Weekly Pupdate for 3-30-25

Events – Current & Pupcoming

Wednesday, April 9th thru Sunday, April 13th – Blue & Gray Cluster Dog Show at PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center – 2300 N. Cameron Street – Harrisburg, PA 17110. If you live in the area and would like to come help at the MAESSR booth or can help with setup on the 8th, please email Debbie.

Saturday, June 7th from 10 am – 4 pm at Mountain Run Lake Park – Pavilion #4 – 16283 JB Carpenter Jr Drive – Culpeper, VA 22701. For details or registration, click here or on picnic icon.

Sunday, June 8th from 11 am to 4 pm – rain or shine. Paw Prints on the Canal Event at 1525 Canal Street – Northampton PA. We need 3-4 volunteers to man MAESSR table.Contact Candi if you can help out.

The deadline for submitting photos for the 2026 calendar is JUNE 30th! Any photos received after that date will be considered as early submissions for the 2027 calendar. For guidelines on submitting photos, click on calendar icon or here .

2025 CALENDARS! 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.

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$

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 & watch the savings pour in while donating to MAESSR! Type in Mid Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue. (Note: no hyphen between Mid & Atlantic.) Highlight & click on MAESSR to adopt it as your cause. Start shopping, MAESSRland!

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.

MAESSR Training Library

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Featured Library Titles

AGILITY IS FUN! BOOK 2: CONTROL AND HANDLING TECHNIQUES FOR COMPETITORS AT ALL LEVELS OF AGILITY (209 pages) by Ruth Hobday. Ruth Hobday develops the introduction to the world of agility given in her first book, Agility is Fun. Book 2 is clearly illustrated with diagrams and photgraphs by Sandra Russell. In this exciting second book she shares more secrets of training and control and includes a great many exercises.

MARLEY & ME (291 pages) by John Grogan. The heartwarming & unforgettable story of a family & the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Now with photos & new material. Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John & Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young & in love, with not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound steamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, & stole women’s undergarments. Obedience school did no good — Marley was expelled.But just as Marley joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love & loyalty were boundless, too. Marley remained a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit’s end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms. Marley & Me is John Grogan’s funny, unforgettable tribute to this wonderful, wildly neurotic Lab & the meaning he brought to their lives. Donated by Darlene Cole.

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

DOC (DA JEONGAH, class of 2017) was relinquished to MAESSR because he was not getting along with the new 8-month-old Irish setter puppy in his VA home, had been handed off to a couple homes before his relinquishing home four years earlier. He was fostered by DEBBIE LIPCSEY and adopted by ANDREA SARDONE’s family. He was the light of their lives and Andrea’s true love and companion. He was pure love and everyone that knew him knew that he was special and wonderful. He is one of the best things to have ever happened to Andrea who loved him more than anything and is heartbroken.

LEXIE 4 (class of 2021) was taken in by her CA owner’s son when she passed. When he traveled the country camping in his truck, he took her along for the ride. It eventually became too cold & he found MAESSR, hoping to find a worthy home for Lexie. She was fostered briefly by EVA VAN STRATUM & then was a foster failure for MARTINE AND STUART EISENBERG. After just 6 weeks, her new dad was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She never left his room at night during his hospice care. A constant companion to her mom, she helped her afterwards & during a move to be closer to family. Sadly, a year later, Lexie was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, had her rear leg amputated to relieve the pain & try to extend her life. Lexie never missed a beat & usually took 2-mile walks on 3 legs, charming everyone. She had 2 rounds of chemo before it was discovered to have spread to her lungs. Beautiful inside & out, this 7-year-old neighborhood ambassador is now pain free.

SEAMUS (CARMINE, class of 2011) came to MAESSR as part of a surprise litter for his owners. He was fostered by KATHERINE DAVIES and adopted by WILLIAM STURDEVANT’s family. Seamus was William’s best friend for nearly fourteen years, and it was terribly hard to say goodbye. But they were the most wonderful fourteen years. William wishes to express, to all involved, gratitude for allowing Seamus into their lives – it was a true blessing.

Did You Know?

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.

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

Would you like to write content for our blog? We’d love to feature articles from MAESSR volunteers. If you’d like to contribute, click here & either send us your article or let us know your idea.

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 updates email. 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: updates email 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: 19

Permanent fosters: 3

Dogs pending foster home: 4

Moving to foster home:

None

Moving to furever homes: