Noel operates on a five-month-old rabbit called Rufus with a badly broken hind leg. He diagnoses that a much-loved cocker spaniel called Dixie needs major spinal surgery. And when young couple David and Khaya bring in Daphne, a three-legged dog... (more) they adopted from Thailand, after she had been attacked with a machete, Noel realises he must come up with a radical solution for the dog's remaining front paw, which is injured. Noel gains inspiration from X-Men's Wolverine for a daring solution.