Original title
For the Love of Dogs
Released
9/3/2012
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary, Reality
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
13
Number of episodes
100
Alison Hammond carries on Paul O'Grady's incredible legacy, following the ups & downs of life at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.
Heart-warming stories of homeless pets are even more poignant at Christmas and at Battersea Cats and Dogs home, there are plenty of touching tales in this Christmas Special.
Festive special following Paul O'Grady as he returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on a mission to find some special dogs a loving home in time for Christmas.
Paul O'Grady joins the team at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Preparations are under way to ensure the animals have a special time over the Christmas period.
Paul O'Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home for a Christmas special, bringing his unique blend of warmth and humour as he tries to find several of the dogs a new home.
Paul O'Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to bring some festive cheer to the residents -and hopefully find them a new home. They include a dentally-challenged shih tzu.
For this one-off hour-long special, a panel of ITV viewers voted their two favourite Paul O’Grady’s For the Love of Dogs episodes from the past five series. We find out which of your favourite pooches got the most votes and wins the rosette for your Best In Show.
In a seasonal special, Paul O'Grady helps dogs including Bauble, a heavily pregnant stray, and Wilma, who was found abandoned in a park and desperate for company.
Paul O'Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. He meets a West Highland Terrier who is very withdrawn and a Bichon Frise to help him spread festive joy.
In this heart-warming Christmas Special, Paul O'Grady presents the ups and downs of life at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home as they care for our four-legged friends in need during the lead up to the festive season.
Animal lover extraordinaire Paul O’Grady is back for more festive fun at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, ready to celebrate the season of goodwill by falling in love with a new group of adorable stray and abandoned pooches. Paul is determined to bring some Christmas spirit to Battersea by helping more dogs find a new forever home. He meets a Patterdale puppy called Pudding who undergoes a life changing operation, and a cross breed called Boo who has zero table manners due to his over excitement and enthusiasm. But is Paul the person to teach Boo some patience?! Plus, Paul is reunited with Bella, an eight-year-old Beagle who was seen arriving at Battersea from a puppy farm in the Christmas 2018 episode. Bella went to a new home but is back at Battersea after the dog she lived with passed away and she couldn’t cope. Now all she wants for Christmas is a new best friend…
Paul O'Grady is back at Battersea as the world-famous rescue centre celebrates its 160th anniversary - and he's got some distinguished help with him.
In a festive edition, the presenter returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to help the canines find new forever homes at one of the busiest times of the year. Top of Alison's to-do list is seven-month-old spaniel Holly, who came in severely underweight and in need of an operation on her eye.
Paul O'Grady spends seven weeks helping out at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
This week a tiny and heavily pregnant Chihuahua-cross arrives, and Paul visits Crufts.
Paul O'Grady helps dog behaviourist Brian with a dog who is afraid of men.
The staff and dogs are going on an outing to visit the Chelsea Pensioners.
The staff and dogs are going on an outing to visit the Chelsea Pensioners.
Paul has mixed emotions as a couple arrive to adopt his favourite dog Carmine.
After seven weeks Paul O'Grady's stint at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home comes to an end.
Paul O'Grady returns with a second series of the award-winning show. Paul falls in love with Frankie, a British bulldog whose wobbly back legs could point to bigger problems.
Paul O'Grady meets more canine residents at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, including a lost Jack Russell, three unruly puppies and mother and daughter Staffies Bella and Missy.
Paul meets a bewildered Yorkshire terrier named Tyler, an unfortunate puppy named Patrick who has a nasty and very unusual injury, and Mimi, a 12-week-old Shih Tzu.
Paul meets Twinkle, a young lurcher who was abandoned and left tied to a gate, and four-month-old terrier cross Buddy, who has a severe case of ADD.
Paul meets Visu, an eight-year-old Shih Tzu whose owner was too ill to look after him. In spite of Paul's best efforts, Visu will not eat, sleep or mix with other dogs.
