Events – Current & Pupcoming
THE 2027 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.
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 and watch the savings pour in while donating to MAESSR! Type in Mid Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue. (Note: no hyphen between Mid and Atlantic.) Highlight and click on MAESSR to adopt it as your cause. Start shopping, MAESSRland!
Feed your pets NATURAL BALANCE? Please save the store receipt and 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
MY DOG PULLS. WHAT DO I DO? (59 pages) by Turid Rugaas. A 59-page book with easy-to-follow instructions that teach you a kind and effective method for encouraging dogs to walk on leash without pulling. Quick and easy to learn, the method can be applied to any dog no matter what size, breed or age. Dogs that are easily distracted, or that encounter situations where they may lunge, bark, or give aggressive displays can be helped to walk calmly and quietly on a loose leash. Donated by Phyllis Chan + Fran Fisher.
SAVING GRACIE: HOW ONE DOG ESCAPED THE SHADOWY WORLD OF AMERICAN PUPPY MILLS (243 pages) by Carol Bradley. A compelling true story of one dog’s rescue from a Pennsylvania puppy mill. This touching narrative uses the poignant makeover of Gracie, a sickly Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to tell the story of America’s hidden puppy mills-commercial kennels that breed dogs in horrific living conditions and churn out often-diseased and emotionally damaged puppies for sale. Saving Gracie chronicles how one little dog is transformed from a bedraggled animal worn out from bearing puppies into a loving, healthy member of her new family; and how her owner, Linda Jackson, is changed from a person who barely tolerated dogs to a woman passionately determined not only to save Gracie’s life, but also to get the word out about the millions of American puppy mill dogs who need our help. A touching story of survival and redemption. Donated by Grace and Dave Miller.
Rainbow Bridge Crossings
None reported!
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: 20
Permanent fosters: 2
Dogs pending foster home: 2
Moving to foster home:
Lady 18 to Laura Beckendorf
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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