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00:00Come on, hey.
00:01Come on.
00:04I could never date somebody that doesn't like dogs.
00:06I agree. If you don't like dogs, you have a problem.
00:09Yeah, you have serious issues.
00:10How do you not like dogs? Come on.
00:11There's a difference between liking dogs and being obsessed with dogs.
00:15And I think we're just on another level.
00:17All right, what are we doing today?
00:18We're going to save some puppies.
00:20We'll do anything to help dogs in need.
00:24I am a running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
00:27But my real job is dog rescuer.
00:30I am in real estate.
00:32I love working with people and finding them their forever house.
00:35It's kind of the same thing for me as finding someone their forever dog.
00:38Oh, right there.
00:39Okay, we got three here.
00:41I've been involved in rescue for 18 years now.
00:43It's my purpose in life.
00:45Hello. Hello, baby.
00:48I remember seeing Alex through Instagram.
00:52She's rescuing all these dogs.
00:53And I'm like, is she even real?
00:55Like, is this a fake account?
00:57Babe, I'm in love.
00:59I've traveled the world rescuing dogs.
01:01I'll keep doing this work until every dog has a safe place.
01:05Brady is ride or die for this city.
01:12Last year, one of the best seasons of my life.
01:14Two touchdowns for Oliveira.
01:17I'm a hometown boy.
01:18I would love to continue to play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
01:21But my contract's up after this year.
01:24So I need to make sure I have another good season so I can stay in Winnipeg and keep rescuing
01:28dogs.
01:29All got maned, hey?
01:31Yeah, bad.
01:32Rescue is one of the most emotional things that I've ever done.
01:39You got to celebrate the small wins.
01:42Oh, my goodness.
01:44Because there's some dogs that we have to leave behind.
01:47The dogs that we can save, you get to see them transform.
01:50You get to see them feel safe and love.
01:52That's what makes it worth it.
02:09My coffee maker, I hope it works.
02:12It hasn't been working lately.
02:14It'll work.
02:15Don't stare right at it.
02:17Oh!
02:21This is what it's been doing.
02:26Why do rescues have to start so early?
02:29We are up so early because we got a call from one of our contacts
02:32and we're about to drive two hours to Sandy Bay to go pick up some dogs.
02:37Is this good, you think?
02:38Did you do the second speed?
02:40No.
02:40You got to do second speed.
02:43You put it a little high.
02:46Well, now it's good.
02:50Good job, babe.
02:52You guys want to go outside and play for a bit?
02:53Go outside, buddy.
02:54Come on.
02:55Yeah?
02:56Unleash the hounds.
02:59Come on.
03:00Where's your ball gunner?
03:01We have four dogs.
03:03Brady had Nellie and Gunner before, and I had Lady.
03:07Lady, come on, baby.
03:09Come on, my girl.
03:09And we recently just adopted wasabi.
03:14Someone destroyed this one.
03:16Yeah, that was probably, uh, that was probably wasabi.
03:19It's a blended family.
03:20It's a blended family, yeah.
03:22It took some time, but I'm glad they all get along now,
03:24because if they didn't get along, I think this might have been done.
03:31Well, just think.
03:32Yeah, no, no.
03:32Yeah, he's not wrong.
03:33He's not wrong.
03:37We got to go to a rescue run.
03:39You guys have to stay here.
03:44All right, are they good?
03:46Yeah, I mean, we have to go, so.
03:48We met through dog rescue.
03:51At the beginning, the age thing for me, I was like, I'm not going there.
03:54Like, he's an infant.
03:57Infant?
03:58Well, you know what I mean?
04:00You were a baby.
04:01I wasn't that young.
04:02You were like 23?
04:05No, I was like 24.
04:07Oh, sorry, 24.
04:09I'm eight and a half years older, but you didn't really care at all.
04:13Age is just a number, you know?
04:14Yeah.
04:15And now, like, now we've come to realize I'm actually way more immature than he is anyway,
04:20so it kind of balanced out.
04:21That is true.
04:22Kind of balanced out.
04:23That is true.
04:24Okay, kiddos.
04:24Gunner!
04:25We got to go.
04:26He's my partner, my best friend, my rescue partner.
04:30I couldn't imagine my life without him.
04:33Now I'm awake.
04:35Really?
04:35Yep.
04:36It's rescue day.
04:40Whoa.
04:41All right.
