Oh My Dog: Britain’s Most Rock ’n’ Roll Rescue
Oh My Dog! with Jack Dee and Seann Walsh
Pink Cloud / Off The Kerb
4.8 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week on Oh My Dog, we cover the winter blues in dogs, Spain’s CSI-style approach to catching people who don’t pick up after their pets, and then meet Mat and Toria Acreman from The Rescue Hotel. This Cardiff-based charity is breaking new ground with their unique approach to rescue; from affordable vet care and amazing merch, to taking dogs backstage to meet some of the world's biggest bands.
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00:00 Intro
00:15 January blues… do dogs get them too?
02:18 The OMD newsletter and Simon’s indoor game: Floor Lasagne
04:36 Bluey as approved viewing for Wylda and Mildred
05:45 Jack’s Barney impression
07:30 Spain’s CSI-style approach to dog poo
09:30 Jack vs people who kayak during floods
11:30 Seann’s proud Mildred moment
14:00 What Seann will say to Wylda’s future boyfriend
16:00 Introducing Mat and Toria Acreman from The Rescue Hotel
16:30 Brief sound gremlins
17:35 How The Rescue Hotel began - and became a charity fast
19:33 Mat’s life touring with bands and growing up with dogs
21:30 Toria on running the rescue and where the name came from
23:00 Working with Cardiff Dogs Home, the rebuild and how many dogs they help
24:08 Affordable vet care and supporting the local community
26:29 Taking rescue dogs backstage at Cardiff Arena
27:30 The merch: band tees, fundraising and packing orders
30:30 Emily’s incredible story; the dog who shaped everything
33:28 Saying goodbye to Mat and Toria
35:47 Signing off
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Martha listens to her favorite band all the time. |
| 0:03.0 | In the car? |
| 0:04.9 | Jim. |
| 0:06.1 | Even sleeping. |
| 0:08.1 | So when they finally went on tour, Martha bundled her flight and hotel on Expedia to see them live. |
| 0:13.2 | She saved so much she got her seat close enough to actually see and hear them. |
| 0:18.1 | Sort of. |
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| 1:17.3 | I'm good. Thank you. I, we're deep into, well, January is about to finish. Yeah. |
| 1:22.8 | And do you get the kind of, what is it, does it have a name, the January blues? |
| 1:27.6 | Oh, it is, yeah, you have to pay a tax at the end of January if you're self-employed. |
| 1:34.2 | Just maybe something you don't know about yet, Sean. |
| 1:41.8 | So, so, yeah, it's not a great time. |
| 1:45.1 | Yes. |
| 1:51.5 | No, because I wondered today, I wondered, do our dogs suffer from this? |
| 1:53.9 | From just feeling the sort of January blues. |
| 1:57.0 | It's a very interesting thing because I'm in SAD, isn't it? |
| 2:01.0 | A seasonally attributed depression that some of us get from... I think it's affected disorder. |
| 2:02.2 | Affected... |
| 2:02.6 | Oh, okay, right, okay. |
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