Paul catches up with the Jack Russell-Staffordshire bull terrier pups he met earlier in the series and tries to help former racing greyhound Willow overcome his fear of stairs.
Paul meets Egg, a six-month-old boxer who was found chained to a tree in a London park, and mistreated and abandoned puppy Flipper, who must be trained by 'nanny' dog Lola.
Paul meets nine-year-old doberman Maggie, heavily pregnant two-year-old labrador cross Nancy and effervescent two-year-old beagle Mr Pickles.
Paul O'Grady is back for a third series as he heads back to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. In this episode, he uses his powers of persuasion to get a portly Jack Russell fit.
Paul O'Grady's series about Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. This episode sees a bulldog with an eye problem, a shih-tzu in need of physio, and a badly treated and neglected lurcher.
At Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Paul comes across a dog too petrified to leave her kennel. The staff bid farewell to a cheeky chihuahua, and a mastiff cross is taught some manners.
Series about Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Featuring a shih-tzu in his twilight years, a pair of barking bichon frises, and Dougal the poodle - who gets a grooming from Paul.
The staff try to save the sight of a Tibetan terrier, Paul takes three puppies to visit some sick kids, and Tyler the mongrel is up for adoption.
Today, Paul O'Grady plays midwife to Jolie as the staff eagerly await the birth of her seven adorable puppies.
Paul O'Grady has the responsibility of sending Freddie off on his way to a new home in Denmark, and the shih tzu in need of a clean.
Paul falls in love with Tulip the puppy, but will this Battersea story have a happy ending or will Paul be left heartbroken? Can Scooby pass his exams to become a lifesaver?
Paul O'Grady meets more of the residents of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Duke the dalmatian is the Houdini of Battersea, and he amazes Paul with his greatest trick!
Paul does his very best to help train Cairn terrier Teddy, but it is tough going as Teddy is blind.
The final episode in this series features Bailey the ugly shih-tzu, and Krystal the American bulldog gets a walk-on part in Coronation Street.
Paul O'Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to meet dogs in need of love, help, understanding and a new home. Aged mongrel Hope is petrified of her new surroundings.
Paul falls for Flower, a heavily pregnant Yorkshire terrier who gives birth to three puppies, and also gets his hands on cute seven-week-old boxer pups Otto and Dinky.
Paul O'Grady returns to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to meet more of the canine residents. Paul meets Peanut the Pug, a boisterous dog with a serious breathing problem and Lacey the mystery mongrel, whose X-ray reveals something shocking.
Paul falls in love with a great dane puppy who has developed elbow dysplasia and meets a caucasian shepherd who is struggling to find a home due to her unusual appearance.
Paul O'Grady meets a Labrador-lurcher cross with a rare medical condition and a German spitz with a unique smile, before falling for a beautiful two-year-old Cavachon.
Paul meets a pair of cavalier king charles spaniels, an emaciated mongrel called Hector and Baloo, a beautiful alaskan malamute with a case of the blues.
Paul meets a pair of cavalier king charles spaniels, an emaciated mongrel called Hector and Baloo, a beautiful alaskan malamute with a case of the blues.
Her Majesty the Queen officially opens the new kennels, the rehoming van picks up eight chihuahuas in the Isle of Wight and Paul falls for a four-year-old pug with glaucoma.
Paul encounters Spencer, a stray beagle who has a contagious virus. Later: he meets Lydia the Hungarian puli, a heavily dreadlocked rare pedigree who is suffering in the hot summer heat. Finally, he takes Tintin the tearaway yorkie on a trip to the hairdressers.
Paul sets up 10-month old mongrel Blake with a canine partner to help with his ailing sight, and tries to cheer up Jacko the jack russell using aromatherapy. Lastly, he tries to find a way to entertain Forest, a 14-week old saluki that has been isolated in quarantine due to an infectious tummy bug.
Paul encounters a toothless boxer named Prince and seriously considers rehoming Prince himself. Later: he meets a quirky Yorkshire terrier named Dash, who barks with a very unusual, squeaky voice.
