Vegan dog food

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“I would encourage everyone to examine the studies on dogs & cats conducted @ Cornell university. While cats are known carnivores, dogs are omnivores. Just make sure your companion is eating a well balanced diet. Multiple veg protein sources and a good vitamin supplement. I feed my 17 year old kelpie+ & 2 year old & 1 year old cattle dogs this way. I supplement with high quality vegan kibble. I make sure my dogs have loads of live foods. My family purees organic veggies...pressure cook beans etc. We rotate grains throughout the week. Believe it or not, our loves enjoy our morning muesli with us too! ....rolled oats, chopped pecans & walnuts, bananas, mango, soy yogurt and ricemilk with a splash of vanilla. If you don't offer some, prepare to have your bowl dumped in your lap while they protest! I feel commercial kibble is not needed, but we keep it around for being on the go and when friends take care of our dogs. Try Vegedog vitamins. I have also used Paul Owens (the dog whisperer)...he's the 'real' thing....his book has feeding guidelines. Unfortunately he recommends raw meat. I have used his protein ratios by simply supplementing vegan protein in place of the meat. You can get a good scale for weighing food @ a thrift store or kitchen shop and be on your way to making quality food. I agree with Christine Agro that you have to watch your companion carefully...always...as you would yourself or a child to make sure they are happy and well on ANY diet. Continuing to perpetuate the myth that dogs 'need' meat is very conservative and lacks education. Humans aren't carnivores either. We may 'crave' foods....they may taste good to ourselves and dogs, but aren't needed. Cats are the only true mammalian carnivores in our keep and I have known of many a vegan cat, though it takes a little more work. I choose to not have cat companions for this reason. I would also find it interesting that a clairvoyant would promote meat eating at all. Has Christine had clairvoyant moments with animals ready for slaughter...does she 'intuitively' sense thier desire to die? I have yet to encounter any animal that would give themselves up for food. Therefore, I feel that our lifestyle/philosophy is appropriate for our companions if it is good for ourselves.” — Kelly, Aug 07 2009

“Dogs in the wild may need meat, but domesticated dogs are evolving much like humans. They no longer have to kill to survive. Most dogs lay around all day inside with the cool air condition, like us. And thus, their bodies and how they work change. They CAN live on a vegan diet just like humans can. ” — Brooke, Jun 26 2009

“My 3 dogs a lab/dane, a shepherd mix and a sharpei mix have all been on vegan dog food for 8 years now. They eat Evolution kibble, Nature's Recipe, and Dick Van Patten vegetarian formula. They eat vegan dog treats as well. My former vet looked at the food info and found it to be high quality. I recently moved and my new vet says she is amazed that my dogs show no signs of arthritis which is apparently quite unusual for their age. My sharpei's skin condition cleared up beautifully once she became veg and is off her meds now. All 3 dogs have had good checkups and great coats. I have lost track of her, but there was a 26 year old border collie in England who has eaten lentils, barley & veggies her entire life. So although we think they need meat, they seem to do quite well on plant proteins, just as people do. ” — seadove, Jan 10 2009