Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.

Watertown, WI
Report for Associates Meeting January 14, 2015
1) Call to Order 7:15p.m.
2) Roll Call See Attached
3) Minutes from the December meeting approved
4) Reports of Committees:
a. Dog Park
Brandt-Quirk dog park site - City will be submitting a sealed bid for land north of
Brandt/Quirk Park, due by January 26.
b. Spools for the Boomer dog park the artist and Ys way will be working on those
at the Recycling Center this month
c. Signs for the boomer dog park - Kris has the notes and is working on the project
this month.
d. Dog Training Next Basic Family Dog class starts Wednesday, Feb. 25th at 7pm
at the recycling center.
i. The Watertown shelter will choose a dog to send.
ii. We need volunteers to help clean and prep the Recycling Center before
each class. Greg is following up with some leads on a volunteer, but more
help would be nice.
e. Events
i. Making Enrichment Toys for Shelter Dogs
1. The Watetown Shelter Manager attended the meeting and
reviewed the samples
2. Other ideas were discussed and samples will be presented at the
next meeting.
3. The Shelter Manager requested Treat Chutes that allow visitors to
treat the dogs in the kennels without putting their fingers through
the cage mesh with the treats for the occasional dog with barrier
frustration
5) Old Business:
i. Tee shirts are ready to order.
Prices:
Tee Shirts: $12
Hoodies: $30
Some people placed orders for regular sweat shirts, but prices arent
available from the manufacturer yet.
ii. Finalizing plans for the annual meeting
1. Watertown All Breed Community will be setting our goals for the
year with input of new ideas from the larger community. The public
is invited to attend, but must reserve a seat in advance.

Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.

1660 S. Church Street Box 225 Watertown, WI 53094
Email: watertownabc@gmail.com www.watertownabc.weebly.com

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Watertown, WI
2. Holding the event at a restaurant turned out to be more
expensive than we thought was reasonable, so it will be a pot luck
instead.
3. Conelly Hall at the Senior Center is reserved for the event on
February 27th, 2015 from 5pm-9pm. The dinner will start at
6:30p.m.
4. People can email WABC to sign up and also view and add to the
pot luck menu at
http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/Watertown
5. The planning meeting for the Annual Meeting Potluck is next week
Wednesday, January 21 at 7pm at the Senior Center. Laurie will
call and reserve the room. Greg, Laurie, Amy, Kris, and Gail are
on the planning committee.
6. The next step will be to assemble a list of resources including,
reduced cost spay and neuter and first calls for help.
iii. Dog food pantry
1. Donations;
a. Ace already gives to the shelter
b. Tractor Supply will donate
c. Pidder Padder Paws donates to a rescue, but will allocate
some for the food pantry as well.
d. Greg will call Roundys and Target Distribution
e. Gail will check with Hooves and Paws and the other pet
store in Oconomowoc
2. The Shelter Manager noted that the shelter will donate their
overstock whenever they have some and we will donate to them
when they run short.
3. Standard practice will be to block out the bar code and put the
WABC name on the bags.
4. Greg will contact the food pantries to see if they want to
coordinate with us.
5. We will add the food pantry info. and Kris contact info. to the
brochure. Well also add the web address, and the logo to the
front.
iv. Vouchers for nail clipping & ear cleaning from vets, groomers, and the
Watertown Humane Society dogwash fundraiser will be discussed at the
next meeting.
6) New Business:
a. New Associate:
i. Linda was approved as our newest Associate.
b. Weight Pull Event:
i. The Alaskan Malamute Club of Wisconsin (AMCW) is holding a Weight
Pull at Glenns Meat Market on Sunday, March 22, 2015. Glenn will open
the Brat House for us to operate until 4p.m. All Brat House proceeds will
go to Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.
Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.
1660 S. Church Street Box 225 Watertown, WI 53094
Email: watertownabc@gmail.com www.watertownabc.weebly.com

Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.

Watertown, WI

7) Meeting adjournment 8:15p.m.

Watertown All Breed Community, Inc.

1660 S. Church Street Box 225 Watertown, WI 53094
Email: watertownabc@gmail.com www.watertownabc.weebly.com