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00:01Across Yorkshire's Moors and Dales, the world's most famous vets set the benchmark for animal
00:07care. And James Herriot's legacy lives on. His former trainee, Peter Wright,
00:16all my life I've enjoyed doing this, has been a Yorkshire vet for over 40 years.
00:22There we are. How are you doing, my old mate? Peter's old partner, Julian Norton,
00:28not quite the same as operated in theatre, is it? I know. Now has two practices. I don't want to
00:34let him go. One of them in the town where Herriot worked, surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape
00:40he loved. Everything that you can see all across there is Yorkshire. And in the foothills of the
00:46Pennines. That's a Hollywood smile. A new generation of town and country vets also uphold the Herriot
00:54ethos. I'm just going to have a feel a bit deeper inside to see what we've got. The teams are
00:58united
01:00and always determined to hit their target.
01:06As they help animals of all shapes. It's trying to grow an extra pair of legs.
01:10sizes. Hello, gorgeous. Types. Catch. And temperaments.
01:17No, don't be nasty. It's definitely not glamorous. Cut that mucus out. But it's varied.
01:23So we've actually found gold, literally found gold. It's rarely easy. You've won Mr.
01:28Wet T-shirt. But they continue the Herriot tradition. It's alive. Treating all creatures.
01:34It's moving. I can't believe it. Great. You're all right little bird.
01:40And small. How are we happening? Yay.
01:54Famed for her prophecies, the name of Mother Shipton was given to a historic cave in North Yorkshire.
02:05But the future is difficult to predict. And the petrifying well near the cave is symbolic.
02:16Of the unknown dangers when a mum is trying to bring new life into the world.
02:23Because Mother Nature can act in mysterious ways.
02:31Near Huddersfield, cattle farmer Chris is worried about a first time mum.
02:37Come on. That's a good girl.
02:39Who's struggling to give birth.
02:42I managed to feel inside the cow and just check. I think it's a breach where she's not pushing.
02:48She's wanting to carve but doesn't have that sensation there to get pushing and get the calf out safely.
02:55He's called Shona.
02:57You were getting up. Come on.
02:59Who's rushed over to the farm from the Huddersfield practice.
03:02I think sometimes farmers ring too late so telephone call is always the wise decision.
03:10Hello.
03:12You all right Chris? Is this here? Is it here?
03:17Just going to put this on to keep everything clean and we'll have a feel and see what way around
03:22it's coming.
03:23You all right just steadying her with that gate just so she doesn't swing? That'll do.
03:29You had a hand in her yet? Yeah.
03:31She's quite tight isn't she? Yeah.
03:33Yeah, there's a foot there.
03:36That's a hop.
03:37That is also her back leg.
03:39She's not got a lot of room in her actual pelvis.
03:42She's first time carver so she'll obviously not have as much room as her older cow.
03:47I think what we'll do is we'll just put a rope on both these legs.
03:56It might be that we just do a bit of a pull and give her a bit more time.
03:59Yeah.
03:59Because she's a heifer to open up isn't it?
04:02I don't think the calf's the problem with this one. I think it's her.
04:05Yeah.
04:09She's very small just even when I put my hand in first.
04:12Yeah.
04:12It's coming backwards with it's, I can feel it's ankles.
04:15Okay.
04:16But it's like this leg is crossed under that one and that gives you quite a good indication
04:20that there's probably not much room.
04:24They don't come out quite as easily backwards as they do forwards.
04:28The ribs can be a bit wider because they're coming the wrong way.
04:31So when they're coming backwards sometimes they can get a bit stuck on rib.
04:34Do you mind just pulling that?
04:37And I'll pull this one.
04:39Ready?
04:40One, two, three.
04:43Hang on.
04:44Let it back a little bit.
04:46Right.
04:46One, two, three.
04:51Steady go.
04:52Steady go.
04:52So start kicking.
04:56The critical part of them coming backwards is obviously when you've gone past umbilical cord
05:01the calf has lost the oxygen supply from its mother.
05:04If it's coming backwards it can't breathe because its head's not out.
05:08So once you've got to the midway point you have to get them out really quickly.
05:11You've only got about two minutes.
05:12Otherwise, well, you'd lose the calf.
05:27When it comes to high octane activities.
05:32Some dogs are naturals.
05:37A regular on the motocross scene with owner Rachel and her family.
05:4213-year-old Elsa is a Samoyed.
05:45Oh, yeah.
05:48She loved it here, didn't she?
05:52Originally bred for herding reindeer and pulling sleds in the Arctic regions of Siberia.
