nervous about it because I I was worried what would happen to him
24:56I like to snuggle it and when I have a nightmare or something that is always there I was worried at
25:05the time of his operation because his tail just wouldn't heal and I worried that maybe it would
25:11never do that but they've managed to take off no more than they needed to and it's healing really
25:16nicely the first come back and everything and now he's got a lovely tail again
25:20I think he's showing off
25:24I think he is
25:35up on the North York Moors come on babies come on come on little ones Peter needs to treat his
25:45friend Mo's flock of pet sheep for the contagious off virus come on but it's proving to be a challenge
25:53don't get knocked over Mo any ideas from the expert
25:59going back in time to when I was a very young vet my old boss Alf White used to say first you need to
26:08catch your patient although the unexpected exercise has helped Peter do some detective work
26:14one of the things that can cause abrasions and cracks and so on the lips is thistles and
26:23there's a few thistles out here and that could be a reason as to why we've got an entry point for the
26:30off virus so I think you're going to have to do some thistle hoeing out in the paddock here I'll
26:37probably mention that just as I'm getting in the car to make a getaway because it's not going to be a
26:43quick and easy job with the rebels finally rounded up everybody in what's it they're keen to make a
26:53getaway too come here so I'll just spray those right no no no just have a look these are our yeah
27:08the stranglers in our flock and it's often the case with sheep the ones at the back they're always the
27:15most difficult so let's hope not yeah they're the least time trouble causes yes Peter needs to check all
27:22the trouble causes for signs of the virus good what not nothing nothing hallelujah yeah I'll tell
27:30you what she can go to the top of the class she's been the most well-behaved of anyone tippy last one
27:38yeah she's gonna be just starting on this left side of the lip you see left side right not bad
27:44but it started started when we were going down the field I didn't notice that you had a few
27:52thistles there and I think that's possibly a predisposing factor to cause trauma to the lips to allow
27:58it in it's unfortunate what I would expect you within the next few days to be out there with your
28:02hole pulling them oh my goodness me okay we'll let them out okay you're all right sweetie pie come on
28:14children you're steady steady steady steady steady
28:18Peter must be exhausted I mean he must be exhausted it was just like a rodeo yeah it's great great to
28:28have Peter it's like the seventh cavalry arriving you think hooray you know off is a horrible condition
28:36but for a flock of most size it can be managed quite well so I'm hoping with a few in a few days to a week
28:43that things are an awful lot better
28:50in the dales at Suzanne's llama trekking center still a little drop in your eye good boy
28:58it's six weeks since Julian removed a growth from Aussie's eyelid
29:03you'll be good for me
29:06so Aussie it's checkup day today so let's hope Julian's pleased with how your eye looks hey
29:11hi Suzanne hi Julian
29:14how's Aussie he seems to be nearly back to full health
29:18well he is
29:19he's a very handsome chap isn't he
29:21yeah don't tell him too much Julian because it goes to his head
29:24well the third eyelid looks like it's healed really well
29:32good because it was sort of protruding a bit wasn't it before yeah and it isn't protruding
29:38that looks good
29:39so I'm going to put these orange drops in
29:42and that's to identify if there's any damage that's still existing on the surface
29:48everything has suddenly changed colour for Aussie
29:51I think that looks excellent so good to go
29:57really pleased with it
29:58good stuff
29:59so what's next for Aussie
30:01oh well it's summer haircut day today
30:03do you fancy getting involved?
30:05have you got time?
30:06yeah well yeah I mean I've sheared sheep before
30:08like that
30:10yep that's it
30:11and I'm not going to damage him
30:13no just keep it flat against him you won't damage him
30:16just watch your own fingers
30:18oh yeah
30:20I don't think he's going to win any prizes for fashion after today but at least he'll be a bit cooler
30:29quite addictive isn't it?
30:31so you find it more therapeutic now?
30:32yeah I am now once I've got over that initial stress of doing it wrong
30:36now I'm finding it much more like cutting the hedge
30:38yeah
30:41you can tell he's a perfectionist
30:44I'm aiming for a perfect symmetry around the front legs and neck
30:49like Vidal Sassoon
30:53he's enjoying himself now so
30:55maybe I should go get a cup of tea
30:57put my feet up
30:58put my feet up
31:00right
31:01I think I'm done
31:02have you got a mirror to
31:06for an amateur lava shaver?
31:08that's brilliant
31:09amateur is soon to be professional I think
31:12right well next time you need any llamas shaving
31:15we'll give you a shout
31:17okay
31:18cheerio
31:19thanks a lot
31:20bye
31:21my kids whenever they get their hair cut
31:23they say
31:24yes
31:25pretty fresh
31:26I think both these llamas today looking pretty fresh
31:28so down with the kids
31:29as usual
31:40dogs love Yorkshire's exciting landscapes
31:46most treat them as their playgrounds
31:50but some fetch more than balls
31:52dogs who work with mountain rescue teams across the country save lives
32:00so they need to be fit and healthy
32:03and at the animal hospital in Huddersfield that's Matt's mission today
32:09this morning I'm seeing Kenzie the mountain rescue dog
32:12the rescue team have been coming to Donaldson's for a long time
32:15and they do such an amazing job
32:17so it's always great to be helping to keep them in tip-top condition
32:22six month old Kenzie is a third generation search dog
32:26and Mark's latest trainee
32:28she's been doing a little bit of basic training
32:30we use what we term bodies volunteers who hide for us
32:34so that we can actually use the dogs to try and find them
32:37so Kenzie needs all her senses in peak condition
32:39which is why training is currently on hold
32:43inside her rear it's really red
32:45she's been scratching it a lot
32:47and if you go inside her rear
32:48she's not very happy about you touching it
32:50so I can see there's a lot of gunk and gank in the bottom
32:53so I'm hoping we can try and get it sorted out
32:56hi there Matt you alright?
32:58I am yeah
32:59come on through
33:00so how are we getting on?
33:03one of her ears is quite red it's this one on this side
33:06oh chief is she allowed a biscuit?
33:08yeah yeah
33:09bribery that's all us vets have got
33:10stick it behind your back mate
33:11ask her to speak for it
33:12do you want it?
33:13speak?
33:14where is it?
33:16speak?
33:17good girl
33:19it's part of the training man that
33:20we want them to bark
33:21yeah
33:22for reward
33:23to indicate to us so that we know
33:24when the search dogs have found a body
33:26she'll be training you that when she speaks
33:28you deliver the goods
33:32good girl
33:33well done
33:34there you go
33:35well done Kenzie
33:36good girl
33:37right there Kenzie
33:38are you going to sit down for me and let me have a look?
33:40come on
33:41I don't know
33:42I don't know
33:43I don't know
33:44oh
33:45Kenzie
33:46come on
33:47she's really not happy about anybody poking or having a look inside it
33:51you can already see it's really quite red
33:53there's a lot of scratching going on
33:55hey
33:56there we go
33:58and that's uncomfortable isn't it?
34:00it's quite red down on that horizontal canal
34:02so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to give a drop
34:04and I reckon a good squeeze of them into the day twice a day should solve that
34:08no bother
34:09is it alright?
34:10how does that feel Kenzie?
34:11a bit better?
34:12lovely
34:13just a bit of a routine ear infection there for Kenzie
34:14which is really good news
34:15Matt's caught it really early so the bacteria haven't caused too much damage
34:16there's some waxed discharge which you always get with infections
34:17so hopefully these drops will clear it up within a week and she can go back to practicing
34:31oh yes
34:32good girl
34:33well done
34:34what a good speak
34:35yes
34:36well you're more than welcome to come down and see the process of what we do to train a surf dog
34:39I would love to do that
34:40that sounds like great fun
34:41do you think Kenzie will come find me being the vet?
34:42yeah we could give it again
34:43and give it again
34:44bye Kenzie
34:45very excited to go and be involved in the training
34:48I don't know whether she'll voluntarily come and get me because she really didn't like me getting her ears
34:52and she might think I want to have another look at them but to be fair she like the gravy bones so I might stash a few of them in my pocket
35:00still to camp?
35:01I thought you'd be out tending your flock
35:03how's things going?
35:04when he checks on Moe's sheep Peter has a slave driving shepherd
35:05I'm just not too impressed with your speed I think you need to just move it on a bit
35:18alright
35:19and the mountain dog came to Matt now Matt's come to the mountain dog
35:23how you doing?
35:24as he and David put Kenzie and her pals to the test
35:27the game is afoot
35:28I know there's a flaw in this plan because there's no way Matt's keeping his mouth shut
35:44Yorkshire's beautiful hills and dales make it a dream place for walkers
35:49but occasionally hikes can turn into a nightmare
35:54thankfully when people do get in trouble
35:58Viking Ken, Viking Ken from Viking Control
36:01do you read me over?
36:02mountain rescue teams are there to help
36:05there's one party setting off now going to where we think the casualty is
36:11some of these dedicated volunteers have four legs
36:15good morning, you alright?
36:16yeah
36:17who's this here looking at us?
36:18we've got Ace, he's one of our trainee dogs, he's my dog
36:21and this morning Matt and David have an especially exciting follow up with a recent patient
36:28me and David have come down to Dovestones Reservoir to meet the mountain rescue team
36:32and see Mark and Kenzie, the dog that I treated for an ear infection a few weeks ago
36:36good lad, get up there
36:38these hills on the edge of the Peak District are an ideal training ground for the heroic dogs
36:49so here's Kenzie
36:50ah, how you doing?
36:51she looks like she remembers you Matt
36:53ear infection's all cleared up, yeah?
36:55yeah, yeah, and it's all nice and clean now
36:57ah, nice and pink isn't it?
