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.
Get your tickets to the Culpeper picnic now, because you won’t want to miss this. The kind folks at Jeff Lubin Studios have donated a full portrait session to our always-epic Chinese auction!
The winner will sit for Jeff in his Fairfax, VA studio and have their photo taken. They can then choose to have the final image finished to look like an oil painting. And you can include your dog!
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.
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.
Featured Dogs
Check out our senior/special needs dogs! Our program, SENIORS FOR SENIORS, charges a $75 adoption fee for adopters aged 60 and over who adopt dogs nine years old and older or special needs dogs. If interested in one of our senior/special needs dogs, contact Candi Lynn here.
Bailey 36 is a 5-year-old female buff cocker spaniel who would love to snuggle up in her very own forever home. She is UTD on her vaccinations and receiving antibiotics for dental work. Bailey is good with adults, unknown with children right now but previously lived with 4 little children. She is good with dogs while on the floor but can be aggressive to dogs while on the couch or if there is food involved. Check out her webpage, then go to adoption application! Please also email Candi Lynn.
Fund$ for Foster$
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!
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.
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
MIND GAMES FOR DOGS (17 pages) by Sarah Whitehead. Dogs in the wild face puzzles every day. They have to find food, water and a safe place to sleep. Our dogs have all of this provided: they get their food in a dish, their water is always available and their cozy basket sits in the corner. Dogs need to use their brains to keep occupied, happy and well balanced. The ideas in this booklet are perfect for dogs that can’t have as much exercise as they would like and as a foundation for those that are hyperactive or have behavioral problems. Most of all, these mind games are designed to be fun, fast and effective for all dogs to enjoy! Donated by Cathy Moyer.
AGILITY TRAINING: THE FUN SPORT FOR ALL DOGS (237 pages) by Jane Simmons-Moake. Whether your dog is young or old, large or small, pedigreed or mixed breed, Agility is a sport you and your dog can enjoy together. Agility Training makes clear all aspects of this, the world’s fastest growing and most versatile dog sport. Whatever your interest, whether purely casual or highly competitive, you will find the instructional methods and helpful hints meaningful for your goals. Agility Training tells readers how to get started in the sport, work on their own, attend classes, earn titles and organize a competition or practice event. Chapters describe training for all levels of Agility, from beginners through an advanced curriculum. A special feature provides detailed construction plans as well as a list of materials for all obstacles. Donated by Beth Reid.
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?
Please note that MAESSR’s phone number has changed! It is now 804-774-6730.
To learn more about the new website, check out the tutorials here.
If you need to contact MAESSR, please click on and read our CONTACT page (maessr.org/contact) to avoid your message going to the wrong place. The CONTACT button is immediately to the left of the MAESSR logo on the website homepage.
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: 20
Permanent fosters: 4
Dogs pending foster home: 2
Moving to foster home:
Jojo to Eva Van Stratum
Moving to furever homes:
Roscoe 9 to Keenan
Rosie 8 to Weber
Woo-woo-woo!
Submitted by volunteer Cathy Moyer with thanks to those who contributed submissions/info.
PO Box 807 Goochland VA 23063 – Phone (804)774-6730
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