Series Overview
How do you take care of a hairless dog? What happens if a tarantula loses a leg? And…how do you groom a chicken? Just SOME of the questions you’ll find answered on Peataí! – a new 6 part series trotting onto our screens this Autumn!
Welcoming Gaelgeóirí and their pets from the four provinces, Presenter Tessa Fleming is joined by Vet Ellen Hegarty, Groomer Paul Ó Gallachóir and Behaviourist Paula Doohan at the Ark Farm in Newtownards, Co.Down – where our experts have a packed roster of cases to solve, and they’re dying to get stuck in!
While groomer Paul gets down and dirty with an Irish Wolfhound and a recent rescue dog, vet Ellen gets to grips with overweight pony Báinín and naughty goat Sir Lancelot! Meanwhile, behaviourist Paula has some advice for a restless retired racehorse and a few tips for the fierce Wee Brí – a Chihuahua…who thinks she’s a lion! Elsewhere Tessa meets Goujon the one-eyed hamster, Polly the show-stopping Silkie and Stormi, the bald Guinea pig who’s changed owner Liath’s life, for the better.
With a rise in pet ownership in the last year, Peataí! showcases all that is weird and wonderful about sharing your life with an animal – the highs, the lows, the challenges and the….chewed-up furniture?! (Puppies, eh?!) Be sure to tune in to soak up all our experts’ knowledge and paw-some advice when it comes to caring for our precious pets!
EPISODE SYNOPSES
Episode 1
In Episode 1 of Peataí!, our animal experts can’t wait to meet pets (and their humans) from every corner of the island of Ireland! At the pop-up clinic at the Ark Farm in Newtownards, Co.Down, vet Ellen puts some manners on a bold goat called Sir Lancelot, and gives the MacDiarmada family hope for the health of their lovely Labrador Aodh. Behaviourist Paula has her work cut out with Irish Wolfhound Cara, and groomer Paul has some tips and tricks for water wary Mini Jack Russell, Sonaí!