06:01She's petrified of fireworks.
06:03Any sign of a firework she'll run straight upstairs, hide underneath the bed.
06:08A motorbike's sat next to her.
06:10She's absolutely fine.
06:11She's not bothered.
06:12She's been brought up around bikes and she loves it.
06:17But recently, Rachel made a discovery that stopped her in her tracks and left her cold.
06:26So she's brought Elsa to the practice in Kirby Moorside.
06:29Rachel, would you like to come through?
06:31To see Peter.
06:33Now then, what's the problem?
06:36So, I noticed that she's got a lump on her back tipped.
06:41Right.
06:42And it can only have been there no longer than a month.
06:46Right.
06:47That is quite big, isn't it?
06:49Yeah, it was a shock when I found it.
06:52Shall we just roll her over?
06:54That's it.
06:55There's a good girl.
06:56Good girl.
06:57Cranky, yes.
07:00You're all right.
07:01Good girl.
07:02It's OK.
07:02I'm quite concerned about that.
07:04Quite concerned.
07:06Big, isn't it?
07:06Yes.
07:08My first thought is that we've got quite an aggressive mammary tumour here.
07:13Yeah.
07:13It's the hormones flaring up as they come into season that can trigger these off and cause
07:19them to grow like mad.
07:20And the fact that it's grown very quickly does concern me.
07:24And I think we need to get that off as soon as possible, to be honest.
07:28So, I've got a bit of free space today in the operating theatre.
07:33I'm just wondering now, while we're here, whether we can get her in.
07:38Yeah.
07:38Has she had anything to eat this morning?
07:39No.
07:40Great.
07:40Excellent.
07:41That is why, to be honest, why we've not given her any food, because we did wonder.
07:45Do you think if it was bad that she'd have gone off her food and...
07:48No, no, it's a funny business.
07:50You know, with cancerous lumps, A, they're not painful, so they're not moping around,
07:55and B, they're just pretty much carrying life as normal.
07:59So, it's like a time bomb ticking away there.
08:01We're going this door, I'm afraid, Elsa.
08:04Yeah.
08:04We'll give your mother a ring later.
08:06Nurse Izzy has come to help.
08:10So, we're going to clip Elsa up now for surgery.
08:14We can get through this.
08:16Yeah.
08:16That's the question.
08:17It's always nice when you've got something like a greyhound,
08:20with nice short hair, and you can see exactly what you're doing.
08:24This mass is awful.
08:28So, it's this brute here that we've got to deal with.
08:35Right.
08:36OK to proceed, Nurse?
08:37Mm-hmm.
08:39All right.
08:42I'm going to carry out abdominal surgery first, spare,
08:47to try and prevent any further ones developing.
08:57A little bit cystic there, isn't it?
08:58It is.
08:59It is cystic, yeah.
09:01Yeah, it's not quite normal, is it, that ovary?
09:06It's absolutely critical that we don't leave any ovarian tissue behind.
09:12Otherwise, a complete operation is a waste of time,
09:15because she'll still produce hormones,
09:18which could then still lead to further issues with mammary masses in future.
09:23So, it's absolutely vital that we get all this ovarian tissue out.
09:29Not healthy ovaries.
09:32Whether that's a factor in the reason we've got this horrible mass, I don't know.
09:42Coming up.
09:44Trying to save a calf is about angles...
09:47Come down five degrees.
09:49..and energy.
09:50Come on.
09:52Lucy has unusual food envy.
09:55I would eat that.
09:57It just smells like spam, to be honest.
09:59And Jackie's picked some alpacas for a special assignment.
10:03Come on, little buddies.
10:04Here we go.
10:05Can Julian do his job?
10:07Oh, it's totally gone down.
10:09I thought we knew what we were doing, Jackie.
10:20Near Huddersfield.
10:22Shona's trying to help Chrissie's heifer give birth.
10:25It's of actual vulva that's narrow.
10:28But the calf is coming the wrong way round.
10:33If they come in breech, all of a sudden you've got the critical point where if the umbilical
10:38cord, the navel is stuck on the pelvis, you've got to go for it so that we don't end up
10:43with a
10:43suffocated calf.
10:44Right, OK.
10:46I think we're ready for a jack.
10:52Right, just ease it down a little bit, Chriss.
10:56That's it.
10:56Right, let me just put a couple more on.
10:59So we've got the hocks through.
11:01Yeah, I think this is going to come, actually.
11:05You come down about five degrees.
11:06Yep, stay there.
11:10Good girl.
11:12Come down five degrees.
11:14Good girl.
11:16Knees are through.
11:18Good girl.
11:19Down five degrees.
11:21That's a good girl.
11:24Go, go, go, go, go, go.
11:26Come on.
11:30Down here, you'll come on, get.
11:32Now then.
11:34There we go.
11:35That's a hit.
11:36Sit you up.
11:40I just wanted legs, Andre.
11:42That's the one.
11:43Right, get your lungs going, buddy.
11:46Sit your chest up.
11:51It's an effort, isn't it?
11:53I think it is, yeah.
11:54Sometimes when they're coming out this way, they kind of inhale a little bit of fluid,
11:58so we try and get them sat up like this so they can inflate both sides of the chest,
12:02and you can hear, like, coughing it out.
12:06Hello.
12:08Hello.
12:09They're very logical.
12:12Everything just happens a bit faster when they're coming backwards,
12:15but that's why we've got a live calf.
12:17Now, we have a really good feel.
12:18There's definitely not another calf, which is good.
12:21That's good.
12:21She has got a little bit of a tear in her vagina,
12:23but it's not even something that I'd stitch.
12:25OK, that's good.
12:26Yeah.
12:27I'll take all this off, then.
12:29And now I understand why you put it down.
12:31Yeah.
12:35That's a great sign that she's gone straight to live.
12:37She's accepted it straight away.
12:39She knows it's hers, and she's doing exactly what we wanted to do now.
12:43So we'll leave her be, I think, and let nature do the rest.
12:46Yeah, I feel like a dad again.
12:50That's gone really well.
12:51I was quite worried for a minute there that we might end up doing a cesarean with that one.
12:55Obviously, she's a first-time carver, so it's a little bit uncomfortable for them,
12:58as you can imagine, having the first ones.
13:00But, yeah, I think she's going to be a good mum,
13:01and that's a nice, happy feeling now that we've got it out.
13:11At the practice in Wetherby,
13:14they afford their patients all kinds of creature comforts to help them feel at home.
13:21And as Nurse Lucy knows well...
13:23We'll see if you like that. You want it. You look at it, you're eating it.
13:27That especially applies at mealtimes.
13:32I had a patient once that the owner said it would only eat medium-well steak,
13:38fillet steak, not even ribeye, anything, medium-well steak.
13:43If you have a dog that comes in, eats watermelon, so for a treat,
13:48you don't give it a gravy bone, we give it a watermelon.
13:51I let people do what they want, and the dogs are happy, so...
13:55So if some dogs eat human food...
13:57Oh, he's so clever.
14:00..why not the other way round?
14:02That, actually, I would eat that.
14:04HE LAUGHS
14:05It smells so nice. It just smells like spam, to be honest.
14:09Surely not. I mean, I haven't really...
14:10Do you know what? If I was starving...
14:12Let me go.
14:14I love that. It smells like pate.
14:16This is duck and rice. Oh, that's why it smells nice.
14:19They do like pumpkin and chicken, like, really good flavours.
14:22A lot of dogs do eat better than we do.
14:25That is so good.
14:26The proper recovery food, it's so smooth, it's like soup.
14:30Soup? I would eat that.
14:31The low-fat's not as nice, but I don't do things in low-fat.
14:34You've eaten some of the kibble food before, though, haven't you?
14:36Yeah, I've got the hyphogenic one. It's so bland.
14:40While Lucy's the only one with a pooches parrot...
14:43I hope they like it as much as I like it.
14:45Lucy would eat it, so you better eat it, sweetheart.
14:48The whiff of cat food...
14:49That smells nicer than the dog would.
14:51..has more people purring.
14:53Mmm. Mmm.
14:55If not, everybody.
14:57It's chicken and rice. I think that smells really nice.
15:00Do you know, I think it smells like Spam?
15:01No, I think it smells awful. It smells like cat food.
15:05I love that. I like the smell of that. It doesn't bother me.
15:07Well, put it in your toasties at lunchtime, man, if it's not nice.
15:09LAUGHTER
15:19Over in Kirby Moorside,
15:22Peters successfully spayed Elsa,
15:24the 13-year-old motocross-loving Samoyed.
15:28Lovely. Quite happy with that.
15:30It's good.
15:31Now he and Izzy are gearing up for the most crucial part of the surgery.
15:37We're going to move on to the mammary mass.
15:42It has a very knobbly, angry feel to it, which I don't like.
15:47So, yes, I have concerns about this mass.
15:51Trouble with malignant masses like this,
15:53they have a good blood supply to them,
15:56which creates more issues.
16:00Now we have a big blood vessel coming into view there,
16:04which we want to avoid.
16:06She's doing all right.
16:07Blood pressure is slightly lower than I would like,
16:10but we've got her on fluids, so that should help.
16:14Oh!
16:15Just hit a major blood vessel there, which we could have done without,
16:19but sometimes you don't see them until you're actually onto them.
16:24Is that a lymph node?
16:25I was just wondering what that was. It's a bit...
16:27I think that's lymph node, and that might not be...
16:29That could be abnormal.
16:31Yeah, you don't usually see that round there, do you?
16:34I don't, no.
16:35I'm a little bit concerned about that.
16:37Lymph nodes drain lymph around the body,
16:39so it's a passive circulatory system,
16:42and it's one way that cancers can spread, sadly.
16:47I'm just going to take these out as well.
16:52I don't want to leave them behind. It's too risky,
16:54because I don't think they look normal.
16:56There we are.
16:58There's our mass removed, with a good wide margin,
17:02giving it a good wide berth of normal, healthy tissue underneath.
17:07It's a fair size.
17:09It's taken a lot of getting out, really.
17:15Whenever you remove a mass like this, it leaves what we call a dead space,
17:18and nature's way of dealing with that is to fill it with fluid.
17:22So what we've got to try and do is minimise the dead space,
17:27make it as small as we can,
17:29and sometimes we've got to put a drain in as well,
17:32to let the fluid drain away.
17:35Yeah, it's coming together reasonably well.
17:39Yeah, I'm very happy with how that's gone.
17:42Good.
17:43Right.
17:44I've just got to pop the drain in position,
17:47and then we're going to waken Elsa up.
17:51All right.
17:55Where's this bear over?
17:56We're down here.
17:59This one?
17:59Yeah.
18:01I'll get down, but I'll look back up again.
18:04Thank you, Izzy.
18:05No worries.
18:06Your usual efficient self.
18:08Mm-hm.
18:09Hey.
18:10She's doing really well.
18:11She's recovered really nicely from her surgery.
18:13She seems nice and comfortable.
18:15So we'll get her linked back up to her fluids
18:18and give her a little bit of time to recover.
18:20I'm just keeping everything crossed that things are going to be OK.
18:24It doesn't bring an easy one, though.
18:27Not by any means.
18:36Near Wetherby, Tanya runs a care farm that proves animals really can be the best therapy.
18:45We've got adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities,
18:49people needing that extra support to engage in meaningful work.
18:53They're involved in every aspect of the farm life.
18:58They have a huge bond with all the animals.
19:01They care very deeply about them.
19:03Amongst the hundreds of creatures here are three alpacas, but there's a small problem.
19:10Over a number of years, people have said that they would like to be able to walk them.
19:14But when we try and take them for a walk, they're all quite reluctant.
19:18So as they're able to be walked in that gentle, calm manner,
19:22it means that everybody will be able to join in.
19:27So looking for some new arrivals to lead by example,
19:31Tanya's turned to local alpaca breeder...
19:33There you go, boys.
19:35...Jackie Barlow.
19:37Keep going for this morning. There you go, buddies.
19:41Three of the boys, Joey, Archie and Ollie, I rescued them a couple of years ago.
19:47I'll be really sad to let them go, but they're going to a good home,
19:51so I know they'll have a great life and they'll really cheer people up.
19:58Hi, boys!
20:00Tanya seems more than happy with Jackie's selection.
20:03Joey and Archie are going to show our guys how to do it.
20:08You're beautiful.
20:11You are lovely.
20:13I've just had an alpaca kiss.
20:15But before they can make the big move, Archie has an important appointment with Julian.
20:20Morning, everybody.
20:21Hi!
20:22Morning.
20:23You all right?
20:26Archie...
20:26The redhead collar, yeah.
20:28And he's going to be castrated and then when will he be going to you, Tanya?
20:33Probably in a couple of weeks.
20:35Yeah.
20:35Once he's all healed.
20:36Yeah.
20:37It'll really calm him down.
20:39He won't be frustrated.
20:40He won't be trying to jump on his friends all the time.
20:43And he'll be a bit calmer around people.
20:47Come on, little buddies.
20:49Here we go.
20:51He won't feel really anything, but he probably won't like being fastened in the crush.
20:57But hopefully, if he's best mates nearby, he might feel a bit more comfortable.
21:03Come on, Archie, there we are.
21:04Are we in?
21:07Oh, straight down.
21:10So he's decided he doesn't like this, so he sat down.
21:15If in doubt, sit down.
21:17If in doubt, sit down and make silly noises.
