Weekly Pupdate 2-11-24

Weekly Pupdate: 2-11-24

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.

PAISLEY has been OFFERED!

JAKE 32 is”ON HOLD”

GABBY 2 is “ADOPTION PENDING!”

Fund$ for Foster$

We can earn money through WOOFTRAX.COM just by walking our dogs which most of us already do – in fact you don’t even need a dog, just a smartphone and some good walking shoes! Download the app for your iPhone/smart phone and follow the directions. (If Wooftrax doesn’t come up, look for Walk For A Dog.) When you are asked to pick a shelter/rescue (it may show the one closest to your home, but ask to change), pick VIRGINIA as the site, scroll to the M’s and select Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue. You will then be asked to verify your email address, but just keep following the directions, and the app will appear on your phone’s screen. When you tap it, you’re invited to enter your dog’s information and start walking. It is a simple process each time you go for a walk. The more people who participate, the more money earned. We can also win donations by signing up for Challenges. All you need to do is tap the Challenges button! Currently we have 25 active (uses the app at least once a week) walkers. Spread the word – make your walks count!

Check out CHEWY.COM – Place your first order and chewy.com will proudly donate $20 to MAESSR! There is a huge selection of pet food (including 5-star dog foods), treats, and supplies delivered straight to your door! They sell over 300 brands of pure pet love, have 24/7 customer service, free shipping on orders over $49, and are cheaper than your local store. Sign up for automatic shipment of dog food or other supplies right to your door on the schedule you choose. No more lugging big bags of dog food from your car to the house.

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.

For your anxious dog, the Marketplace has the ThunderShirt®, the original, vet recommended, natural calming solution that may reduce anxiety in dogs in a drug-free way. Like swaddling an infant, our dog anxiety vest’s patented design applies gentle, constant pressure to calm all types of anxiety, fear, and over-excitement issues in dogs.The ThunderShirt® is recommended for thunder, fireworks, separation anxiety, travel, & vet visits. Treat anxiety, fear, and over-excitement in style! You’ll love the ThunderShirt®’s calming effect on your dog. Made with spandex, polyester, and rayon.

We’ve got sports team bandanas! These beautiful sport team bandanas were lovingly made of licensed team cotton material. Your dog’s collar will slip through the pocket at top of bandana.

We have various Sarah England prints in the Marketplace, including man’s best friends – a springer and a beer, in case you weren’t sure.

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

THE DOG’S MIND: UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOG’S BEHAVIOR (201 pages) by Bruce Fogle, DVM, MRCVS. How do dogs perceive the world about them? How do they see, hear, learn, relate to their owners? How large are their brains, what is their emotional makeup? Why do they suffer from stress and how can it be coped with? Over the last few years a substantial body of knowledge has been built up about the psychology of dog behavior. Combining more than twenty years of practical experience as a veterinary clinician with a personal knowledge and understanding of the latest international research, Dr. Bruce Fogle has written the most inclusive and relevant book on how the canine mind works. Donated by Beth Reid.

TREAT EVERYONE LIKE A DOG– HOW A DOG TRAINER’S WORLD VIEW CAN IMPROVE YOUR LIFE (353 pages) by Karen B. London, PhD. They’re hiding in plain sight. People who are really good at influencing the behavior of those around them walk among us. ~ The people in question are dog trainers, and they know how to get others to do what they want them to do and how to get them to stop doing things that bother them. Most importantly, they know how to do it in a kind, loving way that can improve the relationships they have with those other individuals. ~ What dog trainers do is based on principles, ideas, and techniques that are well-known in their field, but not so well-known outside of it. Dog trainers know how to teach dogs to turn around and come running to them even if the dog was chasing a squirrel, to drop a bone on request, and to greet people at the door politely instead of jumping up on every visitor. If they can successfully teach these skills and many more to another species, don’t you want to know what they know about influencing behavior? ~ Dr. Karen London has been a dog trainer and canine behaviorist for nearly 25 years, and applying the lessons from her professional experience to the rest of her life has made her interactions with people better and more effective. The suggestion to treat everyone like a dog is a result of the love and respect she feels for people. Treating people as good dog trainers treat dogs is a thoughtful, kind approach to influencing behavior whether you call it teaching or training. ~ What if you could influence people as well as dog trainers influence dogs? You can, and Treat Everyone Like a Dog tells you how. Inside you will discover: •A great way to stop your coworkers from complaining incessantly •Techniques to keep young kids from grabbing candy and gum in the checkout line •That using play is a powerful way to get your spouse to clean up • How to change your roommate’s Monday-morning grumpiness into more cheerful feeling • The reason asking people certain types of questions will influence their behavior to your benefit. Treat Everyone Like a Dog will make you laugh, make you think, and motivate you to act. It discusses—in plain English—dog training principles and explains how to apply them more broadly. It’s an entertaining read that includes loads of real-life examples. Inspiring, funny and incredibly practical, this book will change the way you interact with the people around you and improve your relationships with them. Donated by Sallyanne Harper.

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: 16

Permanent fosters: 3

Dogs pending foster home: 7

Moving to foster homes:

None

Moving to furever homes:

Ace 4 to Peterson

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

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