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00:00Across Yorkshire's Moors and Dales, the world's most famous vets set the benchmark for animal care, and James Herriot's legacy lives on.
00:13His 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?
00:26Peter's old partner, Julian Norton...
00:28Not quite the same as operated in theatre, is it?
00:31I know.
00:32...now has two practices.
00:34I don't want to let him go.
00:36...one 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.
00:45...and 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 going to have a feel a bit deeper inside to see what we've got.
00:58The teams are united...
01:00Oh!
01:01...and always determined to hit their target.
01:04Yay!
01:06Yes!
01:07...as they help animals of all shapes...
01:10It's trying to grow an extra pair of legs.
01:12...sizes...
01:13Endo-gorgeous.
01:14...types...
01:15...and temperaments.
01:18No, don't be nasty.
01:19...it's definitely not glamorous.
01:21Get that mucus out.
01:23...but it's varied.
01:24So we've actually found gold, literally found gold.
01:26...it's rarely easy.
01:28You've won Mr. Wet t-shirt.
01:30...but they continue the Herriot tradition.
01:32It's alive.
01:33...treating all creatures...
01:35It's moving.
01:36I can't believe it.
01:37...great...
01:38You're alright little bird.
01:41...and small.
01:42How are we happening?
01:43Yay!
01:44There's so much mouth-watering scenery in Yorkshire...
01:59...you simply have to stop and drink it in.
02:05And whether it's with wine from the vineyards...
02:10...an appropriately named ale...
02:13...or a revitalizing cuppa.
02:20There are myriad options for toasting good health.
02:26For any newborn...
02:28...mother's milk is the vital tipple.
02:31It's lifeblood.
02:33So when a new mum is struggling...
02:36...the health concern is always a double.
02:41Near Huddersfield, Paul and his nephew Jack are worried...
02:45...that despite the arrival of a live calf...
02:47...they could be left with a bitter aftertaste.
02:50She's had a bit of a difficult calf in...
02:52...so unfortunately we've had to call her that.
02:55But we've got the calf out alive...
02:57...which is a bonus at the moment.
02:59The heifer has pushed out her uterus after giving birth.
03:02And Rohin is on his way over.
03:06She's a first time mum and it's a very serious condition...
03:10...particularly for a young cow to deal with.
03:12And also there's a calf who'll be depending on this cow...
03:15...who needs milk to get the colostrum...
03:17...to get the immunity in order to survive.
03:19You know when you're going into this situation...
03:21...there's no guarantees of having a good outcome.
03:24All we can do is just get in there quick.
03:26Every minute counts.
03:34I think what might be the best thing is if we can have...
03:37...if we can try and keep her down.
03:39I could even just give her a bit of sedation to keep her calm.
03:41So yeah if I get all this bit right...
03:43...and make sure she's got good epidural and pain relief...
03:46...it'll make our life a lot easier as well...
03:48...trying to push it all back in.
03:50So it's going in really nice.
03:52Steady girl.
03:53We need to get both legs out behind her like a frog.
03:56So let's see if we can grab this one from underneath too.
03:59That's it.
04:00They don't always leave.
04:01And if we can it means it's a hell of a lot easier to push it in...
04:03...so we'll roll it over towards you.
04:05Go on lass.
04:07There we go.
04:09There we go.
04:13First step.
04:14Get this really nice and clean then.
04:16You can see how swollen and full of blood it is.
04:19It's going to be a bit of a job pushing this back in I think.
04:24There's a beautiful calf over there.
04:26Probably wanting to be having a drink soon isn't it?
04:29What we might try and do to help.
04:31Just you know holding it up like that basically yeah.
04:33I know your arms are getting knackered here but...
04:35...the more gravity is on our side.
04:38Yeah.
04:39Yeah.
04:40That's good.
04:41Just tilting it up like that's great because it helps make all the blood drain back to where it should.
04:46Yeah.
04:47That's really helps.
04:49Right.
04:50I'm just going to work at it from underneath now.
04:53Sometimes it's like two steps forwards one backwards because you push it in and another bit comes out.
04:57If you've got a bag of sugar it does help shrink it.
05:03Yeah.
05:04That'll help too.
05:05Let me catch my breath as well.
05:06Yeah.
05:07Perfect.
05:09It just basically helps.
05:10It gives you bits of grip as well but it helps everything to shrink down.
05:16Just patience isn't it?
05:17That's the key.
05:18Come on.
05:19It's a tough one.
05:20It is a tough one.
05:21It's just the fact that she's in such an awkward position and we can't get her legs back it just makes everything create so much less room in there but she's just her legs right underneath her on the other side.
05:36I don't think we'll be able to pull it around will we?
05:48A Yorkshire vet practice has to be prepared to deal with much more than cats and dogs.
05:57And in Wetherby.
05:58Owls are really aggressive aren't they?
06:00I don't think this baby owl looks like it's too bad tempered is it?
06:04Julian and Lucy have a surprise patient from the wild.
06:08I'm being precautious.
06:10Well, precautious is that word?
06:12Cautious.
06:13Being cautious, taking precautions.
06:14Right, nearly there then.
06:16We've had this little bird brought in.
06:19It's obviously a young owl.
06:21Found, I think, on the ground so it must have fallen out of a nest.
06:26Very weak.
06:27No signs of obvious injuries.
06:29Gosh, it's thin isn't it?
06:31And bony.
06:32Poor thing must be quite frightened.
06:35Yeah, I think he's a bit malnourished isn't he?
06:37Yeah.
06:38Well, what we can do, we'll give him some food, see if he eats that.
06:42We'll try and get some water.
06:45Should I just get some cat food?
06:47Cat food's good, yeah.
06:49I'll be the mum.
06:50I'll just get some forceps.
06:52You can feel his, like, spine and it's so skinny.
06:56He's clearly been on his own for a bit, bless him.
06:59I mean, he's used to eating mice rather than cat food.
07:04Come on, it's food.
07:06Is that going to go down?
07:08Come on.
07:09It's okay.
07:11Hmm.
07:12Doesn't really want that, does it?
07:15It's alright.
07:16There we are.
07:17There we go.
07:18I don't know how old it is.
07:19It's obviously a baby.
07:20It's covered in the fluffy down that baby chicks have.
07:24So it must only be a few weeks, I would have thought.
07:28Too young to be, there we are, on the ground by himself.
07:33Yay, do you like that?
07:35So it's really got no chance of survival without his mum
07:38and without some help from us.
07:41You're alright, little bird.
07:43How are we at him?
07:44Yay.
07:45What shall we call him?
07:46Ah, that's a good question.
07:48What shall we call him?
07:49What shall we call him?
07:51Ah, that's a good question.
07:52What shall we call him, Lucy?
07:54What shall we call him, Lucy?
07:55When we have a stray, we name them something related to how they came in.
07:59It was in a bucket?
08:01Bucket.
08:02You can't call it Bucket.
08:03Well, we call it Napkin, Napkin.
08:05So, Bucket.
08:06Bucket, okay.
08:07Or Bucky.
08:08Bucky.
08:09Bucky.
08:10Bucky.
08:11Bucky.
08:12Bucky.
08:13Well done, Bucky.
08:14Well done.
08:15It'll make you feel better.
08:17Yay, Bucky.
08:19Shall we pop him back in there?
08:21Hello.
08:22And then back in this kennel.
08:23Hello.
08:24The little chap's looking quite a lot brighter.
08:27Fingers crossed he's going to be okay.
08:28We'll give him some food during the course of the day and then later on I'm going to drop
08:32him off at a rescue centre who will specialise in treating birds of prey like this and hopefully
08:37we'll be able to nurse it back to health.
08:39that's a bit of his skull basically there and there.
08:44Poor lad.
08:45A tub who's lost his horn needs David's help.
08:49Let's have a look.
08:50Rohin requires Brawn to save the new mum.
08:53It takes a lot of strength just to stop it coming back out at this point, doesn't it?
08:56But with a relentlessly loud lamb.
08:59It does smell like a vet, eh?
09:01Peter uses his brain to think outside the box.
09:05As a vet, we have limited amounts of equipment in our armory shall we say.
09:10But I might know somebody that can help.
09:27Near Huddersfield.
09:28Alright, this is... it's got to be close there.
09:31Rohin's been battling for nearly half an hour to save Paul and Jack's heifer.
09:36I'm just going to hold some pressure like that for a bit.
09:40Yeah.
09:41Who's prolapsed her uterus after giving birth.
09:43It's a lot of strength just to stop it coming back out at this point, doesn't it?
09:46With the newborn calf desperately needing her mum.
09:50Majority's inside her now.
09:52It's this last little bit that doesn't want to go.
09:55Finally.
09:56Doing good.
09:57Nearly there now.
09:59Success.
10:01I think it's in.
10:03Probably.
10:04I think if I take my arm out it's going to come back out.
10:07While the calf needs that first drink, an old one should finish the job with mum.
10:13This is another old farmer's trick.
10:16It's like pushing a sock inside out trying to get everything back into the right position.
10:19This can just help you get everything to where it needs to.
10:23Let's see if we can do that.
10:26That's it.
10:27Nice and deep.
10:28I remember being a student and you go into the farm vet's office and see empty wine bottles
10:33on the shelf and it's not because they're an alcoholic.
10:36It's because they need it for work.
10:37At least that's what they tell you.
10:40We're going to get even more pain relief and some antibiotics.
10:45It's really, really small and I think this is as hard as I ever get to push back in.
10:50But that will just keep her comfortable for the next few days and make sure she doesn't get infection.
10:54That's the main thing.
10:57It was quite a tough calving and sometimes it can happen that they end up getting nerve damage.
11:02You do get cows that then never end up standing up again because of the nerve damage.
11:06Let's see if I'll give her a bit of a nudge.
11:08Go on, go. Up we get. Up, up, up. Up, up. Up, up, up. That's it. That's it. Nearly there.
11:15We'll breathe a big sigh of relief if we can get her to stand up and be walking around.
11:19Go on, go. Up, up, up.
11:22It's just this leg here. I think she's been lying on it. She's just really weak on it.
11:26Come on. Come on. Up we get. Up we get. Up we get. Up we get.
11:31We're so close. Do you want to try one more time? Yeah.
