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sfveganyogi.tumblr.com geekychemist dark-nyan-kitty On the menu for Maggie tonight is puréed sweet potato pureed brown rice, sprouted organic bonu, chia seeds and dgestive enzymes. Does she look exched? She is This dog does not look excited, this dog looks The diet you are feeding your dog places a huge burden entirely on the pancreas, forcing it to produce large amounts of amylase to deal with the starch, cellulose, and carbohydrates in plant mater (yes, even with your supplements) The carnivore's pancreas does not secrete celulase to spit the celilulose into glucose molecules, nor have dogs become emcient at digesting and assimilating and untieing plant material as a source of high quaity When this stuff sits in the pet's intestine tyes even with your supplemented enzymes) it not onty eritates the ining of the bowels but also provides the perfect warm, wet eronment with plenty of undigested sugars and starches as food for bacteria I respect your choice in leading a vegan iestyle, but please do not force this on your pet who does not recognize the afterence, your dog absolutely needs a healthier diet or it s going to develop health issues and I guarantee you, will not side reminder that some dogs can have vegan meat and be complevely nourished and content, loving and excted over ther meals See Onision's two dogs, Dobs and Leelu Actuaily, his name is Greg. He, hs wile Laney, and ther two dogs are all vegetarian, and both Dobs and Leelu thrive. They look very well nourished, are energetic, very loving towards both Greg and Laney, and they are red vegetarian foods. Do dogs and cats eat meat? Absolutely. wih the right nourishments, can he thrtve, and live a happy and heathy re wthout t? You bet your sweet ass they can Stop bagging on this person for feeding this to their dog. I may advise oftering meaty treats to your pet perhaps chop 90me chicken or throw in some cooked red meat, but your dog seems very okay to me. The meat would be an added bonus that may please your pooch and also provide addtional protein and minerals HelShe seems healthy to me, and abo seems interested in the food you're about to feed them Do not let these people tel you hat you're abusing your dog. if you choose to continue ther Giet in this way, I would definitely look more into different kinds of treats that would help wih the digestion more, though I dont know too much in that area. Best of luck to both you and your Hi helo you seem new to veteninary science and animal wefare n general so let me educate you on some topics that you are 1) "Sido reminder that some dogs can have vegan meat and be compietely nounished and content, loving and ercited over their Thts ts an assumption. The assumption that dogs areomnores remains to be proven, whereas the truth about dogs being natural camivores is very well-supported by the eidence avalable to us and is understood by many science welfare groups, universities and doctors of veterinary science Dogs and wolves share 99 8% of their rmitochonorial DNA、those who insist dogs dd not descend from wolves must disprove the tany of scieminic evidence that concludes wolves are the ancestors of dogs And guess what? The wolr is a camivore Since a dog's internal physiology does not difer from a woif, dogs have the same physiological and nutnitional needs as those canivorous By stating otherwise you are ignoring and disregarding the work of contibuting doctors,educators, and researchers who have compled over 300 years of research and cbservations of the wid 2) Do dogs and eats eat mear? ADsolutely, with the right nourishments, can they ive, thrive, and ive a happy and № 8ut congratulations, you got one thing right dogs and cats eat meat Can hey live a happy and heathy ite wthour it? No they cannot. Cats and dogs heath is largely dependent on the body's ability to digest and make use of the food that is a part of their natural det that is supplemented from meats. By σeating a lack of naturaly produced (meat, not supplements) protein in the body of the animal, you are putting your animals at risk for something caled protein-losing enteropathy Athough this condition can affect any breed or age of dog, some dog breeds are more ikely han others. That being said, feeding your dog and cat an all vegan or vegetarian diet and expecting them to thrive on is There is an entire array of problems that can arise from a lack of Enlarged abdomern Legs and feet may be pufty or swollen (edema) Intestinal par astes like hookworms and whipworms inflammation of the intestines (inflammatory bowel disease) Stoma㎝ or intestinal uicers Problems with the movement of lymphatic fuid out of the · ^H---- seems healthy to mte, and also seems interested in the food you're about to feed them Hay, wrong again. This dogs nose is dried out it is almost a pale white pink, this is an indication of derydration or something more serious The eyes are not clear and bright as they shouid be, they are red and putty around the edges, the ining of the eyelids should be pink rather than red. This dog also has a blank stare on ts face, and the nose its nat poining at the food, this means the dog is uninterested and is a sign of lethargy. This dog is begging for this meal to be something nutritious. I work at a highly respected veterinary hospital and I see this more ofnen than you would think,I know how to tell when a dog looks malnourished, and so would you if you worked and studed every day In the teld of Next time I hope you will take the intiative to educate yourser on these and other important topics on the care for your animal, before you preach something you have no idea about Overal statement IT DOESN T MATTER F YOU'RE VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN OR OTHER, GIVE YOUR PETS THE CORRECT FOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT LIKE YOu

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Sayer

Apr 25, 2015 at 01:24PM EDT

>To all vegans who force their pets to eat a vegan diet thus malnourishing them and even in some instances KILLING THEIR OWN PETS BECAUSE THEY'RE STUPID ASSHOLES WHO CAN'T GET PAST GOOGLE'S SEARCH BAR TO CHECK IF DOGS OR CATS CAN LIVE WITHOUT MEAT!

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Mayora-sama

Apr 25, 2015 at 02:30PM EDT

There are two things that I despise in this world: 1). People who mistreat their children, the elderly or animals (intentionally or otherwise), and 2). Loudmouthed dipshits who think they know better than experts who worked their ASSES off to become, well, experts, flippantly ignoring their logical, fact-based arguments with some bullshit bits of “information” they read this one time on this 3-paragraph article on some blog or other. So, yeah