Looking after your first pet puppy is hard work. Juggling a full time job and a social life with regular walks, cuddles and making sure you don’t find any nasty surprises in your slipper, is hard work.

However, imagine trying to negotiate all these new challenges whilst also being followed by a BBC film crew every day.

Bella and Leigh Blackburne, who live in The Reeds, in Watford, signed their pet pug Butch Cassidy up for the new BBC Two documentary, 10 Puppies & Us, which follows the ups and downs of the first six months of different families attempting to look after a pet for the first time.

Butch has adapted to the cameras remarkably well though and never seems overwhelmed by the flashing bulbs. He has even found Instagram fame and boasts a following of 6,000 people who track his every move online.

Some of his pictures involve a trip down the local pub, a walk along the River Thames or wearing a pair of mini headphones, but the documentary will also capture scenes of Watford Junction and Cassiobury Park, as well as delve further into the lives of his owners, who work in graphic design and film PR.

“People can expect lots of bedroom action,” declares Leigh ahead of tonight’s show. “It was easy to forget the cameras were there at times and so I would often stumble to the bathroom in the middle of the night only half dressed, which I’m sure will feature at some point.”

“It was strange to adjust at first,” Bella adds. “Whenever we hit a new milestone or every time Butch did something funny, we had to make sure the camera crew was there to capture it.

“Welcoming Butch into our lives has been an absolute joy. It was a hard decision to agree to this being documented on TV and this certainly came with its challenges, such as having night vision cameras in our bedroom, but we can’t wait to see the final result.

“The crew were so lovely and became such a key part of Butch’s upbringing, helping make him the incredibly social dog he is now.”

10 Puppies & Us will be on BBC Two every Thursday at 8pm.

Follow Butch Cassidy on Instagram: @butchcassidythepug