Paul O’Grady, 63, told his listeners on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday night his pet dog, Bullseye, died as he raced him to the vet. The For the Love of Dogs star, admitted he was devastated by the death of his dog, who suffered from epilepsy. Speaking on the BBC 2 radio show, he divulged: “I’ll tell you my lousy news. You know I did have an epileptic dog called Bullseye. “I’ve got two dogs who’ve both got epilepsy and I’ve managed it with medication. However, on Monday night he had a massive seizure, like a really bad one that he didn’t come out of.
“And on the way to the vet at 2 o’clock in the morning, he died in the car.”
The comedian revealed the problems did not stop there after he discovered one of his other dogs had eaten a piece of chocolate which prompted him to return to the vet a second time in the same evening.
He continued: “It gets worse. Then I go home from the vets and and one of my other dogs found a bar of chocolate that was 80 per cent cocoa had been left out stupidly. Not by me, I don’t like chocolate on the coffee table.
“So we had to go back to the same emergency vet for her to have her stomach pumped. Anyway we got her back two days later, looking worse for wear because she is covered in charcoal, because you know they give them charcoal at the vets.”
Paul went on to pay tribute to Bullseye but admitted he is reconsidering having any further pets.
He said: “Poor old Bullseye, he was such a lovely dog. He had a thing about doorways. You had to coax him through them.
“And he wouldn’t go upstairs. It was part of his condition I think. He was a sweet little dog and sadly missed. It’s terrible. No more.
“No more animals. No more. Maybe a Mongoose, might twist my arm. But no, I can’t handle it. You invite an animal into your life, inevitably you invite heartache. Why contemplate the hangover when you’re at the party. Do you know what I mean?”
He finished: “So that’s the poor saga about poor old Bullseye, he’s gone but not forgotten.”
The presenter who is also an ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home is known for his love of animals which has led to his long-running show For the Love of Dogs which covers the lives of the animals at the charity.
The ITV show has won numerous awards during its seven-year run, including three National Television Awards for Best Factual Entertainment.
In 2014, the radio host presented a three-part documentary series entitled Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans on ITV.
The show saw him travel to Africa to meet some of the continent’s animal orphans.
The documentary received a second series the following year, with a final two episodes which aired in April.
Meanwhile, the presenter has gone onto to host Blind Date which was revived by Channel 5 in 2017.
The BBC Radio 2 DJ now presents his own show called Paul O’Grady on the Wireless every Sunday.