TV Guide National Geographic Wild Saturday

The competitive 2012 Alaskan Salmon season has begun and the captains of the Night's Edge, the Paragon and the North Crow quickly head to Cook Inlet.

The season starts off with problems for several ships and their crews as one gets caught on a sandbar and another loses a huge catch to mechanical failures.

A captain calls his eleven-year-old son to come onboard for luck which seems to work as they make a catch so big they struggle getting back to the dock.

Dr. Oakley evaluates a baby muskox; the veterinary crew herds horses by utilizing a camera drone.

Dr. Oakley attempts to help ensure the future of a reindeer herd as she conducts in-depth evaluations of two breeder bulls that may need treatment.

In the Yukon, a horse with a limp and an overweight dog are carefully treated by Dr. Oakley, a veterinarian with many years of experience.

Dr. Oakley has to castrate a yak bull that's not taking to the anesthesia, and then she needs to sedate a lynx with a second cat nearby being a distraction.

Dr. Oakley is busy at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve treating a caribou that has fast-growing, giant warts on its face and a mountain goat with a mangled foot.

Dr. Oakley celebrates spring by helping a caribou fight the heat, delivering a weak cow's oversized calf and saving a horse by removing it's infected eye.

Two people find themselves in the hospital when several house visits become frightening.

Dr. Oakely treats a golden eagle that got stuck in tar, an overheated muskox, a dairy goat with a bruised udder; and a yak needing castration.

Dr. Oakley uses the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center to test wild elk for disease and finds herself pushed to the limit attempting to neuter a wolverine.

Dr. Oakley wrangles a bunch of rogue horses, solves a miniature horse's medical mystery, and gives first exams to eight sled dog puppies.

As summer gets into full swing, Dr. Oakley treats a sled dog that has porcupine quills in its face and eyeball; the vet's daughter helps rescue a bald eagle.

A muskrat attack sends a dog to Pol Vet and Dr. Nicole has exciting news.

The farm braces for a major snowstorm looming over Central Michigan as Dr. Pol answers an emergency farm call.

A Chihuahua's labor stalls and a curious cat gets hooked.

Spring brings a baby boom of goats, reindeer, cuddly kittens and Labrador pups; Charles and Diane surprise the docs on Vet Appreciation Day.

A bulldog fights for every breath as Dr. Lauren searches for a solution.

Dr. Pol welcomes a new vet to the clinic, introducing Dr. Olivia; Dr. Brenda treats a cat with a burned paw and a K9 deputy is injured on the job.

For over 40 years, Dr. Pol has helped kids show animals at the county fair; for families, it's a tradition going back generations.

Lisa treats a cow suffering from a postpartum emergency; as Mother's Day approached, Doc and Charles cook up a special treat for Diane and Beth.

Exploring the personal lives of rural vets.