Veggies/Vegans with pets i have a question

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Depending on the type of pet you have the answer will vary but say you have a dog who is naturally carnivorous... what do you feed it? do you feed it meat? im a veggie getting a dog next week and all i want is the best health for my dog you see my dilemma?

I think dogs are omnivorous and there are veggie diets you can feed them. I think its a bit unfair myself.

Cats are carnivorous though

You cannot feed a cat with a vegetarian diet.

I feed my dog meat based food. But to be honest I don't think there's loads of meat in it, he mostly has dry biscuits (special vet recommended diet). I believe you can raise a dog with a vegan/vegetarian diet, but you need to be very very careful with it and make sure they're getting everything they need. If you don't have the time or funds to go to that level with it then I'd suggest a diet that includes meat

I feed my cat meat and fish as I don’t want her to die! I’d do the same with a dog. Just buy the best you can afford to try and ensure highest welfare standards.

Cats are obligate carnivores; it's cruel to not feed a cat meat.
If you are into animal rights then you would be cruel to not feed the cat what it needs. Seems like easy answer to me.

It's very hard to feed a dog a balanced vegetarian diet & it's unnatural thing for the dog to be vegetarian, either. So also could be argued as completely unfair to the dog to not give them meat which is what they are designed to have in their diet.

There ARE vegans who insist that their cats and dogs are happy and healthy on vegan diets.

But they're bonkers.

You can buy high welfare pet food. I think that's the best you'll get if your buying a pet that eats meat!

I have a cat and a dog. I feed them both meat. I buy the best quality food I can afford. All the people in my home are vegetarian. I don't mind giving my pets meat. It has never occurred to me to feed them a vegetarian diet.

I feed my cat meat as that's what he needs. I've heard that dogs can be fed a vegetarian diet and be ok with that but I'm not sure how true that is.

I buy my dog Lilly's kitchen, Canogan or Edgar & Cooper as they do free range chicken and organic veg in their foods. Also you can recycle the cans.

I’m a vegetarian. I feed and handle raw meat every day for my dog.

I'm a veggie (mostly vegan these days) have had dogs for years. I feed them a meat based diet, kibble, with occasional treats of free-range organic chicken and similar. I would not dream of imposing my value system, which my dogs have no means of consenting to, on my dogs. I feed them what is good for them and what they clearly enjoy!

My cat is an carnivore, therefore she eats the most cruelty free, ethical food I can afford.

Usually Yarrah that I buy in bulk online and isn't that much more than say Amy's.

I would never feed an animal on a Vegan diet.

I'd never feed a meat eating animal on a vegetarian diet. I feed all my animals the best food for their needs, as much as possible. I chose to be veggie, my husband and dogs/cats didn't..

Dogs are omnivores, like humans, and can live healthily on a vegetarian diet, but personally I wouldn’t feed them one.

Cats are obligate carnivores, I feed mine meat and fish and wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise whatever my diet.

OP, if all you want is the best health for your dog then feed it a balanced diet which will include meat. To impose your beliefs on an animal that is unable to object or change it's living environment is cruel and in no way in the best interests of the animal.

There is no dilemma if you are truly putting the welfare of the animal first.

"To impose your beliefs on an animal that is unable to object or change it's living environment is cruel and in no way in the best interests of the animal."

This ^^

Although I once read of a very strict vegan family who wouldn't even keep any pets because they thought it was morally/ethically wrong to keep any kind of animal.

@LoniceraJaponica quite a lot of vegans think that and I’d get behind that stance more than making a cat vegan

The not keeping pets?

Veggie here, seven dogs fed raw....meat, bone, offal. Not eating meat is my choice, it’s not theirs.

Me and DH are both vegetarian and have been for over 30 years. We have always had dogs and always fed meat although I have read that dogs can be healthy as vegetarians.

For the last 3 years we have been feeding raw. To be honest, it still makes us both feel sick, especially the smell of the tripe, but we love our dogs and want them to be happy and healthy

It's perfectly possible to fee kibble, so it has meat in it but you don't have to deal with it, and it's supposed to be a complete diet, but I'm not sure it's best for the dog. Our dog gets that but with the addition of good quality meat from cans. I hate the smell from.the cans but DH washes them for recycling. You'll make it work, I'm sure.

I’m vegan and have three rescue cats who eat meat, because it would be unutterably cruel to feed them a vegan diet (and I’m sure it would make them ill).

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Dogs are carnivores who can survive on an omnivorous diet and cats are obligate carnivores.

So I feed them meat based foods because they’re the most appropriate for them.