Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet

TV-142015•3.2/10

Reality

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.2/10(4)

From traveling across glaciers and mountains to enduring sub-zero temperatures and endless days without daylight, there is no more challenging place to be a veterinarian than Alaska. Despite myriad challenges and risks, Dr. Dee Thornell made it her life’s mission to care for the wild and domestic animals of America’s largest state – no matter what.

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Production

High Noon Entertainment

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

November 7, 2015

Last Aired

October 1, 2016

Networks

Animal Planet

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Taking Flight

Air date: 2015-11-07

Dr. Dee embarks on her first cross-country flight as a new pilot to treat animals in the Arctic Circle. She also cares for an aging, beloved Border Collie and a disabled Siberian husky with a fighting spirit.

Laundromat Surgery

Air date: 2015-11-14

Dr. Dee flies to a remote village in Ruby, Alaska, to do a marathon spay and neuter clinic at a laundromat. At one of the largest cattle ranches in the state, Dr. Dee fights to deliver a calf struggling to be born.

Don't Mess With Mama

Air date: 2015-11-21

Dr. Dee checks the health of a black bear who just woke from hibernation. But that was the easy part! A routine cattle castration turns dangerous. And a local radio station teams up with Dr. Dee to find a home for a special needs dog.

Raging Horse

Air date: 2015-12-05

Dr. Dee investigates a possible neurological problem in her own dog. A horse castration turns dangerous. At the clinic, a potential case of animal neglect is not what it seems.

Springing Into Action

Air date: 2015-12-12

A feisty miniature horse is a difficult patient, a large horse has a potentially deadly problem, a new pig farmer learns how to castrate piglets, and a dog needs a forever home.

Tis the Season

Air date: 2015-12-26

Dr. Dee takes care of her mother while manning her busy clinic where the vet performs emergency surgery on a Yorkie puppy. She rescues puppies from remote villages in the hopes of finding them homes, and Dr. Terry fights to save one of Santa's reindeer.

Operation Pegasus

Air date: 2016-01-02

Dr. Dee and her team attempt to accomplish the extraordinary as they helicopter rescue a wounded horse from the wilderness! Dr. Dee also cares for a Husky mix hit by a truck and trailer, and investigates the cause of a bearded dragon's long slumber.

Cast

Dr. Dee Thornell

Herself

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