The WORST episodes of Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet

Every episode of Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet!

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.

Last Updated: 3/18/2025Network: Nat Geo WildStatus: Continuing

6.50

2 votes

#1 - Twinkie Twinkie Little Pig

Season 12 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/4/2023

Dr. Oakley treats a baby elk with a limp, performs a dental on a musk ox, and gives a roadside pedicure to a pig.

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6.89

19 votes

#2 - Raging Bison

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2016

Dr. Oakley examines two feisty wood bison before they are released into the wild, then travels by helicopter to a glacier to check on sled dogs.

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7.00

25 votes

#3 - Steer Clear

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2016

This week, Dr. Oakley’s house calls consist of a string of scary visits that ultimately send two people to the hospital.

7.17

30 votes

#4 - Got Moose Juice?

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2016

Dr. Oakley treats a sled dog with a face full of porcupine quills and a baby moose with life-threatening indigestion.

7.19

26 votes

#5 - Midnight Madness

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2016

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.

7.25

16 votes

#6 - Wild Wild Wolverine

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2017

Dr. Oakley traps a snarling wolverine to learn more about her ferocious species, but this girl is all bite.

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7.25

20 votes

#7 - Poking the Bear

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2016

Dr. Oakley performs physical examinations on two black bears during a risky relocation, and a grey wolf goes under the knife for a complicated procedure.

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7.27

26 votes

#8 - When Cows Fight Back

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2016

Dr. Oakley goes to a remote island for a calf castration, but the routine surgery quickly turns dangerous.

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7.30

20 votes

#9 - License to Quill

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2017

Harper the dog needs Dr. Oakley's expertise when a chance encounter leads to a prickly situation with severe consequences.

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7.33

3 votes

#10 - Your Mother's Footsteps

Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/4/2023

Ahead of Sierra’s departure for vet school, the team treats an emu, a dog with a bulging eye, and a reindeer with a cracked antler.

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7.33

3 votes

#11 - I'll Tell you Wattle Want

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2021

Dr. Oakley treats a horse with a limp and an overweight dog.

7.34

29 votes

#12 - Bad News Bear

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2016

Dr. Oakley risks her life to save a brown bear from drowning and a 600-pound boar needs help parting with his oversized family jewels.

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7.35

23 votes

#13 - No Bull

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2016

Dr. Oakley travels to Prince Edward Island to tackle a bison inbreeding problem, and then helps a horse with a fractured hoof.

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7.40

5 votes

#14 - Cow Cuddles

Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/4/2023

Dr. Oakley treats a pair of debilitated chickens and a Highland cow who loves to give hugs. A reindeer farm hopes to turn their luck around.

7.42

19 votes

#15 - Wily Coyote

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2017

Dr. Oakley is in for a shock when she has to neuter a wily coyote, and a harbor seal pup must have emergency surgery.

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7.43

28 votes

#16 - Taming of the Wolverine

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/9/2016

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.

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7.44

18 votes

#17 - Bear Trapped

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2017

Dr. Oakley and her daughter are up in the trees, waiting for a black bear that needs to be collared, but an uninvited guest may throw a wrench in their plans; a newborn reindeer has a life-threatening injury.

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7.45

22 votes

#18 - Bear Brawl

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2016

Dr. Oakley travels to a bear sanctuary where she ends up in the middle of a brother bear brawl. Meanwhile, a horse named Fancy is having trouble with her gait.

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7.48

21 votes

#19 - Alaska Calling

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2017

Dr. Oakley travels to Alaska and helps various animals through the seasons.

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7.50

4 votes

#20 - Coyote Slumber Party

Season 12 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/4/2023

Dr. Oakley vaccinates a jet-setting chihuahua, tries to outsmart a shifty coyote, and meets a cow with an unusual growth.

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7.50

22 votes

#21 - When Horses Fly

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2016

Dr. Oakley takes to the skies to chase some of the Yukon's toughest wild horses, and a kitten's unexpected pregnancy scare could force a tough medical decision.

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7.58

24 votes

#22 - Warts and All

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2016

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.

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7.68

19 votes

#23 - One Mad Mama

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2016

Dr. Oakley chases sheep, protects an ailing musk ox, and teams up with a superhero pig. She then reunites with Patches, a dog with a puzzling paw problem.

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7.75

4 votes

#24 - Hold Your Mini Horses

Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/4/2023

Dr. Oakley treats an emaciated chicken and a dog with a lacerated paw. To help a mini horse, the team needs to get past his protective donkey pal.

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7.75

4 votes

#25 - This Little Piggy Had An Ouchie

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2021

Dr. Oakley treats a limping bull bison and a dog with a mammary mass.

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