11:36Go on, go. Up, up, up. Up, up, up.
11:41Up, up, up. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's better.
11:48Well, at least now we're relieving the pressure on that leg, aren't we? So that's good.
11:54We're not quite out of the woods. I'm not going to be pessimistic. We've got some promising signs.
11:58I think I'll be really happy if we know in the next few days she is able to walk around.
12:02But until then, it's still a bit of a nervous weight.
12:05It's not often pets become involved in politics. But at the practice in Kirby Moorside...
12:21Crikey.
12:22Peter and Nurse KP... Oh, dear.
12:25...are performing a dental on a frog, a French bulldog pug cross.
12:29Some of these teeth are not nice.
12:31...and it's a Frenchie with an unusually Eurosceptic name.
12:35Guess what it's called? I don't know.
12:37It's called Brexit. Brexit? Yeah.
12:41Yeah.
12:42With these teeth, we've got a decision to make...
12:44Yeah.
12:45...whether we leave or remain.
12:48I was talking to my grandson about it.
12:50We know children, they don't like vegetables, do they?
12:52No.
12:53He thought then for Sunday dinner, there'd be no more Brussels.
12:56For God's sake!
13:00Some patriotic pet names remain more traditional.
13:04Cats and dogs, they're coming.
13:06One eye.
13:07What's it called?
13:08Nelson.
13:09I love names like that, though.
13:11Well...
13:12I love it when a bulldog's called Dave.
13:13Dave.
13:14I love it.
13:15My boxes were called Alf.
13:17Oh!
13:18Alf and Bert.
13:19Oh, no, I love that.
13:24This has taken a lot longer than I expected it would.
13:26I know.
13:28It has taken a long time to get a dead scene done, hasn't it?
13:30Yes.
13:32Good, you're full of it today.
13:33Oh!
13:38Over at the Huddersfield Practices Farm and Equine Centre,
13:43Lucy's arrived with her pedigree tub,
13:45who has a no-nonsense name.
13:47He's a good lad.
13:48Carl has been struggling after a freak accident.
13:52He got caught in a round bale feeder and ripped his horn off.
13:56There's sort of an underlying infection underneath
13:58which has been going on for a couple of months now.
14:00Lucy's mum, Esther, is especially fond of Carl.
14:03I found him last year when he was a little lamb down a drain.
14:08And dad, Alex, is worried about him, too.
14:10It's swelling in his eye and just general discomfort.
14:14You just need to get to the bottom of what it is.
14:16We want to make sure that that discomfort is kept to a minimum.
14:19We love the animal, so we've got to make sure he gets right.
14:22And that will be the challenge for David.
14:25Hi, guys, you all right?
14:26Hiya.
14:27How are we doing?
14:28It's all right.
14:29This is Carl.
14:30Yeah, Carl.
14:31Found him in the field.
14:32Yeah.
14:33Obviously very sorry for himself with one horn.
14:36Let's have a look.
14:37That's what came off.
14:39That's a bit of his skull, basically, there and there.
14:41Poor lad.
14:42Yeah.
14:43Because he basically just had quite a big hole.
14:47At times, it has been pus sort of trying to come out of the middle of it.
14:52Really?
14:53So we've blue sprayed it many and many a time.
14:55Right in the centre?
14:56Yeah.
14:57But it was about a week ago.
14:58I noticed that, obviously, his eye just isn't quite open as much as the other one.
15:01Yeah.
15:02And his eyelid is quite swollen, isn't it?
15:06So, there's a couple of different things.
15:09Clearly, there's just an ongoing infection that's causing an issue.
15:13You all right with the front end?
15:15Yeah.
15:16Yeah.
15:17Just listen to his chest.
15:19He's a bit snorty, whereas he wasn't before.
15:22He's a good lad.
15:24I think there's probably a little bit of fluid or mucus if it's in his sinuses.
15:29I'm definitely going to give him a different family of antibiotics along course to try and control it.
15:34All right.
15:35Okay.
15:36Careful, Carl.
15:37Ready.
15:38Ready.
15:39Ready.
15:40Ready.
15:41There's one.
15:45We used a baby needle, Carl.
15:46I was going to say it.
15:48You're softy, aren't you?
15:53He's a star.
15:54He's had a bit of a run-in at times.
15:56We called him Calamity Carl at one point.
15:59He gets a bit where I can't.
16:00Okay.
16:01Lovely.
16:02Brilliant.
16:03I'll give you a bow in a couple of days, see how he's looking.
16:04Yep.
16:05Thanks very much, indeed.
16:06Cheers.
16:07Sheep like Carl do have issues with the horns all the time.
16:08In this case, he's lost it, and now he's just struggling weeks down the line with an infection.
16:20It's quite an unusual one, it's not responding to treatment so far, but I'm having another go, and we may need to do some sampling and further treatment if he doesn't start to improve quickly, but we'll have to keep a close eye on him.
16:33On Peter's days off, when he's not caring for animals, he's often tending to his beloved Land Rover.
16:53As a young vet, seeing these vehicles on farms, and, you know, if you're having a cow down out in a field somewhere, and the terrain was rough, my little car that was provided by my old brother,
17:02boss, James Herriot, he really wouldn't hack it.
