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MAN: Gah!
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NARRATOR: This time...
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-SARAH HOWARD: You okay?
-DR. MICHELLE OAKLEY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Michelle Oakley
meets her match...
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DR. OAKLEY: Get the net!
Get the net! Get the net!
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NARRATOR: ...in one wily coyote.
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DR. OAKLEY: Woo. You don't
want that on your arm.
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NARRATOR: Then...
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DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer.
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NARRATOR: A dog's fight to survive...
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-TRACY CORNELIUSSEN: He's down to 37.5.
-DR. OAKLEY: Dang it.
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NARRATOR: ...is aided
by some cutting-edge science.
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DR. OAKLEY: I mean the coolest.
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DR. STEWART: It is definitely the coolest.
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NARRATOR: And a day on the farm...
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DR. OAKLEY: How cute is that fetus?
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NARRATOR: ...takes a grisly turn.
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DR. OAKLEY: What is
all that blood? What the...
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NARRATOR: As a deep freeze
descends across the Yukon,
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duty calls for Dr. Michelle Oakley
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at the Alaska Wildlife
Conservation Center.
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DR. OAKLEY: So today, I'm at AWCC,
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and I'm meeting up with
the head curator, Sarah Howard.
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Whoa. He's big!
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SARAH: Yeah.
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DR. OAKLEY: Guac, you're huge!
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Our plan for today is
to move baby muskoxen.
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-SARAH: All right, kids.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
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NARRATOR: Guac and Beans have lived here
at the Wildlife Center
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since they were born.
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DR. OAKLEY: Guac is the older one,
Guacamole.
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He was born at the normal time
in the spring.
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Beans was born late September.
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They've been bottle-raised,
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but now they're big enough
to join the rest of the herd.
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How is this gonna go?
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Are they gonna just run
down the alley, do you think?
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-SARAH: That's my hope.
-DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Okay.
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SARAH: We've got the whole crew out here,
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-so...
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
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Should I run ahead of them
like the running of the bulls?
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-SARAH: Yes.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
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No, I'll come from behind, I think.
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-SARAH: All right. Here we go.
-DR. OAKLEY: Free Willy!
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Knowing muskox
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and, uh, especially knowing these two
little stinkers, Guac and Beans,
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um, I predict complete chaos.
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SARAH: You coming out?
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Come on! Come on, kids!
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DR. OAKLEY: Hi!
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Yeah, no, no, no.
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SARAH: Come on, Guacamole. Come on.
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DR. OAKLEY: Guac-y. I feel like
I need a red flag.
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NARRATOR: Muskoxen are notorious
for being stubborn.
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SARAH: That way!
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NARRATOR: And even though
these guys are just babies,
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they can still pack a serious punch.
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SARAH: Don't let him get
across the driveway.
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DR. OAKLEY: Come on, Beans! Come on.
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They don't like to be pushed.
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In fact, if you were trying
to push a muskox,
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it's gonna turn around and push back.
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SARAH (off screen): Push him.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, anything we can do
to kind of make them go
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and make them think
it's their idea is gonna be key.
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-SARAH: This is a crapshoot.
-DR. OAKLEY: Shhh! Shhh!
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-SARAH: Go on. Go, go, go!
-DR. OAKLEY: Go, Beans.
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-SARAH: Go with your brother!
-DR. OAKLEY: Go with your buddy.
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NARRATOR: For these curious youngsters,
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the run to the pen
is full of distractions.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Ignore the wolves.
-SARAH: Come on!
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David, don't let them go by.
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DR. OAKLEY: They see
a great big pile of snow,
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and if it's one thing that muskoxen love
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is to be king of the hill.
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No, I'm the king of the hill, not you.
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Come on. Come on.
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Okay, maybe you're king of the hill.
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No, I'm king of the hill!
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There we go. I won!
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NARRATOR: It's a small victory.
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DR. OAKLEY:
Watch you don't get head-butted.
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-SARAH: Grab 'em, guys.
-DR. OAKLEY: Hey, hey.
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NARRATOR: But these babies
still aren't budging.
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SARAH: Hold on to him for a moment.
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NARRATOR: The team decides to get serious.
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SARAH: Jen, bring that Gator over here.
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DR. OAKLEY:
Beans is getting more agitated.
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He's younger. He's a bit more nervous.
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So Sarah's just gonna lift him up
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and put him in the back
of the four-wheeler,
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and we're gonna have to hold on
and zip him over there.
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SARAH: One, two, three.
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DR. OAKLEY: Just watch those feet.
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SARAH: Okay. Okay. Go, Dan, go.
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DR. OAKLEY: I'm on muskox butt duty.
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And I'm gonna run along
and just basically keep him pushed in
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so he doesn't just squirt out the back.
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Stay in there, buddy.
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Hold on. Hold on.
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Okay. Oh. (breathing heavily)
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-SARAH: You okay?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Okay.
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NARRATOR: One down, one to go.
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MAN: Oh!
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DR. OAKLEY: We're going to get Guac now.
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Ahh.
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NARRATOR: Guac is almost double the size,
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and from the looks of things,
double the trouble.
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DR. OAKLEY: After a lot of attempts for us
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to encourage Guac
to go in the right direction,
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we've decided pushing him is not working.
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So what we need to do
is basically think like a herd.
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Maybe we should run in front of him.
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Maybe he'll chase us.
The herd's leaving! Come on!
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The herd's going!
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He wants to be with us,
if we take off running
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and we have his attention,
he's gonna want to keep up with the herd.
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This is the way we're going!
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Come on!
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Good boy!
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This way! This way! Come on, Guac.
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Shoo, shoo! Whoa.
Keep running! Keep running!
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SARAH: Run, Austin, run!
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DR. OAKLEY: It's cool that it's working,
but it's also a little unnerving
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to see a muskox running at me from behind.
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NARRATOR: At last,
Guac is safely corralled
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into the new enclosure
where he's reunited with Beans.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Yay!
-SARAH: Woo! Phew.
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-NARRATOR: A quick vaccine...
-DR. OAKLEY: Sorry about that.
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-Vaccinated!
-SARAH: He'll come right at you.
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NARRATOR: And they're ready
to start exploring their new home
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and their new neighbors.
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DR. OAKLEY: Ooh, here comes
everybody to check 'em out.
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Guac and Beans look really excited.
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They're thrilled to see all the
other muskox and finally to see,
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you know, other big kids
that look just like them.
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Oh, look, he's already trying
to make friends.
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SARAH: Look at that, new girlfriend.
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It's just good for them
to be a part of the herd,
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because they're herd animals
and it's better for their health that way,
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and they'll be part
of the family in no time.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, nice work!
-SARAH: All right!
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DR. OAKLEY: Awesome.
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Glad that's done.
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(bellows)
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NARRATOR: Guac and Beans
aren't the only ones
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getting a new home today.
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A pair of resident coyotes
that were rescued as pups
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need more room to roam.
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SARAH: So we've got two coyotes
here at AWCC
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that we finally have been able
to complete their new pen for them.
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It's got trees, it's got
a lot of running room.
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Their names are Togiak and Aurora,
and we're ready to bring 'em up front.
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-It's got rock dens,
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, wow!
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SARAH: ...really excited for them
for this new pen, so...
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DR. OAKLEY: They are gonna love it.
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NARRATOR: But today's mission
serves a dual purpose.
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DR. OAKLEY: We also need to get
our hands on Togiak.
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He's the male, and this fall he got his,
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either got his foot stuck in the fence
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or he might've got close enough
to the wolverine,
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and they share a fence line,
that he got bit,
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and he also lost a toe in the incident.
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So, now that we have to move him anyway,
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we're gonna go ahead and sedate him,
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have a really good look at that foot
and then move him over to his new home.
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SARAH: That foot
definitely needs a vet's eye.
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DR. OAKLEY: A good going over. Okay.
Well, I'll put two of 'em on it.
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-SARAH: All right.
-DR. OAKLEY: All right.
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NARRATOR: Catching these coyotes
won't be easy.
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These canines are infamous
for their sly nature.
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DR. OAKLEY: They're not called
wily coyote for nothing.
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Like, there's really something to that.
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And this has to be a bit
of a stealth operation.
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Okay. Let's go.
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You guys stay back till we call ya, okay?
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NARRATOR: Even the film crew
has orders to stay behind.
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DR. OAKLEY: We know it's gonna be
upsetting for the coyotes,
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but it's just something we have to do.
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We have to get our hands on them
to make sure they're healthy,
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especially Togiak,
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and we'll just do what we have to do
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to get the job done safely.
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NARRATOR: This isn't
Michelle's first rodeo
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with Togiak or his pen.
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DR. OAKLEY: (gasps)
Oh, that hurt. Damn it.
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I've been zapped in the head
by the electric fence.
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I've tried darting him with both
a dart gun and a blow dart.
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Dang it!
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He has never been easy to work with.
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(groans)
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Okay. Is it actually off?
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-SARAH: Yes.
-DR. OAKLEY: You promise?
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SARAH: Wanna touch it
and find out? (laughs)
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DR. OAKLEY: (laughs) Not funny.
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NARRATOR: To lure Togiak in...
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DR. OAKLEY: Slow down, buddy.
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NARRATOR: ...Sarah throws
some food into the pen
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while Michelle takes aim.
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SARAH: Togi. Come on, Togi.
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-NARRATOR: On the menu: meatballs.
