Good Animal Programs

     As most of you who have read this blog for any length of time know, I love dogs and cats.  The best friend I ever had was a dog named Toby, and I miss him every day.  I'm always on the look out for a good animal program or animal book.
     Usually on Wednesday, I review a dog, cat or animal book.  However, today I want to recommend to you four animal programs that I've been enjoying.  These programs are all about veterinarians and veterinary medicine.
     "The Yorkshire Vet" is an interesting program for several different reasons.  First of all, this program follows the vets who have taken over the practice that James Herriot worked out of in Thirsk, Yorkshire.  James Herriot is my favorite writer, so I was immediately drawn to this series.  Dr. Julian Norton is the main focus of this series.  He is an extremely dedicated veterinarian who goes out to see his patients any time of the day or night.  He treats all types of large and small animals.  What I really like about this program is that it shows veterinary medicine as it really is.  If you are squeamish at all, this might not be the program for you.  I highly recommend this program.  Julian Norton has a book out that I will be reading and reviewing on the blog in the next few weeks.
     The second program that I would like to recommend is also about veterinary medicine, but it has a completely different presentation.  "John Barrowman's Small Animal Hospital" follows the animals that come into the veterinary practice linked with the University of  Glasgow.  In each episode, actor John Barrowman, who is well-known to Doctor Who, fans focuses on the owners and the animals who come into the clinic.  These animals have been referred to the clinic because they have complex problems.  John meets with the owners and then guides the viewers through what is happening.   All the while, John is part of the action.  I really believe that his presence and caring attitude have helped a lot of the pet owners who've been featured in this series.
     "Bondi Vet" is just an awesome program.  This program features the Bondi Junction Veterinary Clinic and the Small Animal Specialist Hospital (SASH) located in Sydney, Australian.  Dr. Chris Brown is the man focus of the program.  He if a very caring and dedicated veterinary.  Also featured in the series are emergency vet Dr. Lisa Chimes and surgeon Dr. Andrew Marchevsky.  Dr. Chimes is an excellent vet.  I like the way she interacts with the animal patients talking to them just like they understand everything she is saying.
     Now to the veterinary program that just amazes me.  "Supervet" focuses on Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick who is an outstanding veterinary surgeon in England.  He has performed operations on pets that no one else on the planet has performed.  He is a caring vet who gives everything he has to the animals.  He spends almost all of his time at his practice even sleeping in a room off of his office on many nights.
     Noel Fitzpatrick performs operations I've never seen performed on animals before.  In one particularly great episode, Noel actually rebuilt a dogs mangled front paw by using pieces of bone from the dogs pelvis.  The most outstanding surgery I've seen him perform is when a golden retriever puppy came in with his jaw broken in multiple places and almost completely hanging off.  Noel, repaired the jaw, braced it and helped repair the bone.  That little dog recovered completely.
     These four shows are really good, and I hope that you get a chance to watch them.