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SHOPPING
BEST PET SUPPLIES
Clipper’s Canine Cafe
8407 Main St., Ellicott City.
410-465-3200. clipperscaninecafe.com
Kate Bowman opened her all-natural pet
food store in 2004 after an all-raw diet saved
her dog’s life.
Doodad, a young golden mix, suffered from
inflammatory bowel disease so severe that his
weight dropped from 60 pounds to 32. He was
so miserable, Bowman considering euthanizing him.
Then, in desperation, she switched Doodad
to a raw foods diet.
“It changed everything,” she said. “I had him
with me for another 14 years.”
Instantly, Bowman put all her pets — dogs,
chickens, cats, horses — on a raw foods diet.
Her animals thrived, and friends began asking
where they could buy raw food.
“It became easier to just open my own store,”
she said.
Clipper’s — named after a yellow lab that
Bowman later owned — sells all-natural foods
(including some raw foods), supplements and
gourmet pet treats.
Bowman also does diet consultations in her
store. Formerly employed as a vet tech, she has
become skilled at diagnosing potential allergies
based on an animal’s symptoms.
“It doesn’t take people long to see the difference an all-natural diet can make for their pets,”
she said.
Clipper’s Canine Cafe owners Kate Bowman and her mother Ann stand in their Ellicott
City store on Main Street. PHOTO BY KEVIN RICHARDSON
THE LIST
Antiques
THE ANTIQUE CENTER AT
HISTORIC SAVAGE MILL
Honorable mentions:
Antique Depot
Westwood Unique Furniture, Home & Garden
Decor
Bike shop
TREK BICYCLE
Bookstore
BARNES & NOBLE
Honorable mentions:
The Cycle Mill
Patapsco Bicycles, Maple Lawn
90+ Cycling
Honorable mentions:
Backwater Books
The Last Word
Bridal shop
CHERIE SUSTAINABLE BRIDAL
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