(no audio) (no audio) (upbeat music) - [Narrator] In the heart of glorious North Yorkshire likes the quaint Market Town of Thirsk.

(upbeat music) Here, the world's most famous vet, James Herriot, lived, worked, and wrote his best-selling books.

His former surgery and home are now a museum, but his practice lives on nearby.

(soft music) (telephone rings) - Good morning, Skeldale Veterinary Center.

- It's a great privilege really working in this practice and it very much is in the footsteps really of James Herriot.

It makes me very proud really to be part of that heritage.

- [Narrator] Julian Norton, is "The Yorkshire Vet."

- A-ha.

We have a wide range of different species that come in to see us and that gives us this tremendous amount of satisfaction.

I don't think I'd have it any other way.

- [Narrator] Julian runs the practice alongside senior partner and former Herriot trainee, Peter Wright.

- [Julian] Everything's Yorkshire, isn't it?

- There's no finer view in England.

I've had a long relationship with the Herriot practice and I feel very privileged to work in the most famous veterinary practice in the world.

- [Narrator] Here, together with Skeldale's dedicated team they treat animals of all shapes-- - Steady.

- sizes-- - God!

- types-- - Oh, crikey, get off me.

- and temperaments.

- Is you, ooh.

- [Narrator] It's definitely not glamorous.

- Oh, no.

- But it's varied.

- [Julian] I'm not going back in there like that.

- You're a little bobby dodger, are ya?

- It's rarely easy.

- He's a fast one.

- [Narrator] But "The Yorkshire Vet," carries on the Herriot tradition, treating all creatures, great and small.

(soft music) (bird chirping) (soft piano music) As the days start to get longer, a lush green carpet envelops the rolling hills and dales of North Yorkshire.

(soft music) (goat bleats) Fields come alive in the season's early sunshine.

(soft music continues) And vibrant colors light up the landscape.

(soft music continues) At the surgery, call-outs start early.

And today, Julian's rushing to see one of his favorite clients.

(orchestral music) Alpaca breeder, Jackie, knows Julian well.

(orchestral music) (air whooshes) Last year, he tested the fertility of one of her prize-winning males.

- Looks keen enough anyway, doesn't he?

- [Jackie] Yeah, yeah.

- She's turning it into a veritable alpaca orgy.

- [Narrator] But wannabe stud, Lothario, was firing blanks.

- That's not good.

They're nearly all dead.

It's sad news for Lothario.

That's, I feel, the end of his breeding days.

(orchestral music) (air whooshes) - [Narrator] This morning's call is urgent.

(orchestral music) - It's something of an emergency today because one of the female alpacas is pregnant and she's actually in the process of giving birth or trying to give birth.

- [Narrator] It's known in the trade as unpacking and Jackie's favorite, Cinderella, is about to unpack her first baby.

- She's been uncomfortable on and off since last night.

Up and down and not eating and keeping away from the other herd, so just a bit worried.

- Normally, they give birth in a very simple way, so for us to be called to an alpaca that's having difficulty giving birth usually means there's something fairly serious wrong.

(orchestral music) All right.

Hi, Jackie.

- She just gritted her teeth and snarled at you.

- Did she?

Oh, dear.

I'll be as gentle as a can.

This is the moment of truth.

You would've thought with this much straining that there would've been, you know, it wouldn't have gone on for this long without anything happening.

She's how many days?

- 360.

It's 12 months pregnant.

- Sorry, old girl.

She's slowly, slowly opening up.

Ah, yeah, in fact there's something.

It feels like a hock.

There's two hocks.

This is like its two back legs.

Breech, but that would be unusual wouldn't it?

(soft music) - [Narrator] Baby is coming bottom first.

- If the baby is presenting incorrectly the it won't be able to be born and there's a danger of death for both mother and the baby, so we need to get it out one way or another.

(soft music) She would've never give birth to this one.

With alpaca, they have such long legs, so we'll have to unravel those and straighten them up.