Paul meets a vegetarian Nepalese mountain dog named Happi, and Rumble, a little greyhound whose tail is damaged from over-wagging.
Paul meets abandoned stray spaniel Willow, who was found tied up to a tree outside Battersea's Old Windsor site in a dreadful condition. He sets to work trying to get dog back on her feet as he nurses her through numerous treatments.
Paul meets a litter of ten newborn Staffie cross pups and their mother Luna. He has the enviable task of helping to socialize these them. But before Paul can help, events take a turn when Aries, his favorite, worryingly falls sick along with her siblings Mars and Saturn.
Paul meets a smelly, yet charming dog, and also encounters a Cavachon that is finding life in a kennel a bit overwhelming.
Paul meets Dudley, an old English sheepdog who is just six-weeks old and looks like a fluffy teddy bear. The little guy is profoundly deaf, which means puppy training is proving tricky. So Paul sets to work trying to teach Dudley doggie sign language.
Paul O'Grady visits more Battersea Dogs and Cats Home residents. He meets an abandoned dalmatian cross who gives birth to eleven puppies, and helps a sharpei cross get into shape.
Paul O'Grady helps a beautiful German shepherd puppy that was rejected by her mother at birth, and meets a frisky jack russell who is learning to use all four of his paws.
Paul meets a pair of geriatric labradors who cannot bear to be apart for even a second, a staffy who hates being left alone and a tiny puppy with an anti-social behaviour problem.
Paul meets a pair of geriatric labradors who cannot bear to be apart for even a second, a staffy who hates being left alone and a tiny puppy with an anti-social behaviour problem.
Paul O'Grady is back at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. He and the team use an unconventional technique to calm down an overexcited mongrel.
Paul O' Grady meets some more weird and wonderful hounds, including a huge bull mastiff who is the king of slobber and has some very particular diva demands.
Paul O'Grady meets an unusual-looking staffy cross who does not seem to be able to catch the eye of a new owner and an English bulldog who needs airway surgery.
Paul O'Grady has his work cut out at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home when he helps to train an overexcited beagle who might just be the world's worst sniffer dog.
Paul O'Grady is back at Battersea for more canine chaos. He meets Sophie who has had her ears and tails illegally docked, and a yorkie found wandering the streets.
Paul O'Grady attempts to nurse back to health the most badly injured dog he has ever seen - a saluki. He also tries to find a home for an OAP, dentally challenged Shih Tzu.
Paul O'Grady meets Florence, a pug-terrier cross who's been badly injured in a car accident, and talks to Jennifer Saunders, one of the volunteers at Battersea.
Paul O'Grady gets into full protective clothing to meet Humphrey, an 11 week old Bedlington Terrier who is suffering from ringworm.
Paul O' Grady and the team at Battersea Dog and Cats Home try to figure out the best course of action for a hyperactive Staffie and meet a Dog de Bordeaux found tied up in a park.
Paul O'Grady helps to train a pomeranian puppy called Stormy and meets a French bulldog called Spudnik who desperately needs surgery to open his airways.
Paul O'Grady meets a 10-week-old collie who's been rejected by their mother. He also has his work cut out when a family of nine whippets arrive on site.
Paul O'Grady helps rehabilitate a mastiff cross called Maisie who's had surgery on her elbow, and cheers up a heartbroken staffie who is struggling with life in the kennels.
In the series opener, Paul babysits a gang of very mischievous Staffie pups who need to learn some manners and meets a mystery mongrel who was reported stolen 13 years ago.
Paul O'Grady meets some special dogs who need to go to unconventional homes, including a dog with star potential and a pointer cross who may have been shot at in the past.
Paul is asked to help bottle feed a pair of week-old kittens whose mother had abandoned them, and also helps to socialise a gang of dogs who arrive from a puppy farm where they were used for breeding.
Paul meets a nine-month-old terrier called Roo who is far too young to have puppies, but was found roaming the streets, heavily pregnant.