21:20Yeah.
21:21No, he's totally gone down.
21:23We're very reluctant to get out.
21:27Oh, he's down again.
21:29Where are we at? He's up.
21:30Oh, he's up there.
21:31He's up.
21:31Oh, dear.
21:33Poor Archie.
21:34He really isn't happy, is he?
21:37Not going well.
21:38I thought we knew what we were doing, Jackie.
21:44Coming up.
21:44The head tilt is something she's always had.
21:47A sheep's looks aren't important, but her lungs might be.
21:51Last time, you could definitely hear a lot of abnormal lung sounds.
21:54So we're trying to rule out whether there's cancer present.
21:57And they say never work with children or animals.
22:01But no one told Peter.
22:03Do you still want to be a vet?
22:12Up on the North York Moors, Julian's trying to castrate Jackie's alpaca, Archie.
22:18It's all right, it's all right.
22:19In preparation for his new life at Tanya's care farm.
22:24Oh, he's going down again.
22:26Tanya, do you want to just come and hold him here?
22:29Yeah, sure.
22:31Oh, baby.
22:32So it's not working very well at the moment.
22:35Our patient actually keeps going down on the ground.
22:39His legs give way in protest.
22:41So it's the sort of strategy of an obstructive alpaca to lie down.
22:50There we are, we've got him.
22:53He's panicking now.
22:55He's a little bit upset and a bit worried about it.
22:59This is the kind of leave me alone noise, isn't it?
23:01Yeah.
23:02Well, the first strategy to do with a reluctant alpaca is to try and keep him still.
23:07The disaster is if you start the procedure and without the straps, if he flops to the ground,
23:12it becomes really difficult to do.
23:13So we've got him nicely restrained.
23:15Jackie's keeping him calm at the head end and I'm about to do the business at the back end.
23:20So this is some local anaesthetic which will numb everything.
23:25So in there are his little testicles, quite tightly hidden on a cold day like today.
23:32Can you find them totally?
23:33I can find them, they're there, but they're a little bit pulled up, yeah.
23:40Freaking wind on me.
23:42Right, so ready.
23:43So just nick there through the skin and this is numb so there's totally no feeling.
23:51So you go like that.
23:53So that's the first one done and then this just goes like this and then...
24:01Indus has gone to hide around the corner.
24:04Wait, does he think he's going to be next?
24:06I think he must do his disappearance.
24:08He's not very happy.
24:10It's all right, little buddy.
24:12It'll soon feel better.
24:14That's gone very well, I'm pleased with that.
24:16Oh, all done.
24:20So this is the start of a new dawn.
24:23Over a number of years people have said that they would like to be able to walk the alpacas.
24:27Ah.
24:27So now finally we're going to be able to...
24:30So it's quite a big responsibility then for these ones.
24:33Yeah.
24:34Leaders of the pack.
24:35Yeah.
24:36We just need to go and get warm I think.
24:37Brilliant.
24:38Yeah, let's grab a cup of tea.
24:39It's a very good idea.
24:42It's essential really that Archer was castrated today.
24:45Without that he would be very difficult to live with.
24:49This now pays the way for him to go with the rest of his friends here
24:52to the community farm and hopefully begin a new life down there.
25:02In Thirsk, the story of the famous vet who lived and worked in the town is still being told.
25:10In history, we have been learning about James Herriot, haven't we?
25:14And while these school children can't quite hear it from the horse's mouth...
25:18Today we have got a very special person coming in to speak to us.
25:23So are we excited?
25:25Yeah!
25:27They do have the next best thing.
25:29Can you say hi to our local vet, Peter?
25:32Hello, everyone. Hello.
25:36Do most of you know what I do?
25:38What my job is?
25:39Being a vet.
25:41You're right. Absolutely right, yeah.
25:43Have you got your own vet?
25:45Oh, I see.
25:46You've been learning about James Herriot.
25:47Ah, yes, you've been learning about him.
25:49And me as well.
25:50Yeah, you've got your own James Herriot.
25:52Well, I did.
25:53And I was very lucky to go and work there.
25:56So, who would like to be a vet?
25:58Me.
25:59Would you? Would you?
26:00So, quite a few of you.
26:01Now, I've brought some things that you might like to look at that I use.
26:06Ooh.
26:07Who knows what this is?
26:08Who knows me?
26:09Everybody knows.
26:10A necklace.
26:11It is like a necklace, yeah.
26:12A necklace.
26:13In fact, I think some birds just wear them as a necklace.
26:16It's a stethoscope, yeah.
26:18The thing's coming up here, so you can hear the heart.
