Weekly Pupdate 2-25-24

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 and are now HALF-PRICE! 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.

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.

JAKE 32 is “ON HOLD”

Feed your pets Natural Balance?   Please save the store receipt and proof of purchase labels, staple them together, and mail to MAESSR at P.O. Box 807 – Goochland, VA 23063.   Once we collect 50 labels, we can apply for a refund. 

Go to GOODSHOP.COM to get Gumdrop for free!  Goodshop is the world’s first-ever shopfunding site. When you shop at thousands of stores, a percentage of what you spend will be donated to MAESSR.  Gumdrop finds the best coupon codes wherever you shop.  Auto Apply Savings – just one click automatically applies the best coupons for you. Never search for a coupon again and watch the savings pour in while donating to MAESSR!  To choose MAESSR as your cause, type in Mid Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue.  (Note that there is no hyphen, just a space between Mid and Atlantic.)  Highlight and click on MAESSR to adopt it as your cause.  Start shopping, MAESSRland!

YOSHI (VAN, class of 2015) came to MAESSR because he did not get along well with the young grandchildren in his Virginia home as they made him very nervous. He was fostered by DEBBIE LIPCSEY and adopted by THE HOTTS – MICHAEL, ALICIA, AND BRAYDEN – after a long eleven month wait.  They made a family trip to tour DC and meet/pick-up Yoshi.  When the door opened and Yoshi stepped out, Mike was blown away with how handsome he was.  From that moment they became each other’s shadow. Yoshi was nearly 6 when he settled into the family.  He was the perfect companion. Besides a few accidents, he never did anything bad/mischievous. He only cared about getting belly rubs and giving puppy kisses. He was Mike’s best buddy, and Mike was his human. Unfortunately, in 2019 Yoshi was diagnosed with Cushing’s and then shortly after diabetes. Medication was able to manage his diseases but then in 2022 Yoshi went blind. He battled all 3 ailments and never lost his spirit. Recently that changed, and he seemed to lose his love of life. At age 14 his quality of life was lacking so the hard decision to end his pain was made to allow him to be at peace, and he was euthanized at home.  Their house is empty now. The Hotts would like to thank all of the MAESSR volunteers. Your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.  Matching them with Yoshi was life changing for them. 

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.

Total dogs in our care: 14

Permanent fosters: 3

Dogs pending foster home:8

Moving to foster homes:

(Gwendolyn to Doris Bard)

Roscoe 9 to Debbie Lipcsey

Phoenix 2 to Jayne Vogler

Moving to furever homes:

Noah 4 to Reitzes

Gabby 2 to Clunie

Woo-woo-woo!

PO Box 807 Goochland VA 23063