Pupcoming Events
THE 2025 CALENDARS ARE HERE! The wall calendar – a beautifully curated calendar where each month unfolds with a delightful collection of heartwarming dog portraits capturing the joy and charm of man’s best friend in every season. The desk calendar – one great photo each month sits on your desk giving an easy overview of the month. Buy in bundles and save! Add 2+ calendars to your cart to see a discount.
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 – find MAESSR listed under VA – & 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, link to Rescue Frequent Feeder Program. It is a really easy way to help foster homes. If you need a frequent feeder envelope, please email Debbie.
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 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.
Featured Library Titles
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS: A COMPLETE PET OWNER’S GUIDE (95 pages) by Tanya B. Ditto. This cheerful breed craves human companionship, but an outdoor environment is the ideal for this active hunting dog. Heavily illustrated with vivid color photos & instructive line art, Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals show & inform pet owners regarding proper care of dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, small caged animals–virtually every creature that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing & otherwise acquiring a pet, feeding it nutritiously, keeping it in good health, & where applicable, grooming & training it. Each book in this large series is individually written by a specialist, & though the information is authoritative, the text is clear & straight-forward, easy for every pet owner to understand. Donated by Jean Bryant.
*CONTROL UNLEASHED: CREATING A FOCUSED AND CONFIDENT DOG (226 pages) by Leslie McDevitt, MLA, CDBC, CPDT. Learn how to turn stress to confidence & distraction to focus using methods that are 110% positive. Leslie McDevitt’s versatile Control Unleashed program is designed to help “dogs with issues” learn how to relax, focus, & work off-leash reliably in either stimulating or stressful situations. Whether you’re training a challenging dog on your own, an instructor trying to figure out how to help dogs in your classes, or an instructor who wants to design a special program just for stressed out dogs, this book is for you. Who needs Control Unleashed? Dogs that are uncomfortable or unable to work off lead around other dogs; Dog that are easily distracted & have difficulty concentrating; Dogs that are reactive or easily aroused; Dogs that are anxious or stressed & shut down: Dogs that are unable to control their impulses when excited. This training program can change your dog’s life! Donated by Beth Reid.
*Recommended by 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!
Rainbow Bridge Crossings
WINSTON 30 (class of 2023) was found as a stray with another dog in southwestern VA. He was taken to the humane society which reached out to MAESSR for help when no one came looking for this handsome senior. He was fostered by CHERYL SAGGERS and adopted by BARBARA SIEKANIEC. Winston was always under her feet and brought a whole new meaning to being a Velcro springer, maybe one on steroids. He was the sweetest old man, very laid back. MAESSR’s Paisley taught him to go across the street to the neighbors and eat their cat food which was the only time he didn’t mind being out of Barbara’s sight. She will miss his 66 pound self laying next to her on the couch.
Did You Know?
Please note that MAESSR’s phone number has changed! It is now 804-774-6730.
If any volunteers wish to promote MAESSR and the work we do at an event in their community, please email Vicki Phillips. These are marketing events only to hand out information.
Our Owner Relinquishment Team is looking for new members to help with inquiries from owners who are surrendering their Springers & to assist in getting them into the perfect foster home. The relinquishment team is comprised of compassionate & knowledgeable individuals whose main goal is to make the relinquishment of a dog as seamless as possible for the owner & for MAESSR. If this very important volunteer task sounds like something you might be interested in, please email Amanda Showalter to put you in touch with the team. We look forward to hearing from you! Thanks for all you do!
To learn more about the new website, check out the tutorials here.
If you need to contact MAESSR, please click on & read our CONTACT page 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 also 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 updates email.
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: 26
Permanent fosters: 4
Dogs pending foster home: 6
Moving to foster home:
Luther to ML Wolff
Rudy 9 to Sue Sheeler
Moving to furever homes:
None
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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