Well done BBC. Completely ignored the puppy is for life and not for Christmas

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Casualty tonight

Spur of the moment puppy, picked at the last minute by Connie and given as a Christmas present to Grace

Well done

As if half the country is going to go out and buy a dog for Christmas 'cos they've seen it on casualty'

Connie had promised grace a puppy before her accident

Isn't it something they were discussing before the accident?

X-post!

It's not the point is it?

It is reinforcing the message that animals can be given as gifts.

Fair enough they don't have time to cover all what comes with researching breeders etc, but by picking a random litter off the Internet with the message of "it's the last puppy. So if we want it we have to go now" is not exactly good is it?

Yeah, it was mentioned before.

But animals can be given as gifts if it's discussed beforehand with the new owner, it's what they want as a gift and they intend to care for the animal for life.

I'd love my xmas present to be a dog

Shoot me now

The only time this puppy is mentioned is when grace is in a coma

Otherwise Connie has been adamant she will not be getting a dog

Hardly the time to discuss ideal pet ownership is it?

No it wasn't just before the accident happened Connie said they could get one

Totally off track but why are they starting to play really weird music in the background at random points? ( just watching on catchup )

No idea delila I hadn't noticed

They were having an argument about a dog before the accident. Then in the car before they crashed she said she'd think about it - when Grace lived, in the coma, she said a definite yes. And I got the impression that Jacob found it like a therapy style dog, for her recovery. I didn't see any link between the dog not just for Christmas message tbh, as a long term watcher.

Yes Delila, I almost started a post tonight about the dodgy music background!!!

Omg it's a trashy Saturday night programme.... not real! You are over analysing a dodgy script

Glad I'm not the only one! I really don't like it, mostly because it seems to be at random tines but also because it sounds like lift music!

I noticed it mostly in the cringey scenes with Charlie and Duffy. Bleurgh.

Odd. I thought the dog was one of the more expected things...given it had been signposted so heavily, almost as a harbinger of the accident...

But, as a very intermittent watcher these days, I am glad I saw Duffy and Charlie's moment. Doubt it will last, but hey!

Animals can be given as gifts.

Just not as a surprise for the owner.

Awwww I like Charlie and Duffy

I've only watched Casualty once and that was a few months back, when it was the helicopter crash thingy (says a fair bit about me when I can't be arsed to watch it normally, but the second there's a possibility of mass carnage, I'm excitedly tuning in ) - is Grace the female doctor's daughter who was in the crash? I suppose, if so, she deserved a puppy after that, but I get your drift. I don't think people will be rushing out to buy them on the back of this episode, but I understand what you mean by it reinforcing a thought process that the RSPCA have been trying to reverse for decades.

might start watching it again

We're getting a turkey this year as usual.

Yes Grace is the female doctors daughter who was involved in the crash

And tbh if my daughter went though all that and all she wanted was a puppy, I would probably get her one too

But that's not the point. It's just reinforced the message to joe public that you can go out and buy a puppy whenever you want