It all started because of the love of Hope and Jim Williams for Maggie, the rescue Golden Retriever who was given 3 months to live by the vet. They decided to adopt Maggie and made a promise to “give her the best 3 months of her life.” Hope and Jim, our founders, set to work researching. They developed a custom diet using natural, healthy foods and supplements, and Maggie lived a vibrant 3 more years! Their discoveries healing Maggie, and their passion for helping, uncovered a true calling… “we knew we wanted to give something more.”
HOW IT ALL STARTED
...all about Best Friend Nutrition
Maggie's Story
A Store Is Born
Hope and Jim moved to Sequim in 2003, opening the first “health food store for pets” off Hooker Road in Carlsborg. In 2008 the store moved to it’s current home in the Safeway Plaza in Sequim.
After 14 years of dedicating themselves to offering the best in nutrition for pets, Hope and Jim decided to retire. But they wouldn’t leave their store to just anyone, after all this wasn’t just a business, this was a labor of love and countless treasured relationships!
“For us, it’s always [been] all about the health of the animal.” – Hope Williams
And we can’t thank them enough!
A New Chapter
And that’s when something magical happened… a one in a million chance brought the Lindens and Williams together. They found shared values, passions, and the belief in the healing power of good nutrition: the baton was passed in 2018.
Cynthia and Casey Linden moved to Sequim and fell in love! Continuing to serve Sequim and the North Olympic Peninsula, under the guidance of Cynthia and Casey The Natural Pet Market, Best Friend Nutrition was re-born.
Cynthia is a graduate of the University of Washington, holding a degree in Zoology and has years of research in pet nutrition. When Max, her first dog just out of college, started to struggle with allergies and poor health Cynthia set on a path to understand the true power of healing with holistic food and supplements. “Through helping Max I learned the value of good nutrition and to look deeper than the ingredient panel. I learned how to help her body heal itself. She taught me so much, and she always loved me, even on her toughest days!” – Cynthia Linden
FRIENDLY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF
Best Friend Nutrition’s knowledgeable and friendly staff has extensive experience in caring for pets.
We will listen to you.
We will help you find the best fit for you and your pets with our broad selection of pet food, supplements and enrichments.
Over 25 years of holistic pet health experience
Certified Pet Food Nutrition Specialists
Deep and practical product knowledge
We are committed to a journey of healthy living with you and your pets, we will research and seek answers for holistic wellness.
"We help you have the healthiest pets on earth"
WE APPRECIATE YOU
Win free stuff!
We are so thankful to our customers and community and we work hard to find ways to give back to you! We have several free raffles each year when we give away amazing prize baskets packed with great foods, treats, and goodies. We offer special VIP discounts, monthly sales specials, and surprise flash sales to save you money. Join our FREE Frequent Buyer Club to earn free food, treats, and supplements when you shop. Join our email list to get all the savings and updates (usually just one email a month, we won’t abuse your time).
It’s our way of saying Thanks!
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
We love where we live and believe it’s important to give back to the community we live in, so we regularly fundraise and donate to local animal rescues and organizations:
Olympic Peninsula Humane Society (OPHS), Welfare For Animals Guild (W.A.G.), Peninsula Friends of Animals (PFOA), Rescue Every Dog (R.E.D.), Center Valley Animal Rescue, KSQM Sequim radio, Boys and Girls Club of Sequim, Olympic Peninsula Medical Center, local Elementary and High Schools, and more.. .
OLYMPIC PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY
“We’d like to give a huge thanks to BEST FRIEND NUTRITION: a health food store for pets! for sponsoring Nellie’s road to recovery!!! Nellie was scheduled to be euthanized at a high intake shelter in Southern California — even though she performed nearly perfect on her temperament test, her time was up… Thankfully, our partners at Dream Team Angels Rescue were able to pull Nellie to safety and get her transported up to Western Washington to start a better life!
And now, thanks to the friendly folks at Best Friend Nutrition, Nellie has a super high-quality food, supplements, and shampoo to help make her healthy inside and out! …She’s already feeling and looking better!
This 7-year-old lady is just the SWEETEST girl in the world, and we are so happy we could save her life! She no longer has to worry about making puppies, sleeping on the cold/hard ground, or getting enough to eat.”
PAWS ON PATROL
Best Friend Nutrition has been supporting Sequim Police K9 Unit since 2008 with the the best nutrition…
In 2018 we proudly partnered with Open Farm, makers of certified humane and non-GMO foods, to supply the best nutrition for our Sequim and Port Angeles K9 units with monthly food, completely free. We give them the best, so they can give their best.
Thank you for your service!
