Anyone that personally knows me knows that I am always up to something. Sometimes that something is harmless while other times, it leads up to something bigger. Im not going to say what led me to this but in short, I was wondering what would happen if one of my dogs acquired a severe oral problem and they couldnt rip/chew/gnaw their raw meaty bones. Maybe Id grind it up. Maybe, Id feed them vegetarian! While reading about vegetarian dogs, I noticed a few things. Some vets are total quacks that believe any animal willing to chew on something like grass can be a vegetarian. Some vets even suggested having a vegan (yes vegan) cat! After sorting out the quacks, I came across people claiming to have dogs in the double digit age that have lived their entire life vegan/vegetarian. I noticed that all of them had a lengthy amount of supplements given to them and so on. They needed their teeth brushed and such. Here is what I think about that.- Supplements? Whats that? My dogs dont need them because protein is easy to digest and vitamins are easily acquired from them.
- Teeth. Wolves in the wild dont brush their teeth and neither do prey model dogs. Vegetarian dogs do though....
- Fiber is really hard to digest and nearly impossible for even true omnivores like people (thank you college nutrition class!) low and behold, it also makes some vitamins harder to obtain from plants which is why vegans should consume supplements.
- poop. I almost forgot what that looked like till dearest loving Adam gave Loki an apple. My dogs poop more when they sneak plums and like fruits that have fallen on the ground.
- Dogs dont eat fruit because it is good for them. They eat fruit the same reason why a small child would eat chocolate. Who cares about the health benefits?
Now now pro vegan/vegetarian owners, dont go getting your panties in a bunch but hear me out. Two dogs that died recently on the longest living dog record were either vegetarian or meatatarian (I guess you could say.) My answer to this is that dogs now have access to what they didnt have years ago, supplements.
Before you vegetarian/vegans get super pissed at me, I think we could both agree one one thing, COMMERCIAL FOOD IS KILLING OUR PETS!!! Most companies dont give a flying flip about our babies! And Id never shoot down anyone that didnt feed meat to a special needs dog by the way. I understand that dogs nowadays are being born faster than weeds are growing in unkempt lawns.
Cats...now that is completely unacceptable. Im sure vegan cats do exist but its more like eating Soylent foods...just all multivitamin without actually being food.
Id also like to note that Im extremely shocked in how stupid vets can be. There was a test done where cats were fed rabbits to see if theyd survive. All of them got sick. Lets say vets were required to take a nutrition class. Rabbit starvation much? Too much lean meat will kill anything!
Anyway, I still think vegan/vegetarian dog diets are a little on the iffy side (unless you have one of those cases where your dog is allergic to a crap ton of common meats out there.) However, as a person into science and into medicine, I can say maybe I will try it someday with the whole supplements and lack of meat. Will it be like feeding a filler with supplements or would the food be fine by itself?
Also Id like to note that I applaud human vegetarians. Good work! Im working towards being one myself! However not everything is like a human. Not for ethical reasons however (if it lived, it has a soul to me) but just simply for land management and a better me.
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