The Supervet's Noel Fitzpatrick opens up about the Channel 4 show's upcoming specials and how his book about his late dog and canine best friend Keira helped others with grief
Channel 4’s The Supervet is back with five new specials as veterinary surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick checks up on some of the animal patients whose lives he’s saved over the years.
In this week’s show, Noel helps three-legged German Shepherd rescue Bran, who faced being put down if his remaining back leg – affected by hip dysplasia – couldn’t be saved. “Bran’s young couple weren’t given any hope,” Noel says, adding that Bran’s chances improved when he designed a hip replacement using an ice-cream scoop. “That was the basis of the implant,” he says.
With the show marking its 10th anniversary this year, Noel says his practice hasn’t changed much in that time – and he’s still taking his emotions into the operating room with him. “People try too hard to separate their emotions from the situation but I don’t. If you’re emotionally invested in every case, then your moral responsibility is to do your best for that animal,” he says.
Noel is well aware of how enriching having a pet can be, with the vet still missing his canine best friend Keira, who died in 2021. He wrote a book in her memory last year titled Keira & Me. "I wanted to share her light with the rest of the world as she had shared it with me," he says. "She helped me in the darkest times and I felt that if I could shine her light into the world, she would have a legacy that transcended me.
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