{"id":242868,"date":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/tails-of-the-city-food-and-more-for-thought\/"},"modified":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T07:00:00","slug":"tails-of-the-city-food-and-more-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/tails-of-the-city-food-and-more-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Tails of the City — Food — and More — for Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tails of the City — Food — and More — for Thought
\npor Peggy Scott<\/p>\n

\"howlistic\"<\/a> If we are, indeed, what we eat, then many dogs and cats are comprised largely of things like soy beans, hydrolyzed chicken and \u201cby-products,\u201d as you\u2019ll find out during a visit to Howlistic in Mission Hills.
\n \u201cMany dog and cat foods sold aren\u2019t made with what they should be eating,\u201d said shop co-owner Don Kennedy. \u201cOur focus is on good nutrition. We\u2019re passionate about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Kennedy and his business partner, Craig Ahlstrom, opened the store a year and a half ago, they were determined to improve the selection of pet foods in San Diego. Howlistic, a \u201cnatural, holistic, and organic\u201d dog (and cat) wellness center, was the first in the San Diego area to offer Stella & Chewy\u2019s premium raw foods. The shop\u2019s refrigerators contain several raw brands. Kennedy\u2019s own dog, Sadie, is on a raw food diet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are carnivores — cats especially so — and the way their system works, they shouldn\u2019t eat things like corn, wheat and such. We have a lot of options,\u201d Kennedy said.<\/p>\n

Even committed kibble-feeders have a lot to choose from, including San Diego-based The Honest Kitchen, Evo, Wellness-Core and Canidae. Canine customers (and their people) will also find treats, supplements and vitamins. Not sure what food is right for your pet? Howlistic has a resource center — including seminars and workshops.<\/p>\n

In an effort to offer one-stop shopping, Kennedy and Ahlstrom stock supplies like beds, collars and leashes, shampoos and toys. But again, Kennedy is cautious about his suppliers. \u201cWe judge companies by how environmentally friendly they are, and the quality of their products,\u201d Kennedy said, noting how after the various contamination and toxicity scares in certain countries, he buys exclusively from U.S and Canadian companies. \u201cQuality and safety are first and foremost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kennedy is a fountain of pet food knowledge, and willingly shares it with anyone who needs advice. \u201cWe like to see healthier, happier pets,\u201d he said.
\n Howlistic is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The shop is at 914 West Washington St. in Mission Hills. For more information, visit www.howlistic.com or call (619) 255-7369.<\/p>\n

Peggy Scott is a freelance pet writer. She can be contacted at pscott.pets@yahoo.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tails of the City — Food — and More — for Thought By Peggy Scott If we are, indeed, what we eat, then many dogs and cats are comprised largely of things like soy beans, hydrolyzed chicken and \u201cby-products,\u201d as you\u2019ll find out during a visit to Howlistic in Mission Hills. \u201cMany dog and cat […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":242869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Tails of the City -- Food -- and More -- for Thought","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}