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The Yorkshire Vet
The Yorkshire Vet (2015)S21E07
The Yorkshire Vet (2015) Season 21 Episode 7
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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...
00:16All 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 it?
00:30I know.
00:31Now has two practices.
00:33I don't want to let him go.
00:35One of them in the town where Herriot worked, surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape he loved.
00:41Everything that you can see all across there is Yorkshire.
00:44And in the foothills of the Pennines...
00:47That's a Hollywood smile.
00:49A new generation of town and country vets also uphold the Herriot ethos.
00:54I'm just gonna have a feel a bit deeper inside to 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.
01:04Whoa!
01:06Has there helped 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.
01:22But it's varied.
01:23So we've actually found gold, literally found gold.
01:26It's rarely easy.
01:27You've won Mr. Wet T-shirt.
01:29But they continue the Herriot tradition.
01:32It's alive.
01:33Treating all creatures...
01:34It's moving.
01:35I can't believe it.
01:36...great...
01:37You're all right, little bird.
01:40...and small.
01:41How are we happening?
01:42Yay!
01:43While the Yorkshire countryside is famed for its beauty and tranquility...
01:59...it isn't without its rough edges.
02:04Amongst the animals that roam this land...
02:10...primitive instincts forge a natural hierarchy...
02:17...which, when challenged...
02:22...can have serious consequences.
02:27At Cannon Hall Farm, Rob's dealing with an emergency...
02:30...caused by competing alpha males.
02:35We've had an incident in the alpaca barn.
02:37Zander, our long-term stud male alpaca...
02:41...has had an altercation with Stanley...
02:43...who's a new kid on the block.
02:45And I'm afraid Zander's come off worst.
02:47He's got a really nasty tear to his ear.
02:52It's really important that alpaca males...
02:54...live together in a bachelor pack.
02:56They can't live with the females...
02:58...because alpacas mate recreationally.
03:00It can cause miscarriages.
03:02And bachelor packs is the way to do it.
03:04The downside of that is that they can have squabbles...
03:07...and Zander's come out the wrong side of one.
03:12David is rushing over from the Huddersfield practice.
03:16I don't know how bad it is at this stage.
03:19If his ear is really badly damaged, like Rob said...
03:21...he thinks it is, it will need repairing.
03:23There are cases obviously where we have to remove some...
03:26...or all of the ear if the damage is so bad.
03:29So I'm a little bit apprehensive about this one.
03:35Hi Rob.
03:36Hiya David, how are you?
03:37I'm good, how are you?
03:38I'm alright, I'm a lot better than Zander.
03:41Oh yeah.
03:42He's had a nasty altercation with Stanley...
03:44...his love rival.
03:45...and unfortunately Zander's come off worst.
03:48I'm just hoping...
03:49...that you'd make him look as pretty again...
03:51...as he used to look before.
03:52Bless him.
03:53He's quite nasty, he's quite deep.
03:55Zander is our most temperamental male...
03:57...but I sort of do get on with him...
03:59...so I'll see if I can get him on a halter...
04:00...and I sort of feel the worst.
04:02Right, I'll put him in this front pen Dave.
04:05Perfect.
04:06Come on old fella.
04:07He's a good lad.
04:11That's a nasty one that.
04:13Stanley's had a real go in there.
04:15There's that big, big split through there...
04:17...all the way through the ear.
04:19I think I can get some stitches in...
04:21...and hold back together.
04:22Yeah.
04:23I'll just get a few bits and bobs out of the car.
04:26We've had Zander for five years now...
04:28...and we've become firm friends.
04:30He's now my pal.
04:32And I think a lot of him.
04:33All his friends here are supporting him...
04:36...through his injury.
04:37Apart from Stanley who we've put in a separate pen...
04:39...he's in disgrace.
04:44Right Rob, we'll give him a little bit of sedation...
04:45...into his neck.
04:46And then he should go all nice and sleepy.
04:51I've made sure if he does spit...
04:52...it's going in your direction.
04:53That's fine.
04:54I'm going to need a shower today anyway.
04:56Just put it over his eyes...
04:59...and he'll relax a little bit.
05:03Although Zander's sedated...
05:05...an extra pair of hands is needed.
05:08Want him on that side, yeah?
05:10Because despite coming off worse against Stanley...
05:13...he still has plenty of fighting spirit.
05:15I think just cush him.
05:17I think just cush him.
05:18I think just cush him.
05:20Yeah.
05:23I thought it was too good to be true...
05:24...when we caught him easily.
05:26Zander's historically very temperamental.
05:31I think he's proving nothing's changed.
05:40At the practice in Wetherby...
05:42...Nurse Lucy is admitting their latest patient.
05:45When was his last meal, I'm assuming it was last night?
05:47Last night, yeah.
05:48Real.
05:49Natalie's cavapoo Riley...
05:51...needs a lump removing from his back leg.
05:53You know what he's like.
05:54Yeah.
05:55He works himself up...
05:56...and it's not great for him.
05:57No, I remember...
05:58...I remember...
05:59...I saw him on the diary and I was like...
06:00...I remember who you are from last time.
06:01You liked your cuddles.
06:03Bless me.
06:05And I'll take him from you if that's okay.
06:07Come on then, you come with me.
06:09Let's walk.
06:11This way.
06:12Come on then, see who's in the back.
06:14Oh, bless him.
06:15Come on.
06:16Right, see you later.
06:17See ya.
06:18He's been in December and I know full well...
06:20...the other vet had him sat on the lap.
06:22So, I know he's well looked after.
06:24But it's just never nice, is it, doing the handover.
06:29I don't like these days at all.
06:31They...
06:32I've got to keep myself busy.
06:33I'll have the little one.
06:35Oh, I know.
06:37See, plenty... plenty to do.
06:40Julian will be performing Riley's operation...
06:45...after getting reacquainted.
06:47Oh, Riley.
06:48How are you feeling, Riley?
06:50Relaxed.
06:51This is the pre-op cuddling stage...
06:55...and Riley's very comfortable.
06:57Just drawing off his drugs for the procedure...
07:01...that I need to give him.
07:03Make him nice and sleepy.
07:06He's too good for her.
07:08Oh, he's busy.
07:09You're not at all worried about your operation.
07:11Is that what you just said?
07:12We all cuddle him, don't we?
07:13So, he likes coming in.
07:15I don't want to let him go.
07:16I think he's happy there as well.
07:19Right, come on then, you come with me.
07:23After all the cuddles, Julian and Lucy can now focus on the challenges involved...
07:28...with removing Riley's lump.
07:30Riley's got a heart murmur...
07:32...which can make things a bit more risky with the anaesthetic.
07:36Not allowed a heart murmur, actually.
07:38Have you heard his heart?
07:39It does mean, really, he's the best thing...
07:42...is if we can crack on fairly quickly the cookie...
07:44...we can get him done and dusted and woken up.
07:47Oh, yeah.
07:48The right heart murmur, that.
07:49Oh, doesn't it?
07:50The better it is, so...
07:52...we won't exactly be rushing, but we won't be messing around either.
07:55It's quite attached, isn't it?
07:57There can be a total nightmare on the back leg.
08:01Because they can invade and infiltrate.
08:05And if it's got an infiltrating life bone, it'll be much harder to get off.
08:09So we'll get in position properly when he's in the theatre.
08:12Thanks, Curt.
08:13Trep him up now.
08:22Am I all right if I stand here?
08:24Do you want me to go round?
08:25Perfect.
08:26Am I all right to go?
08:27Yeah.
08:28With the team seeing this as a pretty routine operation, Riley's heart murmur has been the main concern.
08:38We see a few heart murmurs, but not as high a grade as this.
08:44Sometimes you can barely hear them, whereas his is very, very prominent.
08:49But with surgery underway, suddenly Julian's heart is beating a little faster.
08:57Looks a bit more unusual, actually.
08:59The test that I did beforehand showed that the cells in it were fat cells.
09:04These don't look like fat cells at all.
09:07It doesn't seem to be quite what the initial test had suggested.
09:13And this is all bumpy and irregular and really rather strange.
09:18This, to me, looks not like a lipoma at all, but something more nasty.
09:24Coming up.
09:25Good girl.
09:26I'm going to pull the eye.
09:27Can Peter help an injured polo pony?
09:28Yes.
09:29Now, good news and bad news.
09:30For Shona, there's a sorry tale.
09:31Come in one morning, dripping blood.
09:32Oh, okay.
09:33I don't think this is going to get better just with the cost of antibiotics.
09:34And in surgery on the brawling alpaca.
09:35The tissue isn't looking great right down towards the tip of the ear.
09:39David's feeling the heat.
09:40I can feel how hard you're working, Dave, because you're sweating all over me.
09:56Sorry.
09:57At Callan Hall Farm, David's treating Rob's alpaca
10:09Zander, who has a badly ripped ear.
10:12He's a real trooper.
10:14It can't be very pleasant for him.
10:16After coming off worse in a fight with rival Stanley.
10:19I'm encouraged by the blood supply.
10:21You need fresh blood supply for healing.
10:24The tissue isn't looking great right down towards the tip of the ear.
10:29So there's a chance it'll hold together, but there is a fair chance it won't.
10:34Just debriding the edges, getting rid of any contamination in there.
10:38Didn't actually realise until we got further up how high the split went.
10:48Little rips in the ear tip are fairly common.
10:52But right higher up there is a risk.
10:57So warm in these waterproofs.
10:59I can feel how hard you're working, Dave, because you're sweating all over me.
11:03Sorry.
11:04No, it's alright.
11:06So the base of the ear has come together quite well.
11:09There's definitely still going to be a little split in the tip of his ear, which is fine.
11:13As long as the main structure holds together a bit better.
11:16I think you've done a right job, Dave.
11:17If I've got any socks that need attention, they'll be coming your way.
11:20I hope you wash them first.
11:22No offence.
11:25Right, let's just give it another quick clean and a dry.
11:28And then I'll put a bandage on.
11:31Right, if you lift his chin up, Rob, and then just hold his chin there.
11:38He's going to look like a real wounded soldier, isn't he?
11:42I'm just trying to give it a better chance of healing.
11:45If he just keeps flicking his ears round, it's just going to keep damaging the sight.
11:50It's going to slow it down healing and pull up the stitches.
11:52So we're just trying to immobilise it for 48 hours and let it heal together.
11:59Stop bleeding and we're keeping the flies off as well.
12:04I think it's his colour.
12:06I think we've got a royal colour for alpaca royalty.
12:09It really suits him, doesn't it, son?
12:16Too awful waterproof, Rob.
12:17You've been working really hard there.
12:18You've won Mr. Wet T-Shirt.
12:22I've given it a really good clean-up and I've stitched as best I can under the conditions.
12:26The important thing is that it does heal, doesn't go on to be a nuisance and an infection.
12:31I'll come back in a couple of days, take the bandage off and see how he's looking.
12:34He's got done just in time, doesn't seem to bother him too much.
12:40I can leave him in peace for a few hours.
12:42Yeah, well I think he'll be up on his feet in a minute or two and I'm sure even though he doesn't think it now, he's very grateful to you.
12:48I hope so.
12:49I hope so.
12:50I hope so.
13:02Competitive spirit can be channelled in more productive ways.
13:06And over in North Yorkshire, one of the oldest sports in the world is alive and kicking.
13:17Polo is known as the sport of kings, but a pony who isn't feeling ground is in danger of missing the start of the new season.
13:26Near Thirsk, Paloma, or Pol, as she's affectionately known, has an eye problem that's worrying her owner, Beth.
13:34Hey, Polly Wolly.
13:39We've had Paloma about 15 years.
13:41She's 28 years old.
13:43She's been absolutely superb.
13:45So it's this eye here, it's just gone slightly cloudy, which I thought, you can't play a polo pony if it doesn't have two eyes, so she needs to be helped out.
13:59So Beth has called her old friend, Peter.
14:03Oh, hello, Peter. Hi.
14:04Hello, Beth.
14:05How are you doing?
14:06I'm good, are you?
14:07I'm not so bad, thanks.
14:08Yeah, thank you for coming so soon.
14:10I just would like you to just have a look at Pol for me.
14:12It just looks a little bit cloudy on her eye.
14:14Yes.
14:15Which I'm presuming is some form of infection or something that just needs a little bit of help.
14:20It might not be infection.
14:22No.
14:23Oh, look.
14:24I can see what you're concerned about there.
14:26So I'm going to put some dye in, which will show us if we've got any damage there to the cornea.
14:34Yep.
14:35It'll probably feel as if she's got some grit in it.
14:38Even when she hasn't, it'll be uncomfortable.
14:40Right.
14:41Good girl.
14:42I'm going to pull the eye.
14:43Can we have a look at it, eh?
14:44Can we have a look?
14:45Good girl.
14:46I'm just going to pop this stuff into your eye and hopefully it'll show us what's going
14:58on there.
14:59Lovely.
15:00Hello.
15:01There we are.
15:02That should be sufficient.
15:03Good girl.
15:04Was she a bit of a star in the polo field?
15:06Yes.
15:07She's superb, Peter.
15:08You can actually put anybody on her and she'll operate to whatever level you want.
15:16So she's so deserving of, obviously, really good attention.
15:21Yes.
15:22Just put some dye into the eye there, which looks this orangey colour, which actually, on
15:28the surface, it's green.
15:29And it will show up if we've got significant breaches there in the cornea.
15:34Yes.
15:35Now, good news and bad news.
15:39Do you want to come round the side and have a look?
15:41Now, that's very superficial, which is the good news, but the bad news is that it's covering
15:46a broad area.
15:47So, somehow, she's stabbed it, not with something sharp, but with something that's caught the
15:54surface of the eye.
15:56And it's brushed the top off the cornea.
15:59It's so cold.
16:00It's almost like an abrasion, that.
16:02So that sort of clouding is actually the abrasion?
16:04That's right.
16:05And that makes it prone to infection.
16:08And also, it's something that is going to take a little bit of healing.
16:19In Wetherby, Julian and Lucy are operating on Riley, the cuddly cavapoo.
16:24Is Riley okay on that end?
16:26Yeah, fine.
16:27But things aren't progressing as they'd hoped.
16:30It's not quite what I was expecting at all, this.
16:32With his seemingly harmless fatty lump now appearing to be something more sinister.
16:39We don't know what it is, but it just doesn't look like a normal fatty lipoma that you'd
16:44remove.
16:45It looks to me more like something called a sarcoma, which is a connective tissue tumour.
16:52So it's not quite as straightforward.
16:56It's an added complication in an already tense surgery.
