1 00:00:04,070 --> 00:00:07,173 NARRATOR: It's the Yukon's answer to the Super Bowl. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,711 13 teams thundering across 200 miles of wilderness 3 00:00:14,314 --> 00:00:17,050 and chasing $10,000 in prizes. 4 00:00:19,552 --> 00:00:22,288 Slick ice, sharp rocks, and blazing sun 5 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:24,924 could take a dog down at any time. 6 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:28,595 That's where Dr. Michelle Oakley comes in. 7 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,038 ♪ ♪ 8 00:00:38,104 --> 00:00:40,306 NARRATOR: Before the Percy DeWolfe race, 9 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:42,876 Dr. Michelle Oakley has to clear her case load. 10 00:00:44,577 --> 00:00:46,112 Her first patient, 11 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:50,316 a big dangerous animal she crossed paths with before. 12 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:54,054 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Oh, there he comes. He's right on us. 13 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:55,822 NARRATOR: Fat Boy. 14 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:00,827 DR. OAKLEY: We've got a musk ox with some severely overgrown toenails. 15 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:02,462 The two claws... 16 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:04,464 ...on each of his feet are very overgrown, 17 00:01:04,531 --> 00:01:06,499 so we need to give him a trim. 18 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,168 There's my buddy. 19 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:11,638 NARRATOR: But with an animal of this size, 20 00:01:11,704 --> 00:01:14,007 there's no such thing as a simple pedicure. 21 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:16,509 DR. OAKLEY: Whoa, those feet. 22 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:20,213 NARRATOR: In the wild those hooves usually wear down naturally. 23 00:01:21,448 --> 00:01:26,686 In captivity overgrown hooves can cause arthritis as well as abscesses. 24 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:29,756 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): The hooves can crack off actually 25 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:32,158 and break and get infected, so it's really important 26 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:34,260 to get him back walking on an even surface. 27 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:37,597 RANDY:Okay, we're ready. DR. OAKLEY: Awesome. 28 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:40,700 NARRATOR: The only way to get close enough to work 29 00:01:40,767 --> 00:01:43,103 on the musk ox is to sedate him first. 30 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:44,971 And even that can be risky. 31 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,574 DR. OAKLEY: He's got a strut to his stride. RANDY: Yeah. 32 00:01:48,007 --> 00:01:50,143 NARRATOR: As operations manager Randy Hallock knows... 33 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:52,912 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Here he comes, Randy. 34 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:58,284 RANDY (off-screen): I'm closing all the doors. 35 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:03,456 That will make it so I can get him in the compartment that we want. 36 00:02:07,727 --> 00:02:09,462 DR. OAKLEY: That made him mad. 37 00:02:09,529 --> 00:02:11,030 He knows he's stuck now. 38 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:12,999 NARRATOR: When angry or threatened, 39 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,568 musk ox will use their heads as battle rams. 40 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:21,774 If one of these 800 pound creatures lashes out, it could be trouble. 41 00:02:22,442 --> 00:02:25,011 RANDY: All these doors are shut on the center, right, Michelle? 42 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:26,679 DR. OAKLEY: Yep, they are. RANDY: Okay. 43 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:30,917 DR. OAKLEY: That was a quiet way to say GTFO. 44 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,453 RANDY: Once we get him locked in a compartment, 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:38,191 then Michelle can dart him and it'll be safe for everybody, him and us. 46 00:02:39,792 --> 00:02:43,696 DR. OAKLEY: Elk, deer, and the musk ox are by far the most difficult to anesthetize. 47 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:47,267 They take a funny combination of drugs and they take a lot of drugs. 48 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:50,336 So I've got a cocktail loaded up for him that seemed to agree 49 00:02:50,403 --> 00:02:52,405 with him quite well about a year and a half ago, 50 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:54,507 so I'm hoping we get the same result. 51 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:56,709 Get those lungs ready. 52 00:02:56,776 --> 00:02:59,412 Having enough hot air has never been a problem. 53 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:02,282 Achoo. Oops. 54 00:03:03,049 --> 00:03:04,751 RANDY: I know you'd love to. 55 00:03:04,817 --> 00:03:06,352 (Laughing) 56 00:03:06,419 --> 00:03:07,754 DR. OAKLEY: Nah. 57 00:03:10,123 --> 00:03:12,192 He seems to know what we're doing. 58 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:14,027 I want to get a little bit more square. 59 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,529 NARRATOR: Michelle won't get in an enclosed space 60 00:03:16,596 --> 00:03:19,265 with this massive creature unless he's out cold. 61 00:03:20,700 --> 00:03:23,570 If he wakes up, he could slam her right into the wall. 62 00:03:26,072 --> 00:03:27,974 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, I got a shot, Randy. Hang on. 63 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:29,809 Nope. Sort of. 64 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:32,178 Pick, pick, sort of. 65 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:39,085 RANDY (off-screen): Got it? 66 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,820 DR. OAKLEY: Yep. RANDY (off-screen): Good. 67 00:03:41,087 --> 00:03:43,756 DR. OAKLEY: Hopefully it went hard enough to get through everything. 68 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:45,925 It looks like it injected, anyway. 69 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:49,529 So I got the dart in and we're all just going to back off now and let him mellow out. 70 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:53,866 And as soon as he goes down, I'll go back and make sure he's actually asleep. 71 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,803 And then if he is, we can put a blindfold on and start handling. 72 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,606 NARRATOR: Now it's a waiting game. 73 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:02,342 The musk ox needs to be sedated enough to work on. 74 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:07,614 In the meantime, Michelle's got a little time on her hands. 75 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:10,116 DR. OAKLEY: Do you have a favorite song? 76 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:12,018 For a play list. 77 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:13,953 RANDY: I like Def Leppard. 78 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:15,588 DR. OAKLEY: I like Def Leppard. 79 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:17,490 RANDY: AC/DC. DR. OAKLEY: Yes. 80 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:19,993 RANDY: Or Nazareth, Alice Cooper. 81 00:04:20,059 --> 00:04:22,195 DR. OAKLEY: Holy. You're a hard core hard rock. 82 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:24,397 RANDY: Queen. DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Queen, yes. 83 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:26,366 (Singing) Fat bottom musk ox. 84 00:04:26,432 --> 00:04:28,268 Doo-doo-doo. Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. 85 00:04:28,334 --> 00:04:29,669 Yep, that's a good one. 86 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:32,238 RANDY: All the new music, it's all basically just remakes of all the... 87 00:04:32,305 --> 00:04:34,107 DR. OAKLEY: I know. RANDY: All the good old stuff. 88 00:04:34,173 --> 00:04:36,376 DR. OAKLEY: I know. A bunch of base, a bunch of F bombs, 89 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:38,544 and a super explicit video and then there you go. 90 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:40,179 RANDY: That's what sells. DR. OAKLEY: Yep. 91 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:44,250 NARRATOR: Her patient is finally unconscious. 92 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:47,587 DR. OAKLEY: He's down for the count and snoring. 93 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:54,027 NARRATOR: She blindfolds it to reduce his stress if he wakes up. 94 00:04:54,327 --> 00:04:56,062 DR. OAKLEY: Hey, buddy. 95 00:04:56,329 --> 00:04:57,930 I think I'll wait now. 96 00:04:57,997 --> 00:05:00,133 He just moved his eye, but just watch yourself. 97 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:03,870 NARRATOR: Then she takes one last precaution to make sure he's out cold. 98 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:06,172 (Claps) 99 00:05:14,681 --> 00:05:16,282 DR. OAKLEY: I put the blindfold on him. 100 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:17,850 Didn't see much reaction there. 101 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:19,886 But just to be safe, went over and gave him a good pat 102 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:21,721 on his side and he started to jump up. 103 00:05:21,788 --> 00:05:23,589 So that's exciting. 104 00:05:23,656 --> 00:05:25,425 He's not quite there. 105 00:05:27,093 --> 00:05:29,028 You check as many different factors as you can 106 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,097 because your life depends on it. 107 00:05:33,599 --> 00:05:35,935 NARRATOR: Last time Michelle was lucky. 108 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,371 This time she hopes there won't be any surprises 109 00:05:38,438 --> 00:05:40,206 from this huge beast. 110 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:42,975 DR. OAKLEY: Hey. Hey. 111 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:50,016 DR. OAKLEY: Hey. 112 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,752 NARRATOR: This time the musk ox is knocked out. 113 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,890 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): So Randy's trimming his feet right now. 114 00:05:57,957 --> 00:06:00,860 And they're really overgrown. 115 00:06:00,927 --> 00:06:06,432 He's working on one hoof because there's two claws actually on each foot. 116 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:09,335 He's just about finished with one set. 117 00:06:09,402 --> 00:06:11,237 He's got three left. 118 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,740 A dog would love to chew on that. 119 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:15,341 RANDY (off-screen): Yum-yum. 120 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:19,379 DR. OAKLEY: His respiration stayed constant. 