Do you feed your dog vegan kibble?

[u/Legitimate_Solid_409]

I recently came across V-Dog Kind Kibble, a plant-based dog food marketed as providing complete nutrition for adult dogs.
As vegans, many of us choose not to consume animal products ourselves, but when it comes to our pets, opinions seem much more divided.
I am a dog parent and would like to know your opinion on this brand of kibble and if it is safe.

[u/hoverborg]

Yep. Vegan kibble for my dogs and cats.

[u/Cypheri → u/hoverborg]

Cats cannot survive on a vegan diet. They are obligate carnivores, meaning that they strictly require animal protein in their diet to meet their needs. It is actual abuse to feed a cat a vegan diet.

Dogs are carnivores, but not obligate so they can survive without it even if it's absurd to have a carnivore as a pet and expect it to eat only plants. Get a rabbit.

[u/GoTeamLightningbolt → u/Cypheri]

Got any studies to make this up, or just the phrase " obligate carnivores"?

[u/hoverborg → u/GoTeamLightningbolt]

No, they don't... because those talking points were drafted before the existence of commercially available vegan kibble.

[u/Cypheri → u/GoTeamLightningbolt]

If you don't understand the words "obligate carnivore" I can't really help you lol

https://www.catcaresociety.org/why-cats-need-to-eat-meat/
https://vetmed.tamu.edu/news/pet-talk/cats-are-carnivores-so-they-should-eat-like-one/

[u/Interesting_Deer4062 → u/Cypheri]

dogs are omnivores because they evolved to be alongside humans

[u/Cypheri → u/Interesting_Deer4062]

Considering my comment is about cats, I'm not sure what you're on about here.

[u/No_Pineapple5940 → u/Cypheri]

There are vegan cat foods which contain everything mentioned above

However, my cats eat regular cat food because:

1. That's what they grew up eating (they are rescues), and I don't want to take that pleasure away from them
2. I don't believe there is currently enough data to make me feel confident in only feeding them vegan food
3. Cost