And here's its tail, so it's proper breech, so it's one of the worst presentations to have.

(soft music) (upbeat music) - [Narrator] No matter what their size or species, every animal at Skeldale is treated equally.

(upbeat music) But treating really small animals, can present some big challenges.

Jo has brought in her chinchilla, who is responsible for a population explosion.

- And this is Daddy.

- This is Daddy.

- And today, he has a date with destiny.

(upbeat music) - Who's this?

- We've got Larry.

- Oh, crikey.

- Here.

- He's a live wire.

- He is.

- And you'd like him-- - Castrated, please.

- Castrated?

- Yeah.

- Yes, yes.

(soft music) We can oblige.

I'm just working a dose of the anesthetic out now 'cause that's quite critical really with these little fellows that you get the dose right.

So we need the 10s.

0.2.

It's very important because you can easily overdose.

Good boy.

(soft music) - [Narrator] Head nurse, Rachel's assisting.

- Just going to top him off with some gas now.

The problem with these little fellas, these chinchillas, they're not like other animals in the groin area through which their testicles descend.

There's a risk if we don't do the operation properly that we can get herniation of the intestines.

So if we don't do it properly, we're in trouble.

(upbeat music) - Coming up.

- Moving.

So this is two back legs now.

- [Narrator] Can Julian save both mom and baby?

Look how long they are.

Look how hairy they are.

- [Narrator] Peter is knee deep helping out some old friends.

- I've got through the ends.

- [Peter] You have, haven't you?

- [Jean] I always get the mucky end of it.

- [Narrator] And a pet lamb has a eye-watering condition.

- [Julian] Blimey, that's the mother of all rectal prolapses, isn't it?

Oh God, how are gonna get that back in?

(soft music) (birds chirping) - [Narrator] Earlier, Julian was called out to Jackie's favorite alpaca, Cinderella.

She's in labor, but struggling.

- She's been uncomfortable on and off since last night, so just a bit worried.

- [Narrator] Julian is faced with a serious problem.

- If the baby is presented incorrectly, then there's a danger, obviously, of death for both mother and the baby.

(air whooshes) The baby's in exactly the same position that she is, just like that, so that gives you an idea of how it is I need to, carefully with my hand, push that back and turn that leg up and do the same with the other one, which is easier said than done.

Steady, steady, steady.

This is why they're difficult animals to do this with because her legs are so long.

What you have to do, you cup the hoof in your hand so as to protect and that's one done.

- [Jackie] Wow, well done.

Well done.

- [Julian] So I've not got to do exactly the same with the other leg, which is actually harder because the second leg there's less space now.

Excellent.

Moving.

So this is two back legs now.

(soft music) Look how long they are.

Look how hairy there.

Good, lass, nearly there.

(soft music) Oh, one more.

That's it.

A bit of a squeeze, old girl.

This is a girl as well.

- Well done, Cinderella.

- [Julian] Look at all those legs.

Look how long it is.

(soft music) - [Jackie] I don't know how you did that.

- [Julian] Well, when you see, look how long the legs are from there to there and there to there.

I know all that.

That's a bit unleveled.

Come on.

Well, she's out, isn't she, and she's alive.

Good girl.

(soft music) Whoop, don't you run off.

(soft music) Well, you don't see that everyday.

- [Jackie] Do ya?

No.

(soft music) - [Narrator] For now, it's a well-deserved rest for mom and baby.

- [Julian] Yeah, after an hour or so and she should fine.

She's not as wobbly as she might've been actually.

- She's worn out.

- Yeah.

- [Jackie] So am I (chuckles).

(soft music) (upbeat music) - [Narrator] At Skeldale, Larry the chinchilla's days of sowing his wild oats are coming to an end.

- Larry.

- Larry.

- [Narrator] But it's a fiddly operation.

- It's a risk if we don't do the operation properly that we can get herniation of the intestines.

So if we don't do it properly, we're in trouble.

