Houston has a massive problem with backyard breeding and people not wanting to fix their pets. Therefore people take German shepherd and malinois puppies and then they dump them when the puppies become large adults and are hard to handle, as they don't train or socialize them. These dogs end up in bite quarantine and shelters or on the side of the roads. Save Some Souls have been saving lives of these hard to adopt dogs, by pulling them from streets and shelters, and sending them to foster homes, or training camps, where they get rehabbed. They receive obedience training, they go to daycare for socialization, and they work with a specialized trainer for behavior modification so that they could become adoptable. Dogs are taken from shelters or streets to the vet for an initial checkup, after which they go to foster homes. Once in foster homes, we get them fixed and chipped. We treat our heartworm positive dogs, and then we start looking for their perfect homes, all over USA and Canada. Then we aim to find the best matched homes for our dogs so that they could thrive and have the most wonderful happy, healthy life with their forever families. All the shelters in Houston are kill shelters. Therefore, our first mission is to rescue the most vulnerable pet from the streets so that they don't end up in a shelter where they are further traumatized and euthanized. Secondly, our mission is to rescue from the shelter an urgent dog who is up for euthanasia due to lack of space and interest from local adopters. Thirdly, our mission is to move the dogs in our care to their perfectly matched forever homes, so we can open space in the foster home to save the next one. Since our dogs are large and protective breed, we have to be extra careful about where to place them, so that they are not endangering their adopters or their family members, at the same time they are themselves not at risk by going to the wrong home. Our pets are companion animals, and not service animals. After adoption, our fosters and adoptive families keep in touch with each other. We take back our pets if an adoption does not work out. Our commitment is forever to our pets, therefore, we reserve the rights to cancel an adoption at any time, if we suddenly discover something that makes the adoption detrimental to the pet and the adopters. Once we have rescued an animal, we stand by them forever. In many instances, we have had puppies who suddenly became sick with parvo, or distemper, or coccidia. We have saved their lives by making sure they get the best treatment. We have also rehabbed and placed many reactive and unadoptable dogs, such as Strider, Rocco, and Justice, to name but a few, in homes that are perfect for their temperament. We do not euthanize our aggressive dogs, as we work with our trainers to understand the problem first, and then, either they stay in permanent foster care, or they find the homes that are willing to put in the work with us. Our entire adoption fee goes towards the vetting of our dogs. Many times we have to raise funds to help with additional vetting. We aim to have a sanctuary by the end of 2024 where we can house our unadoptable and senior dogs, so that we won't have to say no to a needy animal for lack of space.
