Murmur

So, uh...

The department of corrections

has sent over your papers, and, um...

You're going to start with us today, which is great.

And I'm not sure if they told you,

but you're going to be doing a lot of dirty work,

and, uh...

The clothes that you're wearing really aren't appropriate,

do you have other clothes that you can bring?

No problem, no problem.

So we pour the mop bucket out right here.

So you're going to wring it just by squeezing it.

There you go.

Try to get all the water out of the mop,

because it's a really heavy mop.

Jeez.

Yeah?

Okay.

Okay, and you take this thing off

by just lifting it straight up.

Perfect.

And just pour it out.

So when we fill up the bucket again,

we have to use this medical grade disinfectant.

And we're only going to use 25 mls of this

because it's really strong.

Just right in the bucket?

Yup, just spritz it right in there.

And we put that in before the water

so it mixes up really nice.

Okay.

And this stuff to make it smell pretty.

Oh.

How much?

You're good.

- That's good? - Yup, that's good.

Okay.

So, the purpose of today, our goal is to one,

provide education on safe driving

and the effect of alcohol and other drugs,

to provide education on the harm

associated with substances,

and developing a plan or strategy

to avoid a future occurrence.

So how did you get here today?

I do not have your specific details.

I don't know why you are here today, other than...

You've either been charged or convicted

with a driving while impaired offence,

or you have an administrative licence suspension.

So how do you get your licence back?

The first step, you're completing today,

you're already doing, the education program.

What're you doing?

What have you got?

You're not going to bite me?

No?

Wait a minute, just wait.

Wait.

Careful.

Do you like to be cuddled?

Do you like to be cuddled?

You're so pretty.

Well, you're welcome.

Yes, you're welcome.

You're so pretty.

What's he saying?

Huh?

What's he saying?

Hello?

Hello, Melissa?

Hi.

Hi, it's Donna, is Julia there please?

No, she's not here.

Oh.

Well, do you know if she'll be back soon?

Donna, she's not here, you should leave.

Well, you're not my daughter,

and I'd like her to phone me please,

can you make sure she phones her mother?

I think you should leave her alone.

I'm hanging up now.

Well make sure she gets the message please,

I need her to call...

Come here, come here.

No, you've got to wear this.

You have to wear this.

There you go, no, come here,

you've got to weary this,

no, you have to wear this.

That's a girl.

What a good girl.

She's watching the screen.

So this is her bladder there.

So we're just going to...

we're just going to go around a little bit

and see if we see any puppies.

We're looking for a heart beat.

So we've just come up on the first fetus there,

so we can see that there's a heart beat.

You're going to be a mommy!

Wow.

Come here.

There you go.

You're so sweet.

Come on, Charlie.

Look, come here buddy.

There you go.

What a good boy.

Yummy?

Just wait.

Just wait a minute.

I've got more.

There you go.

Donna, it's one of the worst parts of our job

when we have to euthanize a dog

which is near the end of their life.

But it's something we have to do

and we have to deal with it.

And we just can't have you taking home every dog

that we need to euthanize.

I understand, but Charlie and I have a connection.

He came right up to me when I started

and it will only be this one time.

It's good of you, but the fact of the matter is,

you know, Charlie is sick, and there's high vet bills,

and you have limited resources as far as I know.

How are you going to cover those vet bills?

Well, Crystal mentioned that there's a program

for older dogs, senior dogs,

and it looks after the veterinarian costs,

and everything.

The palliative care program.

But that's generally for dogs that are older,

like Charlie, but are in much better shape.

Charlie is really near the end of his life

and to extend his life may not be

the right thing for us.

I think it would be good for him.

And I think he deserves a chance.

So Charlie's got a couple of health concerns

that we're going to have to talk about today, okay?

So he's got a grade six out of six heart murmur,

and he's in heart failure,

he's in congestive heart failure, okay?

He's also got some severe skin issues

that we're going to have to send you home

with medicine for.

I'm going to go over each of these medications,

okay, with you.

He's going to be on antibiotics.

These antibiotics are one full tablet every 12 hours

and there's two weeks worth in there.

That's going to help with the crusting

and infection in his skin.

He's also going to go on medicated shampoo.

So this medicated shampoo

you're going to lather up really well,

work it into his coat, right to the skin,

leave it on for five to ten minutes

and then rinse it really well.

And get him nice and dry,

no moisture left behind, okay?

So you're going to do that basically every day

until his skin is looking better.

He's got an ear infection.

He's got bacteria and yeast in his ears.

Oh, Charlie, come on.

Come on, you need to eat.

Look, eat.

There you go.

What a good boy.

What a good boy!

Yes you are!

Yes, yummy yummy.

It's okay, it's almost done.

So this is the first time

that alcohol has caused you problems in your life

than with the driving while impaired charge, then?

Yes, yes, big problems.

Has there been a time that people have been

upset with your drinking?

Well, yeah, my daughter doesn't like it when I drink.

Okay, so there's been conflict in the family

because of your use, then?

Yeah, yeah.

It sounds like you care about your family.

Oh, I love my daughter, love her.

She's my heart, you know, she's my only baby.

So yeah, she's important.

Come here, Charlie come here.

Charlie, come here, come here.

Oh, that's my boy.

How was your day?

How was your day?

I missed you.

What's that?

What's that?

Wait a minute, what's that?

Charlie, did you pee?