These links look good:

http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=34

http://www.vegetariandogs.com/VDWebsite/vd.htm

http://www.vegan.org/going_vegan/veggie_dogs/index.html

http://www.yummyfordogs.org/

http://www.v-dogfood.com/

http://celestialrawgoddess.tripod.com/id27.html

There are so many sites on the web dealing with vegan and vegetarian dogs, I was amazed.

I know you asked for personal experience, not links. However, you may get inspiration from these links.

Hi LS, I have always fed Bella a raw flesh diet. And I felt it was the right thing to do for various reasons. When I read Ani Phyo's book though I started to change my mind. Her dog is amazingly healthy and good looking. She has recipes for raw dog snacks in her book. I loved her approach and it did start to change my mind.

Also I felt so guilty for supporting the meat industry every time I bought her food that I really had to rethink as guilt is a very weakening emotion and I would like to grow stronger thank you very much! LOL.

Last week I gave Bella green smoothie every morning for breakfast and at night avocado blended with various nuts and veges. She ate everything I gave her. When I switched her back to meat I noticed her behaviour change. She was more aggressive and whiney. I'd not noticed that before. Except when at a dog park. She was also less inclined to just sit and be patted.

Interesting experiment. I'm looking further into it and looking forward to not supporting the meat industry any more.

xoxoxoxo

Yeah they love it! Bella eats anything raw just about and I gave her the compost bucket a few weeks ago and she sifted through and found what she liked. There wasn't a lot left!

xoxoxo

Hi Raw Sensation and Jungle, thanks heaps for your responses :-)

Jen - I hadn't heard of that book before so thanks for the tip; I'll check it out. That's so cool that Bella loves a green smoothie, as well as nuts and avo. Avocado isn't good for horses; it's good to know that Bella enjoys it.   

Hey Jungle - you are a sweetie! Thanks for the happy vegan dogs stories; they are great to hear! :-)

I had the honour and pleasure of listening to biologist/zoologist Professor Marc Bekoff speak recently at Sydney Uni vet school. What an incredible man!!! If you truly love animals, I so highly recommend reading some of his books:  http://literati.net/Bekoff/  His writing is so beautiful I always cry. He is a deeply spiritual man who so clearly understands the interrelation between mankind, animals, the planet and spirituality.....soooo on my wavelength!!! :-) He did briefly touched on the topic of vegan dogs and cats, having been exposed to them for 30 odd years....so I know it's not unusual to have healthy and happy vegan pets but it's great to hear first hand (or second hand) experiences fron lovely Raw Pleasure people!

If anyone else can contribute similar stories , I'd love to hear them. 

Much love

Lovespirit xx



   

   

PS Just a small aside....

I was wrapped devotedly around the neck of one of my horses today, smelling his divine scent, stroking his fluffy teddy-bear coat and lamenting to a friend that I couldn't take him home to bed with me to snuggle up to. My friend said

"That's what dogs were invented for".

Awwwwww. SO cute! :-)      

Hi everyone

In case you haven't read from the top of this post.....and just so we don't lose the clearly explained intention of this thread:

***I would still love to hear from anyone that has a vegetarian/vegan/raw vegan dog
*** what you feed him/her
*** how the transition phase was (or if they were fed that way from birth)

.....whether they were your own personal experiences or those of family and friends.


Thanks a million!

Lovespirit xx

I remember reading a book called "The toxicless diet" years ago which was by a guy called Paul Bragg. He fed his dog a vegan diet based on food combining for years. I am pretty sure that his dog died at 19 when it was attacked by a gang of dogs. But that was all really fresh healthy food.

Peebs, you know I love you, that doesn't need to be said, but I have a hard time reconciling feeding a dog a vegan diet with beatings! Unless of course the said dog is obviously ill and it is fixed by a change of diet but the owner chooses to keep the dog sick for the sake of it. That wouldn't be nice. I'd ask Ani for a photo of her dog but she doesn't answer emails. It seems no one from her office does!

I've read on the net of many a dog who was raised on a vegan diet and done really well.

Cats, I believe are a different matter. From what I have read, they truly do need nutrition from meat. Hmmmm.

I think this is getting away from the original post though which was asking for testimonials?

Perhaps if you answer me Peebs it should be by PM? I'm interested in what you have read.

Chilli, hello! Welcome. I am unsure of the brand you are using. Is it packaged? I've not looked at packaged dog food for a long time. Whether it's vegan or not I do believe that fresh is best. I do not advocate dried food for cats or dogs at all.

xoxoxoxoxo