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THE INCREDIBLE DR. POL follows Dr. Pol as he travels across rural Michigan to care for every family pet and head of livestock in need of expertise and kindness. Treating numerous patients, including horses, pigs, cows, sheep, alpacas, goats, cats, dogs and even an occasional reindeer, Dr. Pol is not your average vet. The Schroeders’ dedication to their hometown, and the animals that are a part of it, is what makes them invaluable members of their local community. Leading veterinary dermatologist Dr. Joya and her protégé Dr. Jeff see it all in their Kentucky-based animal dermatology clinic. From impacted earwax to oozing cysts to massive hair loss, there’s no case too mysterious or bizarre.

Ben and Erin Schroeder put thousands upon thousands of miles on their truck as they crisscross America’s Heartland, employing their expertise to treat all creatures great and small. From furry pets at the clinic to herds of cattle by the hundreds, few vets have the skill and heart to take on the unique challenges that come their way every day. The Schroeders’s dedication to their hometown, and the animals that are a part of it, is what makes them invaluable members of their local community. This senior is anything but retiring as he takes an old-school, no-nonsense approach to veterinary medicine.

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“There’s so much being made, it’s ridiculous,” said Reccow, speculating that our own pandemic isolation might be driving our desire to virtually set out into the big, wide world outside our door. In spite of initial jitters, all the students found participating in the show rewarding. Dan Cimino, another second-year student who plans to specialize in large animal care and also had a starring role in the show, admitted he was a little nervous at first being on camera, but after the first few weeks, he began to relax. To ensure the dog overcomes this health struggle, Dr. Pol puts the canine in a splint — a task that catches his granddaughter’s interest. A pot-bellied pig has an obstruction in her stomach; a salomon boa presents with a respiratory infection; a black swan is hit by a car; a 5-year-old ferret is diagnosed with a fatal pancreatic cancer; a turtle must lay 12 eggs to avoid surgery. Elsewhere, a growth is found on a rabbit’s uterus and wild birds are treated.

One particular case in the series premiere follows a few-week old Siberian Husky named Buttercup. As Dr. Joya says at one point in the episode, the puppy is at death’s door and they can’t figure out why at first, with all signs pointing to some kind of auto-immune disease. Get the tissues ready for the roller coaster of emotions as we watch this furry friend get diagnosed with a condition that is rare in adult dogs and even rarer in youngsters. The first episode of the new series focuses on some canine friends, one with a growth and several dozen ticks, another with “Wooly worms,” hair growth in a dog’s ear. While some cases have you mad at the owners of the dogs, every case has you rooting for Dr. Joya to figure out what the pups need. We’ve all seen it, as our pets age, they begin to show signs of vision deterioration.

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This series documents how Dr. Oakley juggles being a full-time vet, wife and mom with a sense of humor and devotion. And here I should note that, reality TV codes aside, there were a pair of veterinarians on set at all times along with the camera crew to ensure health and safety of the dogs. Assures Reccow, “There were daily rations for the dogs, but not the people.” Good to know, as we humans are much more OK with watching our fellow people suffer for our enjoyment.

Filmed in and around rough-and-tumble Maine locations from Rangeley to Aroostook County, the NatGeo series pits these human-dog teams against the worst and wildest the Maine woods has to offer – at least thanks to Platte and Reccow. The routine vet visit captured in this clip is one of many examples of how Dr. Pol has helped animals over the years. Being able to show these procedures on television is important to the veterinarian because the content educates pet parents on how to best care for their furry friends. No day is ordinary for these dynamic vets across the Australian coast as they tackle cases like no other.