Meridian Canine Rescue

Meridian Canine Rescue The Animal Retreat, formerly Meridian Canine Rescue, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Subscriber Hub payments are not tax deductible
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We offer the utmost care for the canines in our facility by providing daily exercise, socialization, enrichment, training, behavior rehabilitation, foster care, medical care, and an excellent adoption program. We are very proud of the services we provide the community and of the personalized care of the canines housed at Meridian Canine Rescue.

He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s going to the vet tomorrow…Beans here has developed a painful rash in his groin area. Ou...
07/15/2025

He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s going to the vet tomorrow…

Beans here has developed a painful rash in his groin area. Our wonderful veterinarian, Dr Hondo, is squeezing him into her schedule tomorrow morning so that we can figure out a treatment plan for our poor guy. He’s quite miserable right now.

Beans loves people, but he struggles with seeing other dogs. A trip to the vet clinic is anything but simple, as we all work together to minimize his stress by managing the environment. Thank you to everyone at Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital for consistently prioritizing our dogs’ welfare and finding creative ways to treat them without causing distress. We appreciate all of you so much.

Some days we feel defeated on how much work and hours we put to help our animals; how hard it is to see if we can pay ou...
07/15/2025

Some days we feel defeated on how much work and hours we put to help our animals; how hard it is to see if we can pay our bills every month. However, we are always able to get ourselves back up when we receive happy tails like this one.
Here is Dan (sooo cute), he was adopted in August 2016. Their owners sent us this updated picture of Dan having the best life! The other picture is his adoption picture from 2016; you can see Archimedes (big brown dog) that passed away in the spring of 2023 at 15.5 years of age. Butters (orange cat) is 16 years old now and he and Dan still play and wrestle like they’re still young ❤️
Thank you for being in this long journey with us. We are a nonprofit since 2008, and we would love to be out of business, but unfortunately there is so much need still...
Let's work together to give wonderful homes to our dogs!

Update on Cujo! Foster mom, Carol, reports that Cujo is doing well in his new space. He and Carol’s dog, Snow, are very ...
07/15/2025

Update on Cujo! Foster mom, Carol, reports that Cujo is doing well in his new space. He and Carol’s dog, Snow, are very respectful to each other. Cujo figured out the dog door in no time, and he’s learning to be less suspicious of hardwood floors.

Thank you to Carol for fostering ❤️❤️❤️

Coco wants to know if summer is almost over. He’s not a fan of the heat today. Any ideas what we should tell him?
07/15/2025

Coco wants to know if summer is almost over. He’s not a fan of the heat today. Any ideas what we should tell him?

We still have so many envelopes to be adopted out!! We would love to start doing the raffles, you can see we have still ...
07/14/2025

We still have so many envelopes to be adopted out!! We would love to start doing the raffles, you can see we have still more to go!
Our mortgage payment is coming up and we need as many donations as we can to help us cover this big expense!
If you are in the fence on adopting out any envelope, below are the raffle prices that you will be automatically entered!! Please help us pay the bills this week :)
We want to thank EarthWise Pet Eagle Island Meridian ID for donating free self wash coupons and 20% off of your purchase. We added this prizes randomly to the envelopes so hopefully you get a surprise in the mail!
Learn more here: https://givebutter.com/summerenvelope
Group 1: Envelope #1- #50 get into a raffle for: Target $25 gift card and 1 Garibaldi's Mexican Restaurant $25 gift card
Group 2: Envelope #51-100 get into a raffle for: 1 GAP $25 gift card and 1 Walmart $50 gift card
Group 3: Envelope #101-150 get into a raffle for: 1 Amazon $25 gift card and 1 Starbucks $50 gift card and 1 Walmart $25 gift card
Group 4: Envelope #151-200 get into a raffle for: 1 TJ Maxx $25 gift card and 1 Kohl's $100 gift card and Redken hair products basket (valued in $200)
If this is too much we get it, another way to help us is by being our monthly donor for $5/month!!! Its not much and you will helping us all year around!
You can sign up here (add the recurrent option): https://givebutter.com/mcr-circle-of-friends

07/12/2025

Henry has already had a full morning. He was excited about the fresh strawberries in his breakfast, fascinated by the sparrows in their nest, and eager to work on his Paws Up skill.

07/11/2025

A short behind-the-scenes video from Wednesday at the Idaho State Correctional Center:

We are easing Simon back into training. His paws are healing well, but his handlers, Kyle and James, are still working carefully with the rest of the team to avoid any rough surfaces in our play yard. As Simon starts to feel better, he is practicing some of the behaviors he learned the first time around in our EPIC Program.

