Heart and Soil Dogs

22/04/2024

We 🫶🏽 muzzles, here are some of the reasons why from The Muzzle Movement:

21/04/2024

As a dog behaviourist, ruling out medical causes for behavioural changes and challenges is really important. By working in partnership with the dog's vet and other professionals involved in the dog's life as well as the owners can not only give a holistic picture of the behaviours that are being dis...

21/04/2024

In honor of our INCREDIBLE volunteers and to end off , we want to say THANK YOU and tell the story of Kate.
Without our team and network, we couldn’t save dogs. We appreciate you!
(While we would love to recognize each and every volunteer we simply wouldn’t have the time, it’s been an incredible year so this is for ALL of you).

The indomitable Camberley Kate, aka Kate Ward, and her stray dogs in England 1962.
Camberley Kate was born on June 13, 1895 in Middlesbrough. Orphaned before the age of ten, she was raised by an aunt in a strict religious atmosphere. As a young girl she went into service and eventually found her way to Camberley. In later years she once claimed to have been head cook at the RMC at the time of the Battle of the Somme, even though she was only 21 years old.
She also mentioned that she knew what it was like to be homeless.
In 1943, Kate bought a cottage in Yorktown and soon took in her first stray, a dog that was about to be euthanized because of lameness.
Over time, the number of dogs in her home grew - some tied to her door, others left in carriers, others brought to her by police or other authorities. By the end of her life, she estimated that she had cared for more than 600 dogs.
Kate and her olive green handcart marked "STRAY DOGS" were a familiar sight in the area as she pushed it from Yorktown to Camberley every day.
She died on August 4, 1979.

21/04/2024

NO REGRETS!
Friendly reminder local ice cream shops are open now and most of them have a pup cup option! Hint hint, nudge nudge!

21/04/2024

Some of the amazing and incredible team who have helped our rescue immensely this year. Carnegy Animal Hospital is absolutely one of the best. Enjoy the conference everyone!!

Igniting our passion for animal care at the Atlantic Provinces Veterinary Conference weekend! Our Carnegy Animal Hospital team members are embracing knowledge and skills that will fuel our mission to provide the best care possible for our clients and patients. A few extra pens in our swag bags? You betcha! 😉

21/04/2024

Darlings phenomenal foster family held this fundraiser for her and they have a winner!!!
Brittany and Anthony have gone above and beyond for Darling and they deserve a HUGE pay on the back. They jumped up to save her once and are now jumping in to help her again. Amazing.

You guys are just incredible and we are so lucky to have you on our (and Darlings) team 🫶🏽🐾👏🏼.

20/04/2024

WILBUR! Go HOME!
If anyone else sees Wilbur on the lam in New Germany: he is friendly and his people would very much like to get him home.
He’s been hanging out on the trail system munching up the spring foliage for two days now - probably completely unbothered his family are missing him. Silly piggie!

UPDATE: FOUND

A male, black in color Pot Bellied Pig named Wilbur is loose, and was last seen in the Pinehurst area om Hwy 10. He is very friendly. A reward is being offered if caught. If seen or found, please call 902-298-7010

19/04/2024

May 4th we’ll be at this phenomenal event at New Germany Rural High School! Come say hi and meet some adoptable, local dogs.

🌟🌟Take a peek at the on Heart and Soil Dogs!🌟🌟

🐾🦴They have a dog rescue where they have adoptable puppies!🐕🐕‍🦺🐶

If you have any questions for them, they are very knowledgeable and will be happy to assist you at the Mother’s Day Sip & Shop! 🐕🐩🐕‍🦺🐾🦴

What a great team!🙂💐🌸

19/04/2024

They better have paid this handsome gentleman for his guide services! 🤣👏🏼🐾🫶🏽

18/04/2024

18/04/2024

Pea would like to wish everyone a good morning!
(Except landlords that don’t allow pets).

Hope your day is sunny, stress-free and great today!
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18/04/2024

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18/04/2024

Our pals at Salty Dogs Barkery have been a huge help this year! They sent us delicious snacks during the wildfires, some more recently for Sweet Pea and now have helped us gain important donations. This family-run business is one of the best. We love their treats, their mindset and their love of dogs. Thanks guys!!

18/04/2024

What a fun event at Steele Wheels in HRM!

Steele Wheels is getting su-pup-purr excited for May 4th!! 🐶🐱🐾

There is no better joyriding copilot than your unconditionally loving best friend…with fur!
Join the Joy Ride!

Bring your best friend, those with fur and those without, to Steele Wheels and take in our pet-friendly marketplace and beer garden, including lots of local breweries and featuring Crafty Beasts Brewing Company and the launch of their latest pup-beer, Catch Pumpkin Ale! 0% Alcohol, 100% pup-approved!!

Funds will be raised for APAC (All People for Animals in Cuba)! Did you know that Cuba has no animal welfare laws?! 🙀💔
Let’s get together to help them and introduce you to some fabulous Cuban rescue pups and their amazing parents!

We will have prizes, exciting food specials, and the cutest museum guests ever! 🐾

$12 Adults, $10 Seniors/Students, Children 12 and under and fur-kids are always free with a paying adult!

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17/04/2024

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17/04/2024

Look at this amazing update and Gotcha Day anniversary for Ivy! She has the best life with sis Wheezie and her amazing parents. Dani is a pro and Ivy gets to enjoy all kinds of fun when she goes to work with mum at Paws & Biscuits. If you live in the Dartmouth area and need some support with dog walks, Dani is one of the best. Yay Ivy Girl🫶🏽🐾.

