Damn this post got chewed up hard despite being on a vegan community
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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Ah yes, the carnists coming into the comments in good faith ™️ to explain how the vegans are actually animal abusers never ceases to amaze me! Please kindly continue commenting so that you can be permanently banned from the community!
Edit: Also, OP getting reported twice for "animal abuse"... seriously the moderator reports are all carnists reporting vegans on the vegan community 🤯
vegan dog food exists, don't listen to the carnists here. the technology is evolving and people are in denial
Thanks!
At first I thought people were downvoting because I mentioned libgen but then the first comments appeared and I quickly understood that there's a lack of information. I didn't know that it was that bad prior to this thread.
I'm not 100% certain, but I think if you contact a food company they should be able to provide that info?
https://petfoodshop.com/collections/for-dogs/products/gourmet-fondue-dog-kibble?variant=44655458124060 evolution dog food for example has the guaranteed analyses, ingredients, and food amounts based on dog size on the label in one of the pictures
As far as sources on the ideal amounts of different minerals to cross reference with the guaranteed analyses, I'm not sure, sorry I couldn't be more help
Thank you! No worries, everything helps :) My knowledge has impact on many dogs each year, I won't quickly jump to conclusions.
Surprising misinformation here. What happened?
Dogs and cats can be healthy vegans. But you do need to plan their nutrition if you cook yourself
What happened?
I went to bed and didn't lock the post. I'm the only active mod and my timezone seems to make it so that I am sleeping during these kinds of posts.
Not sure we should lock posts. Dude had a legitimate question.
Unless we just add this info to the sidebar?
We shouldn't have to lock posts. I've appointed new mods such that there shouldn't be any issues when I'm not watching.
Thanks
Overall, it seems the jury is still out on whether feeding our carnivorous four-legged friends vegan diets is actually safe. What we can be certain about is that both strong pro- or anti vegan pet feeding arguments are potentially misguided, and not backed by evidence. For now, owners committed to feeding their pets a vegan diet should take a cautious approach. Use a complete and balanced commercial vegan diet formulation, and schedule regular health checks with a veterinarian.
There is an urgent need for large-scale population-based studies to further investigate this question, with a particular focus on assessing the dietary aspects cited to be of particular concern, e.g., taurine and folate. For guardians wishing to feed their pets vegan diets at the current time, based on the available evidence it is recommended that commercially produced vegan diets are used since these are less likely to lead to nutrient imbalances.
"In the few studies that measured health directly through examining the animals or running laboratory tests, there was little evidence of adverse health impacts from vegan pet diets. Nutrient levels were generally within normal range, no heart or eye abnormalities were detected, and body and coat condition were normal."
"However, it’s important to note these studies often involved low numbers of animals, with vegan diets only being fed to animals for a few weeks – so deficiency may not have had time to develop. Furthermore, the study designs were often ones considered less reliable in evidence-based practice, for example with no control groups used as a comparison."
"For now, owners committed to feeding their pets a vegan diet should take a cautious approach. Use a complete and balanced commercial vegan diet formulation, and schedule regular health checks with a veterinarian."
For me personally I wouldn't try to keep a dog and especially a cat on a vegan diet until there's more robust evidence to say that it would be safe to do so.
Thanks for your input. There's enough evidence for the akc https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/dogs-can-adapt-to-a-vegan-diet/
Dogs prefer meat, but a vegan or vegetarian diet is possible with the right supplements.
Which means there's also enough evidence for me. Peta may be biased but if you believe their work is good, you may also quote them https://www.peta.org/living/animal-companions/vegetarian-cats-dogs/
Can Dogs and Cats Be Vegan?
Yes! With the right planning and care, your dog or cat can be vegan. Of course, it’s important to ensure that their nutritional requirements are met.
Like with a human vegan diet, if you do it wrong, it's bad. But if you feed yourself or your dog wrongly with meat it's also bad.
WHY VEGAN DIETS WILL KILL YOUR CAT (AND SICKEN YOUR DOG)
Can Dogs Be Vegan? Here’s What Veterinarians Have to Say.
The legal, ethical and welfare implications of feeding vegan diets to dogs and cats
If you feed a dog a vegan diet your are an animal abuser.
your second link lmao: "Dr. Cailin Heinze, a board-certified veterinary nutritionist, and professor at Tufts University’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine writes: “Most dogs can do quite well on a carefully designed vegan diet that meets all of their nutritional needs.”"
keep in mind that a well formulated, "carefully designed" vegan kibble is just as "bad" as non-vegan kibble, so unless you're against all kibble, nutritionally complete vegan kibble is fine. Animal abuse is needlessly killing and hurting animals, not finding ways to avoid it
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/ The Impact of Vegan Diets on Indicators of Health in Dogs and Cats: A Systematic Review (2023)
"However, there is little evidence of adverse effects arising in dogs and cats on vegan diets. In addition, some of the evidence on adverse health impacts is contradicted in other studies. Additionally, there is some evidence of benefits, particularly arising from guardians’ perceptions of the diets. Given the lack of large population-based studies, a cautious approach is recommended. If guardians wish to implement a vegan diet, it is recommended that commercial foods are used."
Please do not abuse your pet. Dogs are not herbivores, and will suffer if subjected to it. You'll find a lot of resources from idiots stating otherwise, but the science does not lie, and there have been a ton of malnourished suffering dogs because people keep trying this.
Please update to a scientific position rather than assuming
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9860667/ The Impact of Vegan Diets on Indicators of Health in Dogs and Cats: A Systematic Review (2023)
"However, there is little evidence of adverse effects arising in dogs and cats on vegan diets. In addition, some of the evidence on adverse health impacts is contradicted in other studies. Additionally, there is some evidence of benefits, particularly arising from guardians’ perceptions of the diets. Given the lack of large population-based studies, a cautious approach is recommended. If guardians wish to implement a vegan diet, it is recommended that commercial foods are used."
Thanks! I'll read this with though.
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Looks like lemmy isn't ready for this yet. I'm looking on reddit for better information on this. Good luck guys!
https://www.reddit.com/r/veganpets/ and especially this is gold https://www.reddit.com/r/veganpets/wiki/faq/
Sorry your post got shit on so hard, it's a shame people just jump to conclusions based on general ideas rather than recognizing we have the technology to pretty easily feed even obligate carnivores a vegan diet they thrive on
Thank you for your kind words!
"I didn't get the answer that I wanted so I'm going to look for an echo bunker that will validate my beliefs and justify my animal abuse."
Dogs are facultative carnivores.
You are trying to justify animal abuse
Dogs aren't ready for it either. Please don't do this so someone who cannot consent to it.
Looks like you don't know what a carnivore is.
Be advised, I'm the only active mod on this community and I just saw this thread. [email protected] has quicker mod action (in my opinion) as well as less carnist trolling
Thank you very much for jumping in. I just tried to ignore everything. Your actions make me happy to be on lemmy.
I wasn't here to discuss if it is possible or not, but how. And noone provided a reasonable response which would've lead to a real discussion. If someone wants to discuss it with somebody, they can gladly take it to the akc https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/dogs-can-adapt-to-a-vegan-diet/
I'll move to that sublemmy, thank you, again!