Weekly Pupdate 4-14-24

News & Pupcoming Events

Saturday, June 8th from 9 am to 4 pm

Mountain Run Lake Park in Culpeper, VA

For more info or to register for picnic, click on photo or date.

Sunday, June 9th from 11 am – 4 pm (rain or shine)

PAW PRINTS ON THE CANAL Event at Canal Street Park in Northampton PA.

MAESSR will have a table and 3-4 volunteers are needed to man the table. We are celebrating our 15th anniversary this year! Contact Candi Lynn (click on photo or link for email address) if you can help.

Saturday Sept 7th from 9 am to 4 pm

Mariner Point Park in Joppatowne, MD

For more info or to register for picnic, click on photo or date.

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. ONLY WALL CALENDARS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE and are now HALF-PRICE! Click on photo or link above to order.

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 online stores. Go to iGive.com, fill out the form, choose your cause which is MAESSR – 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 on participating sites.

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 about the Rescue Frequent Feeder Program, go to link. If you need a frequent feeder envelope, please email Debbie. It is a really easy way to help foster homes.

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.

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. 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

NEW TO THE LIBRARY! REACTIVE ROVER: AN OWNER’S GUIDE TO ON LEASH DOG AGGRESSION (33 pages) by Mik Moeller. Dogs have many common behavior issues and one of the most common is barking on leash. Mik provides tips to dog owners and trainers alike on how to work with Reactive Rovers. This book is written to help owners learn how to manage their dogs who go crazy when they see another dog while on leash. It will help you understand why dogs bark or lunge at other dogs on leash, and it will give you tools to manage your dog’s behavior and teach them an alternate behavior to barking and lunging on leash. Donated by Cathy Moyer.

NEW TO THE LIBRARY! VISITING THE DOG PARK – HAVING FUN, STAYING SAFE (128 pages) by Cheryl S. Smith. Have fun and stay safe at the dog park. Taking your dog to a dog park is a great way to exercise and socialize your canine companion. Dog parks offer fresh air, open space, and freedom a chance for your dog to be a dog. But not all dogs enjoy the experience and not all dog parks are safe for your dog. Visiting the Dog Park gives you inside information on deciding if your dog is ready for a dog park outing, whether the design of the park makes for safe play, and teaches you simple things you can do to prepare for a great dog park experience. Learn practical skills: Evaluate your dog’s personality and temperament to decide if he’s dog park-ready. – Learn about design features a well-planned dog park should have. – Teach your dog four simple behaviors to make him dog park-safe. – How to read canine body language to avoid problems. – Dog park etiquette for both dogs and humans. BONUS! Information on small dogs in dog parks, conflict resolution, and how to find a dog park. Donated by Cathy Moyer.

Library Wish Lists

The TRAINING LIBRARY has TWO Wish Lists. New or used titles can be purchased from the Amazon list; 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?

To learn more about the new website, check out the tutorials here.

ADOPTED DOG 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 center of pic to find name.) 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.

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 re-homed 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 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. Be sure to include dog’s MAESSR name including number, if one, and adoption year.

Pup-ulation Report

Total dogs in our care: 19

Permanent fosters: 4

Dogs pending foster home: 3

Moving to foster home:

None

Moving to furever homes: