Weekly Pupdate for 9-20-26

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$

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 and 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 27 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.

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

LIVING WITH A DEAF DOG: A book of training advice, facts and resources about canine deafness caused by genetics, aging and illness (151 pages) by Susan Cope Becker. For more than 20 years Living with a Deaf Dog has helped tens of thousands of owners all over the world communicate with and train their deaf dogs. This book has been an integral part of the world wide movement to increase awareness, understanding and acceptance of deaf dogs which has resulted in increased adoptions, decreased euthanasia rates, and even acceptance into dog sports and competitions. Donated by Cathy Moyer.

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.

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: 2

Moving to foster home:

None

Moving to furever homes: