Overview: A seasonal special of the animal welfare series, which sees Inspector Lyndsey Taylor called to a desperate dog left home alone at Christmas. Can Lyndsey secure a warrant for police to enter the property in time? In Wirral, sorry-looking springer spaniel Max is signed over into Inspector Anthony Joynes's care, while Alan Davies joins vet Michael Lazarus at Putney Animal Hospital to x-ray the foot of Alfie, a Chihuahua who has developed a limp after leaping from his owner's arms.