17:01Obviously, he has got a stonking heart murmur.
17:03I'd let Julian know if he's got any concerns or anything, but so far, so good.
17:08Had this been a lipoma, it may still be one, but if so, it's not a normal one.
17:14They're kind of benign things, but a sarcoma is not.
17:18They're much more aggressive things.
17:20Hopefully, we've got it all.
17:24Looks like we have.
17:26I might be worrying over nothing, but it just doesn't quite look like a lipoma to me.
17:30It's better to be safe and get it checked, isn't it?
17:33Absolutely, yeah.
17:34How's he doing up there, Lucy?
17:35All right?
17:36Yeah, absolutely fine.
17:37Nearly done the last six now, so.
17:38Nice and so.
17:39Good boy.
17:40There.
17:41Good boy.
17:42I know.
17:43Go back to bed.
17:44Good boy.
17:45Look, it's okay.
17:46Yeah?
17:47You're so brave.
17:48It's okay.
17:49Just need to monitor him and monitor his temperature and monitor how well he wakes up.
17:52A few hours later, new mum Natalie is back to collect her phone.
17:53Good boy.
17:54Good boy.
17:55Good boy.
17:56Good boy.
17:57Good boy.
17:58Good boy.
17:59Look, he's okay.
18:00Yeah?
18:01You're so brave.
18:02It's okay.
18:03Just need to monitor him and monitor his temperature and monitor how well he wakes up.
18:17A few hours later, new mum Natalie is back to collect her fur baby.
18:22Well, this one's kept me busy.
18:25Definitely.
18:26It's awful, because he's my little shadow at home.
18:29Yeah, it's just empty without him.
18:32Are you ready?
18:33Yes.
18:34For Riley?
18:35Come suit.
18:42This way.
18:43There we are.
18:44No!
18:47Oh!
18:48So, he's been brilliant.
18:50Oh, hello.
18:51And he's, well, as you can see, he's back to as good as new.
18:55But he didn't look quite as I was expecting it to.
18:58Okay.
18:59So, I'm going to send it off.
19:00I think that'll be the best thing to do, to test it at the lab.
19:02Okay.
19:03And they'll tell us exactly what it is.
19:05And when do we find out those results?
19:07Erm...
19:08By the end of the week, probably.
19:10Okay.
19:11Oh, dear.
19:12What's happened?
19:13What's happened?
19:14It's been good.
19:15He's been a very good patient and extremely well behaved.
19:18Oh, good.
19:19He's glad to go.
19:20No offence.
19:21Well, when he first came in, we were having a right old cuddle.
19:23Oh.
19:24And he came to sit on my knee and it was very nice.
19:26He does love a bit of a cuddle, don't you?
19:28Yeah.
19:29Oh, goody, yeah.
19:30Okay.
19:31I think he says, time to go.
19:32We're going.
19:33I think both are saying go.
19:36I'm thrilled to get him back.
19:38And, yeah, we'll just find out the results.
19:39I guess you can't dwell on it.
19:41So, pray for the best, really.
19:44Most injuries on farms are down to misfortune.
19:59And across Yorkshire, dairy farmer Phil is concerned about one of his herd.
20:03One of the cows, we think, has trudged on its tail, chopped Ender's tail off.
20:08And it seems to be going infected.
20:10It's raw on Ender's tail, but the infection's working up here.
20:16Shona, from the Huddersfield practice, is on her way over.
20:21Sometimes, they've got a small enough injury that you can kind of spray it with some antibiotic spray,
20:27give them a course of injections, and everything will be fine.
20:30But sometimes it's so bad, or they've broken the tail badly.
20:38Hello, Phil.
20:39Hi, Shona.
20:40You all right?
20:41I'm all right, are you?
20:42Yeah, good.
20:43So, this is the girl?
20:44Yeah.
20:45And she's hurt her tail, or has she?
20:46About a week ago.
20:47They come in one morning, dripping blood.
20:50Oh, okay.
20:51And then, you've had it trudging on, I think.
20:53Right.
20:54Let's have a wee look at you, lath.
20:58It's pretty nice and grotty, isn't it?
21:00Yep.
21:01The end of it is very swollen, it's smelly.
21:04You can see the pus that's in there.
21:06It's quite infected.
21:08It's trying to heal, but it's not doing a very good job,
21:10because she's a cow, she lives in a dirty environment,
21:13and the skin isn't going to close over it without getting rid of that infection.
21:17She's had some antibiotics.
21:18Right, okay.
21:19Yeah.
21:20Because it's on the end of a tail, and the blood supply isn't amazing there.
21:23Yeah.
21:24Then the antibiotics just aren't penetrating in the same way that they would in a foot,
21:27or something like that.
21:28No.
21:29So, I don't think this is going to get better just with the cost of antibiotics.
21:32We're going to need to take off all this bit that's infected.
21:35Right.
21:36I think that's the best solution at this point.
21:38It's just not going to stay clean enough to get better.
21:41No.
