Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet
Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet is an American television series on Nat Geo Wild. The show premiered 4 April 2014.[2] The show stars Dr. Michelle Oakley and follows her adventures usually around her home base of Haines Junction, Yukon[3] and Haines, Alaska. Dr. Oakley attended the Atlantic Veterinary College in Prince Edward Island, Canada[4] and interned at the Calgary Zoo.[5]
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| Directed by | Dean Bushala |
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| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | 9[1] |
| No. of episodes | 85 |
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| Producer | Kip Prestholdt |
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| Original network | Nat Geo WILD |
| Original release | April 12, 2014 |
Cast
Veterinarian
- Dr. Michelle Oakley D.V.M.
Family
- Shane Oakley, Husband and firefighter
- Sierra Oakley, Daughter and vet assistant
- Maya Oakley, Daughter and vet assistant
- Willow Oakley, Daughter
Narrator
- Zac Fine
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 6 | April 12, 2014 | May 17, 2014 | ||
| 2 | 10 | November 1, 2014 | January 3, 2015 | ||
| 3 | 8 | March 19, 2016 | May 14, 2016 | ||
| 4 | 8 | October 1, 2016 | November 19, 2016 | ||
| 5 | 10 | October 14, 2017 | December 9, 2017 | ||
| 6 | 11 | October 6, 2018 | December 22, 2018 | ||
| 7 | 12 | September 28, 2019 | December 14, 2019 | ||
| 8 | 9 | March 21, 2020 | May 16, 2020 | ||
| 9 | 11 | March 13, 2021 | May 1, 2021 | ||
| 10 | TBA | October 9, 2021 | TBA | ||
Season 1 (2014)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][7] | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Fly Like an Eagle" | April 12, 2014 | |
| Veterinarian Michelle Oakley, who tends to the animals of the Yukon territory of Canada, performs a check-up on a team of sled dogs in the premiere of this reality series. Also: a dairy-cow fertility exam; a dog with a face full of quills; an owl with a broken wing; a birthday fishing trip; a visit to the Yukon Wild Life Preserve. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "One Angry Muskox" | April 19, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley visits a horse farm to test the animals for a disease that is spread by flies. Later, she performs an exam on an ornery muskox and discusses care options for a dog with a blocked windpipe. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Caribou Down" | April 26, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley heads out to assess a cow with infertility issues. Later, she examines a caribou with growths on its nose and realizes it's time for her dog to be spayed. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Reindeer Pains" | May 3, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley treats a young reindeer with an umbilical hernia. Also: a cat with diabetes; a dog with an ailing bum; a parrot that needs grooming. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Oakley Get Your Blow Gun" | May 10, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley takes her daughter for a ride along as she does her normal rounds treating both the domestic and wild animals of the Yukon. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Winter Is Coming" | May 17, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley examines a goat owned by a blind farmer. Later, she corrals wild horses using a helicopter and gives an ornery owl a checkup. | ||||
Season 2 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][8] | |
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| 7 | 1 | "Mush Madness" | November 1, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley is on hand at a sled dog race to tend to the needs of its competitors in the Season 2 opener. Also: A feral cat gets a checkup; a muskox gets a pedicure. | ||||
| 8 | 2 | "Flying Caribou" | November 8, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps save a local population of caribou in Quebec. | ||||
| 9 | 3 | "When Coyotes Attack" | November 15, 2014 | |
| A goat is left in critical condition after coyotes attack Dr. Oakley's property. | ||||
| 10 | 4 | "A Face Full of Quills" | November 22, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley assists a caribou with an infection in its leg. Later, she tends to a ornery donkey and gives a pregnant cow a checkup. | ||||
| 11 | 5 | "Here Comes Cari-Boo-Boo" | December 6, 2014 | |
| Birds migrating to the Yukon territory for the spring create extra work for Dr. Oakley. | ||||
| 12 | 6 | "Leopards, Wolf Pups & Grizzlies, Oh My!" | December 6, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley's services are in demand as winter approaches. | ||||
| 13 | 7 | "The Missing Lynx" | December 13, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley is concerned for her daughter who is on an endurance test out in the bush. | ||||
| 14 | 8 | "Bull Steam Ahead" | December 20, 2014 | |
| Animals reluctant to participate during mating season are examined by Dr. Oakley. | ||||
| 15 | 9 | "Moose on the Loose" | December 27, 2014 | |
| Dr. Oakley and her daughters visit Anchorage, Alaska. | ||||
| 16 | 10 | "Havoc in the Herd" | January 3, 2015 | |
| Dr. Oakley tends to a herd of bison. | ||||
Season 3 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][9] | |
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| 17 | 1 | "Yak Attack" | March 19, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley treats an eagle that's been tarred. Later, she prepares for her oldest child to leave the house. | ||||
| 18 | 2 | "Steer Clear" | March 26, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley deals with some dangerous patients. | ||||
| 19 | 3 | "Taming of the Wolverine" | April 16, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley works at a wolverine at a rehabilitation clinic in Alaska. | ||||
| 20 | 4 | "Baby Boom" | April 2, 2016 | |
| A calf; a litter of puppies; a pregnant goat. | ||||
| 21 | 5 | "Got Moose Juice?" | April 23, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley treats a baby moose with life-threatening indigestion in Alaska. | ||||
| 22 | 6 | "Midnight Madness" | April 30, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley treats a family of dogs after answering a midnight emergency call. | ||||
| 23 | 7 | "Warts and All" | May 7, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps a young caribou with fast-growing, giant warts on his face and a mountain goat with a life-threateningly mangled foot. | ||||
| 24 | 8 | "Cat Out of Hell" | May 14, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley assists a Himalayan yak, a prickly porcupine and a hairless cat. | ||||
Season 4 (2016)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][10] | |
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| 25 | 1 | "One Mad Mama" | October 1, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley examines a dog with paw problems | ||||
| 26 | 2 | "Poking the Bear" | October 8, 2016 | |
| Two black bears are examined. | ||||
| 27 | 3 | "Raging Bison" | October 15, 2016 | |
| A couple of wood bison are examined before they are released back into the wild. | ||||
| 28 | 4 | "No Bull" | October 22, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley investigates an inbreeding issue with a herd of American bison on Prince Edward Island. | ||||
| 29 | 5 | "When Horses Fly" | October 202, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley herds wild horses in the Yukons. | ||||
| 30 | 6 | "When Cows Fight Back" | November 5, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley castrates a calf on a remote island. | ||||
| 31 | 7 | "Bad News Bear" | November 12, 2016 | |
| Dr. Oakley attempts to save a brown bear from drowning. | ||||
| 32 | 8 | "Bear Brawl" | November 16, 2016 | |
| Enhanced episode. The doc travels to a bear sanctuary and ends up in the middle of a bear brothers battle. | ||||
Season 5 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][11] | |
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| 33 | 1 | "Alaska Calling" | October 14, 2017 | |
| In the Season 5 premiere, Dr. Oakley travels to Alaska and helps various animals through the various seasons of Alaska. | ||||
| 34 | 2 | "The Boar Ultimatum" | October 14, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley is on an airborne mission to track down a wild boar. | ||||
