Village Vets Australia

This episode explores the concept that vets are one of the few professions that are present at the birth of a patient, and still there when the patient passes on after a full life – from the rescue birth of a puppy stuck in its mother’s birth canal, to the untimely death of a child’s pet lizard, and ending with the harrowing decision of James and his family to put their own elderly dog Bailey down.

Country fair favourite Toby the miniature horse is critically ill. Young Vet Hannah takes on a dramatic operation. A prize bull is in danger after tangling its leg in wire. Will the Vet's be able to help before it's too late?

Anthony is called on to care for Peter the Rabbit who needs surgery, while James makes a discovery in Ginger the cat. Anthony calls to Fiesta the horse who needs urgent attention.

James is hoping for some down time as he and Ronnie nervously await the birth of their second child, but the clinic is busier than ever. A cat with a broken hip requires a procedure that defies belief.