17:06So, ultimately, I thought, I'm going to have one of those, and I ended up with this magnificent beast.
17:15I do tend to look after her very well, but they do need routine work doing at them, so this morning I'm going to take her in for service.
17:25Just as local people come to see him with their pets,
17:29For vital mechanical health maintenance, Peter visits his old friend, Patrick.
17:37I've known Peter for years, looking after his cars.
17:41He has himself looked after my mother's horses many years ago, and it's such a small community around here, everybody knows each other, so to speak.
17:49And even on his days off, Peter's mind is never too far from the day job.
17:55One thing that I've noticed when I've been to see Patrick at the garage is that he has a dog called Jack, who is lovely, but he's one of the noisiest dogs I know.
18:04He barks and barks incessantly.
18:09Jack, enough. Enough. That'll do now.
18:13And he just thinks he's about to settle down. Phone rings, and he starts again.
18:19Hello.
18:20And I'm not one of the lovers that works out at the garage. You know, I think he's even considered putting ear defenders on. Not for the noise in the garage, but really just to get away from Jack.
18:30When we get deliveries, Jack likes to greet them by barking and going to the door.
18:37It can be a bit of a shock. Some of the delivery drivers are quite sceptical voting.
18:43They just open the door and throw the parcels through the door and shut the door.
18:48And with his noisy greeting, rescue Labrador Jack.
18:54Take it back and forth a couple of times. Is it kicking then?
18:56Doesn't even spare the Yorkshire vet.
19:02Hi, Patrick.
19:03Hey, Peter.
19:04Doesn't he drag him mad?
19:05Not really. He's just, he's trying to say something. Obviously, I can't speak dog. Can you speak dog?
19:11Well, a little bit. A little bit. But I've seen a number of dogs like this in my time.
19:16And once they've got a habit, it doesn't seem to die out, does it?
19:19It's always bats. Since we've gone, we've gone about ten months and the only thing we know about him, he was in a flat.
19:26I think he was just left to his own devices. We'd think he was lonely.
19:30All right, Jack. How are you doing?
19:36Don't smell nice. Don't smell like a vet.
19:41I know you never take the bark out of a dog, but we just need to sort of control it slightly.
19:49As a vet, we have limited amounts of equipment in our armory, shall we say. It's not one of my strong points, if I'm brutally honest.
19:58But I might know somebody that can help. I can have a word with a friend of mine.
20:02That'd be great if you could.
20:03Yeah, leave it with me.
20:04I'll give you a ring, Peter Wink-Carsden.
20:06Very good. Thank you, Patrick.
20:07Cheers. Bye now.
20:08If a dog's miserable, you need to pick up on it, then we need to do something about it.
20:13So, I might know a friend who can give us some advice to see if I can help Patrick, and particularly, help Jack.
20:27Coming up...
20:28How you up, Carl?
20:29Carl's horn hell continues.
20:31Really close to that eye now, isn't it?
20:33To try and save the orphan baby, Julian calls an owl expert.
20:37I brought you a present. A very nice little ball of fluff, and I'm hoping you can help.
20:43This is my nursery for little ones.
20:46And the mother of all noisy dog problems...
20:49I'm really glad to see you, because I'm ultimately in depth, Graham.
20:52Hiya.
20:53...is a job for the dog father.
20:55Oh, well then. Parking already.
21:07In Thirsk, Julian's hoping for a favour from an old friend.
21:13After treating an orphan baby tawny owl at the Wetherby practice, he's heading to the best place he knows to continue his recovery.
21:22The first time I came to Rose's was about 28 years ago. I came to Lama Sheep, just down there. And she's got a very brilliant rescue set up here.
21:34Hello, Oscar. What are you doing up there?
21:38She's got a lot of knowledge about birds, particularly owls.
21:43Hello, Rose.
21:44Hi. Come on, you stranger.
21:46I brought you a present. I've come with a very nice little ball of fluff, and I'm hoping you can help.
21:52This is my nursery for little ones.
21:54You've got some in there already, I see.
21:56We have, yeah.
21:57So it came in this morning, somebody found it in the, in the farmyard on the ground.
22:03Oh.
22:04Very weak, was really weak actually, couldn't raise his head.
22:07Cold, hungry.
22:08Cold, hungry, dehydrated.
22:10I would say he's about a week old, maybe five days.
22:14So he's only very small then.
22:16He is, yeah.
22:17We have an awful lot of owls, and they started out like this, some of them.
22:21Isn't he nice?
22:22You know, sweetheart.
22:23Aren't you pretty?
22:24He's pretty.
22:25And we've fallen in love with him already.
22:27Look at this one.
22:28Because he arrived in a bucket, so we've called him Bucky.
22:33He wants for some food, look Rose.
22:36Oh, look at that.
22:38Oh, he's got so much more strength than this morning, crikey.
22:43Oh, you don't think he'd like to go with his new friends, dear?
22:46Or is he too small for that?
22:47I wouldn't leave him in overnight, because...
22:50Just at least so that he can see that there are bird friends nearby.
22:55Oh, look!
22:57People say that owls are wise.
22:59Do you get that impression?
23:00They are.
23:01Yes, they are.
23:02Yeah.
