In Isleworth London
a little dog called Luna urgently needs Scotts help.
She's three, so had her since she was a puppy.
But she's just absolutely crazy
she has such a high prey drive that she just runs after squirrels.
Owners Ben and Alice rushed Luna into Scott
after she suffered a shocking injury at the park.
Luna was on a walk and we heard a lot of yelping
while she was chasing the squirrels.
She has completely ripped her leg open.
It's a pretty nasty wound.
So we've just a dressing on it.
Yeah. Just taking it off now to show you.
Okay, was she missing for a long period of time?
No just out of sight for a couple of minutes.
Nurses Nina and Sam have already seen the wound.
Prepare yourself. Really? Yeah.
Oh my god.
Oh my god. Looking at this beautiful Cocker Spaniel, I'm horrified.
Luan what's happened?
I tell you what I'm glad you're wearing that
because you don't want to see what's happening back here.
I literally have never seen anything like this before.
It looks like, she's been bitten by a shark.
Oh honey I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
It wasn't me, It wasn't me.
I mean that is grim, isn't it? That is out of a horror film.
Although Lunas been given a pain relieving patch.
Removing the temporary dressing is excruciating.
What a brave little dog Luna is.
She's holding it together
well but it does look like she's been skinned alive.
And of course she'd be in a huge amount of pain and in shock.
But she's being a very brave little dog.
Your so brave, oh your still wagging your tail.
Oh you're a good girl.
Have you ever seen anything like that in your career? No, it's massive.
Yeah. Alright well we certainly got our work
cut out fixing that then.
Ladies, I think let's give
her an anesthetic and let's
put her out of her discomfort for the short term.
And let's try and fix that unbelievable wound.
It can't be underestimated just how serious Luna's
injuries are and how life threatening they could be.
Oh my god, look at that.
I tell you what she is so lucky.
You can see just there is the femoral artery, you can see it pumping
look. If she had caught that then she wouldn't be here now.
There's no doubt. Luckily, we do have quite a bit of skin
to play with here, so I think that we should be able to sort this out.
Alright should we start just giving her a bit of a clip and a clean?
And let's get her into surgery shall we?
It really is incredibly upsetting to see a dog in so much pain
and discomfort and all from just a casual walk in the park.
We've got to remember as well
she has some really distressed owners too.
You were saying it was more just that the screaming from her
because she was in so much pain.
And you just said that every time you shut your eyes
all you could think about, wasn't it? It was quite traumatic.
For something that you love that much to be in that much pain.
It is massive.
Yeah. You know, if you think of the actual
size of the dog, I mean that holes about the size of her head.
My job now is to understand, is there any skin missing?
If there is skin missing, then I'll need to find skin from somewhere else.
And the way that I'll do that is by doing a flap
which we extend over the wound itself.
So it's a big job. Looking at this horrifying wound
I really can't say if Luna will pull through because it's massive
and I don't know what kind
injuries might have occurred underneath.
So all I can do is try and close this horrendous wound
and hope that this little girl makes a full recovery.
There is a moment when you're
doing a surgery like this where you do go...
%^@#%
What I'm doing is tacking,
so I'm basically putting tension
underneath the superficial layer, the epidermis,
have to try and encourage it all to come back together.
So it's just a little time consuming.
But actually one good thing about it is that all this tissue
is nice and healthy, so it looks very red and very angry. It's bleeding.
But that's good because it means it's got good blood supply
and it's almost certain to heal very well.
Amazing.
One million stitches, yeah.
So I've just finished the procedure on Luna and it's very rewarding.
So we now have a dog that has skin covering her from top to bottom.
Which is the way nature intended.
And she's going to wake up and recover and grow back fur.
And you'll never know this horrific injury ever happened.
2 hours later Lunas ready to be reunited with her
incredibly relieved owner's.
Here's your baby.
I know that's mom and Dad, isn't it?
Oh that's a nice waggy tail.
It's so rewarding
to be able to reunite Luna with her loving owners.
But certainly this is not a day that they'll want to remember.
You love your Daddy don't you?
You've done an amazing job. Oh, thank you.
I just can't believe she's wagging her tail. You're so sweet.
It never ceases to amaze me how resilient and brave animals are.
And look at Luna, the tails wagging!
And she can't wait to get home.
Take care, bye sweetheart.
Six weeks after her operation,
Luna has made a remarkable
recovery from that shocking leg wound.
Her injury has healed so well
she's even back enjoying walks. With relieved
owners Ben and Alice
keeping a close watch on their precious little girl.
Once the final bit was sewed up and,
you know she started to run around again
and almost be unfazed by what had happened.
We were surprised about that.
Yeah. No fear still wanting to chase the squirrels.
And the birds.
And the birds and the swans.