Thanks for sharing your story, Gary! We're glad you like the recipes you've tried and we hope your sweet fur baby likes the dog treats!

I have a ten year old beagle who is also a rescue dog she was going to be my daughters second dog but my daughter want her and I didn't have the heart to take her back to the pound kept her myself and have not regretted my decision she is now family to me also been a vegetarian for about a year and have not looked back I have tried some of your recipes already I like your vegan egg yolk my favorite go to breakfast and now I'm going to try to make those tastey dog treats for my fur baby.

We appreciate the kind words and so glad you're enjoying the recipes! 🙂

Animals, including humans, have NUTRIENT requirements, not ingredient requirements. Vitamins, minerals, amino acids and all the rest are equal in their basic form, no matter the source. Vegan pet food is a mix of essential ingredients, just like any other pet food. Meat is not essential to humans or the animals who evolved to live with us.

Thank you so much, Linda! So amazing of you to adopt 5 pitbulls, and all vegan too! Adorable!!

Haha, great names! 🙂

Oops, I guess I can't copy a photo here. Anyway, they are adorable.

Haha, yes, Chickpea LOVES peanut butter. So great that you are raising your dogs vegan as well! Good to note about the protein. Welcome to my blog, and I'm glad you found me 🙂

Thank you so much, Kayla! We sure have. So happy to have wonderful Chickpea in my life, she makes me laugh everyday 🙂

My pleasure! There are lots of new vegan dog food brands coming out on the market all the time now to 🙂

Hi there,
I appreciate your concern, and I knew that there would be some people who would be against the vegan diet for Chickpea. As a vegan, the last thing I would want to do is hurt an animal. I personally know some dogs on a vegan diet and they are thriving, so with that, the vets recommendation, and a bit of research on my own, I was comfortable trying a vegan diet. I have made the transition to a vegan diet for Chickpea and am keeping a close eye on her, but so far I'm thrilled at the results. (I plan to write a post about this after a few months).
When I got Chickpea she had skin issues, she was excessively shedding, had bald spots, and had teary eyes. My vet suspected that this was due to allergies and recommended the vegan food which happens to be for dogs with allergies. Since she has been on it her shedding has decreased to a normal amount, her bald spots are growing in, and her eyes no longer tear. On top of that her white fur used to have a yellow tone to it, it has now gone crispy snowy white, her fur is softer, she has put on a bit of weight (which she needed), and she is just bouncing around non-stop with playful energy and smiling at me. So far she truly seems to be thriving on this diet. If she wasn't I wouldn't keep her on it. Here's an article that supports vegetarian diets for dogs if you are interested. (There are plenty articles for both view points).

(sorry - i just wanted to note that the previous owners of my girls were doing exactly what their vets told them to do. in no way were they diagnosing the dogs themselves. the vets put the dogs on obscenely high prednisone.)

JUST FYI.....vet brands are garbage. like really poor quality. i would highly recommend against listening to any vet with regards to food unless they've actually done their research. they have to go out of their way to learn as it's not really taught in school. for example: my vet is all gung-ho against raw diets but her arguments are more to do with safe handling practices than anything else. i've met many dogs on raw and had my boys on raw and saw nothing but improvement despite what my vet thinks.
generally speaking, what the vets know about food they carry is what they're told by the companies that are providing them food. biased much??
here's a note - do old adage of keeping your dog on only one type of food was created by the dog food companies so you'd keep buying from them. it's actually detrimental to keep a dog on one type of food forever as it can lead to sensitivities and won't provide a healthy, balanced diet.

i've had to do a LOT of research because my dogs are allergic to so many things (including broccoli and flax). they are allergic to the hypoallergenic vet foods - previous owners were giving them this along with ridiculous levels of prednisone that actually shocked my vets and immunosuppressants.... vets treat symptoms, they do not find out the cause.

vet brands and many (many) commercial brands are about as healthy as eating lucky charms for breakfast every day. just because they've fortified them with a pile of vitamins and minerals does not mean it's actually healthy in anyways. and the quality standars that need to be met are so low.
the newest "hypoallergenic" food is now made from the very first part of a bird that any animal removes first....the feathers. i'm pretty sure the companies did not look to find a new, alternative protein for our allergic pets. i'm pretty sure they went, "hey, all of those feathers are just being thrown out. how can we profit off of them?"
yeah, garbage and my vet is telling me that's healthy.

no.

again, i would really recommend you do a lot more research just on pet foods in general. there are a lot of resources out there.
if you do eventually wish to make your own, you need to make sure it's balanced....which is a little harder to do with our pets.

there is a company out of guelph that has recipes and supplements to give a complete, balanced diet.
http://completeandbalanced.com/
i haven't tried it because, as i said, my poor pups are allergic to so much...i will have to get specific recipes for them.

sorry, i'm very into pets and proper diets. too many times i've seen people always purchasing corn-based, chemical-filled purina and science diet and it makes me so sad.

Your dog is beautiful and I'm so glad you adopted an older pup. All 4 of mine have been older when I adopted and there's never been an issue with learning. Dogs are so adaptable.
And Chickpea is so super adorable!! I wanna just snuggle her.

As far as the vegan diet for dogs, though, I have to fully disagree with your vets. I am actually very surprised that you had so many recommend it. Though it is totally fine for humans to go vegan, Dogs are not omnivores, they're carnivores....just a little more able to eat plant matter than cats (never should a cat be vegan or even vegetarian).

Here's some information from a source I've grown to trust.
Part 1: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2015/09/27/pet-vegan-vegetarian-diet.aspx

Part 2: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2015/10/04/pet-vegan-vegetarian-diet-part-2.aspx

Please, at least look into it further for your pup's sake.

Thank you so much Liv! I feel very lucky to have found Chickpea. Congrats on your transitioning to veganism!! Please let me know if you ever have any questions or need any support. <3 from Canada 🙂

Thank you so much! I feel very lucky to have found her, she's the sweetest dog ever. And being able to skip over the house training and chewing on things phases was really nice. I would definitely recommend to anyone considering getting a dog to adopt an older one! 🙂

Thank you so much Katie! She loves her new home... isn't too thrilled about strangers, cars, or strollers yet, but is getting better! Haha. 🙂

Thank you so much Srivani!! I feel pretty lucky when I get to wake up and see those cute eyes looking at me. 🙂 Awesome! I hope your pooches enjoy the vegan dog food as much as Chickpea seems to be so far. She literally wags her tail the whole time she is eating. Haha!

I may not be able to resist calling her Chick-a-pay. I think she night like it. We'll see.

Thanks so much Luci! I have heard great things about V-Dog, looking forward to trying it when it comes to Canada. 🙂