About this season
Spanning thousands of acres and incorporating hundreds of species of animals; Michelle Oakley’s veterinary practice is Yukon tough. There is no such thing as a typical day in Michelle’s practice. House calls can range from expelling dogs anal glands to getting chased down by the very large Arctic musk-ox. Accompanied by her teenage daughters and armed with humor as sharp as scalpel, Michelle deftly juggles being a full time Veterinarian, wife and doctor; taking us into unexplored and unexamined regions of the Yukon.
Episodes (8)
1. Yak Attack
Aired 19 March 2016 • 45 min
Dr. Michelle Oakley covers thousands of miles as she tends the Yukon's animal population; she treats a 300 pound yak and a golden eagle.
2. Steer Clear
Aired 26 March 2016 • 45 min
This week, Dr. Oakley’s house calls consist of a string of scary visits that ultimately send two people to the hospital.
3. Baby Boom
Aired 2 April 2016 • 45 min
A baby boom has hit the Yukon Territory, and for Dr. Michelle Oakley that means helping a weak cow deliver an oversized calf, delivering puppies and treating a pregnant goat.
4. Taming of the Wolverine
Aired 9 April 2016 • 45 min
Dr. Oakley helps with the birthing season in Alaska, where she witnesses a rare reindeer delivery, nurses a baby moose back to health and neuters a wolverine.
5. Got Moose Juice?
Aired 23 April 2016 • 45 min
Dr. Oakley treats a sled dog with a face full of porcupine quills and a baby moose with life-threatening indigestion.
6. Midnight Madness
Aired 30 April 2016 • 45 min
Dr. Oakley works around the clock to round up a pack of rogue horses, solve a miniature horse’s medical mystery and give eight sled dog puppies their first exam.
7. Warts and All
Aired 7 May 2016 • 45 min
In the Yukon, Dr. Oakley helps a young caribou with fast-growing, giant warts on his face and a mountain goat with a life-threateningly mangled foot.
8. Cat Out of Hell
Aired 14 May 2016 • 45 min
In Alaska’s backcountry, Dr. Oakley has to castrate a Himalayan yak, sedate a sick lynx and, unexpectedly, help a hairless cat with a dangerous injury.