Thank you to everyone who came out and supported our food drive at Pet Supplies Plus in Manchester, and a special thank you to LisaBeth, Astyn and Sam, 3 MLC students that were very helpful.

Please join us tomorrow at Pet Supplies Plus in Manchester from 11-3 for a food drive.

A very big thank you to "BAAC" for a generous donation of pet food.

Rabies Clinic May 12th 2-4

Rabies Vaccination Clinic

Sponsored by The CT Veterinary Medical Association 

Co-Sponsored by:

The West Hartford / Bloomfield Health District,

The Town of Windsor Health Department &

The Friends Of Windsor Animal Care and Control

Saturday May 12, 2012

2pm - 4pm

LP Wilson Community Center

599 Matianuck Avenue

Windsor, CT

Low Cost - $20.00 per animal - CASH ONLY

There are no residency requirements.

Families with CT State Medical Card (Medicaid) may

present the card for one free vaccination

Written proof (NOT TAGS) of prior vaccination for rabies

must be presented to qualify for a three-year certificate. 

One-year certificates will be given to all others.

Age: Animals must be 3 months or older 

The Windsor Animal Control Officer will offer Microchips for $25.00

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For Information Call: 

The West Hartford / Bloomfield Health District @ 561-7900 or

The Windsor Health Department @ 285-1824

All dogs MUST be on leashes & 

All cats MUST be in carriers    

Please join us this Saturday at Petco on Kennedy Rd in Windsor for a food drive from 3-6

Ask our ACO… Have you ever had a question about an animal issue and wonder what the laws, guidelines or regulations are? Now’s your chance to get answers, e-mail your questions to the friends of Windsor animal car & control at friendsofwindsoranimal@yahoo.com and Windsor’s animal control officer, Brian Davis will respond to your questions.

Max loaned out his "dog house" to Stop & Shop in Windsor for our new donation box.

Dog Pound Relocation Moving Forward

By STEVEN GOODE

9:44 a.m. EST, February 7, 2012

Copyright © 2012, The Hartford Courant 

WINDSOR—

The town council has approved the appropriation of $45,000 to fund appraisals, surveys, conceptual design and other tasks related to the relocation of the town dog pound.
The pound, located on Mechanic Street behind town hall, was built 30 years ago and officials have been looking for an alternative site to care for unlicensed and stray dogs since 2002.
Over the past several years town officials have considered several possible sites in town, but have not found a suitable location. The town council in 2011 also considered entering into a lease agreement with the town of Windsor Locks to share its facility but decided against it.
Subsequently, the decision was made to try again to find a suitable location in town. The money appropriated Monday by the council will be used to complete property appraisals, site surveys and assessments and preliminary concept designs.
The preliminary concept includes 12 interior runs and kennels, a storage area, a small office, lobby and restrooms.
The new facility, which is expected to cost more than $400,000 to build plus the cost of the land, will also allow the town to move forward with plans to develop rental housing on the current site of the pound.
Mayor Donald Trinks said Tuesday that development of the current site can't happen without a new pound.
"That pound needs to be replaced and relocated," Trinks said.
Town Manager Peter Souza said Tuesday that there was an outside chance that construction could begin this year, but added that 2013 is more likely. Souza said he has identified three possible sites for the new pound as well.
Debbie Samson, a member of the Friends of the Windsor Dog Pound, said Tuesday that her group, which has been advocating for Windsor, which has nearly 3,000 licensed animals, to keep it's own pound, appreciates Souza's efforts.
"We're all working together," Samson said. "We're all going to do what's in the best interest of the pets."

Pending no longer, Friends of Windsor Animal Care & Control is an official 501-c3 organization. Also keep an eye on our website; “Between Friends” our informational page will be up soon.

Happy New Year

The conclusion of 2011 was also the conclusion of our first year together, joining together last January to support our pound remaining in town and expanding from there. To date we have helped 46 families with 102 pets, and we are still growing. As always we want to thank all wonderful volunteers, supporters and sponsors, including Petco, Stop & Shop and Pet Supplies Plus. We have some new ideas we are working on for 2012, including a monthly internet newsletter focusing on pet health, information and tips. If anyone has any topics or suggestions please feel free to e-mail us.  

Alex & Andrew's MLC Food Drive

Great job boys Thank you!!!

A very successful weekend of food drives… Over 100 lbs of dry food, 283 cans, 70 lbs of liter and 35 packages of treats from Stop & Shop. Thanks again to Stop & Shop and their generous patrons and of course to our wonderful groups of volunteers.   

And Alex and Andrew, 2 MLC students who organized their own food drive in their neighborhood, collected over 70 lbs of dry food and 70 cans. Great job Alex and Andrew. Thank you for your help.

Please join us on Saturday December 3^rd at Stop & Shop in Windsor for our winter food drive from 9:30-2:00. Due to the generous donations from Petco, Pet Supplies Plus and their patrons we are well supplied with dog food and dog treats. We are however running low on cat food, both dry and canned.

We need a show of support at a special town meeting this Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Windsor Town Hall. Please come to show your support of getting a new pound started as quickly as possible. It looks like our pound will be at the current location for the winter, which is in dreadful condition. There is money in the budget for a new pound, but a location has to be found (behind or next to the police station would be ideal), and plans made for the building and runs. Please help us get action so the animals will soon be in a better place.