I think it's less stressful castrating a horse than it is castrating a chinchilla.

I know what I'm doing with a horse.

Chinchillas, we don't see them that often.

(playful music) Look at the size of it.

I think this is more stressful than a rabbit.

Lovely.

Whoo.

(playful music) Every day.

Usually getting rid of them, aren't we?

(playful music) Well done.

Now a matching pair.

The testicle isn't the biggest concern here.

It really is the huge ring through which the testicle descends could let out the intestines, so I'm just making sure that's okay.

(playful music) Okay, Rach, might as well touch here.

It was a lovely job really.

There you are, Larry.

Yeah, I'm happy with that.

I'm sure you are well, Larry.

Yes, you will be.

Excellent.

- [Narrator] Peter's keen to update anxious owner, Jo.

- [Peter] Little Larry's absolutely fine.

That went routinely, as routinely as chinchillas go, but he's fine.

He's coming around okay now, so I'm quite happy with him.

All right, then.

Okay, thanks, Jo, bye-bye.

His breeding days are now to an end, so he can go and sit and read the newspaper in an evening instead of doing what he's been getting up to in the past.

(soft music) (birds chirping) (soft music continues) - [Narrator] In the field surround Thirsk, spring lambs are growing and basking in the early sunshine.

(soft music) (lambs bleating) - Come on, breakfast.

- Animal lover, Rodney Sheard's barn echos to the sound of all creatures.

- You're getting too big to sit on my knee.

(soft music) But his hand reared orphan sheep, Lammy, has got a problem.

- I think she's eaten too much nuts and that's trouble.

She hadn't had enough roughages and she's prolapsed.

I don't wanna lose her, 'cause she's been through a lot, so hopefully Julian will be able to fix her.

(soft music) - [Rodney] Come on, Lammy, there you get.

- Blimey, that's the mother of all rectal prolapses, isn't it?

Oh God, how are we gonna get that back in?

So what's happened here, this is the lamb's rectum that should be inside it.

And for some reason, she's been pushing and pushing, and that's the inside of the rectum that's got inside itself like a sock gets stuck inside itself and it's all come out of her anus.

Christ, right.

The first thing to do is always with these is to put an epidural in and that numbs everything down there and it stops her from pushing.

There isn't any other obviously option for this lamb because if we don't get that back in then she doesn't got much chance at all.

The only surgical thing you can do is actually to amputate it and chop it off, but it's not very good.

It's a bit of a last resort.

(lamb bleats) - Shush, shush.

- It goes in okay, but it just keeps coming out as soon as she makes that noise.

(soft music) That's going in so far.

I think it's pretty much inverted now.

I'm gonna put some stitches around the back side.

At least we know it goes back in.

Once I've got the stitches in place, that should stop it from coming out again.

And we just put a stitch all the way around the outside of the anal area.

Good girl, nearly out here.

Perfect.

Right, up you get.

Shall we put her back in there?

- Yeah.

- Very good.

So our fingers crossed.

I mean, let us know if there's any problems, but I think that should be the answer to that.

Thanks, Rodney.

(soft music) (birds chirping) (phone ringing) - Hello, Skeldale Vet Center.

- [Narrator] To be a vet or nurse requires a clear, cool head and rational thinking.

- [Nurse] Just around through here.

- [Narrator] But all that's forgotten when young visitors grab the limelight.

- So they're eight weeks now?

- Yes.

(group chattering) - Oh good.

And how's mom getting on?

- Fine.

- Good.

- Yeah, she's doing well.

- [Nurse] Yeah, I'm gonna have to work it all off.

- Yeah.

And you don't need another dog.

- [Nurse] It's this one.

I love this one so much.

- Okay.

So we'll do the little job first.

- Do it as fast as you can.

- Oh.

(puppy squeals) Oh, dear, sweetheart.

It's okay.

You over there.

There we are.

Oh, bless you.

- That nasty vet, eh?

(group chattering) - [Vet] Ooh, there we are.

