Alison Hammond carries on the legacy left by the much-loved Paul O'Grady by heading to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to help the canines find new forever homes. A stray lurcher with a fractured leg captures Alison's heart and she meets an over-friendly golden retriever in desperate need of some social skills. Alison puts a pair of portly jack russells who need to shed a few pounds through boot camp.

A pair of sighthounds learn how to stand on their own four feet and a shar pei with a painful eye condition is in serious need of a surgical facelift. Alison does some sound training with a litter of three-week-old jack russell puppies to prepare them for their new lives as pets.