04:42Let's get it.
04:49In every community that we go to, there seems to be a few individuals that are also dog-crazy
04:54like us, doing the work every single day.
04:57This boat.
04:58Aw, hey, sweetheart.
05:00But he was bony.
05:00Yeah, he looks better already.
05:03You've been feeding him good.
05:04Yeah.
05:05We're at Donna's place today to help out with Bones.
05:07He's a skinny puppy that wandered onto her property that she's been feeding and taking care of.
05:11He needs medication.
05:12Okay.
05:13Yeah.
05:13Well, we'll take good care of him.
05:15Bones, Donna saved your life, buddy.
05:18Donna is unbelievable.
05:20She's a gem.
05:20Yeah, very big heart.
05:21She takes in dogs and holds them for us and cares for them until we're able to go and get
05:25them from her.
05:26Yeah, here.
05:27We'll leave you a bag of food in case another dog comes around.
05:29Yeah.
05:30You bud?
05:31You're pretty cute.
05:32I think you'll get a home pretty quick.
05:33So once we rescue them, we drive them back to Winnipeg and get the dogs into foster care.
05:38Once the dog is deemed healthy, then they are ready to get adopted.
05:42You saved them for us.
05:43Yeah.
05:43So thank you.
05:44We really appreciate it.
05:45Say thanks for taking care of me.
05:46Say thanks, Donna.
05:47Bye, Bones.
05:49Aw.
05:50Dogs know when someone's gonna help them.
05:53I play a team sport, and I need everyone on the field to be on the same page for us
05:58to
05:58have a successful play.
05:59Bye, Bones.
06:00In the line of rescue, there's so many moving parts, and you kind of need everyone to work
06:05together for the same common goal to bring that dog into safety.
06:09I think that's why I love rescue so much.
06:12How are you doing?
06:13Good to see you, man.
06:14Can we come and get the doggies?
06:16Yes.
06:16We are at Mervyn's place picking up two strays that he's been looking after.
06:21There we go.
06:23When we got her, her ribs were showing, and she was all bony.
06:26Really?
06:27Oh, my gosh.
06:27She put on a lot of weight.
06:28Mervyn is one of our community contacts in Sandy Bay.
06:32I really appreciate him, and he always is there to relay messages to us if there's
06:36any dogs that, you know, need us.
06:38And what's this one's name?
06:41Daisy.
06:43The overpopulation in Manitoba is wild.
06:47Hi, Daisy.
06:49One pregnant female can have 13 puppies, and half of those can be female, and then all
06:55of them are going to have puppies.
06:57So it's just this cycle that happens very fast.
07:00The garbage road just about ran her over.
07:03Yeah.
07:03She was running beside the wheel.
07:04And we were worried.
07:06Can you come with us?
07:09Let's get you guys to the car.
07:14Go in there, baby.
07:16I like your shirt.
07:18Yeah, there you go.
07:19Score him a touchdown.
07:20For helping with the dogs, you get a touchdown.
07:22Let's go.
07:23Awesome.
07:24Well, thank you guys so much.
07:25Thanks, buddy.
07:26Appreciate it.
07:26Appreciate it a lot.
07:27Take care.
07:29All right.
07:30That's three?
07:31That's three.
07:32One more?
07:33Apparently, there's a house with some puppies.
07:38Hi there.
07:40Mervyn told us that you had a mum and some pups you needed help with?
07:43Yeah.
07:45Behind this white shed?
07:48Mervyn was contacted by his neighbor, who was concerned for a stray dog who wandered onto
07:53their property and gave birth to some puppies.
07:56Oh, there's a mama.
07:58Where are the puppies?
07:59Oh, I hear them.
08:03They're under the shed.
08:05Oh, my...
08:08You can't see it?
08:09I can't see anything.
08:10Do you have your phone for light?
08:18Oh, there they are.
08:20They're deep under there.
08:22Typically, a nursing mum will find somewhere safe to keep her puppies.
08:26Hey, baby.
08:28You think you can even fit under there, though?
08:30I don't even know if I'll fit under there, babe.
08:31I won't be able to.
08:33So, she chose a shed with a very, very, very small opening.
08:37How are we going to get under here?
08:42Would Annette work?
08:43No, they're too far back.
08:44I can't even see them anymore.
08:46We have to get them.
08:48Yeah, we'll get them.
08:48Come here, baby.
