Presenter and comedian Paul O'Grady loves dogs and is spending seven weeks with the staff and canines at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. His first task is helping deliver a litter of puppies but he is upset when he meets Sparkle, a mistreated and dangerously thin Staffie found in a London park. The clinic staff worry if she will survive. But thanks to some specialist care Sparkle soon starts to put on weight and a few weeks later Paul is able to hand her over to her new family. Paul also helps the Battersea staff vet a potential family for Bonzo - a Jack Russell pup. The family in question is Dr Neil Fox and his kids, but Paul has taken a shine to Bonzo himself, so the interview does not go quite as planned. Then Paul meets the new love of his life - a big white Boxer called Carmine