-SARAH: Come on, Togi.
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DR. OAKLEY: It's a little bit
of a distraction.
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SARAH: Oh, see. Look at that. He took it.
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DR. OAKLEY: And really, I just need
that hesitation for a second
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to get the dart in.
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Ooh, right there, right there. Perfect.
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-SARAH: Togi, Togi.
-DR. OAKLEY: Hold, buddy.
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(pop, Togi yelps)
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DR. OAKLEY: Dart hits him nice,
nicely on the leg,
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so now I just need to wait,
and within about five or ten minutes,
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I should start to see
some sign of sedation.
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-Hopefully it works.
-SARAH: Brittany, dart's in.
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Lower right hind.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Just go to sleep.
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NARRATOR: It may have been a direct hit,
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but Togiak appears unfazed
by the injection.
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DR. OAKLEY: I haven't seen
a single sign, have you?
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SARAH: No.
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NARRATOR: Coyotes are
highly attuned to danger,
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and their bodies respond accordingly.
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BRITTANY (over radio):
That's eight minutes now.
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DR. OAKLEY: Damn it.
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Yeah, with all his adrenaline,
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-he's probably blocking it a bit.
-SARAH: Yeah.
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DR. OAKLEY: Togiak's just not going down.
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And when he's excited,
his adrenaline goes sky high,
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and adrenaline sits
on the receptors in the brain,
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which is exactly where
the drug needs to act.
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So, um, until that adrenaline goes away,
nothing's gonna happen.
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Which leg was he limping on before?
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SARAH (off screen): His front right,
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because that's where he,
like, degloved himself.
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DR. OAKLEY: Man, he's tough.
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NARRATOR: To counteract
Togiak's surging stress levels,
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Michelle readies a second dart.
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DR. OAKLEY: I hate to dart him again.
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Every time I dart him,
there's a chance of hurting him,
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but that wasn't enough for sure.
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-SARAH: Togi.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. All right.
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SARAH: Togi, Togi.
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DR. OAKLEY: Perfect, perfect.
Right there. Hold still, buddy.
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-(pop, Togi yelps)
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, that got him.
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-SARAH: Definitely got him.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Once again,
Michelle hits her mark.
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SARAH: Second dart in, left hind.
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DR. OAKLEY: We could go away
for, like, ten minutes and come back.
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-SARAH: Okay.
-DR. OAKLEY: If he would just calm down,
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the drugs would probably take effect.
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-SARAH: Okay.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay, buddy.
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DR. OAKLEY: Sarah and I decided
that we're gonna just back away.
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Maybe if we just leave,
that will help let him relax a bit.
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SARAH: Brittany, can you let us know
when we hit ten minutes
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on the second dart?
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He's just watching.
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DR. OAKLEY: Dang it.
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(groans) I'm seeing a not very sedate
coyote looking right back at me.
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We're two darts in
and he's not slowing down,
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like, not even a little bit.
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So, that's it.
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We have to get our hands on them,
we have to take care of his leg.
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We're just gonna have
to try something else.
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Okay, team.
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So now, we're, we're in net mode, I guess.
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Let's try.
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NARRATOR: Michelle and the team
will resort to catching
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these canines
the old-fashioned way, by hand.
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DR. OAKLEY: It's not ideal
working with these coyotes,
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you know, with nets.
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They can bite us, there is a concern.
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We're not sure, but we think
maybe they could jump out.
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So, it's our last resort.
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We're going in.
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I've got a net gun which is,
basically it's got a little CO2
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in a chamber that shoots
a net out and around.
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Sarah and the other folks have
some big salmon nets.
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So we're gonna basically go
at it with all of those things
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and see if we can tangle them up.
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You ready?
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-(pop, coyote yelps)
-SARAH: Togi!
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DR. OAKLEY: That didn't work.
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I take a shot and I shoot too high.
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Lucky for us, as I'm trying
to reload the net gun
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and we're chasing him around,
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Togiak just runs right into his house.
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Get the net! Get the net! Get the net!
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SARAH (off screen):
All right, now. Hang on.
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DR. OAKLEY: He's trapped, we got him.
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It's all right, sweetheart.
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Now that we've got Togiak down,
I'm gonna go ahead
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and pull up some sedation
with a hand injection.
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NARRATOR: One last dose
and Togiak is fully sedated.
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DR. OAKLEY: Heck yeah. Just make sure
his head isn't flopped back.
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NARRATOR: Next up, Aurora.
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DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
It's okay, Aurora.
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It's all right, sweetheart.
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SARAH: Okay, let's all
just relax, she's staying.
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DR. OAKLEY: Hang on. It's okay, sweetie.
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We're able to actually trap her
behind Togiak's house,
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move the crate over to one end
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and Sarah is able to just scruff her
and put her right in.
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SARAH: Awesome.
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DR. OAKLEY: Poor missa pants.
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NARRATOR: The team takes the coyotes
over to the on site clinic
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where Michelle can investigate
Togiak's injured foot.
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DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna
definitely work on Togiak first,
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'cause he's now
completely under with sedation,
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get him stabilized, get an IV in,
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start his exam
and then we'll go from there.
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-Okay, yucky paw.
-SARAH (off screen): Yeah.
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DR. OAKLEY: So, that's where he degloved,
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like, he pulled the skin
right off of there.
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SARAH: Yeah.
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DR. OAKLEY: But you don't know
how or why that happened?
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-SARAH: I didn't hear anything.
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
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SARAH: The night before he came out,
I was like, "What did he do to himself?"
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DR. OAKLEY: I'm not finding
anything feeling,
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so why don't we just jump to an x-ray?
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Thank you!
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From the outside,
it actually looks pretty good.
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There's not a lot of swelling,
but I want to look with x-rays
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and make sure I don't see
any sign of like a bony infection
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where he lost a toe.
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-SARAH: That thing is so cool.
-DR. OAKLEY: I know.
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Yeah, great picture.
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That's a pretty good view there
and looks pretty normal.
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It actually looks pretty good,
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like the toe looks surprisingly,
like, not infected.
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SARAH:
That's encouraging.
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DR. OAKLEY: I'm trying
to look to make sure
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we don't need to go in,
take out any bony fragments.
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-SARAH: Be causing pain.
-DR. OAKLEY: It'll cause pain,
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it'll keep causing, like,
chronic infection.
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Yeah, it looks normal.
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NARRATOR: The x-ray is clear,
but Michelle still needs
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to determine what's causing
Togiak to limp.
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DR. OAKLEY: So he's missing
the toe between these two.
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The pad is still there,
and it's a little weird.
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When I flip over his foot to look at that,
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I can see there's a thick pad
underneath there
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or part of a pad that's still left,
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and it's, it's kind of split open.
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That would be fairly tender.
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So that would be the cause of the limp.
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SARAH: Okay.
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DR. OAKLEY: It's kind of
still trying to close itself,
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and it's a little bit split.
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SARAH: Yeah, I see.
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DR. OAKLEY: It looks like
it's a little bit infected as well,
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so we're gonna go ahead
and give him some antibiotics for that.
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-SARAH: Head moving.
-DR. OAKLEY: Head moving?
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Good, perfect timing.
I'll get his IV out and we'll reverse him.
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NARRATOR: In addition to the antibiotic,
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Michelle administers a rabies vaccine.
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DR. OAKLEY: IV is out.
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Get ready.
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You did great.
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After all the rigmarole,
but he's, like, waking right up.
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SARAH: All right, ready for Aurora.
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That should be fun.
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-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
-SARAH: She's awake.
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DR. OAKLEY: You know,
dealing with an awake coyote,
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I mean, of course
they could bite somebody.
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So, uh, we're gonna give her
something to bite to occupy her,
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and we're gonna have some big gloves
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and basically just have her
kinda pinned at the front
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and I'm gonna sneak in the back
and do her vaccine.
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SARAH: Just go ahead and let her bite it.
You can open your door.
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-(growling)
-DR. OAKLEY: Woo.
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You don't want that on your arm.
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SARAH: I really don't. I really don't.
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Oh, man, just keep that up by her mouth.
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DR. OAKLEY: All I really need to do
is a very kind of brief exam,
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feel around a little bit.
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SARAH: Okay.
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DR. OAKLEY: You are very brave, Sarah.
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SARAH: There is a lot going on.
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DR. OAKLEY: If I can listen
to her heart and lungs, I will.
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Her heart sounds awesome.
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Mostly, I just want to get
a rabies vaccine in her,
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and then we're gonna release her
out to the pen.
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Okay. I'm done.
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-SARAH: Oh, you got her?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yup.
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DR. OAKLEY: Okay, guys. Boy,
are you gonna love your new house.
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So we're all done with everything.
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We got all the vaccines done.
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I got some good exams done for Togiak.
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I am gonna keep him
on antibiotics for a week,
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but these guys are all set,
they're ready for release,
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so we're gonna take them over
to their new home.
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(Sarah grunting)
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-Okay. Whew, release the hounds!
-SARAH: Hi, sweet girl.
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NARRATOR: Aurora is the first
to be set free.
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DR. OAKLEY: Come on, beauty queen.
Go check out your new place.
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Go on, shoo-shoo.
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Go on, pss-pss-pss. Yeah!
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Aw, fun!
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SARAH (off screen):
Look at you, sweet girl.
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DR. OAKLEY: That's so pretty.
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SARAH: Good girl.
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Go on.
