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.
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 http://www.veruspetfoods.com/rescueprogram.html. If you need a frequent feeder envelope, please email Debbie at springerfarm@aol.com. 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.
We have a fun “new” product in the shop! Our 2003 MAESSR cookbook, Recipes From the Heart, is now available digitally. You can download the cookbook in PDF form, or native Kindle and Nook formats. It includes recipes for every occasion, including drinks, and even treats for your dog. There are also many helpful cooking tips. This is such a fun piece of MAESSR history!If you have any problems with the download, email shop.
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 HALF-PRICE! Click on photo or link above to order.
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
DOGS ARE FROM NEPTUNE (168 pages) by Jean Donaldson. But people are on another planet! Dog- witty but her always scientifically-based essays will help create “Aha! moments” for every dog lover on earth. If you loved Jean’s best-selling The Culture Clash, you will enjoy learning more about the dom’ s most influential dog trainer and behaviorist, Jean Donaldson, is back with a newly revised and expanded edition of her popular DOGS ARE FROM NEPTUNE. In forty-one essays, Jean highlights the common and frequently wrong-headed notions people have about why dogs behave the way they do and explains what really motivates your pooch and how to change behavior. Jean’s innovative ideas are delivered via quirky and dogs who inhabit planet Neptune and the people who don’t! Your dog is from Neptune narrow the gap by learning more about: The truth and power of consequences and how you can use them to train your dog; The best ways to deal with common problem behaviors including guarding, separation anxiety and fear; Why you should be skeptical of anyone whose training techniques and philosophies sound appealing but cannot be backed up with scientific evidence; Dispel common myths associated with using food in training, dominance and whether playing tug with your dog really encourages aggression; While we may be on different planets, learn how the fundamentals of behavior apply equally to dogs and people; Why it seems that owners become more attentive trainers when they dress their dogs in costumes! Donated by Beth Reid & Fran Fisher.
HAPPY KIDS, HAPPY DOGS: BUILDING A FRIENDSHIP RIGHT FROM THE START, a 184-page book written by Barbara Shumannfang. Children are those most often bitten by dogs and 80% of such bites come from the family dog, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Help your dog and your baby become friends. Happy Kids, Happy Dogs offers practical, easy-to-follow dog training tips presented according to your child’s developmental stages, from infancy to the teenage years. Donated by Phyllis Chan.
Recommended reading from the Association of Professional Dog Trainers.
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.
It’s that time of year again – time to submit photos for the 2025 MAESSR calendar! Take new photos and go through the ones you have – you might find some great shots that would be perfect to submit for this year’s calendar. We need seasonal photos and “any time of the year” photos. Show off your adorable MAESSR pup! All photos need to be submitted by June 30, 2024 to be included in this year’s calendar! Link to webpage to view guidelines.
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 email 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: 21
Permanent fosters: 4
Dogs pending foster home: 0
Moving to foster home:
None
Moving to furever homes:
Brody 5 to Larner
Rose 6 to Pomerantz
Submitted by volunteer Cathy Moyer with thanks to those who contributed submissions/info.
PO Box 807 Goochland VA 23063
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