23:03And you've been with owls all your life, I guess, have you?
23:0530 years.
23:0632 years.
23:07You're not tired of it, I guess?
23:08No, no.
23:09No, no.
23:10The first barn owl that I got off Scaldale, it was 25 and he died on Christmas Day.
23:15And I'd had it 25 years and it was a barn owl.
23:20But what do you think the chances are for this little chap?
23:23We'll do our best for him.
23:24All right, thanks, Rose.
23:26All the best.
23:27Bye.
23:28Nice to see you.
23:29And you.
23:30Bye.
23:31This morning we had a very sick, weak owlet that was perilously close to dying.
23:36And we didn't really know at that point in time whether he was going to make it.
23:41Buck is in the best hands here and hopefully he'll be back out in the wild before too long
23:45when he's got his strength and learned the skills to survive by himself.
23:49There we go.
23:56At the practice in Huddersfield, Lucy and her parents are back with Carl the Tup,
24:02who David treated for a nasty infection.
24:05You're a handsome chap, aren't you, mate?
24:06It's such a shame.
24:07Carl's problem started when his horn was ripped off.
24:10Which is now causing a new issue.
24:13His little horn stump has been growing a fair, fair lot.
24:15And it's now millimetres away from his eye, which isn't nice.
24:20Hi.
24:21Hi, everyone.
24:22How are we doing?
24:23How are you up, Carl?
24:24Really close to that eye now, isn't it?
24:26Yep.
24:27Which unfortunately means it's going to have to come off.
24:29There are a few risks, of course, but there's nothing we can do.
24:32We just need to go ahead and get that off.
24:35Good, lads.
24:37There we go.
24:38There he is.
24:39There he is.
24:40There he is.
24:41There he is.
24:42There he is.
24:43First thing I'll do is just clip a bit of the hair out of the way.
24:47I know it's near your eye, isn't it, Carl?
24:50It's definitely started to bother him.
24:52You can see he shoves his head in the reeds trying to scratch it,
24:56and he's only a matter of weeks away, really, from going in with some ewes as well,
25:00so we need to get him fighting fit for that.
25:02He's had a bit of a fain killer.
25:04Then I'm going to also put a little bit of a local anesthetic block in
25:07to numb up the horn area as much as possible.
25:09That'll do us.
25:10I'll get the cheese wire ready.
25:12You can tell it's not right.
25:15It's going straight through.
25:16It's too easy.
25:18So I've taken as much of the horn as I could off and just cauterizing to make sure there's
25:29no bleeding.
25:30We want ideally no regrowth.
25:33As little as possible would be nice.
25:35Even if he just has a little bit, it's going to be much more manageable and further away
25:39from his eye.
25:40Let's do a quick spray.
25:42So we'll just have to watch how this bit heals.
25:45Look at the jumbly.
25:47I think when he gets out in the field and he can see all around again,
25:51he's going to feel a lot happier.
25:52Right, shall we load him back up?
25:54Oh, sleep it off.
26:07It's looking far better.
26:08He looks happier as well.
26:10No, I'm very pleased with that.
26:13Smashing.
26:15Well, keep a close eye on him.
26:17Thank you for that.
26:18Yeah, no problem.
26:19My pleasure.
26:20All right, take care.
26:21Cheers.
26:22Although not quite as horny as before, it's not long.
26:27Put a bit more powder in.
26:30Before Carl is enjoying life out in the field with his lady friends.
26:34We're just making up some rabble paste, which basically will go on Carl's chest.
26:40So each time that he mounts the ewes, we'll see a corresponding mark on them
26:45and can make a note of dates.
26:48Cute.
26:49And while blue is the colour today.
26:52Here we go then, mate.
26:53OK.
26:54Carl has already made his mark.
26:57He went in with them a few weeks ago and, as you can see from the number of yellow bottoms,
27:01he's been doing his job well.
27:02It's really nice to see him back because we've had high hopes for Carl from when he was a couple of days old.
27:10He's been through a lot this year, but he's certainly working with these girls here, so that's what we wanted.
27:19To see him thriving is definitely good and obviously doing the job that he was born to do.
27:26Right, we'll leave him to it then.
27:28Yeah.
27:29Yeah, they're doing well.
27:38Near Thirsk, Jack the Lab is causing more headaches for the customers at Patrick's 4x4 garage.
27:47We'll have a look at that then.
27:48Yeah, OK.
27:50As a regular client, Peter promised to try and help.
27:53And he's phoned a friend.
27:56So the last few times I've been here, I've noticed Jack's barking and annoying everybody.
28:01Hasn't got any better.
28:02So the chap I've got in mind to help is a Yorkshireman.
28:06I've known him for some time.
28:08He's become a friend.
28:09And as far as I'm concerned, he's the bee's knees when it comes to behavioural issues.
28:14Hiya, Peter.
28:15Hello, mate.
28:16Good to see you.
28:17Peter's pal is dog behaviour expert Graham Hall.
28:20I'm really glad to see you because I'm out of my depth with him.
28:23Hiya.
28:24And I'm hoping you can be able to be out of here.
28:25Well, I'll do my best.
28:26With everyone unable to give Noisy Jack an order he can't refuse, it's time for him to meet the dog father.
28:34Oh, well then, barking already.
28:36Patrick, I've brought a friend of mine to see you.
28:39Hello, nice to see you.
28:40Hiya, hiya.
28:41Patrick, this is Graham.
28:42And this is our old friend Jack.
28:43Right.
28:44He's a big lad, isn't he, eh?
28:45No, he's a unit.
28:46Hey, I'm kidding, are you?
28:47But you've had problems with him for some time.
28:49What's his history, Patrick?
28:50We've gone as a rescue dog ten months up.
28:53Ah, right.
28:54Exactly.
28:55Again, then.
28:56And that's how he came, barking.
28:57Really?
28:58So where was he before he came to you, then?
28:59I believe he came from a flat in Shipley.
29:02Oh, I see.
29:03He's a dog in a flat.
29:04So he probably wasn't getting out, wasn't getting much exercise.
29:06No.
29:07Barking his head off whenever he saw somebody.
29:09Yeah.
29:10And whether he's lonely, I don't know.
29:12But he's not lonely here, though, is he?
29:13No, no, no, no.
29:14I mean, there's people in out all the time.
29:15Yeah, yeah.
29:16And I know you don't on him.
29:17I know you do.
29:18And he greets everybody the same.
29:19But it must frighten some people.
29:20It does.
29:21There's quite a few times the door's gone.
29:23And they've run away.
29:25They shut the door straight away.
29:26Oh, there we go.
29:27Right on cue.
29:29Oh.
29:33Now then.
29:34How are you doing?
29:35There you go.
29:36All right.
29:38He stopped barking as soon as this gentleman gave him a tickle.
29:40You've got to put yourself in the mind of the dog.
29:44Labrador.
29:45Very sociable.
29:46He's in this little flat.
29:47He wasn't getting that socialisation.
29:49So every time somebody comes in, he gets overexcited.
29:52He's going, you hang around at your reception.
29:54People come in and you bark and they come and say hello.
29:56I make them come to say hello by barking.
30:00You can almost sense it going, me, me, here.
30:02Hello, me, me.
30:04This dog isn't daft.
30:05I see lots of daft folks.
30:07I've said many times, I don't see any daft hands.
30:09You know when you meet somebody, they tend to be daft, but they're not.
30:12Yeah.
30:13They're quite clever, really.
30:14Yes.
30:15That's him.
30:16So we were convincing that people will still say hello to you,
30:21even if you keep this shut.
30:22Yeah.
30:23Right?
30:24I think you've spotted the answer, Greg, just before I did.
30:29I knew you'd get there in the end, old boy.
30:32We'll get somebody to walk in the door, right?
30:34You walk in, if he barks, you just go, oh, that's it.
30:37You've blown it.
30:38You get on their wavelength.
30:39Yeah.
30:40And come to terms with what they're telling you and act on it accordingly.
30:43Well, we can start the training today.
30:45Right?
30:46We'll do it.
30:47But to do it, we need a volunteer, really.
30:49He's got used to us now.
30:50He's not going to bark if we walk in now, Peter.
30:52I've got just the person.
30:53I'll just go and make a quick phone call.
30:54OK.
30:55All right.
30:56All right.
30:57Jack.
30:58It's all right.
30:59Hopefully, we can sort it out.
31:00I think between us, we might be able to do something to help Jack.
31:02Over at Rose's owl sanctuary.
31:03It's three months since Julian brought in orphaned baby Bucky.
31:04After treating him at the press.
31:05It's all right.
31:06It's all right.
31:07It's all right.
31:08It's all right.
31:09It's all right.
31:10It's all right.
31:11I don't want to let him down.
31:12All right, Jack.
31:13It's all right.
31:14Hopefully, we can sort it out.
31:15I think between us, we might be able to do something to help Jack.
31:21Over at Rose's owl sanctuary.
31:27It's three months since Julian brought in orphaned baby Bucky.
31:33After treating him at the practice.
31:35He's lived in the owl summer house with Oscar, who was in three weeks before him.
31:41And then they've gone into a knavery.
31:43But they needed to have less contact with humans.
31:46So we have a knavery that's blanked off really at the back.
31:50So people can't see them.
31:52Today, he's hoping to release Bucky back into the wild.
31:56Hi, Rose.
31:57Hi.
31:58How are we doing?
31:59All right.
32:00Yeah.
32:01How are they?
32:02They're waiting for you.
32:04They've grown up, haven't they?
32:06Yeah.
32:07They're fully feathered, fully grown.
32:08And can they fly?
32:09Yeah.
32:10They can land and take off and all that.
32:12They've been practicing in your bigger enclosures.
32:14Yeah.
32:15So they know that they're owls and not people.
32:17I hope so.
32:18Yeah.
32:19That's the reason I'm putting them together.
32:21So we know that he's attached to the owl and not attached to us.
32:25Because they're fed, they're looked after, they're secure.
32:27If they stay here with us, they could live for 20 years.
32:31And do you really want the birds to live for 20 years in captivity?
32:36Or being a wild bird, do we want to give it a chance?
32:40Yeah.
32:41I guess their life well lived.
32:42Yeah.
32:43That's the important thing, isn't it really?