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NARRATOR: Now, it's Togiak's turn.
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DR. OAKLEY: Go ahead, sweetheart.
Yeah, there you go.
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Good boy.
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Aw.
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He's still a little groggy.
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Togiak and Aurora are really excited
about their new digs.
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You can tell. They're exploring,
they're checking it out.
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Togiak's a little bit groggy still,
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but, you know, you can see
the excitement is there.
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This is awesome, I'm so glad
to see them out here, finally!
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SARAH: Yeah, we got 'em.
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DR. OAKLEY: Nice work.
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NARRATOR: It's a new day.
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Michelle, alongside
vet technicians Tracy and Dana,
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are prepping the exam room.
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They're at the
American Bald Eagle Foundation
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in Haines, Alaska,
awaiting a very special patient.
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DR. OAKLEY: Maggie and her son Cody
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are bringing in Cody's dog Archer.
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He's a special case, for sure.
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NARRATOR: Ten days ago,
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Archer was involved in a tragic accident.
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DR. OAKLEY: I got a call from Maggie
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and she was sounding
a little bit panicked,
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which is unusual for her.
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She was letting me know
that her son Cody's trailer
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had burned to the ground,
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and that their dog had been involved
somehow in the fire.
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I was not in town.
I was away at that time.
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You know, I felt awful to know
that there was gonna be a dog
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that was gonna need intensive care
and I wasn't there to help.
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He was in Whitehorse initially
for, uh, I think, maybe six days,
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um, in intensive care
in the hospital there.
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And then he had to come home,
and, um, that's when I took over.
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NARRATOR: Over 40 percent of Archer's body
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was left covered in third-degree burns.
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With so much tissue exposed,
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Michelle must clean
and re-bandage the wounds each day
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to prevent a deadly infection.
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DR. OAKLEY: I mean,
the first time I saw him,
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I, I couldn't believe it.
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MAGGIE HOTCH: Good job, buddy.
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DR. OAKLEY: Each time
when I take those bandages off,
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there's always that initial shock.
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Oh, my God. Are we doing the right thing?
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Should we just put him down?
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MAGGIE: Let's go get 'em.
Good boy, good boy.
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DR. OAKLEY: But this dog is a fighter.
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Like, I'm telling you,
he's, he's so special.
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And so we're all... (exhales forcefully)
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It's been a very emotional week,
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but we're doing what we can for him.
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MAGGIE: This way, grand-dog. Come on.
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-Let's go forward.
-DR. OAKLEY: Hey, guys.
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Come on, Archer.
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NARRATOR: Also in his corner,
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owner Cody Fisher
and his stepmother Maggie,
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who have been working tirelessly
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to save the four-year-old greyhound mix.
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DR. OAKLEY: My goodness! I'm getting love!
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Am I getting love
or just a scratching post?
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CODY FISHER: We've had a lot
of family dogs over the years,
464
00:17:01,270 --> 00:17:02,813
but I've never had a dog of my own,
465
00:17:02,896 --> 00:17:06,483
and we like to go hiking,
go backpacking, hunting.
466
00:17:06,567 --> 00:17:09,153
He's one of my best friends, so...
467
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,697
MAGGIE: It was just really scary
to be wondering,
468
00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:13,574
you know, "Is this the right call?"
469
00:17:13,657 --> 00:17:17,202
But he convinced us that,
"Yeah, I'm, I'm still here.
470
00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,496
I wanna run, I wanna be
with my boy more than anything.
471
00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:21,582
I wanna, wanna do all of it."
472
00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:24,752
DR. OAKLEY: You know, as ratty as he looks
when he comes in for the bandage change,
473
00:17:24,835 --> 00:17:27,379
it's kind of to be expected,
but once we get him all cleaned up,
474
00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:29,256
everything has looked better each time,
475
00:17:29,339 --> 00:17:30,382
-so...
-CODY: Awesome.
476
00:17:30,466 --> 00:17:32,342
MAGGIE (off screen):
He did poop this morning, so...
477
00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:34,553
-DR. OAKLEY: First time by himself!
-MAGGIE: No, last night and this morning.
478
00:17:34,636 --> 00:17:35,888
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, okay. Yay! Nice.
479
00:17:35,971 --> 00:17:37,681
MAGGIE: And he was super chill
the whole time outside.
480
00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,475
DR. OAKLEY: Well, good stuff,
so we'll get started, then.
481
00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,268
-MAGGIE: Thanks, you guys!
-DR. OAKLEY: Thanks, guys. You're welcome.
482
00:17:41,351 --> 00:17:42,936
Okay. Talk to you soon.
483
00:17:43,020 --> 00:17:44,146
-CODY: See you guys.
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
484
00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,981
NARRATOR: While Archer can still see,
485
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,400
his entire head must be kept wrapped
486
00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:50,569
to protect his extremely sensitive wounds.
487
00:17:50,944 --> 00:17:53,947
His pain is being managed
with daily medications,
488
00:17:54,031 --> 00:17:56,200
but today's procedure requires sedation.
489
00:17:56,283 --> 00:17:57,826
DR. OAKLEY: So I just gave him a sedative,
490
00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,286
then we'll do the bandage change.
491
00:17:59,369 --> 00:18:02,331
If we try to do too much ahead of that,
like, without anesthesia,
492
00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:04,583
he's just so uncomfortable,
and it's better
493
00:18:04,666 --> 00:18:07,252
to just wait till he's totally out
and then we do it all.
494
00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:11,298
NARRATOR: Within minutes,
Archer succumbs to the drug.
495
00:18:11,381 --> 00:18:12,549
DR. OAKLEY: Good stuff.
496
00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:15,052
NARRATOR: Now, the team can begin
the painstaking process
497
00:18:15,135 --> 00:18:16,720
of removing Archer's bandages.
498
00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:17,805
DR. OAKLEY: Saline to pour on him.
499
00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:18,931
NARRATOR: While looking for any signs
500
00:18:19,014 --> 00:18:20,849
of brewing infection underneath.
501
00:18:20,933 --> 00:18:22,976
DR. OAKLEY: I'm putting
this water on right away,
502
00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:25,437
because if you start trying
to pull these bandages away
503
00:18:25,521 --> 00:18:27,731
and they're stuck to skin, it will hurt.
504
00:18:27,815 --> 00:18:29,566
As I'm cutting his bandages,
505
00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:33,487
it's always shocking to see
the bare, bright-red flesh.
506
00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:36,365
What we worry about is infection
507
00:18:36,448 --> 00:18:38,075
because there's a lot
of dead tissue each time.
508
00:18:38,575 --> 00:18:39,952
Can we get temperature
on him, too, please,
509
00:18:40,035 --> 00:18:42,037
and get a monitor going on him?
510
00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,081
Although I feel like
we're keeping him going,
511
00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:45,582
I just, I worry,
512
00:18:45,666 --> 00:18:47,709
like, he's still totally
at risk for infection.
513
00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:50,129
He still has so far to go.
514
00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:51,171
Dang it.
515
00:18:51,255 --> 00:18:52,422
It's making me really nervous.
516
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:53,882
Oh, Archer.
517
00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,553
DR. OAKLEY: Right now,
what I'm doing is just getting
518
00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:01,765
all the bandages off
and seeing how it looks.
519
00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:04,685
NARRATOR: With severe burns
covering almost half of his body...
520
00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:05,978
DR. OAKLEY: Can we get temperature
on him, too, please,
521
00:19:06,061 --> 00:19:07,813
and get a monitor going on him?
522
00:19:07,896 --> 00:19:09,982
NARRATOR: ...Archer is fighting
to survive.
523
00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:10,941
(sighs)
524
00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,402
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer.
525
00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:16,029
What we've got here is some large patches
526
00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:18,198
of skin missing all down his flank.
527
00:19:18,282 --> 00:19:20,993
And most of the skin
is missing from his face.
528
00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:24,288
His ears are badly burned
and he's losing parts of his ears.
529
00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:27,082
NARRATOR: But despite
the troublesome areas,
530
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,418
Michelle is seeing signs of healing.
531
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,128
DR. OAKLEY: I mean,
the difference in his head
532
00:19:31,211 --> 00:19:33,088
in just a few days is fantastic.
533
00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:36,175
All this dark area, that was all
solid red a few days ago.
534
00:19:36,258 --> 00:19:38,594
And now it's dark because
that looks like hair coming back.
535
00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:40,053
Looks pretty good.
536
00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:43,932
The skin is a really amazing
and important organ.
537
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:48,103
I mean, it's designed to be damaged
and then to quickly close up
538
00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:50,689
and, you know,
keep everything inside protected.
539
00:19:50,772 --> 00:19:54,276
It's just when you get these
large areas that are damaged
540
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:55,694
that you're really at risk.
541
00:19:55,777 --> 00:19:56,695
Okay.
542
00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:59,031
NARRATOR: For Archer,
a life-threatening infection
543
00:19:59,114 --> 00:20:00,991
is still Michelle's biggest concern.
544
00:20:01,074 --> 00:20:03,535
DR. OAKLEY: So, now
we can just start debriding.
545
00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,162
Each time we take off the bandages,
546
00:20:05,245 --> 00:20:06,914
I'm kind of debriding,
547
00:20:06,997 --> 00:20:10,167
which is actually like
kind of pulling away any dead skin,
548
00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:11,960
'cause that's
just gonna cause an infection.
