WEEKLY UPDATE 6-18-17
UPCOMING EVENTS – save the dates!
- Sunday, July 9th thru
Saturday, July 15th: The ESSFTA National
Specialty at the Purina Farms Event Center - 200 Checkerboard
Loop - Gray Summit, MO. MAESSR will again be at the national
specialty and will help to host the Paws Across America cocktail party and
charity auction. All proceeds are being shared by the springer rescue groups
attending. Why not come, see a great show, and help MAESSR at our booth and the
Charity Auction!
- Saturday, September
30th: Fifth Annual MAESSR Williamsburg (VA) Golf Classic
- See Special Events under Categories at MAESSR.org for details
SPRINGERFESTS:
- Stay tuned for future dates!
FEATURED DOGS
CASTRO, RILEY 12, and
COLE 2 are looking for their forever homes. Go to MAESSR.org to read their stories and check
out their web pages for a complete description.
Check out Castro’s special write
up on our Facebook page and general Yahoo mail group on June 12th. Please consider making one of these deserving
dogs the newest member of your family.
Dogs over 9 years old
are considered senior dogs, although a great number of them still have more
energy than their owners. It all depends on the dog, some may have slowed down,
even gotten a little gray in their beautiful coat or have some minor health
issues requiring daily medication. However,
they still have a lot of love and kisses to give a loving family. The big
benefit to a "senior" dog is they are already trained, have good
house manners and life experience. Special
needs dogs may require a special home, such as few or no stairs, no
children and etc. Some of these may be shy or unsocialized dogs who have grown
enough to move with a medical issue that needs to be controlled on a daily
basis, which does not prevent the dog from living a normal active life. Take a few minutes to look over these
seasoned dogs that still have much love to give. If interested, contact Candi Lynn at frostysd1@yahoo.com.
MISCELLANEOUS FUNDING/RESOURCES
- MAESSR Pet Portrait
Raffle: One beautiful hand-drawn portrait of your pet
worth $300.00 by artist Jean Bryer, a portrait artist who
resides with her dog, Freddy and cat Hobbs. An illustration graduate of Moore
College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Jean is also an experienced
corporate graphic designer and illustrator. Working on your pet's portrait allows Jean to combine
her two passions: a love of animals and drawing. Her portraits capture the
beauty of your family friend. In order to
capture the beauty of YOUR pet, Jean requests you to send 6 to 10 different
photographs (copies - no originals, please!). Jean's portraits are in black and
white, though sometimes she adds a touch of color. Her portraits come unframed
and can easily be shipped. If you have
interest in Jean's work beyond the raffle, please contact Jean for more info at
(703) 537-6262 or e-mail her at info@jeanbryer.com.
Please mention MAESSR! Go to MAESSR.org Special Events tab under
Categories to buy your chances! Tickets are one for $5 or 5 for $20 until July
4th.
- Check out chewy.com - Place your first order and chewy.com will
proudly donate $20 to MAESSR! There is a
huge selection of pet food
(including 5-star dog foods), treats, and supplies delivered straight to your
door! They sell over 300 brands of pure
pet love, have 24/7 customer service, free shipping on orders over $49, and are
cheaper than your local store. Sign up
for automatic shipment of dog food or other supplies right to your door on the
schedule you choose. No more lugging big
bags of dog food from your car to the house.
- iGive is a MAESSR affiliate which is an
automatic donation when shopping at +1500 stores. Register at MAESSR.org under Donations
category and choose Affiliates on the pull down menu. iGive is at the top. Simply fill out the form and download the
application. You can install the iGive
button on your toolbar and when you go to eligible sites, a pop-up will appear
to ask you if you wish to donate.
- Thanks
to the MAESSR team at Canal Pup Fest, $20 was raised from sales.
BOOK BARKS
- Clicker Fun: Click and Fetch
DVD with Dr. Deborah
Jones shows you how to fix your
dog's behavior problems while using fair and humane techniques, rather than
force and punishment. The focus is on the problem-solving methods of
prevention, management, extinction and differential reinforcement. Problems
such as chewing, nipping, destructiveness, jumping, barking, and hyperactivity
are highlighted.
- Sirius
Puppy Training Redux
(40 minutes) In 1982,
Dr. Dunbar created and taught the world's first off-leash puppy socialization
and training classes - SIRIUS Puppy Training. Before there were no puppy
classes; dogs had to wait until they were six months to a year old before
attending school. SIRIUS Redux shows classes how they were originally
taught and how they should be taught today. Owners spend the entire class
learning how to observe, handle and train their puppies. Puppies lean to play
with other puppies and socialize with their owners. There are no separate
playtimes or training times, instead, all puppies are off-leash for the entire
class and numerous short training interludes are integrated within the play
session. Thus, rather than becoming a distraction to training, playing with
other puppies becomes an effective reward for training. In no time at all,
compliance becomes a simple matter of puppy preference, puppies lean to listen
to their owners because that's what they want to do. Watch SIRIUS
Redux and learn Dr. Dunbar's quick and easy, simple and effective, gentle and
enjoyable, scientifically-based methods of off-leash, lure/reward, dog-friendly
dog training, that made the SIRIUS philosophy the hallmark of pet dog training.