There we go.

Very brave.

(soft music) All right, so we'll see you back then in two weeks then.

I'll take this out for you.

- That is just the best job, isn't it?

- I love it.

- Do you forget about cleaning all the poo up and sick and stuff?

(playful music) (birds chirping) (soft music) (birds chirping) - [Narrator] It's been just 24 hours since Jackie's favorite alpaca, Cinderella, unpacked for the first time.

(air whooshes) (soft music) Baby is thriving.

- As you can see, she's enormous, and her mother's not that big, so she's produced quite a large critter, bless her.

- [Narrator] Jackie is now worried about mom.

- I'm really concerned about Cinderella.

I fed her and she's eaten a bit of hay, but they should be up and eating, so I know that she's not feeling herself.

- [Narrator] Jackie is not taking any chances.

She's called Julian out again.

(soft music) - The baby looks like she's up and about.

- She was 9-1/2 kilos when she was born.

- Is she really?

Wow, that's whopping, isn't it?

- And she's got really long legs.

- Tell me about it, yeah.

You're all right.

Do you remember me, yeah?

You're a very lovely little baby.

I'm just gonna have a little feel inside if she'll let me.

She's quite tender in there.

If I can, I'd like to just see what's in there.

- You have to be steady, girl.

- Good lass.

So in here, there is still some membrane that's attached, which it's the afterbirth really that should've come away.

So I think we'll just sit tight with her, but I will put some pessaries in, which will just mitigate risks of metritis setting in.

So just keep an eye.

I mean, it should come away slowly.

As time goes by, the attachment inside of the uterus and the placenta will get weaker and weaker.

- Still a bit of a worry, but she can now start to relax and heal and hopefully she'll be fine.

- Go on, up you get.

(soft music) - Little baby Florence is literally 24 hours out and yesterday this time she couldn't stand up.

She was slimy and couldn't coordinate her legs at all.

And now, she's got her voice and she's got her personality.

It's quite amazing.

I've literally done, I think, three unpackings in my career.

It's not something we do every day and three in 20 years it makes it a pretty special occasion.

(soft music) - [Narrator] Coming up.

(parrot squawks) Julian meets a badass parrot.

(parrot squawks) That's for you.

Nothing up with those.

- If he's in a good mood, that'll be great, but if he's being belligerent, we might have some problems today.

- [Narrator] On the Green's farm.

- Are you ready?

- I'm ready, Mrs. Greene.

- [Narrator] Peter's got his hands full.

- [Peter] We're going backwards.

Don't you throw yourself about.

Come on, Gene.

All right, now you settle yourselves there then.

- [Narrator] And Lammy is rushed back to Skeldale.

- Everything's coming out now.

- Oh God.

All right, let's get her anesthetized at least and see what we can do.

(soft music) (birds chirping) - [Narrator] All over North Yorkshire farm animals lazily while away their days.

(soft music) More exotic breeds have also made themselves at home in the county.

(playful music) Margaret is cooking dinner for that special someone in her life.

(playful music) - I'm making Yorkshire puddings.

They've got to be homemade.

And he'll be able to smell it being cooked.

Anything I eat, he eats.

Only thing he doesn't like is beef.

He's my soulmate and I wouldn't be without him.

- [Narrator] But life partner, Dougie, the Amazonian parrot isn't always the most well behaved.

(parrot screeches) Come on, that was naughty.

You disgraced yourself.

Come to mommy.

No, that's naughty.

Naughty boy.

Bad.

Come to mommy.

No, you don't do that to mommy.

- [Narrator] Not that Dougie's behavior has ever bothered Margaret.

- Me husband used to go to bed early and I have no one to talk to.

And I said, "One of these days I will have a parrot."

And two years before we split up, I did buy a parrot, and it was the best thing I ever done.

(upbeat music) I hated green and then when I bought Dougie I decided that I liked green.

I had to get a green kettle and everything was green to go with it.

- Thank you.