36:59Kenzie is still in the very early stages of her life-saving training
37:04so Julie, there's your rewards for Kenzie
37:07so Mark is starting over some important treat-based mountain rescue skills
37:13what we want them to do is go to a body
37:15we want them to indicate at that body with the bark
37:17come back to the handler
37:18yeah
37:19and tell the handler that they've found somebody
37:21then go back to the body
37:22yeah
37:23so that it takes me, the handler, into the body that they've found
37:26she's focused on her
37:28Wi-Fi
37:29speak
37:36good girl
37:37Kenzie
37:38good girl
37:41speak
37:42speak
37:43good girl
37:44right, way find
37:45she's having a great time
37:47good girl
37:48I can see now why when she came in to see me with her ears
37:52Mark was getting her to bark and speak before I gave her a treat
37:55because it's all part of that reinforcement to find the body
37:58she's so clever she's just reeling as in
38:01stick to the body
38:02good girl
38:03Kenzie is three years away from being fully trained
38:07but Riggs Collie Ace is at a much more advanced stage
38:11he works for his ball
38:13that's all he wants
38:15and Matt and David are about to play their biggest ever game of hide and seek
38:20that looks a very comfortable position
38:22Matt's taking on the role of a missing person
38:25nice
38:26with regular hidden bodies
38:28John and Joe
38:29so I'm on the finding team with Rick and Ace who's ready to go
38:32I know there's a flaw in this plan because there's no way Matt's keeping his mouth shut
38:36so Ace is going to be able to use his ears as well as his nose today for his training
38:39dog grip and body jaw in position over
38:43yeah receive setting off now
38:45the game is afoot
38:47away find find him out
38:48find him Ace
38:51so Ace doesn't know exactly where Matt's hiding
38:57no
38:58so hopefully he's going to fan out and just cover a block
39:01and that's what you do I guess
39:02yeah if this was a search for a missing person
39:04we would be looking at factors like the wind
39:07yep
39:08the wind will do all sorts of strange stuff with scents
39:11it's just something that comes with experience
39:14you've just got to wait and let him work it out
39:16he's suddenly gone off in that direction
39:18the scent will be going that way from down and across
39:22right
39:23and that's why the stream isn't it
39:24because Ace is earlier in his training
39:26so three human smells easy
39:28we've got a big scent cone for him
39:29yes
39:30right okay
39:31there you go he's on to something now
39:33so if you see he's worked all the way around
39:35and he'll come into them from whichever way
39:37the scent cone is blowing
39:39oh I can see him
39:41I can see him
39:42he's found you
39:43find a Ace
39:45good lad
39:48hiya
39:49yeah
39:50he's got a bell on it
39:51good boy
39:52well found it
39:53it's good lad
39:54what have you got
39:55we've been found
39:56he saved the day
39:57he saved the day
39:58yeah
39:59yeah good lad
40:00clever lad
40:03good boy
40:04good boy
40:05we're gonna play
40:06oh yes
40:07that's happening
40:08surprisingly Matt kept his mouth shut
40:11so that was always time for a first
40:13isn't it
40:14it's fantastic to get behind the scenes
40:23watch some incredible people do some incredible work with some of the smartest dogs
40:27and not to be doing veterinary stuff to them is always quite nice too
40:31that's true
40:39over on the North York Moors
40:41Peter's back to see his friend Mo
40:44come on babies
40:45and her pet sheep who'd been hit by the nasty farmyard pox off
40:50I told Mo to put some cream on
40:53on the lesions
40:54and she's been doing so
40:55so we called in really just to see how things are doing
40:58oh my
41:00mommy's got the treats
41:02I did notice whilst we were out in the field
41:05that we had quite a few thistles growing
41:08and this is probably the reason why the pox virus has gained entry into the lips
41:13so that's something that we may need to take into consideration and do something about
41:20we're going to see your doctor now aren't we
41:22Mo is partially sighted
41:24I thought you'd be out tending your flock
41:26how's things going?
41:27but misses nothing when it comes to the well-being of her beloved flock
41:32I mean obviously I went by feel
41:35and I'll tell you what I couldn't believe
41:37how crunchy the pox vehicles would be
41:41and how swollen her lips became
41:44it's a horrible condition isn't it?
41:46blimey
41:47when I came
41:48she started with it
41:49then we started with it
41:50and the others weren't too bad
41:51so what's Debbie looking like now?
41:58yes, that's great
41:59is that all okay?
42:00absolutely fine, yes
42:02this is her half brother, that's snowy
42:05and this is, this is petaling with that
42:08she had it the very worst in the end
42:11yes
42:12I mean those lips are beautiful now
42:14are they okay?
42:15yes they are
42:16they're absolutely fine
42:19these lips are looking absolutely fine now
42:21there's no evidence of, of, of cracks there
42:24there's no evidence of off virus there at all
42:27I mean I've never seen you like it
42:29terrible
42:30terrible
42:31but we're there
42:32we're there
42:33we're there until the next thing
42:40on his last visit
42:41Peter suggested that Mo should deal with her problem causing thistles
42:46but she's had a better idea
42:48you can do this around the entire field then Peter
42:51I'll do as many as I can before Dan
42:53it's just that I'm just not too impressed with your speed
42:55I think you need to just move it on a bit
42:58alright
42:59you're on the clock Peter
43:02oh
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