This series of blogs looks at the scientific research into whether vegetarian and vegan dog food is healthy for your dog.
This article focuses on a discussion / review paper by W.Y. Brown published in the journal Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition, in 2009. You can download the paper here.
Summary
The best way to judge a dogs diet is to ask:
- Does it meet the animals nutritional needs?
- Is it tasty?
- Is the dog in good health.
Dogs are omnivorous: their nutritional needs can be met by a plant based diet.
Provided the food is made from good quality, digestible ingredients and the dog enjoys their food, then vegan dog food is a healthy option. Even for very active dogs! Continue reading “Can dogs be Vegan? What do scientists say?”