26:20Oh, you like us?
26:22I think you're half-trained already, are you?
26:24Would anybody like to have a go at the stethoscope?
26:26Me?
26:27Yes.
26:28OK, Harrison, would you like a go?
26:29Yes, please.
26:29I'm going to pop that in.
26:30And then, can you listen for Antonina's heartbeat?
26:34Yes, I do.
26:35So, whereabouts is her heart?
26:37Yeah.
26:38I don't remember at this stage of my schooling,
26:41but I was half as switched on as these children are.
26:44I was very shy.
26:45I thought I wouldn't have joined them like this.
26:47The kids are responding really well.
26:49I think they're just excited to put a face
26:51to the name and all the learning that we've been doing.
26:54Can you hear it?
26:55No.
26:56Uh-oh.
26:57Daisy and Oscar, I think you need to go and have a lie down.
27:03Now, how do we take an animal's temperature, then?
27:08Shall I tell you what we do?
27:09Yes.
27:10We stick it up the bottom.
27:15Even you didn't know that, did you, Harrison?
27:17You didn't know that.
27:18I didn't know we had to go to the bottom.
27:19Well, that's what we do.
27:21What are the low temperatures?
27:22Does that mean they're very cold,
27:24and the high temperature means they're very hot?
27:27Six-year-old Harrison appears to be a Yorkshire vet in the making.
27:31Now, there's the rest of the stuff.
27:33I think I'm going to go and have a cup of tea now while you take over.
27:35Is that all right?
27:36Yeah, that's right.
27:39Sometimes we've got to make another examination,
27:42and we use these.
27:45Is it where you put your hands up that bottom?
27:48It is.
27:50I thought you might like to look at some of these gloves.
27:52Now, they are new, so they've not been near any bottoms.
27:57Do you want to pass them around?
28:00Look at my hands.
28:04Would you like to see me using one of these gloves?
28:06Yeah.
28:07Are you sure?
28:08Yeah.
28:09Can you remember what they're used for?
28:11Yeah.
28:11Go with hands.
28:16Do you still want to be a vet?
28:18No.
28:22We've got something here that might give you an idea as to what we do.
28:27Who wants to have a go?
28:28Me!
28:29Me!
28:30Right.
28:31Hold the tail and then pop your hand in there.
28:37These young children are highly intelligent,
28:40and there's a lot of thought gone into how they responded to what I was telling them.
28:45It's been very enjoyable.
28:47Pop your hand in there now.
28:49That's it.
28:50But I do think I need to rest.
28:56Near Huddersfield, it's a month since Shona helped her first-time mum
29:01give birth on Chrissie's farm.
29:03Come on.
29:04It was quite a tricky calving because the calf was breech,
29:08which is where they're coming completely backwards and only the tail is there,
29:11so it took quite a bit of sorting out.
29:13So Chris has been keeping a close eye on her,
29:15and so we're just going to check out and have a look how this girl's getting on.
29:20Hiya.
29:21You all right?
29:22I'm sorry to catch you while it's a bit quieter at work.
29:24You can see these cows.
29:26Hey, nice day.
29:26Great, I think it's great, isn't it?
29:28It is.
29:28So these look good, don't they?
29:30They're doing really well, thank you.
29:31Brilliant.
29:32No, no, you're very welcome, no.
29:34I was quite worried about it on the day.
29:35I thought we might end up doing a caesarean, but we'd managed fine, didn't we?
29:39We did.
29:39And no discharge or anything from her afterwards,
29:41because she did have that bit of a tear, didn't she, when we did it?
29:43Yeah, just a little bit, but after a day or two, she came round.
29:48Sorts it out.
29:48Yeah, fine, but obviously, being outside, I think that's the best medicine.
29:56Having a drink in this warm weather.
29:58Yeah, she'll need it, won't you?
30:00It looks like she's bonded really well with the calf,
30:02which sometimes, with a heifer or a difficult calf,
30:05it's the thing that you kind of worry about a bit, isn't it?
30:07Yeah, she's a good mum.
30:08She's a first-time carver. She's done everything that she's supposed to have done.
30:15Well, they look brilliant.
30:17That's a nice happy ending, isn't it, that one?
30:19It doesn't get any better.
30:21No, they're doing really well.
30:25The cow and calf are looking absolutely brilliant,
30:27and, you know, the most important thing is,
30:29the heifer is really looking after that calf.
30:31She's really interested, she's feeding well,
30:34and they've got a really good bond.
30:36Lovely farmer, great guy like Chris,
30:38he's looking after them really well.