121 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:21,147 His heart rate has increased slightly, 122 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,949 but it's actually back to a more normal level. 123 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:24,684 His color stayed excellent. 124 00:06:24,751 --> 00:06:26,853 We're going to finish up and get him back on his feet. 125 00:06:28,354 --> 00:06:30,356 We've got about ten more minutes. 126 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:31,891 RANDY: We'll have it done. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 127 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:34,460 RANDY (off-screen): It went like almost a textbook case. 128 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,864 We got the hooves done, checked him all out. 129 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,433 He's in really good body condition. 130 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:43,970 So now we give him the reversal. 131 00:06:44,337 --> 00:06:47,106 DR. OAKLEY: Ready Freddy? 132 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:48,708 RANDY: I'm ready, Freddy. 133 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:50,710 DR. OAKLEY: Reversal being given. 134 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:54,614 NARRATOR: Within minutes the musk ox is back on his feet 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,949 with Michelle safely out of reach. 136 00:06:58,217 --> 00:06:59,719 DR. OAKLEY: Here we go. 137 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:02,622 Well, that was good. 138 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:05,224 Done and doner. 139 00:07:10,396 --> 00:07:12,532 NARRATOR: At her home clinic Michelle has a patient 140 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:14,600 in need of urgent attention. 141 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:19,105 Miracle is a star athlete. 142 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:22,442 He's run in many sled dog races, including the Iditarod. 143 00:07:23,342 --> 00:07:27,046 And his owner Michael has worked with him every step of the way. 144 00:07:28,748 --> 00:07:30,583 DR. OAKLEY: Hey, Michael. How is it going? 145 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,485 MICHAEL: Hey, Michelle. Good, good. DR. OAKLEY: Good. 146 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:35,955 MICHAEL: He's been always like a top notch athlete as a sled dog. 147 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:39,725 Miracle was one of the fastest dogs in the world 148 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:41,627 at one point in his life. 149 00:07:41,694 --> 00:07:43,496 DR. OAKLEY: Let's have a look at him. 150 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:45,932 NARRATOR: Most sled dogs retire at seven to ten years old 151 00:07:45,998 --> 00:07:49,302 and average life expectancy is about 12 years. 152 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:53,306 Miracle's 15 and facing problems of old age. 153 00:07:53,739 --> 00:07:56,175 MICHAEL: Remember we looked at the bum? 154 00:07:56,242 --> 00:07:59,512 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. He had those anal glands working kind of weird. 155 00:07:59,579 --> 00:08:02,081 MICHAEL: Yeah. Well, so, let's have a look, you know, I mean, he's been 156 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:03,816 licking after them like, you know, it's... 157 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:06,486 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay. MICHAEL: And it's swollen. DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 158 00:08:06,552 --> 00:08:08,221 MICHAEL: I know there is some discomfort, 159 00:08:08,287 --> 00:08:11,290 so hopefully we can figure out what's going on and a remedy to this situation. 160 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,727 DR. OAKLEY: I'm just going to get a glove on and have a closer look at that. 161 00:08:15,695 --> 00:08:18,397 NARRATOR: Mushers like Michael are highly attuned to their dogs 162 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,700 and quick to notice when there's a health problem. 163 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:22,702 DR. OAKLEY: So last time when he was here 164 00:08:22,768 --> 00:08:25,371 we looked at those, there was not too much swelling really. 165 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:27,974 We expressed the anal glands and it looked kind of icky. 166 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:30,109 MICHAEL: Yeah. DR. OAKLEY: And now there's a big swelling. 167 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:31,377 Did you notice a couple of them? 168 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:33,179 MICHAEL: Yeah DR. OAKLEY: So this is my biggest concern. 169 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:35,181 These growths that are... 170 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:37,950 MICHAEL: Yeah... DR. OAKLEY: Non mobile that are quite big, 171 00:08:38,017 --> 00:08:39,819 there's at least three or four of them. 172 00:08:39,886 --> 00:08:41,120 MICHAEL: Yeah, yeah. 173 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:42,822 DR. OAKLEY: It, it looks more like a tumor now. 174 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:47,193 There is, there is several different growths that are kind of fixed in place there. 175 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,528 MICHAEL: Yeah. 176 00:08:48,594 --> 00:08:50,897 DR. OAKLEY: Around the anal glands and even above it as well. 177 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:52,231 MICHAEL: Right. 178 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:54,433 DR. OAKLEY: And those usually tend to spread. 179 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,670 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): There's three very large growths actually all around 180 00:08:57,737 --> 00:08:59,805 the anus and they're quite firm. 181 00:08:59,872 --> 00:09:02,108 They're quite like embedded in the tissue around there. 182 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:04,176 We need to get a sample of those. 183 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:07,513 Maybe even a full on biopsy of tissue. 184 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:09,782 Well, the tumors can be benign 185 00:09:09,849 --> 00:09:11,551 or they can be something more serious. 186 00:09:11,617 --> 00:09:13,553 And I can't really tell just looking at it. 187 00:09:13,619 --> 00:09:15,588 So I'd say before we go too much further, 188 00:09:15,655 --> 00:09:17,690 we should probably do a bit of blood work. 189 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,592 MICHAEL: Okay. DR. OAKLEY: That might be the fastest thing, okay? 190 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:21,260 All right. Let's do it. Okay. 191 00:09:21,327 --> 00:09:22,795 MICHAEL: Yeah. You bet. 192 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:26,032 DR. OAKLEY: And also I just want to make sure 193 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:28,467 it's not just an abscess, so if I poke it and pus comes out, 194 00:09:28,534 --> 00:09:30,469 then we also have a little different. 195 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,772 MICHAEL: Sure. Easy, boy. Easy, boy. 196 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:34,173 You're going to be okay. 197 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:36,943 NARRATOR: Michelle's concerned that it could be cancer. 198 00:09:37,643 --> 00:09:38,978 MICHAEL (off-screen): If it means surgery, 199 00:09:39,045 --> 00:09:42,448 we would have to discuss like what it would do for Miracle. 200 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:45,918 I'm hoping we can find some kind of medication that will help 201 00:09:45,985 --> 00:09:47,920 reduce the inflammation. 202 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:50,356 That is my preferred option. 203 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:53,326 I mean Miracle and I have been together for 15 years. 204 00:09:56,028 --> 00:09:58,497 DR. OAKLEY: So I'm just going to clean up the area 205 00:09:58,564 --> 00:10:01,667 a little bit and then do a little fine needle biopsy 206 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:04,203 where I put the needle in a few times, get some cells, 207 00:10:04,270 --> 00:10:06,439 and have a look on a slide. 208 00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:08,307 Sometimes you can see cells that look really odd 209 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:09,842 and sometimes you can't. 210 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:12,345 But if you see something, then that gives you some good information. 211 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:15,881 We're both kind of hoping for, you know, some benign growths, 212 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:18,351 but got to give it to him straight up. 213 00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:23,489 DR. OAKLEY: So, Michael, this is not looking all that great. 214 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:26,692 NARRATOR: Dr. Michelle Oakley takes a closer look at a series 215 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:29,695 of tumors on retired sled dog, Miracle. 216 00:10:29,762 --> 00:10:33,199 His owner Michael could be facing a worst case scenario. 217 00:10:33,599 --> 00:10:34,967 DR. OAKLEY: I'm not a pathologist, 218 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:37,937 but what I'm seeing are really abnormal looking cells. 219 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:41,107 I'm seeing some that just have like a bunch of weird 220 00:10:41,173 --> 00:10:43,542 kind of formations to them. 221 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:47,580 It's looking more like a cancer type growth to me. 222 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:51,017 I'm not a pathologist, so I'm going to take that slide 223 00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:53,486 and send it in and have a pathologist look at it. 224 00:10:53,552 --> 00:10:55,354 Before we jump to any conclusions, 225 00:10:55,421 --> 00:10:58,858 we'll send in that slide for more of a professional opinion. 226 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:02,094 MICHAEL: Yeah. DR. M. OAKLEY: And then I think when we get the results back 227 00:11:02,161 --> 00:11:04,363 from that, then why don't we talk about x-rays 228 00:11:04,430 --> 00:11:06,499 and where to go from there, okay? 229 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:09,001 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): There's a big difference between a tumor that has, 230 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:11,971 you know, one year of poor prognosis versus a tumor that, you know, 231 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:16,008 you can kind of manage and maybe just help him with the clinical signs of it, you know. 232 00:11:16,075 --> 00:11:18,944 So if we know the diagnosis, we can definitely provide 233 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:21,247 a much better treatment that's catered to it. 234 00:11:21,747 --> 00:11:23,115 MICHAEL (off-screen): I trust Michelle. 235 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:25,384 She'll, she'll know what's going on and she'll, I know she'll 236 00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:27,520 recommend the best course of action. 237 00:11:27,586 --> 00:11:29,088 Nice seeing you guys. 238 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:30,656 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, thanks a lot, Michael. 239 00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:32,291 MICHAEL: Take care. Yep. Have a good day. 240 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:33,959 DR. OAKLEY: See you. MICHAEL (off-screen): Come on, boy. 241 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:38,097 NARRATOR: At the Percy DeWolfe race, 242 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:41,467 Michelle will be on call to take care of more than a hundred sled dogs. 243 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:45,037 The race is just three days away 244 00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:47,773 and one veteran musher wants Michelle's expert opinion. 245 00:11:48,507 --> 00:11:50,810 DR. OAKLEY: Hey, Ed. How's it going? 246 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:52,144 ED: Hey, how're you doing, Michelle? 247 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:53,779 DR. OAKLEY: Good to see you. ED: Nice to see you. 248 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:54,814 DR. OAKLEY: This is my daughter Willow. 249 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,248 ED: Hey, Willow. How are you? 250 00:11:56,315 --> 00:11:58,050 Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to take a look at a dog. 251 00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:00,286 DR. OAKLEY: Sure. Why don't you go hang out with the puppies, hon? 252 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:03,889 NARRATOR: In the Yukon people have relied on dogs for hundreds of years 253 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:07,226 for hunting, trapping and, of course, transport. 254 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:11,997 Until about 50 years ago many people still relied on dog sleds 255 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:13,999 to get around in the Yukon. 256 00:12:14,767 --> 00:12:17,937 Sled dog racing is a way to keep up that tradition. 257 00:12:18,003 --> 00:12:20,406 ED (off-screen): My dogs that I have here are Alaskan huskies 258 00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:23,676 and they're a little bit different than like your Siberians. 259 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:26,345 They're bred for racing. 260 00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:30,015 And we have a kennel of 60 dogs here. 261 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:33,385 It's a lot of work, but it's a labor of love. 262 00:12:35,087 --> 00:12:37,823 NARRATOR: Ed's been racing dogs for more than 20 years. 263 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:40,493 He's already won the Percy DeWolfe twice. 264 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,663 And this year he could join an elite group of three time winners, 265 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:47,600 but he's going to need nine of his best athletes. 266 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:51,637 DR. OAKLEY: Hey, who's going? 267 00:12:51,704 --> 00:12:53,339 ED: This is Sambuca. 268 00:12:53,405 --> 00:12:54,907 DR. OAKLEY: Sambuca. 269 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:56,408 Yeah. 270 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:58,944 ED: He's a big male. He's probably my biggest dog in the yard. 271 00:12:59,011 --> 00:13:00,846 DR. OAKLEY: You're a big stiff drink, aren't you? 272 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:03,649 ED: Then I got Phoenix. She's one of my leaders. 273 00:13:03,716 --> 00:13:05,551 DR. OAKLEY: Of course she's a leader. Hi, Phoenix. 274 00:13:05,885 --> 00:13:07,486 ED: Then I got Rocco. 275 00:13:07,553 --> 00:13:09,755 Rocco's just happy to be here. 276 00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:11,490 DR. OAKLEY: You ready to run? 277 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:13,192 You look like you are. 278 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:16,495 NARRATOR: There's another dog Ed needs Michelle to check over. 279 00:13:16,562 --> 00:13:20,166 He wants her advice about whether to bring him on race day. 280 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:24,370 DR. OAKLEY: So which dog is this? ED: Ninja. 281 00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:27,573 ED (off-screen): He just seems to be a little stiff, you know, his extension. 282 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,809 When you kind of stretch him out, he's kind of guarded on it, 283 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:31,610 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay. Okay. 284 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:33,279 ED: Hey, Ninja. 285 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:35,214 NARRATOR: With his stamina and youthful energy, 286 00:13:35,281 --> 00:13:37,817 Ninja is a critical member of Ed's team. 287 00:13:37,883 --> 00:13:40,419 ED: He's like 20 months. DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 288 00:13:40,486 --> 00:13:42,688 ED: He's a young, big, strong dog. 289 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,857 DR. OAKLEY: He's pretty young. Yeah. Yeah. He looks great. 290 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:47,259 One of the dogs, Ninja, he's been having some problems 291 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:50,029 with his shoulder and he actually had to pull him out of the last race. 292 00:13:50,095 --> 00:13:51,330 He doesn't want to push it. 293 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:53,632 I mean, Ed's really careful about his dogs, 294 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:55,201 so he just wanted me to have a look. 295 00:13:55,267 --> 00:13:56,802 So it was this front leg, you said? 296 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,437 ED: Yeah, his front left shoulder. 297 00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:00,005 It's just one of those things where it's not actually 298 00:14:00,072 --> 00:14:02,007 affecting him, but you can see when he's walking around 299 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:03,876 the circle here, he's kind of a little off. 300 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:06,679 NARRATOR: Michelle examines Ninja's leg to see 301 00:14:06,745 --> 00:14:08,914 just how severe the problem is. 302 00:14:08,981 --> 00:14:11,483 DR. OAKLEY: He's just resisting a little bit. 303 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:12,685 ED: Yeah. 304 00:14:12,751 --> 00:14:15,421 DR. OAKLEY: It's not tender anywhere, but here. 305 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,825 Well, there's sure not a lot of heat or swelling, 306 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:22,094 but there's definitely an extension issue. 307 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:25,297 You know, maybe just a little soft tissue injury, 308 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:27,366 but you might want to get that x-rayed 309 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:29,001 next time you're taking somebody in. 310 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,070 ED: Okay. DR. OAKLEY: Just to be sure, especially because he's young. 311 00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:33,138 DR. OAKLEY: Make sure there's nothing... ED: Yeah. 312 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:34,740 DR. OAKLEY: Starting up there. 313 00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:36,942 ED: I always kind of look out for the longevity of a dog. 314 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:40,079 You know making sure that they last 11, 12 years. 315 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:42,081 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Any kind of injury like that, 316 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:44,250 that starts to go on and on, you run the risk of developing 317 00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:46,151 arthritis and you definitely don't want to do that 318 00:14:46,218 --> 00:14:48,520 in a young dog that has a huge career ahead of him. 319 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:50,990 How many extra dogs can you carry? 320 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:53,125 ED: You can't carry any dogs. It's none. 321 00:14:53,192 --> 00:14:55,194 DR. OAKLEY: So if you end up taking him and pulling 322 00:14:55,261 --> 00:14:57,129 him, you're just going to be at a bit of a disadvantage. 323 00:14:57,196 --> 00:14:59,965 ED: Oh, absolutely. DR. OAKLEY: Extra weight and no extra pull. 324 00:15:00,032 --> 00:15:01,700 ED: That's right. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. 325 00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:03,569 ED (off-screen): You can't substitute dogs. 326 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:06,272 If they're sore, you have to pack them in your sled. 327 00:15:06,338 --> 00:15:11,710 So if you make a mistake on which dogs you're taking, 328 00:15:11,777 --> 00:15:14,346 that could cost you the race. 329 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:17,650 DR. OAKLEY: That might be something that you want to rest him. 330 00:15:17,716 --> 00:15:19,318 ED: Yeah, that's true. 331 00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:21,353 NARRATOR: It's a tough call. 332 00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,856 Ed's got to weigh the health of the rookie against his hopes 333 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,258 of taking a third title right now. 334 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:28,027 ED: Michelle's advice is pretty good. 335 00:15:28,093 --> 00:15:30,429 I think I'm not going to take Ninja because he's a young dog. 336 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:34,133 He's got a bright future, so I'll probably leave him at home. 337 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:37,336 NARRATOR: Michelle's still got a few other cases to handle 338 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:41,073 before race day, if she can tear Willow away from the puppies. 339 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:42,741 WILLOW: Puppy love. 340 00:15:43,342 --> 00:15:45,010 DR. OAKLEY: She's going to bring her dad home a sled dog. 341 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:46,445 Wouldn't he love that? 342 00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,847 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): She's having a great time out here. 343 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:50,849 She had three or four puppies hanging off her 344 00:15:50,916 --> 00:15:52,818 different strands of hand and licking her face. 345 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:54,620 WILLOW: Let go of my hair. 346 00:15:54,687 --> 00:15:56,588 ED: Thanks for looking at the dog. 347 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:58,557 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, sure. It was great to come out and... 348 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,059 ED: I'll see you at Forty mile. 349 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:01,627 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, best of luck. 350 00:16:07,599 --> 00:16:09,335 NARRATOR: The next day Michelle heads out 351 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:11,470 on a road trip to Haines, Alaska. 352 00:16:11,770 --> 00:16:14,673 She has got a new patient at the H.A.R.K. animal shelter. 353 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:17,643 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Is there something going on with 354 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:20,346 the feral cat like in terms of urine problem or something? 355 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:22,648 STEVE: Yeah, lots of... DR. OAKLEY: A lot of drinking and peeing? 356 00:16:22,715 --> 00:16:24,416 STEVE: Lots of urinating. Yeah. 357 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:26,785 NARRATOR: Shelter manager Steve Vick rescued this feral cat. 358 00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:28,654 STEVE: Someone trapped it. 359 00:16:28,721 --> 00:16:30,456 Left it in the trap for multiple days. 360 00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:31,857 Came here with it. 361 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:34,793 And if it didn't stay here, it wasn't going to have a good end. 362 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:36,762 DR. OAKLEY: A feral cat is like your average 363 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,497 run of the mill domesticate cat, 364 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:40,199 but it's just never had contact with people. 365 00:16:40,265 --> 00:16:42,468 So it was, was born out in the woods somewhere. 366 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:45,571 They're, they definitely act more like a wild animal. 367 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:49,742 STEVE: The feral cat needs blood work, needs rabies. 368 00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:51,443 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Okay. 369 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,445 We should try to do blood samples if possible. 370 00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:55,114 STEVE: You could certainly try. Yeah. 371 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:56,548 DR. OAKLEY: I didn't bring gloves. 372 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:58,017 Do you have like the big gloves by any chance? 373 00:16:58,083 --> 00:16:59,118 STEVE: Yeah. DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 374 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:01,487 STEVE: And you can try muzzling it. DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 375 00:17:01,553 --> 00:17:02,955 STEVE: I would love to watch that. 376 00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:04,857 The feral cat, we haven't handled that cat much 377 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:07,226 just because he, he can be dangerous. 378 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:08,794 He's going to come at you. 379 00:17:09,928 --> 00:17:14,133 NARRATOR: The cat's excessive urination could be an infection 380 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:17,236 or a sign that he's suffering from diabetes. 381 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,105 DR. OAKLEY: We want to check out his liver and kidney function. 382 00:17:20,172 --> 00:17:21,840 Make sure everything's okay. 383 00:17:21,907 --> 00:17:23,642 And did you say you have big gloves? 384 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:25,044 STEVE: We do have big gloves. 385 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:27,246 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. STEVE: Tracey's going to... DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 386 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:30,482 DR. OAKLEY: The plan for the feral cat is we're going to go in heavily 387 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:32,251 gloved, pin him in a corner, 388 00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:35,220 and then just try and, you know, contain teeth and nails and, 389 00:17:35,287 --> 00:17:37,756 and then just get a blood sample. 390 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:39,258 NICOLE: I'm game if you are. 391 00:17:39,324 --> 00:17:40,826 DR. OAKLEY: I'm game. 392 00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:43,562 NARRATOR: Feral cats are afraid of people and will hiss, 393 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:46,532 scratch or claw to defend themselves. 394 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,567 DR. OAKLEY: When you go to catch feral cats 395 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:51,070 often they freeze until they don't and then they'll just 396 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:55,507 literally go up the walls, across the ceiling, around, and up the walls again. 397 00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,876 I mean they just can kind of fly at you. 398 00:17:57,943 --> 00:18:00,012 So we're going to go in with gloves and be prepared 399 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,281 with the towel and hopefully just try and cover him up, 400 00:18:02,347 --> 00:18:05,150 but I'm not even sure we can catch him. 401 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,087 NICOLE: Hopefully all of us keep our digits attached. 402 00:18:08,153 --> 00:18:09,922 (Laughs) 403 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:13,192 DR. OAKLEY: Okay, this is going to be fun. 404 00:18:14,326 --> 00:18:16,562 NARRATOR: Feral cats are more likely to carry rabies 405 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:19,531 than most domestic animals, including dogs. 406 00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:21,767 NICOLE: Where is he? 407 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:23,335 DR. OAKLEY: He's probably right above the door 408 00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:25,237 and as we open it, he's going to drop on our heads. 409 00:18:25,304 --> 00:18:26,905 NICOLE: Hey, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty. 410 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:28,707 You're a pretty kitty. 411 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:30,476 DR. OAKLEY: He's way up high. I need a step ladder. 412 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:31,944 Well, we need him actually down. 413 00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:33,679 I'm going to put his food and water out of the way 414 00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:35,180 because that'll go flying. 415 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:37,883 NICOLE: He is like pinned down to the shelf. 416 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,818 DR. OAKLEY: He's probably going to squirt by. 417 00:18:39,885 --> 00:18:41,620 I'll be ready on the... 418 00:18:41,687 --> 00:18:43,021 NICOLE: Sweetie. 419 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:45,958 Here, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty. 420 00:18:50,028 --> 00:18:51,330 DR. OAKLEY: Son of a... 421 00:18:53,732 --> 00:18:55,167 DR. OAKLEY: Oh. 422 00:18:56,735 --> 00:18:58,837 NARRATOR: At the H.A.R.K. clinic in Haines, Alaska 423 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:02,374 Michelle tries to get a blood sample from an unwilling patient. 424 00:19:03,775 --> 00:19:05,511 A feral cat. 425 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:08,614 DR. OAKLEY: Just as I go to grab him, he's shooting urine everywhere. 426 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,449 Oh. 427 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:14,253 We're all trying to keep our mouths shut and get out of the way. 428 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,655 You're putting a urine sample all over my hair. 429 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,827 NICOLE: Michelle definitely caught the worst end of that one. 430 00:19:22,461 --> 00:19:24,396 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 431 00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:25,931 Okay. 432 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,933 Okay. I'm not able to scruff him. 433 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,868 So I don't know if you can cover his face. 434 00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:32,571 NARRATOR: Covering the cat's face should help to soothe him. 435 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:35,307 DR. OAKLEY: Finally we get him pinned and we can try 436 00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:37,543 and calm him down and then just quickly get the sample 437 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:39,811 and get his vaccines and get him moving. 438 00:19:40,145 --> 00:19:41,480 Okay, buddy. 439 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:44,249 Okay. Yes, you are so scared. 440 00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:46,118 I'm so sorry. We're not helping. 441 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,153 You know any animal can feel scared. 442 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:51,190 Cats especially are known to spray urine. 443 00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:52,925 That's more of a marking behavior, 444 00:19:52,991 --> 00:19:54,927 but what he did was just out of fear. 445 00:19:54,993 --> 00:19:56,595 Okay, I can't scruff him. 446 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:58,163 Do you want to scruff him and switch? 447 00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:59,731 Are you able to with those gloves? 448 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:01,900 NICOLE: Ready. DR. OAKLEY: Okay. I definitely can't with these. 449 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,169 All right, so let me just try and get a sample. 450 00:20:04,236 --> 00:20:06,205 There we go. 451 00:20:06,271 --> 00:20:07,773 Okay. 452 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,408 NARRATOR: The longer they hold him, 453 00:20:09,474 --> 00:20:11,977 the higher the odds he will strike again. 454 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:13,512 DR. OAKLEY: Clippers. 455 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:16,415 NICOLE: Pocket right hand side, bottom, arm, leg, good. 456 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:18,317 DR. OAKLEY: I'm also going to have a quick listen 457 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,752 to his chest and give him his vaccines. 