We have a love for dogs and it shows!

We rescue sick, injured, neglected, homeless, starving, abused dogs and puppies! We place them into loving foster homes for a minimum 2-week quarantine period until they are ready to be adopted through our adoption program. And we do not just bring puppies into rescue. We also work to ensure that the mama dogs also come into the rescue, to be spayed, and not left in the community to continue having litters.

We strongly believe in spaying and neutering, not only because it is the foundation for which SOHR was built, but because it saves lives! We have completed eight mobile spay/neuter/vaccination clinics to date. In 2019, we completed a mobile clinic in Roseau River. In May 2018, we completed a mobile clinic in Sandy Bay where 46 dogs were spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and dewormed. In February 2017, we partnered with other rescue groups to spay/neuter 80 dogs from 8 First Nations communities. In May 2017, SOHR and our team of dedicated volunteers ran a mobile spay/neuter clinic with Dr. Keri Hudson Reykdal, which saw 50 dogs fixed in Pinaymootang First Nation (Fairford). In 2016 we also completed vaccination and deworming clinics in South Indian Lake and Roseau River and a mobile spay/neuter clinic in Little Black River. And we also work with Northern Manitoba Paws in Need to spay/neuter/vaccinate dogs from South Indian Lake.

By helping to control the overpopulation of dogs and preventing unwanted litters from being born into poverty and homelessness, we are partnering with Indigenous communities to help make their communities safer.

Almost 98% of our dogs come from Indigenous communities in Manitoba.

This is all possible with the assistance of community-based animal advocates who actively work within their communities to save dogs by reaching out for assistance to rescues such as SOHR. We rescue dogs in need at the invitation of the community.

We also work collaboratively with other rescue groups to find placements for dogs in need of rescue. 

We most often work with:

• Northern Manitoba Paws in Need
• Save a Dog Network
• South Indian Lake Rescue
• Manitoba All Shepherd Rescue
• Before the Bridge Senior K9 Rescue