30:39Now they're out in the sun and the grass is coming through,
30:42and it's just all the rewards paying off.
30:50When the weather turns colder,
30:52things get tougher on Yorkshire's farms.
30:56And that's especially true at Vicky's rescue farm near Halifax.
31:01We've got a number of sheep.
31:03They're all either elderly, or they've got some sort of illness,
31:06or some sort of difficulty.
31:08One of Vicky's recent arrivals has a very visible issue.
31:12Come on.
31:16This is Matilda, and unfortunately she's got a head tilt,
31:20so for the farmer she was of no commercial use,
31:23but luckily he decided to try and find her a home,
31:27which is what she's going to have here, a nice forever home,
31:28and she'll be looked after.
31:30But Matilda has other problems, which Rohin has been helping with.
31:36When she came to us, she had quite a snotty nose,
31:39so we thought maybe it's just because of the tilt,
31:41because everything's going to one side,
31:43but Rohin was concerned that it could be something more serious,
31:46and possibly contagious as well, so at the moment she's on her own.
31:51Hi. Hi, Vicky. How's it going?
31:53Yeah, good. Good to see you again.
31:54Yeah, you too.
31:55How are you doing? Nice to see you. This is Sienna.
31:58Oh, you've got a spare hand.
31:59A spare of hands.
32:01When we checked her last time, you could definitely hear
32:03a lot of abnormal lung sounds, and we just want to know,
32:07what are we dealing with?
32:08It's really nice that you've given her that opportunity
32:10to get this test done.
32:11A lot of people wouldn't do that.
32:13Oh, she's so sweet, isn't she?
32:15She is.
32:17No.
32:17Bless her. You can tell she's already looking a bit nervous.
32:20She probably remembers I'm the nasty man
32:22who gave her an antibiotic injection.
32:24I told her. I said, the nasty man's coming again.
32:25Yeah. Oh, bless her.
32:28The head tilt is something she's always had.
32:31It's not often you see a really severe one like that.
32:34It tells us she's probably been born with a neurological issue
32:37that affects her balance.
32:41So, hopefully, it shouldn't be too much of a stress, this.
32:44It's a really non-invasive test.
32:46We're just putting an ultrasound probe on the lungs.
32:48Yeah.
32:49It's the same way we do commonly in dogs and cats and humans
32:52and other species.
32:53It should be charged, hopefully, already.
32:56But so far, it's not a big thing in sheep.
32:58It's only a recent area of medicine that's been developed,
33:01this kind of technique.
33:09The ultrasound scanner is a way to give you an idea if there's cancer,
33:15which is something that sheep can develop and it can cause this nasal discharge.
33:19So, we're trying to rule out whether there's cancer present.
33:21Yeah.
33:21That would be really bad news if it was,
33:23because that's not something they can get better from.
33:27I am a bit concerned about this region here.
33:34Yeah.
33:38Still to come, is the motorbike-loving Samoyed on flying form,
33:45while with one extra wheel, Julian isn't.
34:03In Thirsk...
34:04You're a good girl, Els.
34:05You are.
34:07Peter's making a house call to see Rachel's elderly Samoyed, Elsa,
34:13a week after removing her large tumour.
34:16Is he good? Is he good?
34:17You are a good girl, aren't you?
34:22How are you doing?
34:23Yeah, better than I thought that we would be.
34:25Really?
34:25Yeah, a lot better.
34:27That cone.
34:28Gosh, she's walking into everything.
34:30It's unnecessary evil, Elsa, and especially with the draining.
34:33Now, talking of the drain, hopefully we can take that out today.
34:37So, we're going to pop you on your side now,
34:39and we're going to have a look at your tummy.
34:40We're going to have a look at it.
34:42So, I'll just roll you over, and your mother can help.
34:46That's it.
34:48Do you know, I am very pleased.
34:51Very pleased indeed.
34:54That's about as good as it gets.
34:58Right.
35:00A little stitch in there, and then I'm just going to snip this now.
35:07That's it. Job done.
35:09Oh, it is.
35:10It's lovely, Elsa.
35:11I'm really chuffed.
35:13Yes.
35:14Oh, that was, thank you.
35:16You're giving kisses as well, still.
35:18That's lovely.
35:20Very good.
35:21Yeah.
35:22Excellent.
35:23Well, I'll leave you in peace.
35:24Lovely.
35:25Nice to see you.
35:25Thank you, Peter.
35:26Thanks a lot.
35:26See you later.
35:32Thanks a lot.
35:39Hey, Peter.
35:48Thanks a lot.
