An underweight and heavily pregnant dog is brought in to the hospital for an emergency procedure to deliver her pups, and due to the animal's poor condition, Inspector Annie Simmonds is called in to investigate. Inspector Anthony Jenkins and vet Becky McAlpine tend to a bull mastiff in Merseyside with an unusual skin condition, while in Nuneaton, Herchy Boal meets a heartbroken owner who must give up her two beloved terriers following a marriage breakdown. Plus, Anthony Pulfer catches up with Gucci, the severely neglected American bulldog that was reduced to eating her own faeces when inspectors found her last year. Anthony sets out to discover whether Gucci is thriving in her new home.
