Events – Current & Pupcoming
The 2026 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.
Update: MAESSR’s 2026 wall and desk calendars are selling quickly!!! Our desk version is almost sold out. Buy more and save on package deals. They make great gifts for the Springer lovers in your life.
Fund$ for Foster$
DOGWISE is another MAESSR affiliate whose mission is to bring humane, understandable & scientifically sound information to people who enrich their lives by working with, playing with & loving dogs. Many of the books, including the booklets, in the MAESSR library can be found at Dogwise.com. You can support MAESSR & get great training advice by shopping. They also sell some training products. Look for the $5 books on sale while you are there!
We can earn money through WOOFTRAX just by walking our dogs – in fact you don’t even need a dog, just a smartphone & good walking shoes! Download the app on your phone & follow the directions. (If Wooftrax doesn’t come up, try Walk For A Dog.) When asked to pick a shelter/rescue (ask to change if it shows the closest to your home) pick VA as the site, scroll to the M’s & select MAESSR. You will then be asked to verify email address. Keep following directions & the app will appear on your phone. When you tap it, enter your dog’s info & start walking. It is a simple process each time you go for a walk. Currently we have 25 active walkers. Spread the word – make your walks count!
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 300 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
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.
NEW TO THE LIBRARY! MY DOG’S MYSTERY ADVENTURE AND OTHER STORIES FROM A CANINE BEHAVIORIST AND DOG TRAINER (123 pages) by KAREN LONDON, PhD. My Dog’s Mystery Adventure is a charming and informative collection of 50 newspaper columns from the Arizona Daily Sun. Award-winning author Karen B. London, PhD, combines her expertise as a dog trainer and canine behaviorist with her scientific training, natural wit, and storytelling skills to create this engaging compilation of bite-sized stories. It will add to your understanding of our best friends. You will learn so much from this book, which contains the answers to the following questions and so many more. – How can you gain insight into your dog’s emotions by observing on which side they wag their tail higher, or which paw they use to hold a Kong? – How did genes from the domestic dog affect wolf fur coloration? – What’s the proper way to introduce a dog to a cat? – How can you tell if dogs are playing appropriately or heading for trouble? – What are the practical benefits of teaching your dog to do tricks? – Is yawning contagious between people and dogs? – How can you make the dog park a good experience for your dog? – Why do dogs and people, but not ferrets, get a runner’s high? – This book will lead you to enjoy your day (and your dog!) just a little bit more. Donated by Grace and David Miller.
Rainbow Bridge Crossings
Beloved FRIDAY (COOPER 9, class of 2016) was fostered by DEBBIE LIPCSEY and adopted by LAURA AND KEN KNIPMEYER, his 4th family. He came as a rescue from Virginia, shy but unusually vocal and a little bit sad. Over the next two years, his delightful personality and sense of humor emerged through intensive training and building his confidence by taking him everywhere, one step at a time. He shared quite a few family milestones over the next 7 years, walking everywhere since; he brought a big smile to every passerby. He enjoyed a great life full of favorite outings – hiking to picnics and gelato every day or a treat at the Marin Humane thrift store. He’ll never leave his family. Thanks to Debbie Lipscey and a few brilliant, experienced professionals guided his family in their imperfect human path.
POLLY 2 (class of 2017) was fostered by DEBBIE LIPCSEY and adopted by GABRIELLE FRONCE. Polly and three other Springers came to MAESSR when their TN owner had financial issues. She was a sweet, easy going, spunky, ray of sunshine from the moment she joined the Fronce family. Polly had an adventurous spirit and was a willing road trip buddy. She wasn’t a fan of swimming, but she enjoyed wading in the water, sitting in mud puddles, and kayaking with her mom. She loved the outdoors, exploring her backyard and hunting during walks. She caught a squirrel and bird or two in her time. Polly was a fashionista with an extensive wardrobe. She developed Cushing’s Disease which eventually stole her quality of life and mobility. Polly’s mom is thankful that MAESSR offered her the opportunity to adopt Polly who was family. She was special. She was sunshine. She was loved.
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.
We’re on Mastodon now! Twitter throttles low-follower accounts, making it pointless for us to post there. 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: 17
Permanent fosters: 5
Dogs pending foster home: 1
Moving to foster home:
Melvin to Vicki Phillips
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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