We'll share it, all right?

As my ex would say I think more about the parrot than I do him.

- [Narrator] But today, Margaret is worried.

(parrot squawks) - [Margaret] What's up with you?

Nothing up with those.

- [Narrator] She's booked Dougie in at Skeldale to have his claws and beak trimmed.

- He's never had his beak done and it's very, very sharp, isn't it?

It's a very sharp beak.

(playful music) It's so sharp he can break a Brazil nut in half.

(Margaret speaks indistinctly) - [Narrator] Last time Dougie visited a vet, it didn't go well.

- They did put these big gauntlets on him to get a hold of him, but it frightened him, and it made his little heart beating so fast that I just couldn't cope.

(soft music) He was on oxygen for nine hours, touch and go.

I was in tears thinking that I was going to lose him.

Give me mommy a kiss.

(parrot squawks) I don't know.

What are we going to do with you?

- [Narrator] At Skeldale, Julian's not sure what he'll do with Dougie either.

- I've not met Dougie before, but his reputation precedes him.

I know he's got sharp claws and quite a sharp beak and he can cause damage to anybody who gets in his way.

- What's this?

Ooh.

- Hello.

- Hello, darling.

You gonna be a good boy and have a pudding.

- By all accounts, he's not very agreeable to being handled, so I'm not exactly sure how this is gonna pan out.

(soft music) - [Narrator] Across the lush, Thirsk countryside, farming is the lifeblood of a proud rural community.

(cows moo) Longterm friends of Skeldale, Jean and Steve Greene have been farming all their lives.

Last year, they were forced to sell the last of their dairy when Steve fell ill and could no longer cope.

- Very hard work really.

- I just can't cope.

- How are you, son?

- I felt as if I had to come if I could because these cows were Steve and Jeannie's life really.

- [Jean] I'm glad you've come.

(auctioneer speaks indistinctly) (soft music) (air whooshes) (cow moos) - Shoo, shoo.

- But now, they found a way that allows them to carry on farming, buying and selling young calves that are much easier to handle.

- [Jean] There's your breakfast.

So it looks like you're not retiring.

No.

I couldn't bear to think of it.

It's not my life.

I might be lame, but I could still go.

He's 87, but he's just cut his second wisdom tooth, so he's a little wise old bugger yet.

- I wouldn't like to do nothing, no.

I've got to keep doing something and I have an interest in something, haven't ya?

- [Narrator] So Jean will still be a regular at Thirsk Auction.

- Come on, Rocco.

(auctioneer calling) We rear 'em up to do a year or 14 months, then we send 'em out to auction 'em out, sell 'em on, then buy some more calves in and that's how we work it now.

- Thanks, Jean.

- Thank you.

- You weren't doing so bad.

- Could've gone better.

I did more or less.

- 95.

(soft music) - [Jean] Thank you, sir.

(upbeat music) - [Narrator] Today is a big day for Jean and Steve.

They're about to welcome new arrivals.

- I am expecting Salt and Pepper and Peaches and Cream.

Four new calves coming from Penrith.

Can't wait to see 'em.

So excited.

Don't you get out of here, bugger.

Don't even try it.

(cows moo) Here comes Peaches and Cream and Salt and Pepper.

Hey, come on, man, I can get a tank in there.

Stay standing.

I'll stand there with you.

Oh crikey then, ooh, crikey right then.

- [Steve] There's two bigger ones and two little ones.

(upbeat music) - [Jean] Oh, they're many colors.

Whoa.

- [Steve] That one's so bigger than that.

Those are two ... (cow moos) - [Jean] The beautiful calves.

Hello, Salt and Pepper.

- Today was busy.

(upbeat music) - I don't think there's nothing wrong.

Mugs are in the air, so that tells me there's nothing going on in the body.

They have a good bum, so they look all right.

(cow moos) - [Narrator] The new calves will need tender, loving care.

(cow moos) - I'm happy now.

I've got my full house.

(upbeat music) I am content.