| 35 | 3 | "Wild Wild Wolverine" | October 21, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley traps a snarling wolverine to learn more about her ferocious species. | ||||
| 36 | 4 | "Bear Trapped" | October 28, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley is perched in the trees waiting for a hungry bear and a reindeer needs help. | ||||
| 37 | 5 | "Bovine Intervention" | November 4, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley treats two disgruntled pigs and a calf banding turns into a wild cow chase. | ||||
| 38 | 6 | "License to Quill" | November 11, 2017 | |
| Harper the dog needs Dr. Oakley's expertise when a chance encounter leads to a prickly situation with severe consequences. | ||||
| 39 | 7 | "Hump Day" | November 18, 2017 | |
| Dr. Michelle Oakley faces off with squealing boars and neuters an aggressive camel. | ||||
| 40 | 8 | "Wily Coyote" | November 25, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley is shocked by an elusive coyote; a seal must have emergency surgery. | ||||
| 41 | 9 | "Reindeer Rodeo" | December 2, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley checks up on a reindeer herd and looks at a moose's puzzling giant belly. | ||||
| 42 | 10 | "Whoa, Baby!" | December 9, 2017 | |
| Dr. Oakley is on the move in Alaska tending to baby-related needs. | ||||
Season 6 (2018)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][12] | |
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| 43 | 1 | "The Riddle of the Lynx" | October 6, 2018 | |
| An emergency c-section keeps Dr. Oakley up all night and a horse kicks her into shape. | ||||
| 44 | 2 | "Bison Business" | October 13, 2018 | |
| Dr. Oakley races the clock wrangling bison; and work horses complicate a routine procedure. | ||||
| 45 | 3 | "Dances With Ibexes" | October 20, 2018 | |
| An unresponsive dog leaves Dr. Oakley stumped; and the team heads to France to track ibex. | ||||
| 46 | 4 | "Mother Mayhem" | October 27, 2018 | |
| Dr. Oakley juggles being a full-time vet, wife, and mom, all with a sense of humor and devotion. | ||||
| 47 | 5 | "Wild Cow Chase" | November 3, 2018 | |
| Dr. Michelle Oakley chases wild cows. Sierra shows off her Yukon chops. | ||||
| 48 | 6 | "Swedish Bears" | November 10, 2018 | |
| Dr. Oakley travels to Sweden to learn about bears. Also: a dog has a mysterious eye mass. | ||||
| 49 | 7 | "Up to the Tusk" | November 17, 2018 | |
| The future of a reindeer herd is in Dr. Oakley's hands as she examines two breeder bulls. | ||||
| 50 | 8 | "Muskox in Arms" | November 24, 2018 | |
| Dr. Oakley checks out a baby muskox while the crew herds horses using the camera drone. | ||||
| 51 | 9 | "Mommy Deer-est" | December 8, 2018 | |
| Dr. Michelle Oakley treats many animal mothers in the Yukon. | ||||
| 52 | 10 | "Yukon Do It" | December 15, 2018 | |
| Even with Dr. Oakley's vast experience, there's always a first time for everything. | ||||
| 53 | 11 | "All Hooves on Deck" | December 22, 2018 | |
| Dr. Oakley seeks the help of others with difficult cases. | ||||
Season 7 (2019)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][13] | |
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| 54 | 1 | "Blazing Bison" | September 28, 2019 | |
| A cat's bladder problem puts Dr. Oakley in a tricky spot; and rowdy bison need wrangling. | ||||
| 55 | 2 | "Foal's Gold" | October 5, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley castrates a once-wild stallion, and everyone holds their breath to see if he succeeded in getting three mares pregnant. | ||||
| 56 | 3 | "Bears on a Plane" | October 12, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps out two bear cubs as they travel to a new home. | ||||
| 57 | 4 | "No Horsing Around" | October 19, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley tries to find what caused the horse's nosebleed. | ||||
| 58 | 5 | "Don't Poke a Sleeping Porcupine" | October 26, 2019 | |
| Dr. Michelle Oakley helps domestic pets, farm animals, and endangered wildlife in the isolated regions of the Yukon. | ||||
| 59 | 6 | "One Clever Bison" | November 2, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps out a bison. | ||||
