Plot Synopsis

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET is a one-hour reality series that follows veterinarian Michelle Oakley (aka Yukon Doc), as she raises her family and makes rounds in the Yukon Territory, treating animals of all shapes and sizes. Michelle has lived in Haines Junction, Yukon since 1992 with her husband, three daughters, and animals. Since graduating from veterinary college in 2000, Michelle has been providing veterinary care to all creatures in rural communities of SE Alaska and Yukon, as well as providing specialized veterinary services in wildlife health and anesthesia for conservation and research projects throughout the north. In this series, Dr. Oakley performs routine vaccinations and exams on 26 huskies at a sled-dog operation; rapidly works on a dog with a face full of porcupine quills; turns foam piping into a wing splint for an owl named Aspen; runs some tests on horses that may be at risk for a highly contagious disease; pays a visit to the angriest muskox in the Yukon for a routine check-up; helps a devoted dog owner figure out the best options for his sick yet beloved family lab suffering from a chronic cough caused by a blocked windpipe; and helps many more animals and their companions. The second part of Season 1 premiered on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild. In the season opener, "Mush Madness," Dr. Oakley handles a variety of patients, including some very fast sled dogs, in the days leading up to her work at a Yukon sled dog race. Then, on race day Michelle plunges in, examining a long stream of athletic dogs.

Season 3 of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET premiered on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT. In the season opener, "Yak Attack," Dr. Oakley prepares for her firstborn to leave home, and a tarred eagle tests her limits.

Dr. Michelle Oakley returned with an all new season of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET, premiering Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 9pm ET/PT on Nat Geo WILD. Season 4 follows her as she makes house calls across thousands of square miles in the Yukon Territory in northern Canada -- where she's responding to some of the most unique and challenging cases of her career. From moving bears with tractors and horses with helicopters, to castrating angry boars and capturing wild bison, she'll have to use every trick she has to save these animals. Accompanied by her daughters and armed with a sense of humor as sharp as a scalpel, Dr. Oakley deftly juggles being a full-time veterinarian, wife and mom while taking viewers into the isolated regions of the Yukon.

The fifth season of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET premiered on Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 9pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild, immediately following a brand-new one-hour special.

Season 6 of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET premiered Saturday, October 6, 2018 from 8-10pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild, immediately following an eight-hour marathon (Noon-8pm) of encore episodes from the show's fifth season. The sixth season opens with back-to-back new episodes, where Dr. Oakley isn't afraid to take risks when it comes to treating her patients (8pm), and a pregnant Yorkie named Dixie keeps Dr. Oakley up all night with an emergency C-section (9pm).

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET returns for its seventh season on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 9pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild. In the season opener, "Blazing Bison," a cat's bladder problem puts Dr. Oakley in a tricky spot, and rowdy bison need wrangling.

The eighth season of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET premiered on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild.

On Saturday, March 13, 2021 from 9-10:30pm ET/PT, Nat Geo Wild premiered the ninth season of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET, immediately following a one-hour special, "Fur-Ociously Cute," at 8pm. Whether wrestling bison, tracking ibex in the mountains, performing surgery on a wolverine, or braving fierce landscapes to return moose calves to the wild, Dr. Oakley does whatever it takes to keep the animals in her charge safe and healthy.

Season 10 of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET debuted on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 9mp ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild. In the season opener, "You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog," Dr. Oakley treats a Sitka deer with a limp and a feisty alpaca-llama cross.

DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET returned for the 11th season on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild. In the season opener, "Cat Got Your Tongue," Dr. Oakley treats a cat that swallowed a string and a pregnant reindeer with cancer.
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The twelfth season of DR. OAKLEY, YUKON VET debuted on Saturday, September 9, 2023 at 10pm ET/PT on Nat Geo Wild. In the season opener, "Runaway Reindeer," Dr. Oakley herds a group of unruly reindeer and treats a mini ram with a limp.