17/04/2024

🤩🥳We have an exciting new raffle to share!🥳🤩
Our 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚁𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚎 is going live RIGHT NOW!
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝙻𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙴𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝙱𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚕

🐾 Tickets are $20/each - paid via e transfer to [email protected].
🐾 100 spots available with all proceeds going to our vet account with Carnegy Animal Hospital in Clayton Park. We have roughly $1615.00 worth of surgeries scheduled for May and this raffle will allow us to cover them!
🐾 Draw will take place when all 100 spots are sold.
🐾 This post will be updated daily with names & numbers of those who have purchased spaces (if you are purchasing a spot as a gift you must notify us of the name to be used in the e transfer memo section).
🐾 Kennel needs to be picked up from Ace It Canine Academy in Harrietsfield NS. The kennel can NOT be shipped - sorry.

🫶We thank everyone who supports this fundraiser and wish you all luck!! This is one heck of a prize!! Please share!!🫶

HERE WE GO:
1. Brooke Clarke
2. Brooke Clarke
3. Brandi MacIntosh
4. Brandi MacIntosh
5. Sophie Cormier
6. Desiree Nickerson
7. Whitney Karrel
8. Whitney Karrel
9. Tessa Savelkoel
10. Ashton Nash
11. Bailey Karrel
12. Michele Hubley
13. Jason Benedict
14. Julia Hubley
15. Julia Hubley
16. Julia Hubley
17. Julia Hubley
18. Julia Hubley
19. Bronwyn Brent
20. Leigh-Ann Young
21. Teryn Barry
22. Ian Clarke
23. Ian Clarke
24. Emily Corkum
25. Dawn Morin
26. Victoria Macdow
27. Pam Ritcey
28. Annalise Wentzell
29. Tabea Stawitz
30. Tabea Stawitz
31. Bailey Karrel
32. Karli Slaunwhite
33. Karli Slaunwhite
34. Kelly Baillie
35. Kelly Baillie
36. Megan Pagniello
37. Megan Pagniello
38. Megan Pagniello
39. Sandra Champion

17/04/2024

🚫🕷️💌More parasite prevention is on its way Foster Fams.💌🕷️🚫

15/04/2024

Jax just over there living his best life.
Hard to believe this puppy was on the euthanasia floor this time last year! Jax, you look so grown up!

Jax living his best life

15/04/2024

Winnie is loving Buddy's Place Doggy Daycare & Boarding !!!

15/04/2024

Kiki (aka Kyoshi) visited the beach!
This girl has been such an inspiration to our team. She’s shown us how truly resilient a dog can be. She is one of the most brave and loving girls we’ve had. She’s currently being fostered by Cait and Austin and loving it. She also received a wonderful application for adoption!! Fingers crossed she can make one more leap into her new life soon. Yay Kiki.

15/04/2024

Help us, help them.
Our rescue is unique in that we often times take the dogs no one else will. We work with behaviours, anxiety, trauma and pets who grieve. We’ve helped dog escape euthanasia dates, dogs who were lost in the woods and some dogs who have specific needs. We can’t support ANY of these dogs without our foster fams.

We don’t believe the moment a dog is rescued that “it has a fresh slate”, in fact we think the opposite. This is where foster fams really are the MVPs of rescue. They take the time to support our rescues, get to know them, understand their needs and ways of communicating and give their nervous systems a chance to settle. They do this with all supplies required, a full team of support staff available, certified trainers and a vet team behind them. All they need is a safe place to land with someone willing to give them a chance.

If that’s you and you want to make an impact on the local homeless population or dogs seized due to breed bias, hit us up at www.heartandsoildogs.com and fill out our foster form.

If you’re unable to be a foster fam: we are always building our transport network, volunteer team for in-person events and online presence.
Please share.

15/04/2024

15/04/2024

Dakota is having a blast with her URBN PUP fam!

Happy Monday ☀️

This super sweet girl is our newest addition to the UP fam - Dakota! Isn’t she just beautiful!? 💗😍

15/04/2024

📢 Calling all current Foster Fams 📢
In person training support is available in Bridgewater area on Tuesday and Friday this week.

📧 If you need some support email [email protected] to book a time to come to the farm 🚜 🫶🏽🐾.

14/04/2024

We have had a (typical) wild ride in rescue these past two weeks! We’ve been working with dogs, finalizing adoptions, reviewing new help requests and planning a ton of summer events.

We’re going to fill your feed with some feel-good PUPdates to end the weekend off right!

#10: Darling!
Darling is on an adoption trial/sleepover/hang out. She could care less what we call it, all she knows is she’s hanging with her buddy Freya amd loving it. Darling got to go to the beach, hang on the back deck in the sun and zoomie all around Shirley’s yard. She is having a great time and we hope this isn’t her last visit. Send her all the good vibes!!

14/04/2024

We have had a (typical) wild ride in rescue these past two weeks! We’ve been working with dogs, finalizing adoptions, reviewing new help requests and planning a ton of summer events.

We’re going to fill your feed with some feel-good PUPdates to end the weekend off right!

#9: Brutus!
This guy has been making INCREDIBLE progress with foster mom Lauren. He is learning so much and being exposed to everything perfectly. He is dog social, human friendly, smart as a whip and also absolutely hilarious. Brutus is available for adoption at www.heartandsoildogs.com 🫶🏽🐾.
This is him relaxing on the back deck tanning his belly🤣.

14/04/2024

We have had a (typical) wild ride in rescue these past two weeks! We’ve been working with dogs, finalizing adoptions, reviewing new help requests and planning a ton of summer events.

We’re going to fill your feed with some feel-good PUPdates to end the weekend off right!

#8: Rocky!
Rocky was one of seventeen northern dogs we rescued in December. Rocky was quickly a team favorite for his head tilts and hilarious personality. His adoptive family feel the same, he keeps them laughing. Rocky is growing to be such a handsome fellow! Happy ever after little dude.