32:44That's right.
32:45It's shorter than, but more fulfilled.
32:46It's got to go out and do it.
32:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:49Exactly.
32:50I'm quite emotional about this whole thing.
32:52Yeah, no am I.
32:53Because this doesn't really happen very often.
32:55That you can go from a very immature animal that's pretty helpless really.
33:00They'd have not survived either of them without you, would they?
33:03No.
33:04And now they'd get the chance to go back and be natural wild animals.
33:08Come on guys, let's go on another trip.
33:14Bucky was found on a country estate in the Dales, by gardeners Tim and Robbie.
33:21So that's where Julian is taking him and Oscar.
33:25Hi there.
33:26I'm Julian, all right?
33:27I'm Tim.
33:28Nice to meet you.
33:29Hi.
33:30I'm Robbie.
33:31Nice, have a look.
33:32He looks very different, doesn't he?
33:33Oh yeah, yeah.
33:34He looks like a proper Tony out there.
33:36Yeah, absolutely.
33:37Right.
33:40So Rose has sent instructions that we put the box down somewhere near where he found him,
33:46so I guess near the tree.
33:49This is the big moment when he's being released with his friend.
33:52So yeah, it's exciting, but slightly nerve-wracking because we're not really sure what's going to happen next.
34:01Still to come.
34:05Right then, are we ready?
34:07Free as a bird.
34:08Bucky.
34:09Oscar.
34:10But the owls couldn't give a hoot.
34:12Come on you too.
34:13It's time to go.
34:15And to help the dog father, the vet's wife.
34:18So the message is really clear.
34:19If you're barking, you get no attention.
34:21If you're quiet, I'll love you.
34:23I love you.
34:36Near Huddersfield, it's a week since Rohin battled to save a new mum who'd prolapsed her uterus.
34:43Hi Paul.
34:44Good to see you again.
34:45How are you?
34:46Good to see me all.
34:47How's it all going now?
34:48Is she doing okay?
34:49She's doing all right.
34:50She's a bit rocky, but she's up and about, eating and everything.
34:53Good.
34:54I'm very keen to go and see how they're doing anyway, so that sounds good.
34:56Right, after you.
34:58Oh, she's very sweet.
34:59That's a calf off it.
35:00Yeah.
35:01She's like a little dog, isn't she?
35:02Yeah.
35:03She's very friendly.
35:04So I guess mum probably didn't quite bond with her given all the trouble she went through.
35:10She'll lick it.
35:11Come and lick it.
35:12No problem.
35:13There's no milk, so.
35:14Right.
35:15So with the calf not feeding from mum.
35:17But I tell you what, she's a beautiful calf isn't she?
35:20Yeah, she is.
35:21Rohin's happy to step up.
35:23Just give me some milk.
35:24I want some milk.
35:25Yeah.
35:27Oh, look at her.
35:29She's so sweet.
35:30So, I'll see if she wants some of this.
35:32What's this?
35:33Do you want it?
35:35Bless her.
35:36Oh, she's really going for it as well.
35:38Yeah.
35:39No messing around with the bottle, is there?
35:40No.
35:41I'll tell you what, this is absolute highlights of the job when we get to do stuff like this,
35:45so thank you very much.
35:46Yeah.
35:47Look, you've finished it off now nearly.
35:48That didn't take long, did it?
35:50No, it went full bottle off, did it?
35:52Yeah.
35:53That's it, she's had the whole lot now.
35:54Yeah.
35:55Shall we see how mum's getting on as well?
35:56Yeah.
35:57You coming as well then?
35:58Come and see mum.
35:59Just watching her move around a bit there.
36:03Yeah.
36:04Yeah.
36:05She's striding really nicely, isn't she?
36:07She's moving that leg really well, because I know she's spent a long time lying down on
36:11that right leg.
36:12Yeah.
36:13She's bounced back pretty well.
36:14Yeah.
36:15I'm honestly over the moon with that.
36:16When we leave this situation, it's never a guarantee, isn't it?
36:18No, no.
36:19You're going to pull through calf and mum.
36:20Yeah, yeah.
36:21To see they're both doing so well, it's brilliant.
36:23Yeah.
36:24I mean, this calf is absolutely enormous, but she's going to keep sucking my fingers.
36:28A little nuisance you are.
36:30You naughty thing.
36:31Right, I'm going to get up before I get knocked over.
36:34I'm winded.
36:35Can't breathe.
36:36The sun's out.
36:37It's a lovely day to see mum and the calf both doing well.
36:41That's as good as it gets.
36:44In the Dales, Julian's releasing orphaned baby owl, Bucky, who was rescued by Robert
37:03and Tim back into the wild.
37:06I reckon we'll just open the door and leave them to it.
37:12Bucky, Oscar, time for freedom.
37:19But Bucky and his friend Oscar don't seem in any rush to fly the nest.
37:26Come on, you two.
37:27It's time to go.
37:33Both owls seem quite happy in their box at the moment.
37:37They've moved around a little bit, but viewing their outside world with quite a degree of suspicion
37:45at the moment.
37:46But finally.
37:47Oh, here we go.
37:49One down, one to go.
37:54Go on, your mate's gone.