458 00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:26,124 NARRATOR: Michelle confirms that this cat's a male 459 00:20:26,191 --> 00:20:28,026 and checks his vital signs. 460 00:20:28,093 --> 00:20:29,695 NICOLE: Are you going to be able to hold off and draw? 461 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:32,798 DR. OAKLEY: Yep, I think so. 462 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:41,039 DR. OAKLEY: Heart sounds great, so just let him go. 463 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:43,942 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We got the samples we need save one. 464 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:46,445 I was going to try and get the urine sample. Okay, buddy. 465 00:20:46,511 --> 00:20:48,981 That's in various places on me and around the room, 466 00:20:49,047 --> 00:20:51,750 so didn't get that, but at least we got the blood sample. 467 00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:55,053 All right, we're going to go out and let you run away. 468 00:20:55,454 --> 00:20:57,689 You just go on in there and hide. 469 00:20:57,756 --> 00:21:00,392 I promise all people aren't as mean as us. 470 00:21:00,892 --> 00:21:03,128 Do they have a name for him? 471 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:05,130 NICOLE: I can think of a few. 472 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:07,266 DR. OAKLEY: I'm going to call him Jaws for now 473 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:11,470 because I saw him latched onto that Kevlar glove more than once during this episode. 474 00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:13,071 NICOLE: Yes. 475 00:21:13,138 --> 00:21:15,607 Somebody will spend some time with him and let him know that 476 00:21:15,674 --> 00:21:17,609 he can trust people and that he doesn't have to 477 00:21:17,676 --> 00:21:20,112 fight for everything, he'd be a great cat. 478 00:21:20,412 --> 00:21:22,047 DR. OAKLEY: It's going to take a lot of patience 479 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:23,882 to try and bring him around and, you know, 480 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:25,584 usually you can with feral cats. 481 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:27,586 I hate the fact that we're setting him back, 482 00:21:27,653 --> 00:21:31,790 but it's what we need to do and then we can start working on trust with him. 483 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:35,761 NICOLE: All in a day's work. All in a day. 484 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,629 DR. OAKLEY: Time for a hot shower. NICOLE: It is. 485 00:21:41,166 --> 00:21:43,535 NARRATOR: While Michelle heads back to her home clinic, 486 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:46,338 her husband Shane prepares the snow machines for travel 487 00:21:46,405 --> 00:21:48,240 during the sled dog race. 488 00:21:48,707 --> 00:21:51,276 SHANE: I want to make sure the snow machines are working 489 00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:53,545 before we go out there and it's a good chance for me 490 00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:55,113 to teach the girls a lesson. 491 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,917 So right now we're going to do fire in five minutes. 492 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:01,453 I'm going to pretend I fell in the water and I'm getting 493 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,423 hypothermic and you guys have to build a fire in five 494 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:07,259 and see which one of you will save my life. 495 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,495 SIERRA: Is that like cause like for favorites then? 496 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,831 SHANE: You'll be a favorite if you save my life, yeah. 497 00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:16,001 If you fall in the water, you got like five minutes 498 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,070 before you seize up and... 499 00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:19,371 WILLOW: Die. 500 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:21,573 SIERRA: And dee. SHANE: Yeah. 501 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:25,377 NARRATOR: Knowing how to survive hypothermia is key to survival in the Yukon. 502 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:31,083 In an emergency a fire can be the only hope to restore body heat. 503 00:22:32,651 --> 00:22:33,952 SHANE: You've got to collect all the wood, 504 00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:35,787 then get the fire going in five minutes. 505 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:38,957 On your mark, get set, go. 506 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:40,092 SIERRA: Oh. 507 00:22:40,425 --> 00:22:42,461 Out of the way. Out of the way, Willow. 508 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:45,097 MAYA: Dad, I'm going to save you first. 509 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:46,732 SIERRA: Oh, I hate you. 510 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:51,937 I don't know if our rivalry is healthy, but it's pretty intense. 511 00:22:52,337 --> 00:22:56,108 MAYA: My biggest threat right now is probably 512 00:22:56,174 --> 00:22:59,044 Sierra because she's pretty good at lighting fires. 513 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:01,813 And the last time I tried it, I only got it in 22 minutes. 514 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,148 Ow. 515 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,449 I'm trying to get... 516 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,984 SHANE: Okay, 30 seconds. SIERRA: Oh, my God. 517 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:07,686 SHANE: I'm starting to get hypothermic. 518 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,888 I'm about to kick the bucket here. 519 00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:12,524 I haven't made enough money to put you through college yet. 520 00:23:12,591 --> 00:23:14,726 Uh-oh. 521 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:16,395 Here comes Maya. 522 00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:17,929 WILLOW: Yeah, Maya. 523 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:19,097 Ow. 524 00:23:19,164 --> 00:23:20,599 SHANE: Hurry up. 525 00:23:20,665 --> 00:23:22,200 MAYA: I found a branch. 526 00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:24,002 The other girls went in the wrong direction and they were 527 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,004 focusing on the little things right in front of them, 528 00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:29,274 but I ran a bit out of the way and I found a dead tree. 529 00:23:29,341 --> 00:23:32,444 SIERRA: As soon as I see what Maya found, 530 00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:35,781 it's like I know she's going to beat me. 531 00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:37,549 SHANE: Hurry it up. 532 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,520 WILLOW: I was feeling pretty good about beating my sisters today. 533 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:44,222 Good. 534 00:23:44,289 --> 00:23:45,857 You're barbecuing me. 535 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:48,026 MAYA: He's putting gasoline on Willow's fire. 536 00:23:48,093 --> 00:23:50,996 SIERRA: That's so cheating. WILLOW: No, it's not cheating. 537 00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:53,098 SHANE: She's having a hard time with the lighter. 538 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:56,067 Willow doesn't like to lose. 539 00:23:56,134 --> 00:23:57,869 MAYA: I got a flame. 540 00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:59,704 I win. 541 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:02,007 Get over here seriously. 542 00:24:02,073 --> 00:24:04,142 Life-saving fire. 543 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:07,212 SHANE: That was good. 544 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,214 MAYA: Yeah, it was. 545 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,149 SHANE: That was like under five minutes. 546 00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:12,884 WILLOW: Teacher's pet. 547 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,619 SIERRA: Okay, I'm done. 548 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:17,456 SHANE: You give up? MAYA: Yeah. Good thing you have three kids. 549 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:23,295 SHANE: Maya did a wonderful job of saving her dad and Willow 550 00:24:23,361 --> 00:24:25,630 did a wonderful job. 551 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:27,599 WILLOW: And Sierra killed him. SHANE: Yeah. 552 00:24:32,637 --> 00:24:35,607 NARRATOR: Back at the clinic Michelle has one last job to do before 553 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,442 the Percy DeWolfe race. 554 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:43,515 The lab results are back on former sled dog champion Miracle 555 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:47,452 who had potentially cancerous tumors near his anal glands. 556 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,455 And she has big news to share. 557 00:24:50,722 --> 00:24:52,524 DR. OAKLEY: So, Michael, I got the results back 558 00:24:52,591 --> 00:24:55,827 for Miracle and I just wanted to, to talk to you about it. 559 00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:06,204 DR. OAKLEY: The masses that we took the aspirate from and sent to the lab, 560 00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:09,908 they're showing up as benign type tumors. 561 00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:14,546 The blood work I did on him looks great as well. 562 00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:18,450 MICHAEL (over phone): I came by just two days ago, and he actually did a little dance... 563 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,352 ...when he saw me. Which he hasn't done in a long time. 564 00:25:21,386 --> 00:25:23,455 I think he's in good shape. 565 00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:25,223 DR. OAKLEY: That's great. 566 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:26,925 I did a little dance when I got these results, 567 00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:28,627 so he and I are on the same page. 568 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:33,298 NARRATOR: 15 year old Miracle has beaten the odds. 569 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:37,068 This old sled dog isn't ready to cross the finish line yet. 570 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:40,038 DR. OAKLEY: It's so nice to call when there's good news. 571 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:42,140 And it's so nice to hear good news as well, 572 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:43,842 so a great way to end the day. 573 00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:46,344 Do a little happy dance for Miracle. 574 00:25:46,411 --> 00:25:48,046 And he is a miracle. 575 00:25:53,752 --> 00:25:57,122 NARRATOR: The Percy DeWolfe sled dog race begins in just a few hours. 576 00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:03,995 Michelle and Shane drive 410 miles to historic Dawson City, 577 00:26:04,062 --> 00:26:06,498 the Yukon's first gold rush town. 578 00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:12,771 13 teams with up to nine dogs each will race 210 miles 579 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:16,841 from Dawson City to Eagle, Alaska and back. 580 00:26:17,609 --> 00:26:20,745 Michelle will work the race's first pit stop at Fortymile 581 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:23,415 where each team can take a mandatory rest. 582 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,051 But there won't be any rest for her. 583 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:31,156 She'll be on call for the next 24 hours starting now. 584 00:26:32,691 --> 00:26:34,192 DR. OAKLEY: Yellow snow alert! 585 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,595 DR. OAKLEY: Don't let it touch the yellow now. 586 00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:40,765 NARRATOR: First she's got to make a harrowing three-hour ride 587 00:26:40,832 --> 00:26:44,302 by snow mobile along an icy river to reach Fortymile. 588 00:26:47,305 --> 00:26:49,708 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): We've got to pull out ahead of the dogs 589 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:52,811 starting the race so that we're not passed them on the trail, 590 00:26:52,877 --> 00:26:55,614 you know, the big group, so we've got to hurry. 591 00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:58,283 Go faster. 592 00:26:59,918 --> 00:27:02,988 NARRATOR: Michelle's responsible for more than 593 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:06,524 a hundred dogs, all of them at risk for broken bones, 594 00:27:06,591 --> 00:27:11,029 pulled muscles, and especially overheating and dehydration. 595 00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:15,400 ED: My biggest concern about my dogs would be the heat and the hydration. 596 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:17,535 When the dog loses hydration, it's like 597 00:27:17,602 --> 00:27:19,704 throwing peanut butter in a machine, you know. 598 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:22,941 It slowly just starts slowing down and slowing down. 599 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:30,215 NARRATOR: Finally Michelle and her crew head out 600 00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:32,083 with no time to spare. 601 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,586 WOMAN: Folks, the race has officially started. 602 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,960 NARRATOR: 13 teams hit the trail in a staggered start 603 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:44,396 each one timed individually. 604 00:27:44,796 --> 00:27:49,834 WOMAN: Okay, next up with Lover Boy, Brian Wilmser... 605 00:27:49,901 --> 00:27:53,672 Three, two, one. 606 00:27:53,738 --> 00:27:55,407 Good luck. 607 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:00,979 NARRATOR: Months of training have come down to this. 608 00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:06,184 A breakneck sprint across solid ice in pursuit of 609 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:08,386 $10,000 in prizes. 610 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:12,524 It's a throwback to Yukon history when this was 611 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:15,093 the only way to get around. 612 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:16,428 DR. OAKLEY: It's a long distance 613 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:18,930 in a short period of time and a lot can happen when you're, 614 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:21,099 you know, so far out in the bush. 615 00:28:27,672 --> 00:28:29,774 NARRATOR: Michelle and Shane arrive at Fortymile 616 00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:32,143 just ahead of the dog sled teams. 617 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:34,012 SHANE (off-screen): They could be rolling through any time. 618 00:28:35,180 --> 00:28:37,382 NARRATOR: Race official Rob Cook and time keeper 619 00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:41,019 Shelly Brown will enforce race rules while Michelle runs 620 00:28:41,086 --> 00:28:44,756 a one-woman mobile hospital to ensure the animals stay healthy. 621 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:46,891 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's a dehydration catcher. 622 00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:49,227 And if I have this hanging in the window, 623 00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:51,296 it's going to keep all the dehydration away. 624 00:28:51,362 --> 00:28:52,864 We won't have to use it. 625 00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:54,599 If you're ready, you won't need it. 626 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:56,634 NARRATOR: Michelle has to be prepared to treat anything 627 00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:59,370 because the dogs have no access to medical care 628 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:01,206 for another 50 miles. 629 00:29:03,608 --> 00:29:06,144 Any injured dogs will be left for Michelle 630 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:08,012 to take care of overnight. 631 00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:12,217 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I can see a team coming. 632 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,021 DR. OAKLEY: Come on, guys. Here comes a team. 633 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:25,430 I'm going to go quickly and check out the dogs 634 00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:27,599 and see if there's anything I have to look at. 635 00:29:27,665 --> 00:29:28,867 MAN: Get over here. 636 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:30,168 MAN: Can I park here? 637 00:29:30,235 --> 00:29:31,236 MAN 2: Yeah. 638 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:32,837 ROB: Look at this guy. 639 00:29:32,904 --> 00:29:35,273 We'll put you further up the trail, if that's okay? 640 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:37,008 MAN: Yeah, that's great. ROB: Yeah. Okay. 641 00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:39,677 MAN: I have one guy... 642 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:40,979 who always throws up. 643 00:29:41,045 --> 00:29:42,147 DR. OAKLEY: Always throws up? 644 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:44,649 MALE: He did in this run, too. DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Hey, buddy. 645 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:45,817 How'd you do? Let's have a look. 646 00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:47,185 Let's have a look. 647 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:49,554 Just listen to hear if there's any rough sounds. 648 00:29:49,621 --> 00:29:52,490 Sometimes they throw up once in a while and can inhale it. 649 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:55,260 I just want to make sure everything sounds nice and clear. 650 00:29:55,326 --> 00:29:56,561 Sorry, bud. 651 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:58,062 NARRATOR: Dog mushing has been controversial 652 00:29:58,129 --> 00:29:59,964 because of concerns about the dog's welfare. 653 00:30:00,031 --> 00:30:03,868 Dr. Oakley is here to make sure that all the dogs get the best care. 654 00:30:04,202 --> 00:30:05,804 DR. OAKLEY: That's good. 655 00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:07,939 It's so much about the dogs. 656 00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:09,707 I mean these are athletes. 657 00:30:09,774 --> 00:30:11,142 They want to run. 658 00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:13,945 They would run themselves, you know, silly if they could, 659 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:15,814 but the mushers are just really careful about 660 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,582 how fast they're letting them go. 661 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:19,284 ROB: William's going to drop one dog here. 662 00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:20,952 DR. OAKLEY: Is there anything I need to look at immediately? 663 00:30:21,019 --> 00:30:22,387 WILLIAM: Just the heat I think. 664 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:24,088 DR. OAKLEY: So you're going to drop somebody here? 665 00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:25,924 WILLIAM: Yeah, the black one in the middle there. 666 00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:27,292 DR. OAKLEY: The black one in the middle. 667 00:30:27,358 --> 00:30:28,827 Do you want me to have a look or you're just... 668 00:30:28,893 --> 00:30:30,461 WILLIAM: I think she's just too black. 669 00:30:30,528 --> 00:30:32,831 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Yeah, she's soaking up too much sun, huh? 670 00:30:32,897 --> 00:30:34,532 WILLIAM: And a little older dog. Yeah. 671 00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:35,767 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Yeah. 672 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:37,669 Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 673 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:41,372 NARRATOR: If a musher has to drop a dog that could cost them precious time. 674 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,375 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, just the puncture, the ear puncture. 675 00:30:44,442 --> 00:30:46,678 Oh, okay, right ear. I'm reading rear. I'm like. 676 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:50,381 NARRATOR: That decision could cost a team the race. 677 00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:55,987 DR. OAKLEY: How are they all doing? 678 00:30:56,054 --> 00:30:58,857 BRIAN: Maybe you want to check out Lang, the lead dog there. 679 00:30:58,923 --> 00:31:00,391 He kind of hit a crack pretty hard. 680 00:31:00,458 --> 00:31:01,826 DR. OAKLEY: Okay. 681 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:05,330 NARRATOR: Brian's finished in the top five in this race twice before. 682 00:31:05,396 --> 00:31:08,700 This could be his year to win if his dogs stay healthy. 683 00:31:12,670 --> 00:31:18,543 NARRATOR: One of Brian's lead dogs, four-year-old veteran Lang, has an injured paw. 684 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:20,645 DR. OAKLEY: Did he take a tumble or... 685 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,914 BRIAN: Yeah, he just, you know, hit a crack pretty hard. 686 00:31:22,981 --> 00:31:23,982 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, yeah. 687 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,385 NARRATOR: If Lang can't run, the other dogs on Brian's team will have to 688 00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:29,287 work even harder to keep up. 689 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,523 DR. OAKLEY: This pad looks kind of swollen, eh? BRIAN: On her feet, yeah. 690 00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,194 NARRATOR: Swelling could mean a muscle rupture. 691 00:31:36,261 --> 00:31:39,697 Checking for heat is a simple way to diagnose a problem. 692 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,936 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Feeling warmth around a joint, 693 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:47,939 that's a really good indication that something's happening there, 694 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:50,742 some type of reaction to pain or injury. 695 00:31:50,808 --> 00:31:53,011 This is a swollen metacarpal pad, 696 00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:55,480 which is just this pad right here in the bottom of her foot. 697 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:58,182 She doesn't seem sore, but she's looking at it, so. 698 00:31:58,249 --> 00:32:00,318 It depends on your team. 699 00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:02,654 If you've got them all pulling, then that's ideal. 700 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,522 But if you've got one that's hanging back, 701 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:06,357 then you definitely don't want that dog along 702 00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:08,359 and you don't want to push that dog and so 703 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,727 you're slowing everybody else down. 704 00:32:09,794 --> 00:32:11,763 Let's give her an hour or so. 705 00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:13,598 NARRATOR: Michelle's not pulling Lang. 706 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:15,266 Not yet anyway. 707 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:18,569 Brian himself may have to make the call. 708 00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:22,473 BRIAN (off-screen): She kind of fell in a crack there and kind of hurt herself. 709 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:25,310 But I was massaging it when she was kind of sitting there. 710 00:32:30,848 --> 00:32:33,418 DR. OAKLEY: Hi, Jerry. Everybody okay? 711 00:32:33,484 --> 00:32:34,986 JERRY: Yep. DR. OAKLEY: Excellent. 712 00:32:36,187 --> 00:32:39,057 NARRATOR: In this overnight race each of the 13 teams are 713 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:41,793 required to take a two-hour break and a six-hour break 714 00:32:41,859 --> 00:32:44,195 either here or at Eagle. 715 00:32:44,462 --> 00:32:46,064 SHANE: Oh, look at this. 716 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:47,532 It's a party. 717 00:32:47,598 --> 00:32:49,000 Oh, a roll in the hay. 718 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:52,904 SHELLEY: Everyone here today has decided to take their two-hour layover here 719 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:55,773 because they want to sort of keep out of the heat of the day. 720 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:57,442 SHELLEY: They might not want to leave. 721 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:58,776 ROB: Yeah. 722 00:32:59,110 --> 00:33:00,878 SHELLEY: So my job was to take their end times 723 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:03,314 and then be able to tell them when they're able to go. 724 00:33:03,581 --> 00:33:05,783 And you can now leave. 725 00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:07,885 You're ready to go. 726 00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:15,026 NARRATOR: More than four and a half hours into the race 727 00:33:15,093 --> 00:33:17,895 Ed's team finally charges into Fortymile. 728 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:21,566 One of his most experienced dogs, Sambuca, 729 00:33:21,632 --> 00:33:23,801 is dragging out on the trail. 730 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:25,670 DR. OAKLEY: How's everybody looking? 731 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:27,839 ED: Sambuca, that big guy... 732 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:29,474 He's having problems with the heat. 733 00:33:29,540 --> 00:33:30,708 DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay. 734 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:33,878 NARRATOR: At this critical juncture he needs all his racers 735 00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:35,680 pulling at full strength. 736 00:33:35,747 --> 00:33:37,582 DR. OAKLEY: Mind if I have a listen to him? 737 00:33:37,648 --> 00:33:39,450 ED: Oh, no. Go ahead. 738 00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:41,152 DR. OAKLEY: I'll just listen to his heart and lungs. 739 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,187 So he's just struggling a bit with the heat. 740 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:45,423 So I'll just give him a quick physical and see how he's doing. 741 00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:49,560 NARRATOR: Sambuca may be a casualty of the warm temperatures. 742 00:33:51,562 --> 00:33:54,198 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's like 30 degrees Fahrenheit, 743 00:33:54,465 --> 00:33:55,800 so right at freezing. 744 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,769 And that's pretty hot for some of these guys. 745 00:33:57,835 --> 00:33:59,670 He's got, look at this, nice thick coat. 746 00:33:59,737 --> 00:34:02,840 And he just ran almost 50 miles, eh? 747 00:34:02,907 --> 00:34:05,343 It's too hot for you. 748 00:34:05,843 --> 00:34:08,479 It's a pretty rough estimate, but if a dog's really dehydrated 749 00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:11,849 that skin will kind of stay tented up and it'll only go down slowly. 750 00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:14,385 And the other thing I look at is if you look in his mouth. 751 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:16,187 He doesn't want me to. 752 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:19,223 If you look in his mouth, it's nice and wet, then that's, he's well hydrated. 753 00:34:19,290 --> 00:34:22,093 If it's tacky and sticky, that's an indication that he's dehydrated. 754 00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:26,164 NARRATOR: Severe dehydration can send a dog into shock 755 00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:28,299 and lead to organ failure. 756 00:34:28,366 --> 00:34:30,268 ED (off-screen): One of my dogs, Sambuca was getting a little hot, 757 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,870 so I got, I was worried about him. 758 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,306 And when I got into Fortymile Michelle agreed 759 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:37,141 that maybe I should leave him behind. 760 00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:53,191 NARRATOR: Ed's got another 50 mile slog ahead of him, 761 00:34:53,458 --> 00:34:56,427 so he'll let Sambuca rest and see if the dog's ready to race 762 00:34:56,494 --> 00:34:58,696 when he passes back through in the morning. 763 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:03,701 If Sambuca can run again, he could help power Ed's team to victory. 764 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:07,438 Otherwise, a win here might be out of reach. 765 00:35:07,905 --> 00:35:10,174 DR. OAKLEY: I have to admit, don't tell the others, 766 00:35:10,241 --> 00:35:11,943 but you are my favorite. 767 00:35:12,009 --> 00:35:15,213 You're super sweet and I'm so glad to see you're eating now, huh? 768 00:35:15,746 --> 00:35:19,317 NARRATOR: Like the racers, Michelle has to pace herself. 769 00:35:19,383 --> 00:35:23,254 She's on point with these dogs for the rest of the day and night. 770 00:35:23,721 --> 00:35:25,890 DR. OAKLEY: I feel like I should have a nap now. 771 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:28,059 DR. OAKLEY: It's a little bit hard, you know. 772 00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:30,428 It's just the excitement and the energy coming from everybody, 773 00:35:30,495 --> 00:35:32,563 including the dogs, it just keeps you going. 774 00:35:35,533 --> 00:35:37,802 NARRATOR: There's still one last team coming through 775 00:35:37,869 --> 00:35:39,737 with a dog that's in trouble. 776 00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,339 NATHANIEL: He's in the bag. 777 00:35:41,606 --> 00:35:43,274 DR. OAKLEY: And he was fine earlier today? 778 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:45,877 NATHANIEL: He was pulling fine for about five miles and then 779 00:35:45,943 --> 00:35:50,715 he started to neckline and got really hot. 780 00:35:51,048 --> 00:35:53,117 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): I knew something was up right away. 781 00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:56,387 I could see him coming up the hill and I could see 782 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:59,891 a dog's head peeking out of the sled bag, so, you know, 783 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:01,993 I could see he was pretty concerned. 784 00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:05,229 NARRATOR: Nathaniel's dog, Amaruk broke down 785 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:07,798 early in the race and never recovered. 786 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:10,935 NATHANIEL: And I tried to keep going, but he was, 787 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:13,104 then he dragged and stopped the team. 788 00:36:13,171 --> 00:36:14,939 And I put him the sled bag. 789 00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:19,177 And he basically rode in the bag for about 40 miles. 790 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:21,345 He's definitely not himself. 791 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:23,514 NATHANIEL (off-screen): Out on the trail with Amaruk 792 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:27,885 he was just showing signs of heat stress and he wasn't running well. 793 00:36:28,152 --> 00:36:30,154 And it's really heartbreaking to see him. 794 00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:32,924 Amaruk trained all winter for this. 795 00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:35,026 DR. OAKLEY: Temperature's normal. 796 00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:37,528 So no diarrhea on the trail, you think? No. 797 00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:41,132 NARRATOR: Diarrhea is one warning sign of dehydration. 798 00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:43,301 Another is the color of his urine. 799 00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,070 DR. OAKLEY: Did he urinate at all? NATHANIEL: Yeah. 800 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:48,272 ROB: Did you notice his urine color? 801 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:51,375 NATHANIEL: It was kind of dark, 802 00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:53,277 like a lot darker than these guys. 803 00:36:53,344 --> 00:36:55,079 DR. OAKLEY: Once they start, you know, 804 00:36:55,146 --> 00:36:56,747 really pushing it or getting dehydrated, 805 00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:58,416 the urine will get really, really dark yellow. 