Paul falls in love with an unusually friendly Akita called Samson, as the vet team try to work out what is wrong with his injured nose. He also helps a former racing greyhound get ready for life in a domestic home.
Paul meets an albino Pekingese riddled with health problems, a dog who was rescued from a near-death experience in the Thames and a labrador pup who wasn't vaccinated and has arrived with a mystery illness.
Paul O'Grady meets an agoraphobic Staffy-cross who is too scared to go outside, a gang of four Japanese chin crosses who need to be separated, and an unusually quiet chihuahua.
In the last episode of the series, Paul meets a Pyrenean mountain dog who has a problem with her bladder and an overweight Westie who needs to get in shape.
In episode one, Paul meets two Maltese Terrier puppies who staff suspect may have come from a puppy farm in Romania, having been sold to a family in the UK for an eye-watering £4000. They were brought into Battersea after the family struggled to cope with looking after them. Paul also meets a three-month-old Spaniel-cross who was taken to the Brands Hatch branch of Battersea by his owners. He is covered head-to-toe in mites and staff believe he might also be the result of puppy farming.
The comedian follows the work of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London, meeting staff involved in treating, training and rehoming animals. This time, Paul meets an energetic Staffie cross who needs help calming down in kennels, falls in love with a rare West African dog called an Azawakh, and coaxes an overbred bulldog to come out of its shell.
This time, Paul helps staff train a lively beagle cross puppy, before spending the day keeping a bichon company that is used to living in a busy home. Later, he helps a shell-shocked elderly staffy who was left tied to the gates, and subsequently gets caught up in an outbreak of parvo virus which all the Battersea staff battle to contain.
Paul O'Grady trains a lively beagle cross pup, gets caught up in an outbreak of parvovirus which all the Battersea staff battle to contain.
The comedian follows the work of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London, meeting staff involved in treating, training and rehoming animals. This time, Paul meets a pair of shih tzus from a puppy farm that need to learn all about domestic life, and an American bulldog struggling to cope without its owner. Later, he is introduced to a stray that has been living at Battersea for two years.
Paul meets more dogs struggling to find a home, including a golden retriever with an incontinence problem and a boisterous border collie with a bad hip - who needs Paul's help in the hydrotherapy centre. He also calls in on a tiny pregnant mongrel, and spends time with an OAP Patterdale who just needs a bit of company in her twilight years.
Paul falls in love with a four-month-old shih tzu with a serious health condition, helps a nervous pair of chihuahuas, and struggles to contain a boisterous mutt.
Paul meets a gentle Great Dane who's looking for love, a Dachshund whose enormous bark makes up for his compact stature, and a pair of bickering Lakeland Terriers.
Paul attempts to train an overly eager German Shepherd puppy who doesn't know how to calm down, and has to gain the trust of a terrified West Highland Terrier.
Paul O'Grady helps a vocal and sound sensitive Staffie overcome his dislike of loud noises, and a Maine Coon cat who has got an extreme new makeover.
The comedian finds himself captivated when he meets a mystical, bald, rare breed of cat, and later shows a cockapoo in distress how to relax with the help of essential oils. He also helps a Bichon cope in a world of darkness.
This time, Paul meets an eight-year-old shih tzu with an extreme case of bladder stones, resulting in life-changing surgery. Elsewhere, he encounters a Samoyed with a horrifically matted coat, before being introduced to a feisty chihuahua that refuses to fall for Paul's charms.
Paul helps an excitable dog to calm down long enough for his leg break to heal, and he matches two lonely rescue dogs, but the path of true love doesn't run smooth.
Paul O'Grady helps a poodle overcome separation anxiety, meets a plummer terrier with extreme guarding issues and falls for a bulldog with a bad case of cherry eye.
This time, Paul meets a Shar Pei cross that needs surgery to correct its sight problems, before coming across a lonely Bichon Frise cross suffering from severe separation anxiety and a destructive Mastiff with an unusual palette.
Paul meets a scary-looking Spanish Mastiff who's struggling to send the right signals, a stressed Staffie with a tennis ball addiction, and a pair of timid chihuahuas.