549
00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:14,713
Every single day, I do this
debriding and cleaning
550
00:20:14,796 --> 00:20:16,465
of all this exposed tissue.
551
00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:19,343
So now we're gonna put honey on,
it actually feeds the tissues.
552
00:20:19,426 --> 00:20:22,512
There's the sugar in it,
it's actually a great antibacterial.
553
00:20:22,596 --> 00:20:24,264
It even has some
anti-inflammatory properties.
554
00:20:24,348 --> 00:20:27,100
So it's a bit of like a,
helps the tissue heal
555
00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:28,810
and prevents infection.
556
00:20:30,437 --> 00:20:33,190
NARRATOR: Archer is now ready
to be re-bandaged,
557
00:20:33,273 --> 00:20:35,192
but he's showing signs of waking up.
558
00:20:35,275 --> 00:20:37,319
DR. OAKLEY: He just moved his jaw,
just so we know.
559
00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:40,072
I'm really glad we're getting
this part done first.
560
00:20:40,155 --> 00:20:41,531
While we're doing the bandage changes,
561
00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:44,159
I have to put him under anesthesia
every single day.
562
00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:46,370
It's hard on his kidneys and his liver,
563
00:20:46,453 --> 00:20:48,288
so I wanna make sure
that we get this done,
564
00:20:48,372 --> 00:20:50,916
do it quickly, and that's
just easiest on him.
565
00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,169
NARRATOR: So far,
the extraordinary efforts
566
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:55,295
have been worth it.
567
00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:57,339
DR. OAKLEY: You know, on one hand,
you get a little used to it
568
00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:59,549
and a little callous about how this looks.
569
00:20:59,633 --> 00:21:02,719
But on the other hand,
I think this looks good, you know,
570
00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:04,930
this looks way better
than it did last week.
571
00:21:05,013 --> 00:21:07,266
So I'm really glad about that.
572
00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:09,559
TRACY: I think
he looks incredible, honestly.
573
00:21:09,643 --> 00:21:10,560
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): I do, too.
574
00:21:10,644 --> 00:21:12,688
Archer, I can't wait to hug you.
575
00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:13,855
Hey, Archer.
576
00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,816
Oh, you got some tone, good.
577
00:21:15,899 --> 00:21:19,027
And the best news is that soon,
we have a specialist coming up,
578
00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:22,489
someone who is
a veterinary burn specialist.
579
00:21:22,572 --> 00:21:25,951
So Dr. Peyton from UC Davis
is gonna be flying in.
580
00:21:26,034 --> 00:21:28,745
There you go, Archer, good boy.
581
00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:30,831
She's gonna help us with a treatment
582
00:21:30,914 --> 00:21:34,209
that hopefully is gonna speed healing
and decrease infection risk
583
00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:35,752
and decrease pain phenomenally.
584
00:21:35,836 --> 00:21:40,215
So it's pretty lucky that
we're able to get her up here,
585
00:21:40,716 --> 00:21:42,676
because he's been fighting his butt off
586
00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:44,052
and he deserves a break.
587
00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,762
What? What?
588
00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:49,808
NARRATOR: An enticing sniff of dog food
helps coax Archer out of his anesthesia.
589
00:21:49,891 --> 00:21:51,184
DR. OAKLEY: I know, you gotta get up.
590
00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:54,604
NARRATOR: And he's ready to head home
for some much-deserved rest.
591
00:21:55,022 --> 00:21:57,274
DR. OAKLEY: Good boy. That's a good boy.
592
00:21:58,108 --> 00:21:59,192
All right, let's go.
593
00:22:02,779 --> 00:22:05,115
NARRATOR: Michelle and her husband Shane
are up with the sun
594
00:22:05,198 --> 00:22:08,076
and headed to Dev Hurlburt's Yukon farm.
595
00:22:08,702 --> 00:22:10,954
DR. OAKLEY: It's getting light,
but I don't think it's gonna get warmer.
596
00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,457
SHANE OAKLEY: Minus 14.
Is that what the car says?
597
00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:14,458
DR. OAKLEY:
Yeah, that's what the car says.
598
00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:16,918
Today, it's super cold out,
599
00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,421
but I'm gonna have
the warmest seat in the house.
600
00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:21,256
-Well, at least one arm is gonna be warm.
-(cows mooing)
601
00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:23,091
We're gonna be doing some preg checks.
602
00:22:24,301 --> 00:22:26,553
DEV HURLBURT:
The white face without horns.
603
00:22:26,970 --> 00:22:29,348
DR. OAKLEY: Dev has nine new cattle
for me to preg check today.
604
00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:32,392
And there were two from last time
where I wasn't too sure,
605
00:22:32,476 --> 00:22:34,519
so we're gonna double-check those as well.
606
00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:35,896
(moos)
607
00:22:35,979 --> 00:22:39,399
DEV: They've only been
with the bull for about 40 days.
608
00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:41,568
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. And all your
new ones will need vaccines?
609
00:22:41,651 --> 00:22:42,986
-DEV: Correct. All right!
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
610
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:44,446
DR. OAKLEY: We can do this
with the amount of daylight
611
00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:45,614
that we have, which is not much.
612
00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:46,573
DEV: Hope so.
613
00:22:47,324 --> 00:22:49,159
Come on! Let's go! Ho!
614
00:22:50,202 --> 00:22:52,287
DR. OAKLEY: We're basically
at the winter solstice right now,
615
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,623
so that gives us
about five hours of daylight.
616
00:22:54,706 --> 00:22:56,750
We've got 11 cows to preg check.
617
00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:58,001
It's not a lot of animals,
618
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,087
but they are new to this farm
and to the system,
619
00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:02,547
so they can be a lot harder
to get them to run through
620
00:23:02,631 --> 00:23:04,424
the alleyways and the chutes
and get them lined up.
621
00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:07,302
NARRATOR: Being in unfamiliar territory
622
00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,680
also makes their behavior
extremely unpredictable.
623
00:23:11,681 --> 00:23:12,891
DR. OAKLEY: This is the first time
they've been kinda brought in
624
00:23:12,974 --> 00:23:14,768
and they're basically feral.
625
00:23:14,851 --> 00:23:16,353
They have, you know,
a couple feet of horns
626
00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,772
on both sides of their head
and they know how to use 'em,
627
00:23:19,356 --> 00:23:21,525
so you really got to watch yourself.
628
00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:25,737
NARRATOR: With the first cow
safely secured in the chute,
629
00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,280
Michelle's work can begin.
630
00:23:27,364 --> 00:23:30,075
DR. OAKLEY: Just getting
her vaccines in order.
631
00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:34,079
-And this is her vaccine...
-(cow moos)
632
00:23:34,162 --> 00:23:35,580
DR. OAKLEY: ...and then
this is her dewormer.
633
00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:37,833
SHANE: Wrong day. I don't know. Wrong day.
634
00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:38,834
DR. OAKLEY: I know.
635
00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:40,293
DEV: Wrong day to wear red.
636
00:23:40,877 --> 00:23:41,962
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah, really.
637
00:23:42,462 --> 00:23:45,298
Actually, cattle don't see colors,
638
00:23:45,382 --> 00:23:48,385
so, you know, the red,
it probably isn't that.
639
00:23:48,468 --> 00:23:50,887
It's probably more the waving of his arms,
640
00:23:50,971 --> 00:23:53,432
the looking like he's a little vulnerable.
641
00:23:54,391 --> 00:23:55,934
She's all poked.
642
00:23:56,935 --> 00:23:58,937
NARRATOR: Next is the pregnancy check.
643
00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,731
DR. OAKLEY: This is
a good combination of low-tech:
644
00:24:01,815 --> 00:24:04,818
stick, metal, arm up butt,
645
00:24:04,901 --> 00:24:09,072
and high-tech: virtual reality
ultrasound goggles,
646
00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:11,241
and these handy-dandy
little things make it
647
00:24:11,324 --> 00:24:14,327
so I can actually see
what this probe is picking up
648
00:24:14,411 --> 00:24:15,370
in her rectum.
649
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,580
And I wanna see-- Oh, yay!
650
00:24:16,663 --> 00:24:19,458
I see placentome, so I'm seeing
some great big balls about--
651
00:24:20,083 --> 00:24:22,461
balls of tissue about this big
all around there,
652
00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:24,379
and those are called cotyledons
653
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:25,964
and those are part of the placenta.
654
00:24:26,673 --> 00:24:28,341
So far, I haven't seen any bit
of the baby.
655
00:24:28,425 --> 00:24:30,177
It's probably over the edge there.
656
00:24:30,260 --> 00:24:31,553
-DEV: But it's in there?
-DR. OAKLEY: It's in there.
657
00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:33,805
DR. OAKLEY: Definitely pregnant,
at least six months.
658
00:24:33,889 --> 00:24:34,806
DEV: Okay.
659
00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:36,600
DR. OAKLEY: Thumbs up.
660
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:38,768
NARRATOR: The next female is loaded in.
661
00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:41,730
-DEV: Stay down.
-DR. OAKLEY: Ow!
662
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,064
You kicked me in the foot.
663
00:24:43,148 --> 00:24:44,191
How did you do that?
664
00:24:44,691 --> 00:24:46,109
Let's see what we got.
665
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,653
All right, pregnant.
666
00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:51,072
NARRATOR: So far, it's been a good day
667
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,324
for Dev and his cattle.