35:53Rachel's brother Matthew is racing today and he's relieved he still has Elsa to cheer him on
36:01everyone was a bit concerned and we could tell she wasn't herself so it was definitely best to
36:06get it checked out and it turned out is something we could do something about to quite early so glad
36:10we did I've told them if you didn't come inside the top ten not to come back to the camper
36:25although Matthew didn't win his race how do you think he did not very well Elsa's speedy recovery
36:33means the whole family can celebrate really we thought that we were gonna lose her but now she's
36:40there she's made a full recovery she's back to where she belongs at the center of our family
36:59near Huddersfield Rohin scanning Vicky's disabled rescue sheep Matilda I have to be honest and say
37:07we've we've got a bit more worrying news than what you might have hoped for yeah her tilted head isn't
37:14a problem but he is worried about her lungs it looks like she's got consolidated lung tissue there
37:22it's a sign of infection but what I haven't seen I haven't seen nodules or signs of cancer that's
37:30good news yeah that would be in the worst of all that's something there's no coming back from and
37:35where that infection is is that likely to be permanent damage or reversible it's possible if there's been a
37:41really long-term infection that the lung is always gonna have scar tissue and it's never gonna fully
37:47recover its function there because it's possible isn't it that she's actually got issues on both
37:51lung fields but the reason we've only got discharged from one nostril is because of her head tilt so when
37:56you ready three two one so Rohin wants to check the other side of Matilda's lungs let's stick this on
38:04there right we're getting a lot of irregularities there if you have both lung fields that are
38:12consolidated then her prospects in the long run become more and more concerning we can let her go
38:19now that's fine there is likely a deeper infection there that is not something that can always just simply
38:27get better with with one injection the best thing to do right now we know the extent of what we're
38:32dealing with now if she was on antibiotics for the next month or so if she can fight it off
38:36and and
38:37have a good quality of life after that yeah thank you all right that's a slightly bigger needle than
38:42what we used before so she might react a bit yeah great work perfect there we go and that will
38:50yeah I
38:51think that will really help for now Vicky doesn't need to think about the worst case scenario we'd only
38:58sort of have to make the horrible decision if it was in her interest to do so but as long
39:02as she can
39:03be well we'll make sure we do everything we can just over a month later Rohin's back at the rescue
39:14farm
39:19to see if Matilda's condition has improved oh Vicky you've got your hands full good to see you again
39:25good see you yeah good thank you how's it all going with Matilda I think I can see her in
39:32the field yeah
39:33oh she's doing amazingly yeah she's obviously out in the field now with her friends
39:39right there she comes I'm here then look at her charging in oh bless when you look at her now
39:47she's just breathing absolutely fine there's no there's no effort or strain there and it looks very
39:53settled doesn't it it's absolutely incredible how she's adapted to the deformity as well because
39:58she just runs along charges straight in she's holding her own the others aren't bullying her
40:03or putting her off no not at all they're just such resilient animals aren't they Matilda's doing so
40:11well at the moment the discharge from the nose has dried up to barely a drip if she carries on
40:16doing
40:16like this she's got a brilliant quality of life and there's no reason why she can't just be a happy
40:21sheep out in the field with all the others near Weatherby alpacas Archie Joey and Ollie are settling
40:37into their new home on Tanya's care farm morning boys anyone wants a carrot I think you're liking
40:44being part of this new herd they were hand-picked from her own herd by alpaca breeder Jackie wonder
40:50how they're doing and Julian castrated Archie before the big move can you recognize them from here yeah
40:57they look great they have settled in really really well they've always been together yeah I know it's
41:06amazing he's been doing fantastically a picture of absolute harmony on the farm the good animal
41:15therapy absolutely somebody's come in quite distress having a better time with the alpacas and stroking
41:21their necks or feeding them a carrot you can see everybody sort of really calming down so I guess if
41:29we hadn't castrated actually this would have been a bit of a disaster would it oh yeah definitely been
41:34jumping on all the other ones and chasing them round and trying to be boss so with the four-legged
41:44friends doing their bit on the farm just got a little favor to ask you okay Tanya wants keen cyclist
41:51Julian to test ride some new therapy on three wheels this is Charlotte hi Charlotte Charlotte has said for
42:01years that she would like to have more sport more cycling available so are we going to go for a
42:08bike
42:08ride take big time excellent hey this is good so you're steering obviously Charlotte yeah when it comes
42:19to de-stressing the alpacas might be a safer bet but this definitely covers the fun factor
42:34yeah whoa nice you're steering excellent good job excellent you've done this before haven't you
42:50yeah
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