| 60 | 7 | "The Stricken Chicken" | November 9, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley sees two stubborn muskoxen, a particularly wily coyote and a badly burned dog. | ||||
| 61 | 8 | "Running with Reindeer" | November 16, 2019 | |
| Dr. Oakley participates in a race that pits people against reindeer. | ||||
| 62 | 9 | "Yukon 911" | November 23, 2019 | |
| When animal disasters strike, Dr. Michelle Oakley is the first responder! | ||||
| 63 | 10 | "Antlers, Shoulders, Knees, and Hooves" | November 30, 2019 | |
| Big' may be an understatement for many of Dr. Michelle Oakley's patients. | ||||
| 64 | 11 | "Under the Yukon Sun" | December 7, 2019 | |
| Dr. Michelle Oakley battles the elements to take care of animals. | ||||
| 65 | 12 | "Wild Things!" | December 14, 2019 | |
Season 8 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][14] | |
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| 66 | 1 | "The Big Bad Wolf" | March 21, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley head to the AWCC with her daughters to try and bond with a lone wolf. | ||||
| 67 | 2 | "Law of the Claw" | March 28, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley and Dr. Doyle work on a horse that is suffering with an leg infection. | ||||
| 68 | 3 | "The Miracle Dog" | April 4, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley care for an sick reindeer; and performs a surgery on a canine burn victim. | ||||
| 69 | 4 | "A Hoarse Horse" | April 11, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley finds a fox in need, and the family rallies to give it a shot at survival. | ||||
| 70 | 5 | "Squawk Off!" | April 18, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley explores what's ailing a sick German shepherd and treats a prickly peacock. | ||||
| 71 | 6 | "I Quill Survive" | April 25, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps a horse with a strange lump and deals with a bull that's losing weight. | ||||
| 72 | 7 | "At the Cow Wash" | May 2, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley investigates what's ailing reindeer at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. | ||||
| 73 | 8 | "Porcupine Posse" | May 9, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley removes a lump from a French bulldog. Then, he investigates a cat's seizures. | ||||
| 74 | 9 | "Rescuers Down Under" | May 16, 2020 | |
| Dr. Oakley heads to Australia to helps the animals that are affected by the wildfires. | ||||
Season 9 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [6][15] | |
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| 75 | 1 | "Don't Be Mean, Wolverine" | March 13, 2021 | |
| Dr. Oakley sees a wolverine with a growing lump in its side and makes a shocking discovery during a reindeer castration. | ||||
| 76 | 2 | "Goodnight Musk Ox" | March 20, 2021 | |
| A puppy emergency and a wold in danger of losing an eye. | ||||
| 77 | 3 | "The Very Hungry Reindeer" | March 27, 2021 | |
| Testing a dangerously thin reindeer with a bellyache. | ||||
| 78 | 4 | "Don't Cry She-Wolf" | April 3, 2021 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps a skinny bison struggling to get food, spays a wolf at the bottom of the pack and sees an old cat missing teeth. | ||||
| 79 | 5 | "A Vet's Life is a Highway" | April 3, 2021 | |
| 80 | 6 | "Dr. O and the Three Bears" | April 17, 2021 | |
| A dog that was attacked, a guinea pig with raspy breathing | ||||
| 81 | 7 | "Oh Deer!" | April 10, 2021 | |
| Dr. Oakley helps an old horse with a dental issue. | ||||
| 82 | 8 | "Spit and Run" | April 24, 2021 | |
| 83 | 9 | "Sweet Dreams and Made of Oakleys" | April 24, 2021 | |
| 84 | 10 | "Lynx be a Lady" | May 1, 2021 | |
| 85 | 11 | "If Looks Could Quill" | May 8, 2021 | |
| 86 | 12 | "Minkus Stinkus" | May 15, 2021 | |
Season 10 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date [16] | |||||||||
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| 87 | 1 | "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog" | October 9, 2021 | |||||||||
| 88 | 2 | "Flip the Pig" | October 16, 2021 | |||||||||
| 89 | 3 | TBA | October 23, 2021 | |||||||||
| Special | ||||||||||||
| 90 | - | "Vetsgiving" | November 26, 2021 | |||||||||
| 91 | - | "Vetsgiving" | November 27, 2021 | |||||||||
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