Paul meets a chihuahua-pug cross that has been returned to Battersea for a second time after her owner passed away. He is also introduced to a lovable bulldog called Donald with a long list of ailments that need medical attention, and helps two neglected stray boxers that need to learn to be dogs again
Paul meets a six-year-old stray pug called Mildred with a long list of ailments, including a terrible case of sarcoptic mites, and a 10-month-old golden retriever called Patrick that has had a double hip replacement and is desperate to play again. Later, he meets 11 rare blue whippet puppies about to embark on their new lives.
Paul meets an excitable bulldog called Bruce with breathing issues. He also helps to socialise a nervous saluki Bambi and falls head over heels for a stray dachshund.
Paul meets a cockapoo pup with tummy troubles, and helps a 13-year-old teacup Yorkie called Flossie who's very poorly and fighting all the odds to survive.
This week Paul falls head over heels with a gorgeous Newfoundland who needs major life changing surgery on her back legs. He meets a lab cross who’s totally obsessed with water and keeps flooding her kennel, and helps a terrified bichon frise, who was found wandering around a forest, become less scared of the world.
This week at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Paul O’Grady helps babysit a group of gorgeous spaniel puppies and tries to resist taking one home with him. He meets a doberman pup with bowed legs who needs to get her biting under control before she can start her physio regime, and he throws a party for a feisty old stray who missed his 100th birthday.
Most of the spaniels at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home are full of energy, but Paul meets one who was found tied up and has lost all hope. The presenter needs to help rebuild his trust in humans. Plus, he meets a feisty shorkie with a Spanish chip and a worryingly large lump. There's also a very special visitor to Battersea - comedian Harry Hill.
Heart-warming series about life at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. An emergency arrives at the home, and Motherland stars Anna Maxwell Martin and Diane Morgan drop by.
Paul and the team are baffled by a mystery illness which is making a young lurcher pup gravely ill.
Heart-warming series about life at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. Paul meets some beautiful dogs struggling to find a home and a gorgeous Pekingese needing surgery.
Paul's got his work cut out when he meets a gorgeous old Chihuahua with no end of ailments.
Paul goes rogue when asked to help bottle-feed a pair of week-old kittens found on a building site.
Alison Hammond carries on the legacy left by the much-loved Paul O'Grady as she heads to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to help the animals in their care
Alison this time meets a lurcher who was found tied up in a cemetery, a stressed-out French bulldog who is struggling to breathe, and a very matted bichon frise.
Alison helps a pug with all sorts of different ailments, meets a German Shepherd who is scared of her own shadow, and helps to train a litter of lurcher pups.
Alison meets two of Battersea's longest residents, helps a three-month-old whippet with some swimming lessons, and befriends a shy Maltese with trust issues.
Alison has her work cut out when a police van arrives with a pack of dogs found living in terrible conditions, and she also volunteers to house train a spaniel.
Alison meets a gorgeous husky who has a mysterious problem, helps to calm down an overexcited spaniel, and falls head over heels for five bichon frise puppies.
Alison meets an over-friendly golden retriever, falls head over heels for a lurcher with a big heart, and puts a pair of portly Jack Russells through boot camp.
Alison helps a shy lurcher build up her confidence, and an overexcited spaniel puppy is put through his paces to see if he could be used as a military working dog.
Alison meets a shar pei with a painful eye condition, does some sound training with Jack Russell puppies, and sees a pair of sighthounds learn how to stand alone.
Alison turns matchmaker as presenter Katie Piper drops into Battersea to check out a litter of puppies, and a homesick Bichon Frise gets a cosy kennel makeover.
Alison has her work cut out with a giddy Bulldog cross pup, a lively Frenchie needs to rest after a leg injury, and a Bernese Mountain dog fears almost everything.
Alison meets a rare Romanian Mioritic Shepherd with a fear of stairs and doorways, and there is chaos when a van with seven Belgian Shepherd cross puppies arrives.
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