08:53I can't fit.
08:54You want to help us?
08:55Sure.
08:56Nice.
08:57What's your name?
08:57Lance.
08:58Lance.
08:59Thank you, Lance.
08:59You sure you can fit in there?
09:01I think so.
09:02Okay.
09:02Let's go, buddy.
09:04Lance, he's been taking care of the puppies.
09:07And looking at them, we're like, you are the size we need.
09:10You can definitely fit under there.
09:12You can definitely fit.
09:13Keep crawling.
09:14Keep crawling.
09:15Oh, thank you.
09:16Yeah, keep crawling.
09:19You're getting closer, though.
09:20Is he?
09:21Oh, yeah.
09:21Okay.
09:23Okay.
09:24Keep going.
09:25You got this.
09:26You got it, bud.
09:28Oh, nice.
09:29He's there.
09:29Got him?
09:30He has him.
09:31You got both of them?
09:32Yeah.
09:33Don't let go.
09:33Yes, Lance.
09:35Wait.
09:36Oh, my gosh.
09:37Yes.
09:38Hero.
09:39Please.
09:40Look at what you saved.
09:42To see Lance crawling under that shed, it speaks volumes of who he is as a person.
09:47Oh, thanks, Lance.
09:51Hold on.
09:52Is there one way?
09:56Do you see him or no?
09:57Do you see him or no?
09:58Yeah.
09:59Oh, my goodness.
10:00There's another puppy.
10:02Oh, my God.
10:02We can't.
10:03We can't leave one.
10:13Do you see him or no?
10:14Do you see him or no?
10:15Yeah.
10:16Take a look.
10:20Oh, yeah.
10:20Look.
10:20See his little face?
10:22After we had gotten the two puppies, we were, like, ready to leave.
10:26We were like, yes, we got them.
10:27Like, let's get out of here with the mum.
10:29And then you just hear, like, and we're like, oh, my goodness, there's another puppy.
10:34Come on, baby.
10:36I don't know if you're going to be able to get him.
10:38He's so deep back there.
10:40What's the other side of the shed look like?
10:47No, there's no other way in.
10:49Okay, well, we have to go with the plan here, like.
10:50I know.
10:53Could it be lifted up?
10:55Can we lift this up?
10:57Yeah?
10:58Yeah.
11:01Where do you think, though?
11:02From the side here or the front?
11:05We rescue dogs.
11:07I don't know much else about much else.
11:08Like, I thought that was a mini lawnmower.
11:14Okay.
11:15If this...
11:16Yeah, if this falls, you're .
11:19Where is he?
11:20There he is.
11:21He's right there.
11:22Come on, buddy.
11:24Come on, buddy.
11:25Come on.
11:27Come here, baby.
11:28Babe, if this jack doesn't hold, you're crushed.
11:31I know.
11:33Babe.
11:35I know, but he's coming.
11:36Look at him.
11:37Look at him.
11:37He's coming.
11:38He's coming.
11:39Come on, baby.
11:39Come on, baby.
11:40Come on.
11:41What's this?
11:43Yes.
11:44Oh, my gosh.
11:46Oh, you little munchkin.
11:49Oh, my gosh.
11:51Oh, you little munchkin.
11:51You troublemaker.
11:55Why were you freaking out?
11:57Because your arm.
11:58Yeah.
11:58Better my arm than yours.
12:00I would have died saving puppies.
12:02There's no better way to go.
12:03That's a good way going out.
12:04Yeah.
12:05I mean, I would have missed you.
12:06And I don't think I'd die from a broken arm.
12:08Although I might, actually, because I'm so dramatic.
12:10That would have crushed your arm.
12:13All that work for this little thing.
12:17Worth it.
12:18Lance, you're a hero.
12:20Thank you, sir.
12:21Thanks, bro.
12:21Thank you for your service today.
12:23Thank you, dude.
12:23If you weren't here, there's no way we were going to get those puppies.
12:26Okay.
12:26Let's load them up.
12:27We can take them to our house.
12:28Are you insane?
12:29What?
12:30It's like a little football.
12:31Look, let's hear it, pups.
12:32Look.
12:32Where's your mom?
12:33Hey.
12:34Look.
12:35At least we can rest our heads tonight knowing that no pup was left behind underneath that shed.
12:39Yeah.
12:39Tired, dirty, but satisfied.
12:42Worth it.
