Weekly Pupdate for 8-31-25

Events – Current & Pupcoming

Saturday, September 20th from 10 am to 4 pm at Lums Pond State Park – 1068 Howell School Road – Bear, DE 19701. Link for REGISTRATION and details on Zeffy.

Candlewood Suites is available for those that need accommodations for the Delaware Picnic. Rooms are available for $154 a night.

For info on raffle baskets, log on to Facebook.

MAESSR’s First Annual VIRTUAL Springer Sprint 2025: Wednesday, 10/1 – Tuesday, 10/7. Never done a virtual walk/run? It’s easy and fun! Simply sign up, and then walk or run 5k during National Walk Your Dog Week. Do it all at once or over the course of the week, and log your progress on the website. Do it by yourself, with a friend, or with your dog. Get a tee shirt and a bandana for your furry friend when you’re done! Sign up by August 31st for the early bird discount. Check out link or send email for information

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.

MAESSR Training Library

Training Library Facebook

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

A GUIDE TO LIVING WITH & TRAINING A FEARFUL DOG (66 pages) by Debbie Jacobs. An invaluable resource for owners and rescuers. A finalist in the 2008 Dog Writer’s Association of America’s writing competition A Guide to Living with & Training a Fearful Dog provides information regarding the most effective and humane ways to help fearful, shy or anxious dogs. Donated by Cathy Moyer and Joanne Sweeney.

OOGY: THE DOG ONLY A FAMILY COULD LOVE (214 pages) by Larry Levin. In the bestselling tradition of Rescuing Sprite comes the story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, and the family he adopted. In 2002, Larry Levin and his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen–one who was missing an ear and had half his face covered in scar tissue–ran up to them and captured their hearts. The dog had been used as bait for fighting dogs when he was just a few months old. He had been thrown in a cage and left to die until the police rescued him and the staff at Ardmore Animal Hospital saved his life. The Levins, whose sons are themselves adopted, were unable to resist Oogy’s charms, and decided to take him home. Heartwarming and redemptive, Oogy is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him “Oogy” (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own. Donated by Liz Watson.

Rainbow Bridge Crossings

TARA 3 came to MAESSR as a result of a neglect case and quickly showed that she belonged. When the court case was finally over, Tara became a permanent and cherished member in her foster home, AMANDA SHOWALTER’s family. Tara was almost 14 YO when she passed, a gentle soul who wanted nothing more than to be near her mom. Tara lost her sight and hearing, partly due to breeding defects but never lost her spirit. She was an enthusiastic eater. If her food didn’t come fast enough, she would howl to remind everyone it was time. One of her favorite mischiefs was sneaking into the chicken coop to steal eggs. Tara’s days were happiest when she was close to her family. Her passing has left a hole in her family’s hearts that will never be filled. Tara was so special – resilient, loving, and full of personality. She gave and received so much love and is missed more than words can say.

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.

We’re on Mastodon now! Come on over to Mastodon & discover lots of other wonderful animal rescue groups, dog owners, & shelters, & posts on any topic you can think of. It works much like Twitter, so the format will be familiar.

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 to 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: 23

Permanent fosters: 3

Dogs pending foster home: 3

Moving to foster home:

None

Moving to furever homes: