Guest guest Posted July 19, 2005 Report Share Posted July 19, 2005 It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... Faith J. in Colorado Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 We feed our dogs " wysong " brand. We have our local pet food store order the vegan dry dog food from Wysong. Our dogs eat it up. There is another brand that I am not sure of the name, but it could be Nature's Recipe. Also on line there are some options! Do a search for vegetarian dogs. Blessings, Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 There are several vegetarian dog foods on the market. Check the PETA website. They have a list of dog foods. Faith <faithlotus wrote:It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... Faith J. in Colorado Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 hi faith, i don't have any suggestions but i remember some good stuff on the pangea website.... let us know how they like the change! heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2005 Report Share Posted July 20, 2005 Hi Faith, We have four vegan dogs. They are very healthy, happy, and energetic. The oldest two (5 & 7 years) transitioned to a vegan diet a year and a half ago when we did. The two youngest (1 year old sisters) were adopted at 9 weeks and we transitioned them to a vegan diet at that time. There are some web sites and books on the subject. You can do a search on Vegetarian or Vegan Dogs: you'll find a handful of different prepared food options as well as literature on making your own food. We have been very happy with Wow-Bow's veggie crunch kibble. We use this as our dogs' main meal staple and then also give them some of whatever we are eating. If you're going to make your own food, there is a supplement called Vegedog that you can add to the food. It insures that your dog gets all the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients he/she needs. Congratulations on adopting a cruelty free diet for your dog! Melissa In a message dated 7/20/05 9:57:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, writes: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Faith <faithlotus Vegetarian Dogs It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... Faith J. in Colorado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hi Everyone. We too have a dog (golden lab) whom we have never fed even egg..... he is 100% vegan u can feed him cottage cheese, toffu..... floor bread /brown bread... green vegi.....such as spinach curd...or vogurt... make sure u don't give ur dog...any sugar...or salt...avoid as much as possible/ regards, Nitin Faith <faithlotus wrote: It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... Faith J. in Colorado Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Evolution makes an excellent vegan dog food: http://www.petfoodshop.com/. They recommend adding some fresh vegetables to the food. Nature's Recipe also makes a vegetarian dog food. We actually use Dick Van Patten's vegetarian (vegan) dog food, though, because our dog is allergic to wheat and soy (in Evolution and Nature's Recipe): http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/products/Vegetarian.html . HTH, Allison , Faith <faithlotus> wrote: > It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. > > So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. > > I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... > > Faith J. in Colorado > > > > > Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Thanks so much! Nitin Parashar <nitinparashar333 wrote:Hi Everyone. We too have a dog (golden lab) whom we have never fed even egg..... he is 100% vegan u can feed him cottage cheese, toffu..... floor bread /brown bread... green vegi.....such as spinach curd...or vogurt... make sure u don't give ur dog...any sugar...or salt...avoid as much as possible/ regards, Nitin Faith <faithlotus wrote: It was a surprise the other day when a friend and neighbor asked if our dog was vegetarian, since we are. For some reason I had assumed that buying dog food at the health food store (with ingredients that sounded like real food and not by-products) was good enough. Well, now that I've gotten to thinking about it, I'm set on changing my dogs diet to a cruelty-free diet. So here's a call out for vegetarian/vegan dog food recipes and ideas. I look forward to hearing from the group. You all always have such awesome ideas! And a huge thank you in advance... Faith J. in Colorado Read only the mail you want - Mail SpamGuard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Thanks so much. Our health food store carries Wysong too, and we've been considering it but are looking for homemade dog food ideas first due to the cost. I think I'll pick up a bag though and replace a few of her meals and see how she likes it. Thanks again for the info! Faith tracyinfo wrote: We feed our dogs " wysong " brand. We have our local pet food store order the vegan dry dog food from Wysong. Our dogs eat it up. There is another brand that I am not sure of the name, but it could be Nature's Recipe. Also on line there are some options! Do a search for vegetarian dogs. Blessings, Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Here's a link to a site I found while looking for recipes for our family,(reminded me that our dog was part of the family too...) Some of the recipes made me hungry! http://www.yummyfordogs.org/ Enjoy, Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Faith, We have 2 mostly vego dogs, they have been mostly vegan for over 6 years now and they are both getting on in years now - 11 & 12. We cook their evening meal in big batches - a base of lentils (red or brown) or beans, with rice or pasta plus lots of vegies- potato, cauliflower, zucchini, bean, broccoli etc. - whatever is going. We often grate some fresh stuff in too. We add vegie salt or a non-animal stock - we can get chicken or beef flavoured here, plus herbs to make it taste good. With the beans, some, particularly soy, need to be ground up/mashed or they won't get digested properly. For breakfast they love bananas, leftovers of sandwich and/or breakfast cereal from my children, sometimes some apple plus vegan dog biscuits which are made here in Aus. They are fully nutritionally balanced so make up for anything they may miss elsewhere. They have done very well on this diet. The only problem is having something to chew on. We used to just give them raw carrotts, but only one of them really likes that. Synthetic chew bones were not at all popular. One of the dogs had to have a couple of rotted teeth out last year, so now we do give chew strips and other various non veg chewie things a couple of times a week. Hope this helps. Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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