Weekly Pupdate 1-21-24

Weekly Pupdate: 1-21-24

News & Pupcoming Events

The 2024 MAESSR calendars are here! This year, we’ve added two extra pages of volunteer photos and a message from Debbie about our 25th anniversary. These make great gifts for your favorite Springer lover! ONLY WALL CALENDARS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE! Also, don’t forget to check out the other wonderful goodies in the shop. The calendars are in SHOP under “New” and also “For the Home” for your convenience.

IT’S A FUNDRAISER! To mark 25 years of MAESSR, we’ve launched a t-shirt fundraiser. You can choose from two t-shirts, a long-sleeve t-shirt, or a crewneck sweatshirt in a variety of colors. All proceeds help MAESSR continue to find homes for Springers in need.

Featured Dogs

Check out our senior/special needs dogs! Our program, SENIORS FOR SENIORS, charges a $75 adoption fee for adopters aged 60 and over who adopt dogs nine years old and older or special needs dogs. If interested in one of our senior/special needs dogs, contact Candi Lynn here.

Fund$ for Foster$

iGive is a MAESSR affiliate which is an automatic donation when shopping at +1500 stores. Go to iGive.com, fill out the form, choose your cause which is Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue – find us listed under Virginia – and then install the app. You can also install the iGive button on your toolbar so when you go to eligible sites, a pop-up will appear to ask you if you wish to donate.

Thanks to all of the families who feed Verus dog food. The free bags that MAESSR receives from the Rescue Frequent Feeder Program help the foster homes. To learn more, link to Rescue Frequent Feeder Program. It is a really easy way to help foster homes. If you need a frequent feeder envelope, please email Debbie.

From the Marketplace

The MAESSR MARKETPLACE is open 24/7 for purchases. We’ve also got cool toys for man’s best friend and companion. The MAESSR store and website are in transition – thanks so much for your understanding while we make improvements to the store and website.

Check out this women’s MAESSR.org Long-Sleeved Puppy Tee! – Two puppies grace the front of this copper-colored Gildan-brand long-sleeved tee.

Be sure to check out our vast collection of garden flags, holiday ornaments, clothing, and much more. We are adding more ornaments and magnets/stickers daily like this Simply the Best magnet.

This sherpa-lined fleece throw blanket, 50×60, is embroidered especially for MAESSR. It’s incredibly soft and will keep you warm as the temperatures drop. Be sure to check out our other beautiful blankets.

Training Library

The MAESSR Training Library has over 250 titles of ACTUAL DVDs, CDs, and books, both fiction and non-fiction, to lend out. You can BORROW items directly from the Training Library at library.maessr.com by simply adding them to the shopping cart and checking out or you can email your name, address and material you wish to borrow to the librarian. The material will be mailed to you and is due back in three weeks; YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURN POSTAGE.

MAESSR Training Library

Training Library Facebook

Featured Library Titles

REALLY RELIABLE RECALL: TRAIN YOUR DOG TO COME WHEN CALLED…NO MATTER WHAT! DVD (90 minutes) from well-known trainer Leslie Nelson. Easy to follow steps to train your dog to come when it really counts, in an emergency. Learn how to build trust and ensure safety. Once trained, the recall works immediately in any situation, no matter what your dog is doing. He doesn’t think, he doesn’t decide, he just comes to you. Contains chapters for difficult to train breeds and for trainers to use in class.

SEPARATION ANXIETY IN DOGS- NEXT GENERATION TREATMENT PROTOCOLS AND PRACTICES (172 pages) by Malena DeMartini-Price, CTC. It has now been six years since the release of Malena DeMartini-Price’s best-selling first book, Treating Separation Anxiety in Dogs. Not one to rest on her laurels, Malena has been busy teaching and mentoring dog trainers worldwide to become Certified Separation Anxiety Trainers (CSAT). Working in collaboration with a large network of trainers to collect data and conduct research, new strategies have been developed on many of the key elements of treating separation anxiety. Now, in a completely new book, Malena shares these strategies for the use of current technologies, no absence management, and improved desensitization techniques. Any trainer or guardian dealing with separation anxiety will find this book a valued resource. Donated by Cathy Moyer.

Library Wish Lists

The TRAINING LIBRARY now has TWO Wish Lists. You can purchase materials (new or used) off the Amazon list; the Dogwise has new books and DVDs. Purchases can be shipped directly to the library. Pretty quick and easy way to help out MAESSR as well as educate adopters!

Did You Know?

If you need to contact MAESSR, please click on and read our CONTACT page to avoid your message going to the wrong place. (Find the CONTACT link immediately to the left of the MAESSR logo on our home page.)

Would you like to write content for our blog? We’d love to feature articles from MAESSR volunteers. If you’d like to contribute, click here and either send us your article or let us know your idea.

Look for more info on the new website in the coming weeks! In the meantime, check out the tutorials here.

We’re on Mastodon now! Twitter throttles low-follower accounts, making it pointless for us to post there. Come on over to Mastodon and discover lots of other wonderful animal rescue groups, dog owners, and shelters, and posts on any topic you can think of. It works much like Twitter, so the format will be familiar.

MAESSR Museum: We’re creating a gallery of MAESSR stories and we want to hear from you! In one paragraph, tell us about your favorite MAESSR memory. That can be about a dog you adopted or fostered, how you first found MAESSR, a memorable event you attended, or anything else. Please include a relevant picture, or just one of your MAESSR dog. Send to maessrorders@gmail.com. Here is an example: Bucky’s story.

ADOPTED DOGS PROJECT: Please check to see if your dog is listed on our “Success Stories” page. (Click on the photo above the adoption year and go through the pages to find your dog. Dogs are in alphabetical order – hover over pics to find names.) In migrating the dog profiles over to the new site, we found several dogs that were missing information or had their information confused with another dog. If your dog is not listed or the information/pictures are incorrect, click here to let us know. Please specify which dog, what year they were adopted, and include their proper write up and/or pictures so we can amend the errors. Thanks.

VIDEOS – VIDEOS – VIDEOS! We have a new YouTube channel called Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue. FOSTER HOMES ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN VIDEOS OF THEIR CURRENT CHARGES FOR BOTH YOUTUBE AND THE DOGS’ ADOPTION PAGES. We need the dogs’ official MAESSR names and numbers as nicknames are too confusing. When sharing videos of adopted dogs, please also include the adoption year along with their official MAESSR name. Please send your videos here.

If you have a PET IN NEED OF PRAYERS, please contact Linda Shope or Linda Johnston. They would be happy to add your pet’s name to the pet ministry prayer list.

IF YOU SEE A SPRINGER NEEDING RESCUE: For a springer being rehomed in an ad on social media or in a newspaper, please email the relinquishment team. For a springer in a shelter, please email the shelter dog team. In your email include contact info such as links to the online post, shelter name, state, and phone number. Did you move?

Did you move? Did you change your email address? ADDRESS CHANGES should be emailed here. On the new website you can set up an account under the Shop tab so that MAESSR can keep track of your mailing address; your email can also be changed under Your Account in the top right-hand corner with Edit Profile.

If you need advice regarding behavioral issues, certified and credentialed trainers that use positive methods only to help guide people to the correct resources can be found at CCPDT and IAABC.

Gentle Nudges

RAINBOW BRIDGE CROSSINGS are shared on a monthly basis. If you want your MAESSR dog included, send your name, dog’s MAESSR name if different than the post-adoption name, year of adoption, and a PHOTO here. Feel free to include who fostered and a little background info about your dog. To have the information posted on our Facebook page, send it (including photos) to the social media team.

When you send your notes about events or requests for help, please cc: here to help ensure that all events are mentioned in the Weekly Pupdate.

Mistakes happen! Corrections or omissions to the Weekly Pupdate can be sent to Cathy.

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

To share pics, videos, and/or articles about your MAESSR dog to our social media team. Videos for adoption pages & YouTube channel get sent here.

Pup-ulation Report

Total dogs in our care: 14

Permanent fosters: 3

Dogs pending foster home: 5

Moving to foster homes:

None

Moving to furever homes:

Dukati to Ferrell

Millie 7 to Hogan

Tae to Follman

Maggie 42 to Nixon

TOTALLY PAWSOME!

Submitted by volunteer Cathy Moyer with thanks to those who contributed submissions/ info.

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