no dogs r carnivores i feed my dog meat and im vege
Natural Balance makes a vegetarian formula for dogs. Although kibble is the worst food for pets. If you want them to be healthy (40% of pets die of cancer, which we all know is environmental and diet) the best diet you can feed them is a raw food diet. If you don't have the means or dedication to do that, then yes, go with a better-quality manufactured food.
I should add: i'm vegan, but my cats are not. I still don't support factory farming since I buy their food (they're raw fed) from small local farms that pasture raise their animals. If you have the dedication to appropriately feed them (where they thrive and not just survive) I suggest going to eatwellguide.org and typing in your zip code to find local farms.
Edited: you aren't vegan. You are vegetarian. Specifically lacto vegetarian (or lacto-ovo if you eat eggs as well.)
It's possible but it will be harmful to your dog.
If you're a vegetarian, why does it say you're vegan in your profile?
Vegans don't eat ANY animal related products, just so ya know :-)
Dogs and cats need meat in their diets, unlike people.
Don't try to make your dog into a vegetarian just so that he can be like you.
NO! If you love your dog, you will feed him meat. His body needs it. Some animals eat each other. Nature isn't always pretty, but that's just the way it is.
I am a vegan and have a pet beagle too :) (The world's cutest dogs no?) You really have to think and ask yourself what does you puppy have to gain from being vegetarian? I understand *your* reasoning and ethics in this regard---but would your beagle? The likely answer is no. No having a meat based diet would go against *their* very nature and their dietary needs. It would be terrible if your dog became ill and didn't have to.
That being said my beagle loves his vegetables---especially baby carrots and pressed seaweed sheets (nori rolls--the outside of sushi.) You can always supliment his diet with such.
Dogs, unlike humans, are naturally carnivores. For a proper diet canines should eat meat.
Your dog can probably survive, but he won't be very healthy compared to other dogs with flesh in their diet.
I guess it's possible, but I don't think you can guarantee the dog will not eat meat if given the chance. I don't think I would recommend it, actually.
I'm vegetarian and I love dogs. I had a male cairn terrier who ate all kinds of vegetarian food, but he couldn't resist the urge to kill animals that he caught--squirrels, birds, snakes, toads, mice, etc. I found this disturbing, but I realize it was natural behavior. Also, my mom used to give him hotdogs, and he would steal food from my mom's cat. Now I have a young female cairn and she has at least killed one rabbit and one bird.
But, cairns were historically raised to kill rats, maybe beagles don't have as much of an urge to kill like that. I know a few beagles and I'm not as familiar with them as I am with terriers.
yes you can raise your pup a vegetarian ,, you know the oldest living dog was 29 years old on a veggie diet , same as the second oldest...... my dog is also a beagle that i rescued ,and she is also an vegetarian ,i feed her nature's recipe vegetarian formula ....she's the best 16 year old dog i could have!!!! have fun with your dog
To feed natural carnivores like cats and dogs a pure vegetarian diet is cruel... leave the philosophical and ethcal arguments for humans
Dogs are domesticated wolves basically. Their natural diet consists of meat. While it is possible for you as a human to get all the nutrition you need by careful vegetarian diet choices, a vegetarian diet for a dog is unnatural and puts his nutritional wellbeing at risk.
I have nothing original to offer to this discussion except,
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND????
Vegetarian diets for animals such as dogs and cats are ABSURD. You damage their health, and with young ones damage their growth and longevity. "Vegetarian" pet foods are a scam to take your money and sicken your pets.
Listen, this is important. It is OK for an ADULT human to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle, recognizing the many trade-offs with health and vitality that accompany it.
It is NOT good to make kids grow up vegetarian. It is a stupid answer to a fad. For example, many "wholesome" parents insist their children have low-fat diets from birth - and this condemns their children to poor health, stunted growth, and risk of disease. Low-fat milk for kids under 6 is an act of child abuse!
You food faddists are ALL screwed up.
Get some basic sense and do the right thing for yourselves, your kids and your animals.
FEED THE DAMNED DOG SOME MEAT.
Yes it's possible and your dog will probably benefit from it. Cancer in dogs was virtually unheard of but they're suffering too now due to the inferior meat on the market thats pumped full of chemicals. And just think what meat goes into animal food... it will be the worst quality that aren't fit for humans.
There are lots of vegan dog foods on the market developed by nutritionalists who will know more about the subject than the people on here being guided by their 'common sense'. It's the same common sense that makes people say veganism for humans is unhealthy even though in most cases, it's healthier than an omnivorous diet. Dogs are natural omnivores... my dog and my family's dogs love fruit and veg... my dog has an apple and carrot a day as well as brocolli, tomatoes, salads and just about anything else along with her normal dog food. Sure in the wild, theyd eat meat but they're hardly wolves anymore. We control every aspect of their lives anyway and they wont even be able to tell that their food has no meat in if it smells the same and are full of the nutrients that will keep them healthy. If animals were unhealthy and dying on these foods then they wouldn't be in business would they? A family friend of mine has had rescue pets for over 40 years and each one was a vegetarian and lived to an old age. I don't know where you are so just google 'vegetarian or vegan dogfood' and you'll find loads of great companies.
nope- talk to the vet.
I doubt it. The beagle is smarter than you.
Would you enjoy watching your puppy die from malnutrition??
I don't think so. Unlike humans, dogs, cats, etc. need meat, humans aren't really supposed to eat meat anyway. I'm a vegetarian and I still give my cats food with meat in it.
I always say talk to your vet befoer switching a a pet's diet. They will know what is best for your little buddy. I have 8.5 lb Italian Greyhound that could never be a on a veggie diet. he is still on puppy food even though he is two years old and my vet just told me last week she will continue to have him on puppy food for at least two more years. Tell her/him your concerns and then let them help you design a diet that is appropriate for him. Good Luck!
While it's possible, I wouldn't recommend it. Dogs are carnivores by nature. It isn't even really healthy for them to be eating kibble or other forms of carbohydrates.
I feel that a love for animals should mean that you have their best interests at heart. Sometimes this means that interests will compete with one another. You're going to need to decide what is more important to you.
I'm not sure, because buying pet food really is contributing to the meat industry, and has unnecessary artificial flavors - to impress to people, of course - and dry food can harm pets. I think I would let him hunt whatever he wants, it's natural (but if the prey is sick, it can be harmful), and I heard of a dog who lived up to 27 years old on a vegetarian diet. (I think the dog lived up to 29 years old.) Here's an article:
http://dogsinthenews.com/issues/0209/art...I have a [stray] cat we have, and I really hate to be feeling like an incredible hypocrite by supporting these industries. If you keep a good, close watch on their diets, it can be successful.I know many of us here think it's "unnatural" (being natural or unnatural is irrelevant in an argument like this. )
Jesus, please hammercy upon this here dawg. Amen.