If you are a Windsor resident, please write to the Town Council and Town Manager, Peter Souza, Town of Windsor, 275 Broad Street, Windsor, CT 06095 or email at TownCouncil@townofwindsorct.com, townmanager@townofwindsorct.com.

Windsor desperately needs a new pound; the current one is unsafe and an embarrassment. There is money budgeted for a pound.

Please help the animals by attending the meeting on Wednesday and voice your support by writing.

Thank you!

Join us at Stop & Shop on December 3rd for our winter food drive from 9:30-2:00

Thank you Geisslers

And of course thank you to our wonderful group of volunteers.

Help us pack a pumpkin for the pantry

Join us at Geisslers this Saturday on Broad St in Windsor from 9-2 for our fall food drive.

So excited about a neighborhood food drive organized by 2 middle school students at MLC, Thank you Alex and Andrew

Friends of Windsor
Animal
Care and Control

“Help us help our town’s pets”

you can help this newly formed noN-profit group
purchase items on the wish list place them in the bag provided-place the bag near your mail box and alex and andrew  will pick it up on

november 12^th 11:00AM-2:00PM

WISH LIST

dry dog food -canned dog food
dry cat food - canned cat food
cat liter - cat treats

Any questions please contact at 860-249-9463 orwww.friendsofwindsoranimals.com  friendsofwindsor@yahoo.com  EIN45-2253697 pending

Beauty and her Beast

Join us at Cutting Edge Salon on October 29th from 9-2, for $20 plus a pet food item choose from

The Beauty:         including          For Her Beast:
Mini Manicures                          "Pet"icures
Mini Pedicures                           Comb Outs
Shampoo & Blow Dry                Kooky Prizes
Eye Treatments                           Gifts Provided & Distributed
Chair Massage                            By Petco Representative

Refreshments will be served
Appointments appreciated, but not necessary
100% will be donated to the Beasts

Fantastic food drive today

What a great turn out and response at Pet Supplies Plus in Manchester today. A special thanks to Beth and Julie for their help and support. We filled 2 cars today.

Weekend events

This Saturday we will be having a food drive at Pet Supplies Plus in West Hartford from 11-3 and on Sunday we will be at the Windsor dog walk on the town green from 1-5. We hope to see you there.

A special thanks to novelist Dawn Ireland for her support, and her generous donation of several copies of her book...

More pictures.... Thanks Bill

Save the dates:

Come join us for our food drives on September 17th at Pet supplies Plus in West Hartford from 11-3 and on September 24th at Pet Supplies Plus in Manchester from 11-3. Hope to see everyone there.

We wanted to thank everyone for the continuous food donations; we are however running low on cat litter. Please spread the word that we are in need of litter. Thanks again

We're on facebook

Check out out facebook page and please "like us"

Raffle winners

And the winners are...
Dog Fan: Pat Gralton
Cat Fan: Tim Zagaja
Coffee Basket: Brian & Trish
Cat Basket: Sue Labonte
Dog Basket: Jody
Stop & Shop Gift Card: Gus Johnson
Bamboo Garden Gift Card: Arlene Jacques
Pedicure: Dianne McAuliffe
Manicure: Kay Lambs

Congratulations everyone and thank you to everyone for coming out and supporting the pantry.

Dom's Dinner

Windsor Patch Article

Dom's Holds Italian Dinner For Dogs and Cats

Dom's Broad Street Eatery

330 Broad St, Windsor, CT

Dom's Holds Italian Dinner For Dogs and Cats

What you should know today, Thurs., Aug. 11, 2011.

·         By Julian McKinley

Bottom of Form

1. No, Dom's won't be serving up Purina. Instead, in classic Dom's fashion, a fixed-price menu will be offered on Fri., Aug. 12, and 20 percent of all proceeds will be given to Windsor's brand new Pet Food Pantry.

2. The three-course, Italian-themed menu will cost $16.99, and $4.99 for children. The dinner is BYOB and menu options include:

First Course

Tossed Salad with House Vinaigrette

Escarole and White Bean Soup

Second Course

Shimp Piccata with Potato Gnocchi

Spaghetti with Meatballs

Eggplant Parmesan

Fettucini Bolognese

Third Course

Dom's Famous Rice Pudding

Spumoni

Kids' Menu

Hot Dog with Fries

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Grilled Cheese with Fries

3. According to the Associated Press, tough economic times have made it increasingly hard for Connecticut families to keep their pets. The main cause is the inability to afford food for their pets. The Windsor Pet Food Pantry provides pet food for households that cannot afford it

    Dom’s August Dinner 

to Benefit the Windsor Pet Food Pantry

Friday August 12th

5pm – 8pm BYOB

Italian Night at Dom’s

First Course

Tossed Salad with a House Vinaigrette

Escarole and White Bean soup

Second Course

Choice of:

 Shrimp Piccata with Potato Gnocchi

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Eggplant Parmesan

Fettuccini Bolognese  

Third Course

Choice of:

Dom’s Famous Rice Pudding

Served with a chocolate chip cookie

Spumoni

Topped with Powdered Sugar

$16.95 per person

Kids Menu

Hot Dog with Fries

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Grilled Cheese with Fries

$4.99 per child

20% of all sales will go to the Windsor Pet Food Pantry