The
MAESSR library has over 150 DVDs, CDs, and books, both non-fiction and fiction,
to lend out. You can borrow books and other training
material directly from the MAESSR Library on the group’s website by simply
adding the books/DVDs you wish to borrow to the shopping cart and checking out.
You will not be charged for this process. Or you can send an email with your
name, address and material you wish to borrow to library@maessr.org. The material will be mailed to you
and be due back within three weeks; you are responsible for return
postage. Unfortunately we can no longer
mail materials internationally.
The Training Library now has a WISH LIST on
Amazon.com! If you would like to
purchase a book for the library, search for library@maessr.org Wish List on Amazon to view the list of books and DVDs
we would like to add to our library. You
can purchase a book off the list, and it will be shipped directly to the
library. Pretty quick and easy way to
help out MAESSR!
DID YOU KNOW?
If you have a pet in
need of prayers please contact Linda Shope at stlrsgl@gmail.com or Linda
Johnston at springerlove@comcast.net. We would be happy to add your pets name to the pet
ministry prayer list
MAESSR 2018 CALENDAR!: It is that time of
year to submit the best photos of your MAESSR adopted dog. All Photos need to be
submitted by Wednesday July 4th! YOU
HAVE just over TWO WEEKS! Make your MAESSR dog a star! We are also continuing the Memorial Page, so
if your MAESSR dog passed away in 2016 or 2017, consider submitting a photo.
Guidelines:
1. Deadline for submissions is July 4th, 2017. Email the photo to: calendarpictures@maessr.org. Each family can submit up to 4 photos. No humans in the photos,
pets only.
2. THE FUN
STUFF: There is no limit on the subjects; Springers with toys,
getting into trouble, travel, multiple dogs, sitting pretty, action shots,
funny shots, and seasonal shots -- anything goes!
Multiple dogs - at least one dog in the photo needs to be a MAESSR dog. Make it
fun! Fill your viewfinder with your dog. Background is nice, but
show your dog! Watch your photo background for busy-ness. Try to capture your dog's personality. Keep your camera close --
you never know what your Springer is going to do!
3. THE TECHNICAL
STUFF: Be very careful with cell phone photos. Jpgs are preferred. If
sending a jpg, please try to have the image originate from an 8-mega pixel
or higher digital camera. If the resolution is not high enough, we may not
be able to use the image in the calendar. Preferred photo size is 4”x 6”
or 3.5” x 5”. Both landscape and portrait (up and down) images are acceptable.
4. If you have changed the
dog's name, please provide the pre-adoption name.
5. MEMORIAL PAGE: If
your MAESSR dog passed since the last calendar was released, please send their
photo and be sure to identify the photo for the Memorial Page.
6. Please note that photos
may be used in future MAESSR publications or merchandise.
Questions? Contact Vicki at Springerlane@gmail.com Please help make the
2018 calendar our best to date!
Did you know that the
calendar committee now accepts pictures of your MAESSR dog year-round? Just
send your best shots to calendarpictures@maessr.org email accepts calendar pictures
all year. So now you can submit a photo whenever you have a good one...
PICTURES---PICTURES---PICTURES☺ ☺ ☺
If you
want to share photos of your dog on our social media send:
HELP WANTED
As a reminder, when
you send your notes about events or requests for help to the website or
Facebook, please cc: updates@maessr.org. This will help
ensure that all events are mentioned periodically in the Weekly Update and
equal attention is given to all. Mistakes
happen! Corrections or omissions to the
Weekly Update can also be sent to this address.
Also, if you have a favorite resource to help MAESSR earn some extra
cash or goods for our four-legged charges that hasn’t been mentioned, please
let me know so it can be highlighted, too.
Thanks!
THIS WEEK IN MAESSRLAND
We have 23 dogs in our care this week. There are now 6 permanent fosters as Candy crossed Rainbow Bridge. Two
dogs are pending a foster home.
Moving into Foster Homes were: Obi to
Liz Watson ~ Ronin to Debbie Lipcsey
Springing into Furever Homes were: Addie
2 to McCombs ~ Woo-Hoo!
Submitted by MAESSR
volunteer Cathy Moyer
with thanks to all
those who helped with submissions/information.