Back to Pack Rescue Shelter Inc.

1. We rescue strays from Northern Manitoba in the Island Lakes Community. Many of these dogs are found at dump sites on the reserves scavenging for food. They can become a danger to the northern communities when their food source becomes scarce. There are many instances of dog bites occuring when a dog is hungry in these northern communities. Back to Pack Rescue Shelter (BPR) works in partnership with Indigenous people in Gardenhill MB and is well-known. We have volunteers who live in these communities that give us tips on where stray dogs are. We also never take dogs without permission from people who are living on reserve. 2. To champion dog training before a dog is placed in a home to prevent dog surrender.   Training the dogs based on science psychology and using fear-free methods (Use and follow the Humane Hierarchy Model - https://www.themoderndogtrainer.net/humane-hierarchy-behavior-modification-explained/ ). This is a very delicate process and has taken years to formulate. We are quite proud of the training process and it has many benefits. These benefits include less aggressive behaviors from dogs understanding of partnership between dogs and humans (rather than dominance -preventing animal abuse) raising companion animals that can aide people with mental health issues and preventing re-homing of dogs through education of people and dogs. 3. To provide desperately needed dog food for families living on reserve who cannot afford to feed their dogs. We provide dog food to community members on reserve who do not have enough money to feed their dogs. Dog food that is donated is always given to specific Indigenous families who own dogs up north (this prevents scavenging behaviors of dogs and therefore decreases bite rates by dogs in the community). A lot of rescue organizations don't realize randomly dumping food and giving to stray dogs can increase their scavenging behaviors and in turn lead to people getting bitten. We focus on helping Indigenous families who live up north who have dogs as companions. 4. Providing Free Training/education to public monthly to help training the dogs to avoid re-homing in the future. We also plan to partner with other rescues in providing free training to the family who adopts dogs from them.