A combined effort of rescuers from different organizations helped dogs survive the brutal Canada winter by building them warm shelters.

While Canadian winters are undeniably cold every year, abandoned dogs particularly needed help this year with the temperatures usually ranging from minus 10 to minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit, Stanford Owl, a local public safety officer, told the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

To combat this issue, IFAW teamed up with Habitat for Humanity, the Upper Grand District School Board and a group of students from College Heights Secondary School to get dogs who live outside the warm shelter they needed to get through the winter.

Watch this video to see the volunteers build the doghouses and give them to dogs: