Events – Current & Pupcoming
The Springer Sprint is BACK! Get ready for the 2nd ANNUAL MAESSR SPRINGER SPRINT! The event starts 10/1 at 12 am and finishes on 10/7 at 11:59PM. This year we’re going BIGGER. FASTER. STRONGER. New this year: It’s a 10K! So whether you’re looking to challenge yourself or enjoy a fun walk with your Springer (or in honor of one!), there’s a place for you. Every mile you log helps support the English Springer Spaniels of MAESSR while celebrating the breed we all love. Lace up your running shoes, grab your favorite Springer, and join us for another incredible year of fun, fitness, and fundraising! Who’s ready to register and make this year’s Springer Sprint the biggest one yet? Find the link above in bold caps or in the pic.
Featured 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!
Feed your pets NATURAL BALANCE? Please save the store receipt & proof of purchase labels, staple them together, and mail to MAESSR at P.O. Box 807 – Goochland, VA 23063. Once we collect 50 labels, we can apply for a refund.
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
THE ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL HANDBOOK (245 pages) by Linda Whitwam. Learn how to raise and train a well-behaved English Springer and care for them from Day 1 to old age. Springers are easy to train – provided you use the right techniques! This book has over 50 pages devoted to TRAINING & BEHAVIOUR: Housetraining and Crate Training, Obedience Training, The Recall, Collar and Leash Training, How To Start Gundog Training and Typical Springer Behaviour Traits. Learn step-by-step how to train a Springer to come back to you. The pages are full of personal advice from leading Springer breeders and trainers, veterinary surgeons, ESS Health Co-ordinators, a rescue organisation and an international show judge. Learn best methods for dealing with typical ESS puppy issues: running off, nipping, jumping up, picking up things they’re not supposed to and pulling on the leash. If you haven’t got your puppy yet: There’s tons of advice on how to spot good and bad breeders and choose a healthy pup with a good temperament. Donated by Alan Bellack.
*FEELING OUTNUMBERED: HOW TO MANAGE AND ENJOY YOUR MULTI-DOG HOUSEHOLD (55 pages) by Karen London , PhD and Patricia McConnell, PhD. Including an entirely new section on leash-walking multiple dogs, this dog training booklet has received rave reviews from people living with more than one dog. Written with Patricia McConnell and Karen London’s extensive knowledge of both theory and practicality, (not to mention their sense of humor), it provides clear and workable ideas to enhance living with a pack of dogs. This is a great resource if you’re looking for some dog training tips to create a little order out of the canine chaos in your home, or wondering how in the world you’ll manage the entire pack for a walk around the neighborhood. Perhaps you’re concerned that there is tension between two of the dogs in your pack or whether your dog’s play might escalate into aggression. This expanded and updated booklet has the answers to those questions and many more. Written to help you maximize the joy of living in a multi-dog household, it uses the study of animal behavior and positive training methods to teach your dogs to be polite and patient instead of demanding and pushy. Filled with practical ideas about keeping life fun in houses that have two dogs or many more.
*Recommended title by the Association of Professional Dog Trainers
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.
If you need to contact MAESSR, please click on and 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 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 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: 19
Permanent fosters: 2
Dogs pending foster home: 4
Moving to foster home:
None
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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