Weekly Pupdate: 3-3-24
News & Pupcoming Events
Saturday, June 8th from 9 am to 4 pm at Mountain Run Lake Park in Culpeper, VA
If you liked the 2023 NoVA picnic, you’re going to love this one. We will again be at Mountain Run Lake Park but this time in Pavilion #4. Put on your game face because the legendary Chinese Auction will return! Please bring an item to donate to the auction and help us make it our most epic one yet – you Maryland Picnic-ers know what we’re talking about! Can’t wait to see you all there.
Saturday, September 7th from 9 am to 4pm at Friends Community Park in Forest Hill, MD
The Maryland picnic has a new venue (our coordinator’s parents moved back to the great state of New Jersey)! We’ll be at Friends Community Park Pavilion in beautiful Forest Hill, Maryland, not far from I-95. We’re bringing back our famous Chinese auction, so please bring an item to donate. And put your game faces on!
SALE! SALE! SALE! on the 2024 MAESSR calendars! 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.
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$
DOGWISE.COM is another MAESSR affiliate whose mission is to bring humane, understandable and scientifically sound information to people who enrich their lives by working with, playing with and loving dogs. Many of the books, including the booklets, in the MAESSR library can be found at Dogwise.com. You can support MAESSR and get great training advice by shopping. They also sell toys and other products. Look for the $5 books on sale while you are there!
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.
Ceramic Rescue Me Now salt & pepper shakers – 3.25 inches tall…passionately designed by animal lover Nina Lyman is part of the collection of skillfully hand-painted dogs with names derived from actual rescued animals.
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
MEDICAL CAUSES & TREATMENT AND TRAINING PROBLEMS by Dr. Nicholas Dodman. One of the cardinal signs that a dog is not well is that he starts to behave differently. Also, when dogs are acting inappropriately, medical conditions sometimes underlie the problem. Dr. Dodman addresses problems like hypothyroidism, partial seizures, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and medical causes of house soiling. In each case, signs that might lead an owner to suspect medical involvement will be itemized and therapeutic regimens discussed. Donated by Phyllis Chan.
DOG MIRACLES – INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORIES OF CANINE HEROISM (226 pages) by Brad Steiger & Sherry Hansen Steiger. Everyone knows that dogs are man’s best friends. But the stories in this collection prove that canines can go beyond best friend—to four legged angels. Whether thwarting muggers, rescuing entire families from life-threatening fires, roaming over hundreds of miles and perilous conditions to return home, or communicating—and connecting—with their owners beyond the physical world, dogs are truly miraculous creatures. These amazing stories will delight and inspire dog lovers everywhere. Each of the extraordinary dogs truly demonstrates the meaning of love, as their devotion and good deeds illustrate the very real bond between dogs and people. Donated by Fran Hrastar.
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?
Look for more info on the new website in the coming weeks! In the meantime, check out the tutorials here.
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.
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: 4 with Charlie 30 joining the pack
Dogs pending foster home:5
Moving to foster homes:
Brody 5 to Cheryl Warner
Tillie 4 to Cherie Fairchild
Charlie 30 to Candi Lynn
Moving to furever homes:
Dottie 3 to Nass
Woo-woo-woo!
Submitted by volunteer Cathy Moyer with thanks to those who contributed submissions/ info.
PO Box 807 Goochland VA 23063
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