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I usually like quiet places - often go winter camping in the hills - but this does make me wonder whether despite the prompting I get whether it's worth going for a forum on the main site I manage.

I always struggled with the idea of liking animals but being willing to have them bred to eat. For me that's easy, I went veggie many years ago. But I've been delighted since being at my current job where we sell a couple of complete veggie foods for dogs, and through that and talking to people here, discovering the range of foods available at veggiepets, to not have to buy meat for my dog, Len, whilst being able to give him a nutritional diet. When we first got him he had been was well undernourished and more interested in the notion of regular food than what it was but 3 years on his appetite remains undiminished for anything that hits the bottom of his bowl or is otherwise offered. Anyone else out there with helpful advice or comments. (Afraid stop will only happen if someone demonstrates to me a convincing medical reason for doing so but you're welcome to your opinion).

cheers, Steve

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Hi Steve

 

Are you worried about your dog because he is still looking undernourished or just because he still eats like he is starving all the time??

 

I have a rescue who has been with me for over 7 years and still gobbles everything in sight. She is not undernourished and in fact at the moment is too heavy after a cruciate ligament injury. Some dogs never forget their beginnings and will always hoover their food, some do it naturally even when they haven't been though that trauma.

 

However, if you dog is not looking in shiny, healthy condition with beautiful white teeth, no odours from either end, then you do need to look at the diet as it will be lacking in something. Whilst a dog can live on a vegetarian diet, do not do this to a cat as they are unable to eat just vegetarian food.

 

Anne

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Hi

Oh Len's as happy as larry and passes his vet check ups with flying colours. We do a lot of running and even some cani-cross together. Just a veggie dog not being something you bump into everyday (well I do here but the same ones with people far more fundamentalist than me) I'm always interested in other people's experiences and tips. I do know a couple of people who have vegan cats, on ami-cat now though they've had them for years, but I'm never had cats as pets myself so have no experience

cheers

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