37:57For Julian, who treated Bucky when he was a tiny, weak baby three months ago.
38:02Gosh, it's thin, isn't it?
38:03And bony.
38:04Yeah, I think it's a bit malmourished, isn't it?
38:07Yeah.
38:08Come on, it's food.
38:10This is a big moment.
38:12Go on, throw it in the door.
38:13Here we go.
38:17Hooray!
38:20Happy days, look, there he is.
38:21Gone a long way.
38:22Yeah, very strong flying, aren't there?
38:24Yeah.
38:25Right through that gap there.
38:26Yeah.
38:27Right around the basket of the coppice, I think.
38:33I guess he's certainly free now.
38:36I hope they'll find each other again.
38:41I'm sure that they will.
38:42Once they start twitting and twooing at each other, they'll quickly reconnect.
38:49Good stuff.
38:50Brilliant, well, thank you very much.
38:51Thanks.
38:52What a day.
38:53Thanks for that.
38:54It's been quite emotional, really.
38:55When we first met Bucky as a baby owl ball of fluffy feathers,
38:59we didn't really imagine that we'd be getting to this point
39:01where he's ready to be released, and yeah, it's been brilliant.
39:06Yeah.
39:10Near Thirst.
39:12To help his friend at his local 4x4 garage,
39:15Peter's called in another friend, dog behaviour expert Graham Hall.
39:19What's the collar he's wearing, Patrick?
39:20It's like a fitness tracker.
39:22Yeah, I have one of them as well.
39:24It hasn't done much good for either of you.
39:26They're trying to stop Patrick's needy Labrador's incessant barking.
39:32But Graham's plan needs someone unknown to seven-year-old Jack.
39:37Hello.
39:38Lovely to see you again, darling.
39:39So Peter's messaged his wife, Lynn.
39:42If you walk in and he barks, I'm sure he will, right?
39:45I just want you to turn around and give it sort of like,
39:48well, you've blown it, haven't you?
39:50As soon as he goes quiet, though, you'll hear it coming.
39:52Yeah.
39:53That's when you turn around and go, oh, good boy.
39:56OK.
39:57So the message is really clear.
39:58If you're barking, you get no attention.
40:00If you're quiet, I'll love you.
40:01So the message is really clear. If you're barking, you get no attention. If you're quiet, I'll love you.
40:08She's here.
40:11Oh, there we go.
40:14That's it, Lynn. Well done.
40:21He's not sure, is he?
40:23Every time he turns around, he barks. You can see what he's thinking.
40:27Oh, yeah.
40:28Good boy.
40:31Good boy.
40:32That's it.
40:33Good boy. Hello.
40:35There you go.
40:36Well, I'll never.
40:37I know.
40:39And even the barking was at us.
40:41Oh, there you go. Walk away. Walk away, Lynn. That's it.
40:44Jack was just beginning to get the message, I think.
40:47He's getting it into his head then that with silence, which is golden, then he gets fuss and attention.
40:54But he doesn't get any fuss and attention if he makes a noise.
40:59Good boy.
41:00Very good. Nice.
41:01Yeah.
41:02Let's say a customer, Lynn in this case, popped back down to the car, went, oh, I've forgotten something, came back in again a couple of minutes later.
41:09Would he still kick off?
41:11Yeah.
41:11Right.
41:12Many a time customers say, you've just seen me.
41:14Great. Okay.
41:15Well, we'll find out, won't we?
41:16Yeah.
41:16Oh, hey. There you go. Straight back up to him. There you go.
41:22Good boy. Hello. Good boy.
41:26What a good boy you are. Look at that.
41:28Well, I'm never. That's incredible.
41:33Amazing.
41:33Amazing, yeah.
41:34Fantastic.
41:35Oh.
41:36Fantastic.
41:37So, basically, what he's saying now, I get the fuss and attention and I don't have to say anything.
41:41Exactly.
41:41So, life's a lot easier.
41:42Yeah. What do you reckon?
41:44I think we've got a winner here.
41:45We're having a bit of tummy rub now.
41:48Well, it's amazing that. I've never seen Jack react or not react.
41:53You just can't hear him barking at all. He's just, now he's milking it now.
42:00The more people that can do it, and let's be honest, it's a pretty simple rule to follow.
42:05Yeah, yeah.
42:05Yeah, the better.
42:06So, the customers need to be trained, don't they now?
42:09Yeah. Maybe get a sign made up saying, if I'm barking, ignore me.
42:13You'll probably end up with one or two customers, he's still barks. That, and they probably don't mind.
42:18Maybe somebody they don't even like.
42:19There you go.
42:20I will.
42:21If Patrick continues, the psychological therapy that's been put in place, I think Jack will be a reformed character.
42:31You clever boy.
42:32Jack isn't an old man yet. He's middle-aged, and I think it goes to prove that you can teach a middle-aged dog new tricks.
42:42You've got me out of a spot there, Graham. Thanks very much.
42:45I'm glad you called me.
42:46Well, if I've any more behavioural problems, I'll be on the phone.
42:49Oh, you're on. And if I need a veterinary, I know where to go, no, then.
42:53See you, mate.
42:53See you, Graham.
42:54See you, Graham.
43:24See you, Graham.
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