668
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:54,951
DR. OAKLEY:
Everything's going really well,
669
00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:56,661
and as I walk over to the squeeze,
670
00:24:57,078 --> 00:24:59,289
I suddenly see it's covered in blood.
671
00:25:00,540 --> 00:25:02,083
What is all that blood?
672
00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:04,252
What the...
673
00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,596
NARRATOR: During a routine preg check,
674
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:17,390
a gruesome discovery has caught
Michelle by surprise.
675
00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:18,808
DR. OAKLEY: What's all that blood from?
676
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:21,144
DEV: I don't know.
677
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:23,522
DR. OAKLEY: So when I get close
to the cow and see,
678
00:25:23,605 --> 00:25:25,899
I can see the blood
is coming from her tail.
679
00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:29,986
Her tail is basically severed.
680
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:33,698
I'm not sure how that happened,
if it was another cow
681
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:35,242
or just getting caught
in one of the chutes,
682
00:25:35,325 --> 00:25:37,869
but she basically tore her tail right off.
683
00:25:38,495 --> 00:25:40,664
This has to be really painful
for this cow.
684
00:25:40,747 --> 00:25:44,167
So as quick as I can, I'm gonna
go grab some local block,
685
00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:46,586
put it on there and then
she won't feel it at all.
686
00:25:46,670 --> 00:25:47,587
(rattling)
687
00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:49,172
Block it right now.
688
00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:52,592
There. I know.
689
00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:55,303
It's really only hanging
by a thread, by a little bit of skin,
690
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,180
so I'm also just gonna
complete the amputation,
691
00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,224
because to try to get it to heal back,
692
00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:00,433
it, it just wouldn't happen.
693
00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:03,853
These guys, they need their tail
for swishing away bugs
694
00:26:03,937 --> 00:26:05,814
and that kind of stuff,
but she's still got,
695
00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:09,150
you know, 90 percent of her tail left,
she'll be okay.
696
00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:11,570
All right, poor thing.
697
00:26:11,653 --> 00:26:13,530
NARRATOR: A quick fix
and Michelle can get back
698
00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:15,156
to the task at hand.
699
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,866
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): I see you, cutie!
700
00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:19,119
Definitely pregnant.
701
00:26:19,202 --> 00:26:20,328
(moos)
702
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:21,621
SHANE: Next.
703
00:26:23,498 --> 00:26:24,708
DR. OAKLEY: There it is, that's so cute.
704
00:26:24,791 --> 00:26:26,543
How cute is that fetus?
705
00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:28,670
(mooing)
706
00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,380
This one, I think, is a couple weeks.
707
00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:32,173
I see your little foot.
708
00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,633
(moos)
709
00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:34,718
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, quit complaining.
710
00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:36,428
Okay. Now I see it, it's there.
711
00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:38,346
-Oh, there it is!
-(moos)
712
00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:39,723
DR. OAKLEY: Fingers crossed.
713
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:42,350
Hmm, no, she's not pregnant, Dev.
714
00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:43,977
DEV: Okay.
715
00:26:44,060 --> 00:26:45,979
DR. OAKLEY: There,
that's its, like, little body,
716
00:26:46,062 --> 00:26:47,355
there's the head.
717
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,482
Do you guys see the backbone
there and everything?
718
00:26:49,566 --> 00:26:50,483
DEV (off screen):
Yeah, I see the backbone.
719
00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:52,861
DR. OAKLEY: At one point,
when I'm using the ultrasound,
720
00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:56,031
I can see the backbone
and I can see a little limb go by,
721
00:26:56,114 --> 00:26:57,365
I can see the heart going.
722
00:26:57,449 --> 00:27:00,160
Oh, see the heart? Cool!
723
00:27:00,243 --> 00:27:01,620
DEV: That's the one going
"do-do-do" really fast?
724
00:27:01,703 --> 00:27:02,912
DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Yeah, do you see it?
725
00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:04,956
DEV: Yeah, that was pretty cool to see.
726
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,708
DR. OAKLEY:
Even though I've done hundreds,
727
00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:08,877
probably thousands of these preg checks,
728
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,795
it's still exciting when
you can see the heart beating.
729
00:27:10,879 --> 00:27:12,756
Just gonna see if it's a boy
or a-- Oh, it's a boy!
730
00:27:13,798 --> 00:27:14,924
How cute!
731
00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:17,594
DEV: Now they know what color
to paint the room.
732
00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:19,971
DR. OAKLEY (laughing): What color
to paint the room!
733
00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:21,723
That's funny.
734
00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:23,558
-(cow moos)
-NARRATOR: With daylight fading,
735
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:25,727
there's just one more cow to go.
736
00:27:26,353 --> 00:27:27,354
DR. OAKLEY: That is good planning.
737
00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:29,522
I'm down to my last rectal glove
738
00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:31,983
and the last cow I have
to check, fortunately,
739
00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:36,154
or we're gonna be having
to scrub up and go deep.
740
00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:38,573
I like these little short ones, Dev.
741
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,033
They're so cute.
742
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:42,077
NARRATOR: She may look cute,
743
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,953
but she doesn't wanna play nice.
744
00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:45,497
DR. OAKLEY: Can I come in, please?
745
00:27:46,289 --> 00:27:47,666
Nope.
746
00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:48,750
Ding-dong.
747
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,585
Rap, rap, rap.
748
00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:53,672
I can't.
749
00:27:53,755 --> 00:27:55,215
She won't let me in.
750
00:27:57,050 --> 00:27:58,468
Okay. There we go.
751
00:27:58,551 --> 00:27:59,511
Okay.
752
00:27:59,594 --> 00:28:00,595
Pregnant.
753
00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:02,889
That's the last one.
754
00:28:02,972 --> 00:28:04,432
Woot, woot.
755
00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:06,226
NARRATOR: With the checks complete,
756
00:28:06,309 --> 00:28:09,270
all signs point to
a very busy spring on the farm.
757
00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:10,897
(moos)
758
00:28:15,235 --> 00:28:16,611
DR. OAKLEY: Can I get
a temperature on him, too, please?
759
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:18,196
NARRATOR: For almost two weeks,
760
00:28:18,279 --> 00:28:20,407
Archer has been fighting for his life
761
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,826
after a fire left him with severe burns
762
00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:25,036
covering almost half his body.
763
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,705
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, Archer.
764
00:28:28,039 --> 00:28:31,042
NARRATOR: But today marks
a new phase in his recovery,
765
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,503
with the help of
a veterinary burn specialist
766
00:28:33,586 --> 00:28:35,630
armed with some cutting-edge science.
767
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:37,716
DR. OAKLEY: So today is a big day.
768
00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:40,885
I've got Dr. Peyton coming to town
all the way from UC Davis.
769
00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,929
-DR. JAMIE PEYTON: Hello!
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh. Hey!
770
00:28:43,012 --> 00:28:44,472
It's so nice to meet you!
771
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:46,891
She's a veterinary specialist in burns
772
00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:49,978
who is pioneering this new treatment
773
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:51,813
and saving so many animals' lives.
774
00:28:52,355 --> 00:28:54,649
And she brought her husband,
Dr. Eric Johnson,
775
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:55,859
who's a radiologist,
776
00:28:55,942 --> 00:28:58,027
so he specializes in ultrasound
and x-ray of animals.
777
00:28:58,445 --> 00:28:59,654
DR. PEYTON: Open our bag here.
778
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:01,948
NARRATOR: In preparation
for Archer's arrival,
779
00:29:02,031 --> 00:29:06,119
Dr. Peyton readies
her secret weapon: fish skins.
780
00:29:06,202 --> 00:29:07,871
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Let's go fishing.
781
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:10,331
DR. PEYTON: You know, one of
the things with veterinary medicine
782
00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:13,585
is that no one has really looked
into treating burns
783
00:29:13,668 --> 00:29:14,878
specifically for animals.
784
00:29:14,961 --> 00:29:16,254
This is a whole new area.
785
00:29:16,337 --> 00:29:19,007
But unfortunately, because
we've had so many fires
786
00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:22,093
in Northern California
and throughout the West Coast,
787
00:29:22,177 --> 00:29:23,887
it has become such an issue.
788
00:29:23,970 --> 00:29:25,889
And I read that a couple other groups
789
00:29:25,972 --> 00:29:28,850
were looking into fish skin
for humans, specifically.
790
00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:31,686
So I thought, hmm,
we can do that for animals.
791
00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:33,855
DR. OAKLEY: And so how long have you guys
792
00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:35,190
been doing this technique?
793
00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:36,858
DR. PEYTON: So we came up
with this technique
794
00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:41,154
about a year and a half ago,
and we've seen great results.
795
00:29:41,237 --> 00:29:42,572
DR. OAKLEY: This is not a skin graft.
796
00:29:42,655 --> 00:29:46,409
We're not gonna have Archer
turn into half fish, half dog.
797
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:50,371
This tilapia skin is really
just an incredible bandage
798
00:29:50,455 --> 00:29:53,208
that not only prevents infection
and decreases pain,
799
00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,919
but it really provides
a scaffold for his own skin
800
00:29:56,002 --> 00:29:57,879
to grow back in a lot more quickly.
801
00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:00,089
-MAGGIE: Let's go, bud. Good job.
-CODY: Come on, buddy.
802
00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:02,133
NARRATOR: Today, Archer will be welcomed
803
00:30:02,217 --> 00:30:03,927
by some familiar faces.