12:42Worth it.
12:46Oh, it's okay.
12:48Time to get back to the city.
12:55All right.
12:55See you later.
12:56Have a good day.
12:57Go make some money, baby.
12:59Off season doesn't mean there's any off days.
13:02Go slang them houses.
13:03Okay.
13:04Let's go.
13:05Yeah, I have more time for rescues, but I never stop training.
13:10Because I'm always trying to find ways to better myself so that I'm coming to the next season in the
13:15best shape possible.
13:16What are you doing, Demar?
13:18Doing good.
13:19All right.
13:20Training camp is in three weeks, so us offensive guys, we're going to do some drill work together.
13:25Receivers.
13:26AK's a receiver.
13:26Nick's a receiver.
13:28Then me, the running back.
13:29So we'll do some routes, top-of-the-route work.
13:37I grew up coming to Bomber games when I was a kid.
13:39I just kind of look around and just how lucky I am playing for my hometown team.
13:45Gets it down to Olivera.
13:47He does a whole lot more with it.
13:49Brady Olivera!
13:51Touchdown!
13:52Last season was one of the best seasons of my career.
13:56A CFL All-Star award.
13:58I was the most outstanding Canadian in the league, and I was also the most outstanding player of the league.
14:03So yeah, it was quite the year.
14:05Back on the ground to Brady Olivera.
14:07Olivera breaking tables.
14:08They are inside the 15!
14:11Playing for my hometown team.
14:12I got love and support from so many people here, and it's incredible.
14:21You know, last year, losing that great cup in Vancouver.
14:25Is he gonna take it all the way? Touchdown, Toronto!
14:29Toronto is the great cup champion.
14:31I think that's one game in particular I don't think I'll ever let go.
14:37This year, great cup is happening right here at Winnipeg.
14:42This is the side I gotta work on the left side.
14:44Yeah.
14:45So there's nothing more that I would want for us to play here and win the great cup for our
14:50fans.
14:52I think every Winnipegger wants to see us in that game.
14:54We've let them down the last couple of seasons.
14:58We need to win it for them.
15:10How many big ones are there?
15:11Six.
15:12That should be okay.
15:13So maybe a few more mediums.
15:15Because I feel like the dogs are either large or...
15:19Yeah, I gotta know what's fitting in this.
15:20Another early morning rescue run.
15:22Early morning rescue.
15:23Yeah, with canine advocacy.
15:25A few hours outside of Winnipeg to pick up some dogs.
15:27I could've went to the Jets game in the box today.
15:30See the things you do for dogs.
15:31Make sure you tell every dog.
15:33My buddy Ryan is coming along with us today and he's the one who got me involved in rescue.
15:37We're ready to roll, yeah?
15:38Are we ready to save some lives?
15:42Gorgeous.
15:47Canine advocacy has been given a very long list from the community members.
15:51So we have a lot of dogs to pick up today.
15:54Well, let's start with the easy ones first.
15:56Let's start with this one.
15:56Oh, here we go.
15:58Yep.
15:58There we go.
15:59There we go.
15:59You're okay, sweetheart.
16:00We're bringing in strays, unwanted dogs, injured dogs.
16:05Oh boy.
16:06Which one do we want to push you in?
16:08It's extremely critical to rescue as many dogs as we can before winter hits.
16:13Our winters are very, very cold.
16:15We gotta try to get the brown one.
16:17The amount of to more winters are brutal.
16:19Oh my goodness.
16:21It's just the sad reality of it.
16:23You know, the dogs that are living outdoors.
16:26Not many of them survive, unfortunately.
16:28She's skittish, this one.
16:30Okay, Ryan, how you wanna do this?
16:31We got enough people here that we'll be able to corner it.
16:34We just gotta keep it from all the other dogs.
16:36Yeah.
16:37Ryan, wanna try food?
16:38Yeah, that would definitely help, yeah.
16:40I think we have to corner her.
16:42She's gonna go for the food.
16:45Just give him some space.
16:47Patience.
16:48Yeah.
16:50Uh-oh, are you doing it?
16:51Quiet, quiet.
16:55There we go.
16:57You're okay, buddy, hey?
17:00There you go.
17:01Thank you, sir.
17:02Feel strong?
17:03Oh, yeah.
17:03I'll go back door.
17:06Come here, baby girl.
17:08Is there a crate ready for her?
17:09I can probably pick her up.
17:12Yes.
17:13Let's get you in the crate.
17:15There you go, my sweet girl.
17:17That's all the ones from here, eh?
17:18Just that?
17:19All the ones from here, yeah.
17:20Just one quick van ride.
17:25Okay, got the front?
17:26Yeah.
17:27Grab the back there.
17:28Okay.
17:29Got him?
17:29Yeah.
17:29Okay.
17:31Rescue is so much more than the frontline rescue work.
17:34Okay, baby.
17:35It's okay, honey.
17:36There's so much more behind the scenes that happens.
17:40There's hundreds of volunteers that help with fostering.
17:58It takes a village.
18:04Like, it really takes an amazing group of people.
18:08It's okay, baby.
18:13She's so scared.
18:18Maybe we could keep her in a garage for a little bit, because she has nowhere to go.
18:22Really?
18:22Yeah.
18:23There was a lot of dogs and not as many fosters, so we are taking a dog.
18:28We're not expecting that.
18:30We're going to have a fifth dog at home now.
18:31Yeah.
18:32All right.
18:33You're coming with us.
18:40Come on, Stella.
18:43Stella.
18:43Oh, you're such a good girl.
18:45So, we've just rescued Stella, and we have committed to fostering her.
18:51She is the most, like, cuddly, affectionate dog.
18:55Like, this dog just wants so much love.
18:57She loves our dogs.
18:58She just became a part of the family very, very quickly.
19:03Come on, Stella.
19:04Lala.
19:10Come on, baby.
19:12Come on.
19:13Good girl.
19:13You're walking.
19:15Got to the vet with Stella.
19:17We're going to take her in for an exam and get her checked out.
19:21It's okay.
19:22Come on.
19:22Let's go.
19:23Come on, Stella.
19:25Almost made it through the doors, eh?
19:27Good morning.
19:28Nice to see you again.
19:29Nice to see you.
19:30Nice to see you.
19:30How are you?
19:31This is a new puppy coming in.
19:33This is Stella.
19:34Yes, Stella.
19:34Pulled a bunch of ticks off of her.
19:36She's been itching, so I don't know if she has fleas.
19:38How old do they think?
19:40I'm not sure.
19:40The teeth look pretty good still.
19:42But she's got some gray, maybe like three or four.
19:45Probably it's a good guess.
19:47We'll take an x-ray and see what we have.
19:49Okay.
19:56So she has multiple BB gun bullets.
20:00Right under the skin.
20:03That's brutal.
20:04That breaks my heart.
20:07That's a one, two, three, four.
20:12Jesus.
20:12And I felt one on the leg.
20:14And they're BB pellets?
20:16Yeah.
20:17Yeah.
20:17Rescue isn't all sunshine and rainbows and cute puppy dogs.
20:22There's lots of highs and lows.
20:27You see the lows of dogs in unimaginable situations.
20:32You think about it, they got no voice.
20:34So how long did they actually suffer until someone stepped in?
20:38Mm-hmm.
20:38Ah, yes.
20:39You're the baby.
20:41You're the baby.
20:42You're such a sweet girl.
20:45So she is pregnant.
20:50She is, I would say, between 30 to 36 days, somewhere around there.
20:55So.
20:56So we have about a month.
20:57Yeah, months ago.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Wow.
21:00I guess she's going to stay with us now until she has the babies.
21:04Stella is pregnant.
21:07She's going to have to give birth somewhere.
21:08And we're going to have to involve her puppies then.
21:10So now the mindset shifts from a couple weeks to a couple months.
21:16It's just not ideal.
21:17It's going to be very, very busy.
21:19She's going to give birth while you're...
21:20Start of the season.
21:21Uh-huh.
21:22Busy times.
21:24Right in the thick of it, when I get super busy with my season,
21:27we're going to have a bunch of newborn babies in our garage.
21:30Watch.
21:31It'll be on, like, your first home game.
21:33Are you going to make me miss Daddy's first home game?
21:36Next time on Must Love Dogs.
21:38So there's six puppies?
21:40They all got mage, eh?
21:41Yeah, bad.
21:42They could end up dying from this infection.
21:44Come on, Stella Ella.
21:45We just want to try to, like, pinpoint exactly how many puppies there are.
21:49Two, three, four, five, six.
21:52Hey, puppies, please stay in there for a few more days.
21:56.
21:57.
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