Simon has a tendency to pull toward and jump on people when he gets really excited to greet them and/or when he’s feeling stressed. We are strengthening his appropriate greeting behaviors in this video.

Note how fantastic his handlers are doing. Kyle has excellent leash handling technique and really good, clear timing and delivery of his reinforcers. James was assisting, as well, and learning from Kyle. They’re not adding leash pressure or preventing Simon from saying hello — instead, they’re building up a strong reinforcement history for the desirable behaviors we want to see.

Simon did several repetitions that day of approaching with a loose leash, sniffing, and moving along. Great work, buddy.

Thank you to the donors who recently ordered items from our Amazon wishlist. It’s been heartwarming to see fosters stepp...
07/10/2025

Thank you to the donors who recently ordered items from our Amazon wishlist. It’s been heartwarming to see fosters stepping forward and community members sending in supplies for dogs like Cujo here.

We updated our list today on Amazon, ranking items by priority and adding notes about their use. We have a few things we really for Cujo, Simon, Chipmunk, Pepper, and a couple others, so those products have been given highest priority. But any and all donations are so greatly appreciated — thank you!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/272P18Q84X54?ref_=wl_share

Yesterday, foster dog Mattie had a mass removed at Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital in Meridian. The procedure went w...
07/10/2025

Yesterday, foster dog Mattie had a mass removed at Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital in Meridian. The procedure went well, and we should get lab results soon.

Mattie is recovering back at home now. Thank you to her foster parents, Stephanie and John, and to Dr Hondo and the entire team at the clinic. Mattie has been in excellent hands throughout this medical journey.

Thank you to Suzanne for donating a lawnmower to us — and to Ken for putting it to work yesterday. With so many projects...
07/10/2025

Thank you to Suzanne for donating a lawnmower to us — and to Ken for putting it to work yesterday. With so many projects happening at the property, we are grateful for everyone who is contributing and helping in some way. Thank you!!!

Welcome, Cujo! Our second dog to arrive today was surrendered by a local family and is headed off to his foster home. He...
07/09/2025

Welcome, Cujo! Our second dog to arrive today was surrendered by a local family and is headed off to his foster home. He quickly realized that we had some yummy snacks, so he became BFF with our staff member, Jenn, upon arrival.

If you can, donations to support the care of rescue animals like Cujo are greatly appreciated and desperately needed. Thank you!

❤️ Shop our wishlist — https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/272P18Q84X54?ref_=wl_share

❤️ Shop our wishlist — https://www.chewy.com/g/meridian-canine-rescue_b84054050 -list&wishlistsortby=DEFAULT

❤️ Donate to our outstanding vet bill by calling Treasure Valley Vet at 208-888-4844 (account name The Animal Retreat)

❤️ Donate via Venmo to assist with operational expenses, including medical supplies and prescriptions — (be sure it’s the charity account with the matching username and profile)

Katara is here! We love her already. Such a confident, friendly girl. She is settling in to our EPIC Program at the Idah...
07/09/2025

Katara is here! We love her already. Such a confident, friendly girl. She is settling in to our EPIC Program at the Idaho State Correctional Center with her trainers, Alex and Steven.

Thank you to Doug (pictured), Mike, Leslie, Courtney, Kelly, and the entire team at Mountain Humane for providing excellent care for Katara and managing this transfer. Always a pleasure working with you all!

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Meridian Canine Rescue is a non-profit, no kill canine rescue dedicated to giving homeless and owner surrendered dogs a second chance. Too often shelter animals are not given the time to find new families and guardians because of overcrowding. It is our goal to reduce the number of homeless and owner surrendered dogs in shelters, both locally and regionally, without the need for euthanasia.

Our first step to meeting this goal is to act as a rescue. We provide an alternative to kill shelters; where guardians can surrender their pets without fear of euthanasia. We also continue to develop relationships with overcrowded shelters so that dogs under threat of euthanasia can be transferred to our facility and have more time to find their forever homes.

Secondly, we serve as a resource and educator to the public. Through our relationships with dog trainers, the pet industry, and the veterinary community, we can educate and provide resources to help guardians find ways to keep their family members at home and out of the shelter system. We also work to educate potential adopters to ensure that they are well prepared for dog guardianship prior to adoption.

Finally, through our various volunteer programs and community outreach activities we are able spread awareness to the plight of pet overpopulation and encourage more individuals to choose adoption.