21:42No.
21:43So, what I'm thinking is that we amputate it, and then we stitch the skin together.
21:47Yeah.
21:48So, ultimately what we need to do is end up with an uninfected surgical wound,
21:53basically stitched together wound, so that it will take a lot less time to heal.
21:58We want to leave her a bit of tail, so she's got something to swap the fires with, cover her vulva with for some protection.
22:04So, I think if we go to about there, cut it through on the joint, straight back the cartilage,
22:10and then we stitch the skin over the top.
22:12No guarantees of anything healing, but I'd say that's the best place.
22:16Yeah, that's where I sort of fell off.
22:18Right.
22:19I'd better get her prepped then.
22:20We'll go get some kit, and we'll cut it off.
22:27The main reason we're doing this is to, A, remove a lot of pain,
22:31because that is really sorry, and the minute I touch it, she doesn't like it,
22:34and also prevent her from getting septicemia, and death.
22:45Coming up.
22:46I am a naughty boy, a very naughty boy.
22:49Julian might be a bad boy, but does he have good news about Riley?
22:53He's such a huge part of the family. He's so happy to greet us.
22:58Peter's.
22:59And Peter tries to get Paul fit for polo.
23:01You've been a real star for Uncle Peter, aren't you?
23:04And I'm very grateful for that.
23:06Before being surprised on match day.
23:08I'm going to let you into a little secret.
23:10Oh, God.
23:11I've never been to a polo match before.
23:12Peter?
23:13Never.
23:14I'll let you into a secret.
23:15You're on first hookah.
23:16Near first, Peter is treating Paul, Beth's star polo pony.
23:32It is a broad, very broad lesion, that.
23:34Who somehow has damaged her eye.
23:37Look what she's done it on.
23:39As this layer of the corner has been damaged,
23:42some of it has become separated from the layer underneath,
23:46and formed a bit of a flap there.
23:48And that's going to slow healing down.
23:50So I'm going to put a local anaesthetic in there to numb it.
23:54Right.
23:55And then I'm going to scrape it.
23:56It's a good you ever trust you.
23:57Well, I don't know whether she does or not.
24:00Well, not tell her.
24:01It's alright, Paul.
24:02Shall we not tell her?
24:03No, don't tell her.
24:04Stings a bit when it first goes in,
24:07but then it'll numb the surface of the eye.
24:10Good girl.
24:12Good girl.
24:13Well done.
24:14That's lovely.
24:16Let's just give that a swish round now.
24:18That's great.
24:25Good girl.
24:26That's a funny sensation, but it doesn't hurt now, does it?
24:32She's been very tolerant of me,
24:34so I'm quite chuffed with how this is going.
24:37Just the abrasion,
24:38or it actually stimulates the healing process.
24:41You've been a real star for Uncle Peter, aren't you?
24:45And I'm very grateful for that.
24:47Sting in it.
24:48Nearly done, Paul.
24:50And it will help you, I promise.
24:53Yeah.
24:54That's good.
24:55And that is looking very good.
25:00Right.
25:01Oh, well done, Paul.
25:03Now, some nice soothing eye ointment.
25:06Good girl.
25:07This is quite nice.
25:08I couldn't have had a better patient, really, than Paul.
25:13Excellent.
25:14She's been absolutely fantastic.
25:16And I would expect nothing else here, because all of Beth's animals have fantastic behaviour.
25:23They have perfect manners.
25:24Including Trevor.
25:25You're on.
25:26Including your husband, did you say?
25:28Wouldn't I say that, Peter?
25:29I couldn't possibly comment.
25:31Horses will always try and do the maximum amount of damage to themselves possible.
25:38And this is quite a broad lesion.
25:40Not particularly deep.
25:41But I'm hoping that it'll heal relatively quickly.
25:44You should start playing in a couple of weeks.
25:46No pressure on me there, then, is there?
25:48Absolutely not, Peter.
25:49None that you can't cope with.
25:51I'll see you next week.
25:53Thank you kindly.
25:55I'm under a lot of pressure, because Paul needs to get out and do what she loves doing,
26:00which is playing polo.
26:01So I'm giving it every chance now to heal as quickly as possible.
26:05Let's just hope that Paul's got that message as well.
26:17At any vet practice...
26:19He's so brave.
26:20There's a variety of unpleasant things that need binning.
26:24And in Wetherby, Julian's just gone top of the wanted list for waste disposal crimes.
26:31That is the wrong bin.
26:33It's you, isn't it?
26:34It's all right, Julian.
26:36It's you.
26:37That's the wrong bin.
26:39Why would you put that in there?
26:41He doesn't want you to get rid of it.
26:43Oh, that can go into clinical waste.
26:47General waste.
26:49General waste, please.
26:51There is a fairly specific way of throwing out rubbish in the vet practice.
26:55There's the normal bin for paper and things like that.
26:59I don't put anything other than sharps in the sharps container.
27:02Good.
27:03This one that says clinical waste only, which is...
27:08things like that that are bloody.
27:10But not that.
27:11Someone's put that in by accident.
27:13So that needs to go in there.
27:14And then that one apparently is just for bottles and other things.
27:20Which...
27:21I'm fairly strict, but not as strict as Lucy.
27:23So I'm in trouble for doing it wrong.
27:27Which is right.
27:28I am a naughty boy.
27:30A very naughty boy today.
27:32So I must try harder.
27:34One thing that couldn't go in the bin...
27:36I don't want to let him go.
27:38Riley the Cavapoo's suspicious lump had to be sent straight to the lab.
27:42I might be worrying over nothing, but it just doesn't quite look like a lipoma to me.
27:47It's better to be safe and get it checked, isn't it?
27:49Absolutely, yeah.
27:52The initial test that I've done suggested it was a fatty lump, which is benign.
27:56But in this case, the lab have confirmed that it's a cancerous sarcoma that's infiltrating fatty tissue.
28:01So we've basically got two elements to the lump.
28:04It's fairly low grade, but these are the kind of things that it's really important to get out in good time.
28:11And Riley should go on to be happy and healthy for the foreseeable future of being well.
28:19And as he's back living the life of Riley with Natalie and her young family...
28:25They're all feeling positive.
28:27Obviously upsetting to hear that your dog's got any form of cancer,
28:31but Julian did say he's removed it all and it was just held in the lump,
28:36so it's not spread to his body or anything like that.
28:40He was able to completely remove it and it's now...
28:44Well, it's not there.
28:48It's such a huge part of the family.
28:50He's so happy to greet us.
28:53He's just so loyal. He's always there.
28:56You play with him a lot, don't you?
28:58Now it's a tree now. I couldn't get it.
29:06We've got plenty of years of Riley in the future.
29:08Plenty of playing, plenty of love, and he's going to get spoilt rotten.
29:12It's a good ending.
29:24Across Yorkshire, Shona's getting herself in prime position to operate on one of Phil's dairy cows.
29:30I just need to be about a foot higher.
29:33Whose tail has become infected after being trodden on by another member of the herd.
29:38If we didn't amputate, then this would get gangrene, which it's starting to get fairly well on the way towards,
29:44which would make her really sick and ultimately kill her.
29:48So I'm just covering this end bit so that it's going to have another sterile bandage on top.
29:56And that's so that I can hold onto this and move it while I'm doing the op, while I'm spugged in.
30:01We're at the back end of a cow where all the poo comes from, but it's still a surgery.
30:05We've got to be as clean as we possibly can, which is easier said than done sometimes.
30:10Right, so now I'm going to use a good old bit of Bailaband to hold her tail up to try and stop it getting covered in poo.
30:22Right, do you like the choice of pattern?
30:26Oh, fantastic.
30:27So, we're going to go for here.
30:29They're pretty gory, they're as much butchery as surgery, they look pretty horrible.
30:34So, let's see how we go.
30:40It doesn't look like there's a fine art here, but they really aren't very easy.
30:47You want to be fairly quick, you know, we've got that epidural in, she's not asleep.
30:51I want to be doing it while the epidural's still working.
30:59Here you go.
31:01One tail.
31:02Looks well.
31:04This is where I'm going to get squirted in the face.
31:08Steady girl, steady.
31:10There's nothing quite like trying to stitch a moving target, is there really?
31:15Right.
31:17There we go.
31:18Right, Phil, I'll get a bandage on it now.
31:20Right.
31:21So, this is just some honey, which, it is antibacterial, it's Manuka medical grade honey, so it's to try and stop any infection.
31:29It just seems really quiet.
31:33Should be fine, hopefully.
31:35Fingers crossed.
31:37And Shona's now branching out into cosmetic surgery, with a purpose.
31:42Phil, I've made her a new tail.
31:43Oh my God.
31:44A cow's normal tail has got a really hairy end, I'm just hoping when she swishes the tail she can keep the flies off a bit better with that on it.
31:53It'll probably fall on us by the morning, but we'll see.
31:56It's all new to me, this, but it looks good.
31:58It's a work of art though, isn't it?
32:00Yeah, it is.
32:01If it works, then she might not need to be a vet anymore, she can sell them.
32:05Go around the show, selling balestring tails.
32:09With leopard spot vet rat.
32:12Look at that.
32:14Fantastic.
32:17There you go.
32:18Look, she's already wagging it, she likes it.
32:20Ready.
32:28Job is a good one.
32:30Teamwork makes the dream work.
32:35It's all gone well, it was the first time I've ever seen one like that in 30 years of milking cows.
32:40So yeah, it seems something new all the time.
32:44The critical thing will be the next few days, making sure that there's no infection gets into the wound,
32:49make sure it's staying nice and clean.
32:51Obviously, it's at the end of the cow where everything gets quite dirty,
32:54but Phil will be looking after him.
32:56She can go and move around in the field and she's got her extra little balaban bling to help with the flies.
33:11Near Thirsk.
33:13It's a week since Peter treated Paul, the polo pony's, damaged eye.
33:18Well, I'm interested to know how the patient's getting on.
33:21Good girl, Paul.
33:23Her owner Beth's been worried she'll have to miss the start of the season.
33:27Let's just put a bit of light on it.
33:30That's incredible.
33:32Told you you were a magician.
33:34No, it's not me, it's Paul.
33:35It's not me.
33:37I just help a bit.
33:38With Paul past fit.
33:40I think the change there is phenomenal.
33:45All eyes are on the Trulston Polo Club in Tadcaster.
33:50Including Peter's, who's here with his wife, Lynn.
33:54Oh, hello Peter. Hi, Lynn.
33:55Hello Beth.
33:56And Paul is almost ready for the first period of play, known in polo circles as a chucker.
34:02Thank you for bringing the ring.
34:04Well, it's a pleasure to be here because I'm going to let you into a little secret.
34:08Oh, go on.
34:09I've never been to a polo match before.
34:10Oh, Peter. Never.
34:11I'm going to let you into a secret.
34:13You're on first chucker.
34:15That'll be good.
34:16I hope she's joking.
34:17No, no, she's not.
34:18No, we talked about it.
34:19Yeah, we did, didn't we, Lynn?
34:21Yeah.
34:22No, Paul's done piring today.
34:23She'll need good vision then, won't she?
34:24Oh, absolutely.
34:25Good job you did that then.
34:27We'll have to put her specs on if not.
34:29She might be getting on a bit, but she's certainly got fantastic healing powers.
34:33Well, thank you for fixing her so she can rain another day.
34:37Right, well, I'd better just finish getting her sorted, otherwise we aren't going to be late.
34:42We'll be watching you working from a distance.
34:43I'll bring her down for the first chucker, Peter.
34:45Get your whites on.
34:46We're going, dear, come on.
34:47We're going.
34:53Still to come.
34:54So organized, getting her in.
34:56Does Shona's cow tail have a happy ending?
34:59Right, let's have a little look at it then.
35:02Good girl.
35:03And at Cannon Hall Farm, has peas broken out in the alpaca pen?
35:08I'm a little bit anxious for this one.
35:09Why?
35:10It was just a messy injury and it didn't go as perfectly as I thought.
35:13There's always challenges, isn't there?
35:14Shona's made the trip from Huddersfield back to Phil's dairy farm, after amputating his cow's infected tail and making her a replacement.
35:32There you go.
35:33There you go.
35:34Look, she's already wagging it.
35:35She likes it.
35:36It would never have healed on its own, so hopefully she's been a lot more comfortable since we've done that and we can get the stitches out.
35:39Hello.
35:40Morning.
35:41You're all organized, getting her in.
35:42Oh, well.
35:43That's what I like.
35:44That's what I like.
35:45Now then, lass.
35:46How's she doing?
35:47Fine.
35:48Fine.
35:49Never had any trouble yet.
35:50The big question I want to ask is, how long did my bala band last?
35:5124 hours.
35:52And did you take a bandage off and everything all right?
35:53No, I came off itself after about three days.
35:54Oh, it lasted a good amount of time then.
35:55It was clean.
35:56Fine.
35:57Well, you can't have some more than that, can you?
35:58No, no.
35:59Right, let's have a little look at it then.
36:00Oh, well.
36:01That's what I like.
36:02Now then, lass.
36:03How's she doing?
36:04Fine.
36:05Fine.
36:06Never had any trouble yet.
36:07The big question I want to ask is, how long did my bala band last?
36:1124 hours.
36:12And did you take a bandage off and everything all right?
36:16No, I came off itself after about three days.
36:18Oh, it lasted a good amount of time then.
36:19It was clean.
36:20Fine.
36:21Well, you can't have some more than that, can you?
36:22No, no.
36:23Right, let's have a little look at it then.
36:26Good girl.
36:29There's no swelling there.
36:31No heat or redness, so I know there's not any infection.
36:34And I'm just really pleased.
36:36That looks great.
36:38Good girl.
36:42That's it.
36:43No one has missed, are there?
36:45Great.
36:46Feel beautiful, that.
36:47Fab.
36:48Right, she can go back up with her friends now, can't she?
36:50Yeah.
36:51Looks really good now, doesn't it?
36:52Yeah, yeah.
36:53Yeah.
36:54Never think of hope being done.
36:55We'll just have to make sure we've put plenty of fly stuff on earlier, not having a tail.
36:59Yeah.
37:00Yeah, definitely.
37:02The tail's looking really good, which I'm pleased about because you always worry with surgeries like that, that they can get infected.
37:12So, a bit relieved and really pleased that it's healed up nicely and she can go and be a lot more comfortable and just live with the rest of the cows out in the field.
37:21I'm a bit disappointed that my biloban tail is not going to be the new revolution in cow veterinary medicine.
37:30I might just do a few tweaks to it for next time, make it a bit more substantial, see if it lasts a bit longer.
37:36At Cannon Hall Farm, it's three weeks since Zander the alpaca had a fight with Stanley and David had to repair his badly ripped ear.
37:57Hi Rob.
37:58Hiya Dave, how are we doing?
38:01I'm good.
38:02I'm a little bit anxious for this one.
38:03Why?
38:04It was just, it was just a messy injury and it didn't go as perfectly as I thought.
38:08There's always challenges, isn't there?
38:09Well, he looks a little bit like Bill Sykes' dog off Oliver.
38:13Zander has lived a life.
38:15He's got a few scars of battle.
38:17He's a warrior and he looks even more like a warrior now.
38:20Right, I'll show you your handiwork.
38:22Right.
38:27You know what Rob?
38:28That is much better than I would have imagined.
38:31That is a masterpiece.
38:32Well, considering the difficulties at the time.
38:35Okay, that last centimetre or so is still lifted off but the edges didn't come together fully.
38:41But you've got a good 80% and the main body of the ear which has taken together.
38:46I can tell that's exceeded your expectations.
38:49It has, it has.
38:50I did think there was a real risk the whole thing would open up again.
38:53Because the problem is when you get all that, you worry about blood supply to the tip of the ear.
38:57No blood supply, it'll fall off eventually.
38:59But we can take these stitches out.
39:01This won't hurt.
39:02That's the last one.
39:03All out.
39:04All looking really good.
39:05Right, Zander.
39:06No more scraps because there's a limit to how many times we can repair that.
39:07He's getting too old for this game.
39:08He is.
39:09Yeah.
39:10Maybe we'll try and do something about the teeth and the other nails as well.
39:11Oh, 100%.
39:12Yeah.
39:13We need to sort it out.
39:14We can't be having this to sort it out every week.
39:15Good lad.
39:16Good boy.
39:17I was a little bit stressed about this one.
39:18But it's absolutely fine.
39:19It hasn't got infected and it hasn't opened up.
39:20And he's happy which is the main thing.
39:22No more fighting for Zander.
39:23I feel like he's used up most of his alpaca life.
39:25I'm sorry.
39:26I'm sorry.
39:27I'm sorry.
39:28I'm sorry.
39:29I'm sorry.
39:30I'm sorry.
39:31I'm sorry.
39:32I'm sorry.
39:33I'm sorry.
39:34I'm sorry.
39:35I'm sorry.
39:36I'm sorry.
39:37I'm sorry.
39:38I'm sorry.
39:39I'm sorry.
39:40I'm sorry.
39:41I'm sorry.
39:42I'm sorry.
39:43I'm sorry.
39:44I'm sorry.
39:45I am sorry.
39:46I have to deal with most of his alpaca lives already.
39:49Up in North Yorkshire.
39:53After Peter treated Paul the Polo Pony's eye,
39:55he's about to watch her in action.
39:57Are we invited in here?
39:58We are.
39:59And forgetting Paul fit in time for the new season..
40:01Oh!
40:02Peter and Lyn's reward is full Max Day hospitality.
40:08Oh, look.
40:11Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hi there. Whoa. You've got the afternoon tea there. Thank you. And then you've got the savoury platter there.
40:19You're very kind. Thank you very much. Thank you. Wow, look at this. Oh, wow. Look at this. There's enough here for a week. Whoa. I've never been to a polo match before. This is a first for me, but I'm going to have to come again now.
40:34As the umpire's horse, 28-year-old Paul will be helping to keep the youngsters in line during the match.
40:52It's quite fast, isn't it? You'd think it would be injuries, wouldn't you? I mean, that ball's very hard.
40:58Oh, that's a goal. Brilliant goal there.
41:07Paul looks really well, though. She does look well. She looks as though. She's enjoying it.
41:13But Peter's enjoyment of the corporate high life is about to be interrupted, because at half-time, there's work to do.
41:21The kind you've all been waiting for is the treading in. Now, you've all seen pretty woman. And there you have, and that's the only reason you're here.
41:29But while many would be thinking of Julia Roberts and the steaming divot, for Peter, this time-honoured tradition is evoking sporting memories.
41:41They used to see these chaps come out with these little tampers at half-time at the football at Middlesbrough.
41:46And I said to myself one day, bah, that looks like a nice little job.
41:50You know, get free admission, come to the ground, put a few divots back at half-time, watch the game. I thought, that's an ideal job.
41:58I'm just hoping that sometime Middlesbrough might come calling for me to be an official divot putter-backer.
42:04Well, very interesting. You almost feel as if you're part of it when you're putting those divots back in.
42:16I bet you do.
42:17Very good.
42:20Well, I sure had another bag of crisps in here, didn't you?
42:25We see our patients in a stable or at home, and we deal with them.
42:29Hopefully, we'll get them better, but we tend to forget what their life is.
42:35And to be able to come here today and see what Paul's life is about on the polo field has been quite something.
42:42And I've got to say, I've thoroughly enjoyed it.
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