806 00:36:58,482 --> 00:37:00,585 And worst case scenario it'll turn like a brown color 807 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:02,353 and that's an emergency. 808 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:04,388 Like they can get kidney problems from that. 809 00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:06,490 Muscles are breaking down. It's really serious. 810 00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:14,632 NARRATOR: Amaruk is severely dehydrated and had to be carried the last few miles. 811 00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:19,637 He could be facing muscle spasms and even potential organ failure. 812 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:24,442 And the nearest vet clinic is over three hours away. 813 00:37:25,009 --> 00:37:28,879 DR. OAKLEY: I'm just feeling his muscles for any, you know, cramping up. 814 00:37:28,946 --> 00:37:30,948 For having been in a bag, you know, 815 00:37:31,015 --> 00:37:32,783 he should have a normal heart rate at this point, 816 00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:35,052 but his heart rate's high, so he's either uncomfortable 817 00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:37,488 or he's just struggling a bit with his electrolytes. 818 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:39,991 Can we offer him a bit of water and see if he can get himself rehydrated? 819 00:37:40,057 --> 00:37:41,525 NATHANIEL: I can feed him. 820 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:43,394 DR. OAKLEY: I just want to get some fluids in him. 821 00:37:43,461 --> 00:37:45,062 NARRATOR: If he doesn't stabilize soon, 822 00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:47,765 Michelle will have to give him IV fluids for hydration. 823 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:51,736 DR. OAKLEY: We'll see how his heart rate comes down if it's a good idea. 824 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,938 ROB: If he's getting stressed out in the bag 825 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:55,606 that could keep his heart rate high. Yeah. 826 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:57,241 DR. OAKLEY: Keep his heart rate high, I see what you mean. 827 00:37:57,308 --> 00:37:58,876 ROB: The stress from being in the sled bag, so, yeah. 828 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:00,411 DR. OAKLEY: Exactly. Yeah. Plus we're all like in his face and around him. Yeah. 829 00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:01,712 So that's making him nervous. 830 00:38:01,779 --> 00:38:03,381 ROB: Yeah. DR. OAKLEY: So maybe once he settles down, 831 00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:04,849 I'll recheck him. 832 00:38:08,219 --> 00:38:10,521 NARRATOR: By early morning the racers have left the halfway 833 00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:14,225 point at Eagle and will soon be heading back to Fortymile. 834 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:16,527 DR. OAKLEY: I feel kind of guilty. 835 00:38:16,594 --> 00:38:18,195 I think I got more sleep than you. 836 00:38:18,262 --> 00:38:21,732 I laid down right here and people were all coming and going 837 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:25,069 and I think I fell asleep after 12 and that's good. 838 00:38:25,136 --> 00:38:26,704 I was lucky. 839 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,607 I'm going to go check on this dog and the other dogs. 840 00:38:34,578 --> 00:38:37,281 You know we started early yesterday morning, 841 00:38:37,348 --> 00:38:41,719 so I guess we're kind of pushing maybe 20, almost 24 hours now. 842 00:38:41,786 --> 00:38:43,821 Oh, thank you for the morning kisses. 843 00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:45,990 Oh, you have nice morning breath. 844 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:47,792 You do. 845 00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:49,293 Oh, well, I don't need more of it. 846 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:50,761 Most of them look great. 847 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:52,797 They look beautiful, beautiful. 848 00:38:52,863 --> 00:38:55,599 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): Still another long period ahead. 849 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,201 Yeah. 850 00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:59,470 I just need some more coffee and I'll be fine. 851 00:38:59,537 --> 00:39:02,673 Another hour until I bring you guys your breakfast, okay? 852 00:39:03,507 --> 00:39:06,010 NARRATOR: It's still three hours before the main racers 853 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:09,747 come back through, but racer Nathaniel wants to hit the trail 854 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,183 if his dog Amaruk is ready. 855 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:15,019 DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, you look pretty bright. 856 00:39:15,086 --> 00:39:17,421 You look super bright, huh? 857 00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:21,992 Oh, yeah. He's really nice and perfect. 858 00:39:22,393 --> 00:39:24,729 Oh, yeah. You did it all by yourself. 859 00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:28,466 Got yourself all hydrated. Good job. 860 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:34,338 DR. OAKLEY: Yes. That's more like it. It sounds good. 861 00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:36,974 But he's, he's actually, really well hydrated 862 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:40,411 and heart's back to normal, so that's great. 863 00:39:48,052 --> 00:39:52,757 ♪ ♪ 864 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:54,792 DR. OAKLEY: There's three dogs that are dropped, 865 00:39:54,859 --> 00:39:56,994 so those guys will have to come in and, and pick up their dogs. 866 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,697 But the rest of them may just give us a wave and go on by. 867 00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:01,365 Hey, how's going on? 868 00:40:01,432 --> 00:40:05,269 Hopefully they're all healthy and can just head for home. 869 00:40:05,536 --> 00:40:07,138 Everybody good? 870 00:40:07,204 --> 00:40:08,606 CRISPEN: Everything is good. 871 00:40:08,672 --> 00:40:10,508 DR. OAKLEY: Awesome. What's in the tube? 872 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:12,143 CRISPEN: Just the one, the white one, 873 00:40:12,209 --> 00:40:14,311 he has a scratch on the nose and the one you had yesterday. 874 00:40:14,378 --> 00:40:16,147 DR. OAKLEY: Looks good. 875 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:20,351 NARRATOR: Returning champion and two time winner Crispen leads the pack. 876 00:40:20,418 --> 00:40:21,986 CRISPEN: Yes. Okay. 877 00:40:22,052 --> 00:40:23,654 DR. OAKLEY: Good luck, Crispen. 878 00:40:23,721 --> 00:40:27,358 NARRATOR: He's gone the whole way without dropping a dog and it's paid off. 879 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:29,393 DR. OAKLEY: Come on, guys. This is the home stretch. 880 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,295 Get our game faces on. 881 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:33,330 NARRATOR: Ed's still hoping to catch up. 882 00:40:33,397 --> 00:40:36,734 He'll need his full team to do it, including Sambuca. 883 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:39,904 DR. OAKLEY: Hey, Ed. How's everybody? ED: All right. 884 00:40:39,970 --> 00:40:41,505 DR. OAKLEY: Sambuca's real good. 885 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:46,010 Rehydrated just fine and ate great. 886 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,782 DR. OAKLEY: Sambuca was the only well behaved one out there. 887 00:40:52,049 --> 00:40:54,051 The rest of them were rowdy and rambunctious all night. 888 00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:55,519 ED: Oh, he's looking great! 889 00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:57,688 ED: Michelle did a great job on him. 890 00:40:57,988 --> 00:40:59,423 ED: Come on, buddy. Let's go. 891 00:41:00,424 --> 00:41:04,295 NARRATOR: While Ed preps Sambuca to return to the race, 892 00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:07,431 Michelle has an eye on another one of his dogs. 893 00:41:07,698 --> 00:41:10,401 ED: I saw Michelle at Fortymile on the way back 894 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,571 and she took a look at Rockville and she figured 895 00:41:13,637 --> 00:41:16,974 that I should put him in the bag and he can have a trip home. 896 00:41:17,274 --> 00:41:19,477 NARRATOR: Ed's still hoping to notch a win here, 897 00:41:19,543 --> 00:41:21,879 but with a second dog out of the race, 898 00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:25,783 his chance at a third Percy DeWolfe victory slips away. 899 00:41:26,417 --> 00:41:29,186 DR. OAKLEY: Is that Sambuca? Oh, yeah. 900 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:33,591 He's like, I've been missing you guys. Why did you leave me? 901 00:41:40,264 --> 00:41:46,604 ♪ ♪ 902 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:55,179 NARRATOR: Soon all the racers on their way to the finish line. 903 00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:57,581 Crispen brings in the winning team with a race time 904 00:41:57,648 --> 00:42:00,017 of 18 hours and 18 minutes. 905 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:01,819 CRISPEN: Yes? Okay. 906 00:42:01,886 --> 00:42:06,457 (Cheering) 907 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,128 NARRATOR: Ed places ninth. 908 00:42:11,729 --> 00:42:14,465 Between dropping Sambuca and some slow runners, 909 00:42:14,532 --> 00:42:16,400 they had a tough race. 910 00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:19,837 ED: Three of my four leaders had sore wrists and uh 911 00:42:19,904 --> 00:42:22,606 they weren't able to run in front of the team. 912 00:42:22,873 --> 00:42:26,043 They weren't able to string them along and so I had to slow down 913 00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:29,280 even more than I wanted to, but they came back happy, healthy. 914 00:42:29,346 --> 00:42:33,083 They're all looking good and ready for a couple of days rest. 915 00:42:34,351 --> 00:42:36,954 NARRATOR: Back at Fortymile Michelle and the team pack up. 916 00:42:37,021 --> 00:42:39,123 It's the end of a long exhausting mission. 917 00:42:39,189 --> 00:42:42,960 Overall she's feeling good about what she accomplished here. 918 00:42:43,227 --> 00:42:45,729 DR. OAKLEY (off-screen): It's been great to be a part of this race. 919 00:42:45,796 --> 00:42:48,098 Not only is it exciting, you know, working with, 920 00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:50,200 with the mushers and, you know, 921 00:42:50,267 --> 00:42:53,337 all these amazing dogs and the bond, you know, 922 00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:55,139 the dogs are looking them in the eye. 923 00:42:55,205 --> 00:42:56,707 It's an amazing bond. 924 00:42:56,774 --> 00:42:58,208 I'm just thrilled to be a part of it. 925 00:42:58,275 --> 00:42:59,376 Captioned by Cotter Captioning Services.