Inspector Kate Fletcher is called out and discovers a Belgian shepherd in such an emaciated condition that it is close to death, while Lancashire-based officer Jason Bowles returns to check on Tyson the husky, but finds the owner absent and the dog surrounded by two weeks' worth of mess. Plus, an unruly Leonberger cross is sent back to the RSPCA for training, Anthony Pulfer offers to take a matted Jack Russell for a haircut and there's an update on the 60 semi-feral collies found inside a filthy house.