Just wait for Peter to come and see 'em.

(upbeat music) (playful music) - [Narrator] Back at the surgery, Julian has the unenviable task of clipping the claws and beak of Dougie, the petulant parrot.

- I hope he's in there relaxing and he isn't stressed out.

- If he's in a good mood, that'll be great.

But if he's being belligerent, we might have some problems today.

- I think I'm more nervous than he is.

- [Julian] Come through.

This is the famous Dougie, is it?

- [Margaret] It is, yes.

- That's a big beak you've got there, Dougie.

You're right.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Cool.

All right, okay, I'll give you a shout when we're ready.

- Yeah, thank you.

- If you hear loads of screams from the operating theater then you know something's not going well.

- [Narrator] Nurse Kate is assisting and she's thought of an ingenious way to avoid handling this parrot with the ASBO attitude.

- Sorry, Dougie.

All right.

- This is Kate's new idea.

We're giving Dougie some anesthetic gas into this bag, which will fill up with gas and he should just quietly go to sleep.

We'll know when he's asleep because the rattling will stop.

- [Narrator] The anesthetic will wear off quickly.

- [Julian] All right, let's go.

- [Narrator] They need to work fast.

- [Julian] Right, Dougie.

Whoa.

Give him that and if we're quick we'll just be able to get everything trimmed.

Whilst he's still pining for the fields.

These are really long actually these nails.

Right, so let's have a go on his beak now.

He has a massive beak, hasn't he?

A bit more gas, a bit more gas.

Come on, Dougie.

Calm down, mate.

- [Narrator] All done with just seconds to spare.

- Oh, come on, Dougie, in you go.

Hold it.

Put him in with the towel.

Oh, there it goes.

Excellent.

Ow, my finger.

That's the thanks you get.

All right, we'll take you back to your mom.

- [Narrator] And Margaret can't wait.

(twinkling music) Well, he's done very well.

- I didn't hear him cry.

- No, it was very quiet.

He didn't say a lot.

- Yeah?

Are you a good boy.

- [Julian] We didn't need to handle him or stress him at all.

It was really quite simple all around.

So a happy parrot and a happy vet, which is a good combination.

- Hey, you got me.

Oh, hello.

- Cool.

Will he let me stroke him now, do you think?

Now he's relaxed.

So would he try and get me?

Just to make friends with him again.

- Come on.

- Ooh, he said, "No, I'm gonna bite your fingers if you do it."

- Hello.

Yeah.

It means so much to me because he's me companion and is me soulmate and I always feel that he's there for me.

(soft music) (playful music) (dogs barking) - [Narrator] At Skeldale, the vets may well take most of the credit.

- I got some medications coming out for you now.

- Lovely.

- And then we'll keep everything crossed.

- [Pet Owner] Thank you so much.

- [Narrator] But the nurses are the heartbeat of the whole operation.

- Well, grandma and grandad think that I just cuddle stuff all day.

And my grandma keeps, "Why don't you train to be a vet once you become a nurse?"

And they don't understand that it's totally different.

Because people think that nurses are just vets that couldn't get into vet school.

And all those lots just wanna be vets and we're just not clever enough, which is totally untrue because you do have to be really clever to be a nurse.

- Yeah.

I think of all the things we do, radiography, we put drips in, we take blood samples.

- We can stitch stuff up.

We're an anesthetist as well.

- We're amazing.

Nurses are amazing.

- We're like ninjas.

(soft music) (air whooshes) - [Narrator] Yesterday, hand-reared orphan, Lammy came in as an emergency.

- Blimey.

- With a gentle hand-- - I think it's pretty much inverted now.

- Lammy went home intact.

- Right.

- Well done.

- But sadly, she's taken a turn for the worst.

- Last night, she was fine.

She was still straining a little bit.

And then, early this morning she's pushed it out again, so hopefully you can put it back in.

- It's quite a big problem this happening because ideally when you put a prolapse back in, it stays in.

Prolapses can reappear.

And the more times that happens, the worst the outlook is.

- All right, there's a sheep.

I'd say she still looks happy, doesn't she?

- Yes.

- That's the good bit though.

That's the bad bit.

Oh, God.

It's a bit of fiddly thing to do, but you can operate.

You basically chop that off and push it in then stitch the ends together.

- I'll keep going till we get her all right.

I always try as long as there's hope.

She's too good a sheep not to try.

- [Narrator] With such a tricky surgery, Julian's keen to get a second opinion.

- [Julian] Do you have any tips on rectal prolapses?

- I've done sows in the past because you'll see it quite a lot in sows.

Oh, right, do what they used to do, leave 'em alone, didn't do anything and they will just slough off.

- [Julian] I don't think it'll do though, 'cause it's massive and red.

- The other thing you can do, you can dissect it out and sew the mucosal and serosal surfaces together and pop it back in.

- [Julian] I wonder whether I should do that.

It sounds a bit difficult.

- [Pete] It's not as difficult as it sounds.

Worked quite well for me.

- We'll have a look.

Well, thanks for that.

- So you could-- - [Julian] Advice from the master then.

- Well, I wouldn't go that far.

- [Julian] Thanks, Pete.

- [Narrator] But Rachel spotted a complication.

- [Rachel] Everything's coming out now.

- You outside?

Oh God.

Oh God.

Now look what's happened.

It's got a tear in there and that's not good.

All right, let's get her anesthetized at least and see what we can do.

- [Narrator] It's emergency surgery for Lammy.

(soft music) At Skeldale, it's not looking good for orphaned sheep, Lammy.

Julian's prepping for emergency surgery.

- This is large intestine, the rectum, and that's small intestine.

There's a prolapse, so we're gonna prolapse, which is really gonna be difficult to fix.

(soft music) I want to take away all the dark-colored bowel and get it back to healthy tissue.

(soft music) This is the small intestine that I'm basically feeding back into the abdomen.

People often think that sheep die real easy, but they don't.

They're very resilient animals and they can put up with an awful lot of illness and disease before they do die, so my fingers crossed.

Don't want it to die.

- [Narrator] After more than an hour of painstaking surgery, Peter's back to lend support.

- Do you think that looks all right?

- Probably put in about 50 stitches there so-- - Won't do any help.

I think you should pull those serosal services together.

That'll do it.

- [Julian] It's good that he brought her in when he did, isn't it?

- Yeah, it is.

The owner would have got up and this lamb would've been dead with all its small intestines out.

I think that's a good job.

- Thanks, Pete.

How you doing, old girl?

Thanks, Rach.

We'll take this mask off.

I think she's still, I don't know how we'd rate it.

Chance is probably 50/50 from here.

It's all gone well, but there's still all sorts of potential complications, sepsis and breakdown of the wound, so there's still a long way to go.

(soft music) - I hope she's all right and can live a normal life and have some Lammys for me, little Lammys.

(soft music) (birds chirping) (lambs bleating) (soft music) (birds chirping) - [Rodney] Come on.

- [Narrator] For Rodney, life must go on.

- [Rodney] Hey, come on, breakfast.

- [Narrator] And two weeks later back at home, Lammy is thriving.

- Hey, you can come in.

(Lammy bleats) She is doing very well.

I can see a big improvement, like healing her.

And if I hadn't come to Julian, she'd be dead and buried now, to be honest, 'cause she couldn't go to the toilet.

She'd have just dehydrated and then given up.

- [Narrator] Now Rodney has high hopes For Lammy's future.

- [Rodney] It's be nice watching her grow up now.

(soft music) (lambs bleating) I think she'll make a good sheep and grow tall and have some good lambs, be a good mom.

Be a good little lamb, eh?

I don't like losing any of my animals.

You having trouble?

But we can only try our best and give 'em all the love and attention we can and hopefully they'll pull through.

(soft music) (lambs bleating) (happy music) - [Narrator] Earlier, the Greene's welcomed four new calves.

- This is Peaches and Cream and this is Salt and Pepper.

And they look all right.

(air whooshes) (happy music) - [Narrator] And today, they're meeting Jean's favorite vet, Peter.

(happy music) - We're going to go around and see Steve and Jeannie Greene today.

She's bought some more calves and they are developing horns.

And she would like them removed because they tend to bully the other stock that haven't got horns if they aren't removed.

(calves mooing) - I've seen them rip one another up and it's not worth it.

Stab 'em in the eye, rip 'em up sideways, back ways, up the tag, so best to take 'em off.

(soft music) - Morning, Mrs. Greene.

- Morning, young Peter, right, how is the ... - Back off to work.

- Right.

That time again.

Come on.

Peter?

- Yeah.

- Say, "Hello" to Peaches and Cream.

- Peaches and Cream.

So got Peaches and Cream that side and Salt and Pepper this side.

They're looking very good.

- But this is your worst one.

He's worse than a bull in a China shop.

- Sold.

Well, I think what we'll do, I think we'll go on and numb 'em all to start with and we'll go along and cut them afterwards.

(calves moo) The procedure of de-horning can look a little bit barbaric.

The horn base is thoroughly numbed by local anesthetic, so they don't feel anything at all.

- Are you ready?

- I'm ready, Mrs. Greene.

- [Narrator] But these babies are not keen.

- We're going backwards.

- No, don't you pull yourself about.

- Hang on, Jean.

- Right, now you settle yourself there then.

That's fine.

Right.

Let's go and find the next contestant.

- Hello, Pepper.

- With no nerves that supply the horns that we're going to take off, so we're gonna give that a bit of chance to take effect.

- [Narrator] Jean's drafted in an extra pair of hands.

- I've got the end.

- You have, haven't ya?

- I always get the mucky end of it.

- There's nothing in it, is it really?

- No.

- When it's cows it's only chewed grass in it.

- I like to have me hand in it all day for the complexion sake.

- I'm just taking the center of the horn out, which is pretty dead that.

And now just going to just flatten it off a little.

I'm happy with that one, it's flush.

- [Narrator] But Salt doesn't like the look of the hot iron.

- Come here, you.

- [Peter] Hang on, hang on, jelly.

You always seem to gravitate to that end, Mrs. Greene.

Now I think I'm going to have to cut these first.

It's gonna look a little bit gruesome.

- [Jean] A normal amount of blood.

- But Salt can't feel any of this.

Can't feel anything.

Got that off quite nicely.

So what we've got to do now is to stop it regrowing.

- [Narrator] The other calves are better behaved.

- [Peter] That'll do the job.

Excellent.

- [Narrator] So Jean can start to relax.

- Oh, Peter, what do you call a sleeping bull?

- A sleeping bull?

- Yes.

- I don't know.

- A bulldozer.

(Peter laughs) (soft music) Well, it's going very nicely and Jean being the rear guard it worked really well.

Now I'm very chuffed with that.

- I'm all dirty and dusty, and my hands are covered in (censored) and there's nothing you can do about it.

I'll just go like that and wipe 'em on me trousers.

- [Peter] No, you be careful.

- Oh, I love 'em.

Love 'em.

They're like family.

Can't go without them.

They're family.

They're loved.

Absolutely beautiful (laughs) - [Narrator] Next time.

(soft music) Julian's called out to a life-saving emergency.

- [Julian] It's all his intestines, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- [Julian] The longer the intestines are out, obviously the worse his chances are.

- [Narrator] Peter and Hattie struggle to save a much-loved blind dog.

- [Hattie] That's the thick end of the spatula there.

- [Peter] Make your incision.

Go in some with some forceps and pull it out.

- [Narrator] And Emily, the chicken, gets the stuffing knocked out of her.

- It's like one of those super food salads, isn't it, with all some sorts of pearl barley and rocket.

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