804
00:30:04,010 --> 00:30:05,220
MAGGIE: Good job.
805
00:30:05,303 --> 00:30:08,139
DR. OAKLEY: I've got Dana and Nicole,
who are quite experienced
806
00:30:08,223 --> 00:30:09,641
in helping with the bandage changes.
807
00:30:10,099 --> 00:30:12,268
We've got Dr. Candice from Whitehorse,
808
00:30:12,352 --> 00:30:15,021
and she did all of his initial
triage emergency care.
809
00:30:15,438 --> 00:30:17,440
Come on, Archer! This way, buddy.
810
00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:18,691
Wagging your tail.
811
00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:19,818
DR. CANDICE STEWART:
Hi, buddy. Hi, Archer.
812
00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:21,528
-DR. OAKLEY: Good boy.
-DR. STEWART: Hi, sweetheart!
813
00:30:21,611 --> 00:30:24,739
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, my God!
He totally recognizes you!
814
00:30:26,032 --> 00:30:27,325
Oh, my goodness.
815
00:30:27,408 --> 00:30:28,368
NICOLE HOLM (off screen):
Oh, I'm going to cry.
816
00:30:28,451 --> 00:30:30,995
DR. OAKLEY: This the day I think
we've all been waiting for.
817
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,289
Having this whole dream team together,
818
00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:34,666
you know, pulling for Archer.
819
00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:38,044
Um, we're looking forward
to kind of jump-starting this process
820
00:30:38,127 --> 00:30:40,755
and getting him back
to being more of a dog, fast.
821
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,924
-We better get started.
-DR. PEYTON (off screen): Yes.
822
00:30:43,007 --> 00:30:44,717
-DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Okay.
-NICOLE: Here you go.
823
00:30:44,801 --> 00:30:47,303
-DR. OAKLEY: Good boy!
-NICOLE: There you go, buddy.
824
00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:50,056
NARRATOR: To begin,
Archer is put under anesthesia.
825
00:30:50,139 --> 00:30:51,933
It's a stronger dose this time,
826
00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:53,852
given the complexity of the procedure.
827
00:30:53,935 --> 00:30:55,520
DR. OAKLEY: There you go.
828
00:30:55,603 --> 00:30:56,729
Good boy.
829
00:30:57,313 --> 00:30:58,481
That hit you already?
830
00:30:59,858 --> 00:31:02,694
NARRATOR: Once he's down,
his bandages can be removed.
831
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:06,447
DR. STEWART: Oh, Michelle,
he looks so good.
832
00:31:07,490 --> 00:31:09,409
NARRATOR: Michelle inserts
an intubation tube
833
00:31:09,492 --> 00:31:11,828
to ensure Archer is getting enough oxygen
834
00:31:11,911 --> 00:31:14,247
while Dr. Peyton assesses his wounds.
835
00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:15,999
DR. PEYTON: That looks all good.
836
00:31:16,082 --> 00:31:18,084
The first thing I notice
is that, you know,
837
00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:21,212
most of the dead tissue
has been removed, which is excellent.
838
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:22,714
Again, that's what we want to see,
839
00:31:22,797 --> 00:31:25,133
because now, we're gonna move
to a new phase
840
00:31:25,216 --> 00:31:26,426
of trying to get it to heal.
841
00:31:26,509 --> 00:31:29,387
This is looking good!
I'm kinda happy about this so far.
842
00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:32,557
DR. OAKLEY: I can't get over the face,
how much it's changed in one day.
843
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,100
DR. PEYTON: The faces are
the most dramatic.
844
00:31:34,183 --> 00:31:35,977
But they have good blood flow,
845
00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,729
and they will be the one that heals first.
846
00:31:37,812 --> 00:31:41,900
Um, and so even though
it's so difficult to see their faces
847
00:31:41,983 --> 00:31:44,611
so severely injured,
you know, I always say,
848
00:31:44,694 --> 00:31:47,113
"Don't give up hope. They can come back."
849
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:49,908
DR. OAKLEY: It's very intimidating
when you're a general practitioner
850
00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:51,534
and you have such a complicated case
851
00:31:51,618 --> 00:31:53,953
with so many things you haven't,
you know, dealt with before.
852
00:31:54,037 --> 00:31:55,955
And then to have a specialist right there,
853
00:31:56,039 --> 00:31:57,582
going through it with you,
you know, and saying,
854
00:31:57,665 --> 00:31:59,709
"Oh, yeah, that's fine,
that's gonna be okay.
855
00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:00,960
Oh, you know, I think
we might change this,"
856
00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:04,380
but all of that feels like, you know, yes,
857
00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:05,840
we are going in the right direction
858
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:07,425
and we are gonna do
something good for Archer.
859
00:32:07,508 --> 00:32:09,052
DR. PEYTON: This looks
really good, all that clean.
860
00:32:09,135 --> 00:32:12,180
Start getting the tilapia bandages.
861
00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:13,932
DR. OAKLEY: Color looks a little funny.
862
00:32:14,349 --> 00:32:15,642
NICOLE (off screen): Yeah, Michelle,
he's starting to cool down,
863
00:32:15,725 --> 00:32:17,060
he's down to 37.5.
864
00:32:17,143 --> 00:32:18,436
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, boy.
865
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:19,938
NARRATOR: Archer's
body temperature has dropped
866
00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:21,522
to a dangerous level.
867
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:23,274
The fish skin will have to wait.
868
00:32:23,358 --> 00:32:24,817
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Dang it.
869
00:32:24,901 --> 00:32:26,819
35.9, he just went to.
870
00:32:26,903 --> 00:32:28,863
This anesthesia for Archer is a lot longer
871
00:32:28,947 --> 00:32:30,365
than our typical bandage change.
872
00:32:30,907 --> 00:32:32,659
You know, he's missing a lot of his skin
873
00:32:32,742 --> 00:32:35,536
and part of that skin's job
is to keep the heat in.
874
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:36,996
DR. PEYTON (off screen):
He's on getting warm fluids?
875
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,122
-DR. OAKLEY: Yup.
-NICOLE: Mm-hmm.
876
00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:39,582
DR. OAKLEY: He's becoming hypothermic.
877
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:41,918
And I'm becoming more nervous about that.
878
00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,462
If we can't raise
his body temperature back up,
879
00:32:44,545 --> 00:32:46,631
he could actually go
into cardiac arrest and die.
880
00:32:47,048 --> 00:32:48,841
It's definitely an emergency
at this point.
881
00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:50,885
-NICOLE: He's getting really cold.
-DR. OAKLEY: I can't believe it.
882
00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:54,639
DR. OAKLEY: 36 still.
883
00:32:54,722 --> 00:32:56,140
35.9, he just went to.
884
00:32:56,808 --> 00:33:01,229
Once he's down in the 35
to 36 degree Celsius range,
885
00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:03,856
I mean, that's, you know,
getting close to rock bottom.
886
00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,942
-DR. STEWART: What's his heart rate now?
-NICOLE: 60.
887
00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,527
DR. OAKLEY (off screen): Oh, boy.
888
00:33:07,610 --> 00:33:09,112
We need to get booties on him.
889
00:33:09,195 --> 00:33:11,614
We need to increase
his warm IV fluids flow.
890
00:33:12,115 --> 00:33:15,660
We need to put some nice hot packs
around his groin and armpit area.
891
00:33:15,743 --> 00:33:19,080
You know, everything we can do
to try and keep heat in,
892
00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:21,416
we need to do it now
or it's gonna keep dropping.
893
00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:23,626
Come on, buddy.
894
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,005
-DR. STEWART: He jumped a degree.
-NICOLE: Yup. He jumped.
895
00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:29,173
-DR. PEYTON: Well, he's better.
-DR. OAKLEY: Better than it was.
896
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:30,883
DR. PEYTON: All right.
897
00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:32,260
Now we're up.
898
00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:33,386
There we go.
899
00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:36,639
NARRATOR: Archer's levels
are back in the clear.
900
00:33:37,306 --> 00:33:38,975
And a pioneering procedure,
901
00:33:39,058 --> 00:33:42,937
the application of fish skin bandages,
can finally begin.
902
00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,147
DR. PEYTON: Okay. All right.
903
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:46,649
So you're just gonna help me to make sure
that we don't drop them.
904
00:33:46,733 --> 00:33:47,650
DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
905
00:33:47,734 --> 00:33:48,901
DR. PEYTON: But we're gonna lay it down,
906
00:33:48,985 --> 00:33:51,863
and then you'll just help
to hold it while I get the stapler
907
00:33:51,946 --> 00:33:54,949
and start sort of like putting
a little puzzle together.
908
00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,659
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Look at that.
909
00:33:56,743 --> 00:33:58,536
Just lines right up
like it was meant to be there.
910
00:33:58,619 --> 00:34:00,538
DR. PEYTON: Oh, man. Perfect.
911
00:34:00,621 --> 00:34:01,664
DR. OAKLEY: Okay.
912
00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:04,959
DR. PEYTON: The property
of the fish skin is really specific
913
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,836
in that it has a lot of collagen.
914
00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:09,088
You have to have collagen to heal wounds.
915
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:11,674
And the collagen itself
is sort of interlinking
916
00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:13,176
sort of like a jungle gym,
917
00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:15,303
that the cells along the sides of a wound
918
00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,638
can actually grab onto and move across
919
00:34:17,722 --> 00:34:19,015
to try to help with healing.
920
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:20,767
So we're just cutting it to fit.
921
00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:22,143
-DR. OAKLEY: Mm-hmm.
-DR. PEYTON: And for each of these fish,
922
00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:24,187
they don't come in one unique size,
923
00:34:24,270 --> 00:34:27,398
so we have to kinda piece it together
to make it fit the best.
924
00:34:27,482 --> 00:34:30,985
All right, so what we're gonna start doing
is stapling some of this on.
925
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,988
NARRATOR: The pieces
are held together with surgical staples
926
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,699
and placed on healthy portions
of Archer's skin
927
00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,993
where it will cause
the least amount of discomfort.
928
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:41,037
DR. OAKLEY: It's actually
come out really nicely
929
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,122
in terms of this little arts
and crafts project
930
00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:44,749
that we've put these little pieces here.
931
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,459
Little nervous about his anesthesia,
932
00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:48,669
he's been down a long time,
about an hour and a half now,
933
00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,713
or a little bit more than that actually,
but we're still okay.
934
00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:53,132
We're warming him up
and keeping him going.
935
00:34:53,216 --> 00:34:54,175
DR. PEYTON: Done.
936
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:56,427
NARRATOR: The biggest challenge
is yet to come--
937
00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:59,097
covering the sensitive wounds
on Archer's head.
938
00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:02,058
DR. OAKLEY: The difficult parts
about putting the fish skin
939
00:35:02,141 --> 00:35:03,476
on Archer's head are the shapes of it.
940
00:35:03,559 --> 00:35:06,354
So we have to do a lot of cutting
to get the pieces to fit
941
00:35:06,437 --> 00:35:08,523
the parts of his face that need coverage.
942
00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:11,734
-DR. PEYTON: Yes, I'm liking it.
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, my gosh.
943
00:35:11,818 --> 00:35:15,613
I've seen some cool stuff,
and this is definitely number one.
944
00:35:15,696 --> 00:35:18,282
He really does look like
Archer the dragon slayer.
945
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,744
You know, he went
from looking kind of pathetic
946
00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:25,081
to this bad-ass dragon dog
that survived the fire
947
00:35:25,164 --> 00:35:27,458
and is gonna come back
to live another day.
948
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:28,960
I mean the coolest.
949
00:35:29,043 --> 00:35:30,670
DR. STEWART: It is definitely the coolest.
950
00:35:30,753 --> 00:35:34,590
DR. OAKLEY: I mean
the coolest thing I've ever seen.
951
00:35:35,258 --> 00:35:36,801
Good boy, Archer!
952
00:35:37,426 --> 00:35:38,594
DR. PEYTON: A little bit this way.
953
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:40,471
NARRATOR: A final layer
of bandaging will help hold
954
00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:43,307
the fish skins in place
while they work their magic.
955
00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:45,101
-DR. PEYTON: Perfect.
-DR. OAKLEY: We can go.
956
00:35:45,184 --> 00:35:47,103
-NICOLE: We can get him dressed?
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah. Okay.
957
00:35:47,186 --> 00:35:49,397
No way could we have actually
even lifted him like this before
958
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,941
without him crying
when he was already a bit awake,
959
00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:54,944
so he's already, we can tell,
a lot more comfortable.
960
00:35:55,027 --> 00:35:56,195
DR. PEYTON: Yeah.
961
00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:58,739
DR. OAKLEY: I think the pain component
in terms of how,
962
00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,533
you know, those nerve endings
are being covered
963
00:36:00,616 --> 00:36:02,243
and how he's just feeling better
was evident.
964
00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:05,163
-You know what, you need something to eat.
-NICOLE: He's like, "I want some food."
965
00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:06,414
NARRATOR: Even better,
966
00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:09,208
Archer's eyes can finally
remain unbandaged
967
00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:12,253
now that the sensitive areas
of his face are protected.
968
00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:14,255
DR. OAKLEY: He was looking
at all of us and just seemed like,
969
00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:16,382
"Wow, I haven't seen you guys in a while!"
970
00:36:16,465 --> 00:36:17,550
What do you think of this stuff?
971
00:36:17,633 --> 00:36:20,261
He's like, "Oh, oh, heck yeah!"
972
00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:22,138
He was trying to eat and just get back
973
00:36:22,221 --> 00:36:24,307
to doing all those dog things
that he does so well.
974
00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:28,102
-Dude! Those are-- Ow!
-(laughter)
975
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,812
NICOLE: "Come on.
I'm a dragon now. Feed me!"
976
00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:33,191
DR. PEYTON: Archer is definitely
a dog with a strong will to live.
977
00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:36,527
That's what makes animals better healers
in some ways than people.
978
00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:37,653
DR. OAKLEY: Hey, Maggie!
979
00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:39,155
DR. PEYTON: Because they live
in the moment.
980
00:36:39,238 --> 00:36:40,823
-DR. OAKLEY: Yeah.
-MAGGIE: Hello, handsome!
981
00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:42,783
DR. PEYTON: But one
of my philosophies I tell owners
982
00:36:42,867 --> 00:36:45,244
is I always say, "Try to live
more like your dog."
983
00:36:45,328 --> 00:36:47,830
Because the dog looks at one day at a time
984
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,750
and really tries to make
the best of everything.
985
00:36:50,833 --> 00:36:53,669
And looking at Archer, he's ready to go.
986
00:36:53,753 --> 00:36:57,215
He's ready to heal
and get back to his normal life.
987
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:58,966
DR. OAKLEY: We'll take his temperature
at some point tomorrow,
988
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,385
and you and I can just
stay in touch tonight
989
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,763
to see, make sure he settles
and is comfortable tonight and everything.
990
00:37:03,846 --> 00:37:04,764
MAGGIE: Okay. Okay.
991
00:37:04,847 --> 00:37:07,808
DR. OAKLEY: We're gonna do a checkup
and make sure everything's going well.
992
00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,685
Once the tilapia does its job
993
00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:12,063
and his own skin starts healing,
it just falls right off.
994
00:37:12,438 --> 00:37:13,689
MAGGIE: Hello, handsome!
995
00:37:13,773 --> 00:37:15,900
DR. OAKLEY: It's just been a great day,
996
00:37:15,983 --> 00:37:17,735
and, you know, we're getting there.
997
00:37:17,818 --> 00:37:20,446
MAGGIE: You're a happy boy.
You're a happy boy.
998
00:37:20,529 --> 00:37:21,989
DR. OAKLEY: He's like,
"Where's my dinner?"
999
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:27,703
NARRATOR: A new day at
the clinic brings a new patient
1000
00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:30,039
in desperate need of Dr. Oakley's care.
1001
00:37:30,873 --> 00:37:32,625
DR. OAKLEY: So Roy and Brenda
are coming in today
1002
00:37:32,708 --> 00:37:34,210
with their chicken, Silkie Little.
1003
00:37:34,794 --> 00:37:37,463
Silkie had an interaction with a hawk
1004
00:37:37,546 --> 00:37:40,132
that didn't go so well
for her a few weeks ago.
1005
00:37:40,216 --> 00:37:41,717
ROY (off screen): I heard
some noise outside,
1006
00:37:41,801 --> 00:37:43,803
I went running out there,
1007
00:37:43,886 --> 00:37:47,056
and I could see she was chewed up
in the back pretty badly.
1008
00:37:47,139 --> 00:37:48,766
DR. OAKLEY: Brenda,
I'll let you steady Silkie.
1009
00:37:48,849 --> 00:37:51,602
And you probably know Nicole,
who's giving me a hand here.
1010
00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:54,689
BRENDA: She was attacked
on the shoulder area.
1011
00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,775
Then she was ripped all the way
down to the front.
1012
00:37:57,858 --> 00:37:58,901
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Well, let's have a look.
1013
00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:01,320
And this happened
a few weeks ago? Is that right?
1014
00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:02,780
-BRENDA: Yeah, three weeks ago.
-DR. OAKLEY: Three weeks.
1015
00:38:02,863 --> 00:38:04,532
Sorry, that's probably tender.
1016
00:38:05,074 --> 00:38:07,118
NARRATOR: The wounds
are not healing as fast
1017
00:38:07,201 --> 00:38:09,036
or as well as Brenda had hoped.
1018
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:12,039
BRENDA: At this point, I just feel like
1019
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:15,793
something needs to happen
or else she's gonna die.
1020
00:38:18,004 --> 00:38:20,881
DR. OAKLEY: Okay. Let's see
what we're getting into here.
1021
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,009
NARRATOR: Cherished chicken Silkie Little
1022
00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:25,803
was on the losing end
of a fight with a hawk.
1023
00:38:25,886 --> 00:38:27,972
ROY: I looked out the window
and I saw the goshawk
1024
00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:30,349
-kind of under the trees.
-DR. OAKLEY: Oh, goshawk. Yeah. Uh-huh.
1025
00:38:30,433 --> 00:38:33,227
ROY: So I went running out there,
and the goshawk flew off of her
1026
00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:36,480
and she ran down under the truck
and I pulled her out.
1027
00:38:37,189 --> 00:38:38,232
(screeches)
1028
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,026
DR. OAKLEY: Goshawks
are a common hawk here.
1029
00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:42,028
They're a very predatory raptor,
1030
00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,905
they'll catch snowshoe hare,
they'll catch gophers,
1031
00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:47,992
they will kind of grab
anything small on the ground,
1032
00:38:48,075 --> 00:38:49,535
and a chicken is no exception.
1033
00:38:50,453 --> 00:38:52,621
Okay. How is she for getting
her bandage moved around?
1034
00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,332
BRENDA JOSEPHSON:
Oh, she's, she's amazing.
1035
00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:57,543
NARRATOR: Since the attack,
Roy and Brenda have been giving
1036
00:38:57,626 --> 00:38:59,670
Silkie Little round-the-clock care.
1037
00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:01,213
ROY JOSEPHSON: We've been
treating her twice a day,
1038
00:39:01,297 --> 00:39:03,758
taking her bandages off
and cleaning it out.
1039
00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:06,260
And Brenda's,
Brenda's the doctor, of course.
1040
00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:08,220
BRENDA: This was ripped
all the way down there.
1041
00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:10,306
I actually put stitches in
and that came together.
1042
00:39:10,389 --> 00:39:11,265
DR. OAKLEY: Wow!
1043
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,267
BRENDA: Put stitches in
with my darning needle.
1044
00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:14,602
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, my goodness,
and she just let you do that?
1045
00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:15,686
BRENDA: Yup.
1046
00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,938
That was probably
the worst part, stitching her up.
1047
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:20,608
But Silkie Little is one of our pets.
1048
00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:23,652
And she seemed to have a desire to live.
1049
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,907
I had a stitch over here
on top of her bone.
1050
00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:29,867
-DR. OAKLEY: Mm-hmm. Okay.
-BRENDA: And that ripped out.
1051
00:39:29,950 --> 00:39:32,661
BRENDA: So that's the area
I'm really concerned about.
1052
00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:34,830
DR. OAKLEY: As I'm looking
at the wound, I can see
1053
00:39:34,914 --> 00:39:37,666
that it's fairly well healed
at one half of it,
1054
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:39,752
but the other half
closer to the front of the wing
1055
00:39:39,835 --> 00:39:41,045
does look a little rough.
1056
00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:44,090
BRENDA: And it was ripped
all the way down the front, too.
1057
00:39:44,173 --> 00:39:46,175
DR. OAKLEY: I'm sorry,
that's probably tender.
1058
00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:50,221
One of Brenda's concerns is that
the tissue never totally healed
1059
00:39:50,304 --> 00:39:51,764
out of one area
1060
00:39:51,847 --> 00:39:53,974
and maybe one of the bones
is actually sticking out.
1061
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:57,228
So we're kind of set to do
an amputation, if that's the case.
1062
00:39:57,311 --> 00:39:59,146
We'll likely have to amputate the wing.
1063
00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:03,859
I'm not positive that's the bone there.
1064
00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:07,154
What I think is that's
a scab over a tendon
1065
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:09,448
because I can feel the bone
all the way up and in,
1066
00:40:09,532 --> 00:40:11,784
and that's, that's not exactly the bone.
1067
00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:14,370
NARRATOR: It's good news for Silkie Little
1068
00:40:14,453 --> 00:40:17,081
and for Brenda,
a doctor's stamp of approval.
1069
00:40:17,164 --> 00:40:20,668
DR. OAKLEY: It actually looks to me
like it's healing really pretty nicely.
1070
00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:22,795
You've done a fantastic job
taking care of it.
1071
00:40:22,878 --> 00:40:25,047
So what we'll do is we'll actually put her
1072
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:27,007
on a little bit of antibiotics
1073
00:40:27,091 --> 00:40:29,218
and a little bit of
anti-inflammatory stuff
1074
00:40:29,301 --> 00:40:30,386
to speed this along.
1075
00:40:30,469 --> 00:40:32,430
And I'll probably just give you
a wound spray
1076
00:40:32,513 --> 00:40:33,764
for a little bit longer to keep it--
1077
00:40:33,848 --> 00:40:35,766
Okay. Woo, woo, woo. Woo, woo.
1078
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:38,144
Chickens heal amazingly well.
1079
00:40:38,227 --> 00:40:41,856
Like, I've seen
some gnarly chicken injuries,
1080
00:40:41,939 --> 00:40:44,984
and it's super impressive how,
with a little bit of help,
1081
00:40:45,067 --> 00:40:46,777
with a little bit
of cleaning that wound up,
1082
00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:48,737
I mean, they just, they go to town
1083
00:40:48,821 --> 00:40:51,031
and have that thing cleaned up themselves
within a couple weeks.
1084
00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:52,700
You're speaking my language.
1085
00:40:52,783 --> 00:40:54,827
(Michelle clucking)
1086
00:40:54,910 --> 00:40:57,705
But I don't give up on them
when I hear they have some rough injuries,
1087
00:40:57,788 --> 00:40:58,873
because with a bit of support,
1088
00:40:58,956 --> 00:41:00,624
they can, they can get back on their feet.
1089
00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:02,626
You did a great job, Brenda. You're hired.
1090
00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:06,505
BRENDA: For me, it was important
to keep her alive.
1091
00:41:06,589 --> 00:41:07,590
DR. OAKLEY: I'm with you.
1092
00:41:07,673 --> 00:41:10,134
These guys are actually
really, really good pets.
1093
00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:12,720
They have their own little life,
and, um, you got her through it.
1094
00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:15,431
Like, this is just gonna be
kind of the minor cleanup now.
1095
00:41:15,514 --> 00:41:16,557
She'll be fine.
1096
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,392
I don't have chicken treats, I'm sorry!
1097
00:41:19,143 --> 00:41:22,021
Sorry, I made you
a little shaky. Good job.
1098
00:41:22,104 --> 00:41:23,647
BRENDA: All right. Thank you!
1099
00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:25,816
DR. OAKLEY: Thank you so much
for bringing her in. Bye, Silkie!
1100
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:29,236
BRENDA: I'm just so excited
because I think she's gonna do fine.
1101
00:41:30,279 --> 00:41:32,156
ROY: I didn't think she'd have
the use of her wing,
1102
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,576
so it's really encouraging
she's gonna have some use of it.
1103
00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:37,328
BRENDA: I think
it's the best-case scenario.
1104
00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:45,294
NARRATOR: It's been
three months since Archer received
1105
00:41:45,377 --> 00:41:48,672
a revolutionary burn treatment
involving fish skin.
1106
00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:50,299
DR. OAKLEY: I mean the coolest.
1107
00:41:50,382 --> 00:41:51,300
DR. STEWART: It is definitely the coolest.
1108
00:41:51,383 --> 00:41:52,259
NICOLE: It's pretty amazing.
1109
00:41:52,843 --> 00:41:55,721
DR. OAKLEY: Hey, Archer! Hello!
1110
00:41:55,804 --> 00:41:58,432
NARRATOR: Today, he's back
for his routine checkup.
1111
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:01,018
DR. OAKLEY: Oh, my goodness.
He looks very perky.
1112
00:42:01,101 --> 00:42:02,520
CODY: Yeah, he's been
pretty energetic lately.
1113
00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:04,939
He actually went out camping with me
about five, six days ago.
1114
00:42:05,022 --> 00:42:07,274
DR. OAKLEY: What?
You're a camping dog again.
1115
00:42:07,358 --> 00:42:09,485
And you're smiling and I'm scratching you
1116
00:42:09,568 --> 00:42:11,237
and you don't mind at all.
1117
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,656
Archer has come a really long way.
1118
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:16,825
I mean, every time he comes in,
I see a little bit more progress.
1119
00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:19,245
Now he has skin all over his face.
1120
00:42:19,328 --> 00:42:22,331
He has little eyelashes
and whiskers everywhere.
1121
00:42:22,414 --> 00:42:24,708
Oh, my gosh.
Look at your little old man hair.
1122
00:42:24,792 --> 00:42:28,546
And the huge open area on the side
is just continuing to shrink.
1123
00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:31,507
So he's really made amazing progress.
1124
00:42:31,590 --> 00:42:33,801
Okay. Should we go outside
and see what you got?
1125
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:36,971
Look at him go!
1126
00:42:37,054 --> 00:42:38,931
Oh, my gosh. You can tell
he's part greyhound.
1127
00:42:39,598 --> 00:42:42,142
Good boy! Good boy.
1128
00:42:42,226 --> 00:42:43,644
Can he ever run!
1129
00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:45,479
CODY: Archer's doing good.
1130
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,189
He's been wanting to run around and play
1131
00:42:47,273 --> 00:42:50,359
for a couple months now,
so he's, he's pretty happy.
1132
00:42:50,442 --> 00:42:51,485
DR. OAKLEY (off screen):
Good boy. Good boy.
1133
00:42:52,111 --> 00:42:53,904
Archer's prognosis is amazing.
1134
00:42:53,988 --> 00:42:54,947
Are you ready?
1135
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:57,116
I don't wanna jinx it,
but he's basically done it.
1136
00:42:57,199 --> 00:42:58,492
Good boy.
1137
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:00,077
You know, he will never look the same.
1138
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,248
But he is the same dog in his heart,
and he is just so darn happy to be here.
1139
00:43:05,207 --> 00:43:08,919
To see him running around like this
sure makes it worth it.
1140
00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:10,754
Archer, come here, bud.
1141
00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:13,299
What a good boy you are!
1142
00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:16,635
It meant a lot to, to be able
to be in his corner and fight for him.
1143
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:17,970
What do you think? Not bad, eh?
1144
00:43:18,053 --> 00:43:19,138
CODY: Good boy.
1145
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,642
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