Events – Current & Pupcoming
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 .
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.
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!
Featured Library Titles
WELCOME HOME! ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR ALL NEWLY-ADOPTED PUPPIES & DOGS DVD (1 hr. 40 Min) by Paul Owens. In this brand-new video, bestselling author (‘The Dog Whisperer’) and positive training expert Paul Owens, The Original Dog Whisperer, provides step-by-step instructions using the same tried and true, positive, force-free, reward-based methods that he has used to train dogs over his 40 year career. Donated by Cathy Moyer.
THROUGH A DOG’S EAR: MUSIC FOR THE CANINE HOUSEHOLD CD (Total running time 61:07.) Uplifting and psychoacoustically designed classical music can be played for the enjoyment & relaxation of people while simul-taneously creating a positive sound environment for dogs. The selections from Music for the Canine Household are not as deeply calming as the music found on the Music to Calm Your Canine Companion series; however, given that dogs and people live together, there are times when you want your animal to relax without falling asleep yourself. Music for the Canine Household is a little more stimulating, with quicker tempos and slightly more complex arrangements and orchestration.
Rainbow Bridge Crossings
Permanent foster KATIE 9 was fostered by CANDI LYNN. Miss Katie was a joy and a definite love. She loved her walks, enjoying the outdoors and simply hanging around her foster mom. When Katie saw the leash come out, she was ready to go! Walking in the back field seemed to be her favorite spot to take her walks as she could smell all the creatures that once passed by in the field. A perfect little lady in the house, she was certainly trusted in all aspects. Katie enjoyed her special meals including her 13th birthday meal and especially loved those chicken jerky treats. Her eyes would light up when she saw her foster mom open the bag and she was more than ready to come and get it! Unfortunately, Katie started having seizures, and her vets felt that she most likely had a brain tumor after reviewing the videos of her seizures and evaluating her. Sadly, it was decided to not let Katie suffer, and she peacefully crossed the rainbow bridge in her foster mom’s arms. Katie spent her senior years being loved. She gave much love and received love back tenfold. Katie is definitely missed and will always be remembered. God speed, Miss Katie!
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 the 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: 15
Permanent fosters: 2
Dogs pending foster home: 4
Moving to foster home:
Gia to Debbie Lipcsey
Mariposa to Laura Beckendorf
Moving to furever homes:
Chester 8 to White
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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