Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast

Share the excitement... We're gonna see puppies!

Puppies! I love puppies.

..drama... No pulse.

..heartbreak...

It's not looking good. ..and tears of joy.

How adorable are you?

From Sydney to Perth,

Melbourne to the Gold Coast,

dedicated vets across Australia...

All right, little wildo?

..are saving lives every day.

See if we can make you feel better.

Caring for gentle giants... Hello.

..and tiny titans.

There'll be courageous battles...

We're gonna get you home as soon as we can.

..second chances... I'm right here.

..and little miracles.

It's an amazing season of inspiring true stories...

Don't worry. We're gonna get you some help.

..with brand-new faces. Thanks, mate.

Such a beautiful dog.

Oh, I know, I know.

On Bondi Vet Coast To Coast.

On this episode... Oh my god.

Dr Kate discovers why little Gary is so sick.

He could die from this. I'm a bit in shock.

It's a race against time for Dr Peter

to perform vital surgery on Azuri.

It's an intense moment when we've got all those people

in close proximity to a potentially lethal animal.

Dr Alex has serious concerns about expectant mother Greta.

When you've got that many puppies,

there's a lot of things that could go wrong.

And it's puppy mayhem for doctors Audrey and Alison.

Hi, Beyonce.

I just wanna squish them and hug them.

And kiss them.

In Sydney, it's the beginning of the workday

for Dr Kate Adams,

the owner of Bondi Veterinary Hospital.

Shake, yeah.

OK, ready? And down.

Looking after animals that are sick

and then nursing them back to health, saving their lives,

the satisfaction that you get from that

and the feeling that you get from that is the best.

You all right?

Today, British expat Anna is arriving

with her much loved dachshund Gary.

All right, sweetie?

What have you done to yourself, Gary?

Gonna find out.

The three-year-old has been brought into the Bondi clinic

after developing a mysterious illness overnight.

I took him for a walk last night

and basically, then he's been really sick this morning

so I was kind of worried straight away

and thought he would need some kind of injection or pills.

Gary.

What's happened to you, Gary? He's been really sick today.

I woke up this morning and he's vomited

all over the living room about four times.

Oh, no. Yeah. He doesn't want to walk.

Gary is definitely not looking like a happy dog.

It means that we have to investigate,

we need to go and find out what's actually going wrong

with Gary's tummy.

You got to feel sorry for the little guy.

So, tell me, what's been going on?

He won't eat, he won't drink or do anything.

And the vomit, is there food in the vomit or is it just...

There were two rounds of vomit which looked like Weetabix.

Like Weet-Bix he ate for breakfast? Weet-Bix, yeah.

Gary and Anna moved from the UK to Australia just two months ago.

You're an English dog, all the way from England.

Yeah.

He's like my son, has travelled round the world with me

so it's been quite a little journey.

Now you're a Bondi dog.

Yeah, now he's a Bondi babe.

Can we think of anything that he might've eaten

out of the ordinary?

Yeah, we went for a walk on the beach,

I did notice that he had found an ice cream tub.

Like, on the sand?

On the sand, yeah.

Right, OK.

That's not good.

Your first day at the beach.

I've never met a dachshund that doesn't love to eat,

and those guys will literally, nose on the ground,

will eat anything that they possibly

can get their hands on.

We could be dealing with some kind of horrible bacteria

or it could be something as serious as having an obstruction.

What we need to do, as a matter of priority,

is figure out what else is going on here.

He's really dehydrated so I'm going to put an IV in

just so we can get some fluid into him

and we'll take it from there.

I'm really, really worried about Gary

and I don't really know what's gonna happen.

You be a good boy. Love you.

Thank you. See you, Anna.

See you later. Speak to you soon.

OK.

He's never been this sick before. Ever.

And I'm really worried.

If we're dealing with something serious,

it may be that Gary actually has to have some surgery.

He's so sick.

You're all right, mate.

Come on, girlfriend.

Up on the Gold Coast at the Animal Emergency Service,

Marie has arrived with her heavily pregnant golden retriever Greta.

Good girl. Come on.

Greta is fun loving.

She is the light of my life, so I'm coming in today

to get Alex to have a look.

Here she is. Hey, Greta!

She's looking ready. Very pregnant.

Isn't she?

For emergency specialist Dr Alex Hynes,

cases like this are why she wanted to become a vet in the first place.

I love my work and I love what I do.

This is more than a job.

This is my way of making a difference in the world.

I think for me, because I'd been around animals all of my life,

it was a decision fairly early on that I wanted to work with animals.

You're looking wonderful, aren't you?

Glowing, I think, would be the way you put it.

Aww.

Alex needs to determine exactly how many puppies

they could be dealing with.

All ready to pop those pups out?

I wonder how many you've got in there.

When dogs have puppies,

there are a number of things that can go wrong.

Which is why we do X-ray and ultrasound.

Come on. Let's go.

Good girl.

My dog's not going up there unless the table's clean.

What are you doing?

Has to be clean for my girl to get up there.

Marie isn't just a client, she also works with Alex.

She's the kennel attendant in our hospital

which means she pretty much cleans this whole place.

All done.

We call her Nanna Marie because she really is like our nanna.

Hey, Greta. How ya going?

Gerardo is my life partner,

but he's also my partner in the hospital.

Greta, come over here. Come on, Greta.

And he's very helpful when it comes to heavy lifting.

Good girl.

Good girl.

So how many puppies do you think she's got in there, Marie?

I think around about 10.

I'm going to go with 12. You're going with 12?

Yeah. We'll see.

G? Eight.

8, 10, 12.

It's always a bit of a guessing game

as to how many puppies are in there.

Just gonna roll you over, Greta.

Good girl, good girl.

There you go.

That's my girl. Ready, team?

I think we've pretty much got all of her in.

OK, I'll press the button.

One, two, three, find out if I'm the winner.

Look at that. Woah.

Look at them all.

Wow.

That's a lot of babies. Look how crowded they are.

There's not room for all of them, they must be fighting for space.

With the X-ray showing multiple puppies overlapping,

Alex is concerned some might not be getting

enough oxygen, or could be crushed.

When you've got that many puppies that are all jammed inside

a confined space,

there's a lot of things that could go wrong.

Literally filling all of her belly there.

You've got a sore tummy, mate.

I know you've got a sore tum.

Let's take a quick temperature.

Back in Bondi, Kate and vet nurse Fran

are trying to figure out the exact cause

of Gary's severe vomiting.

It's OK.

The only clue from his owner Anna is that he ate some ice cream

off the sand during a walk at the beach.

A bit high.

Let's have a feel of his tummy.

We know that he is a scavenger.

He's a dachshund.

This could be anything.

Definitely got something in there.

What is that?