Can a dog really be healthy eating only vegetarian dog food?
To correct almost everyone else on here, dogs are NOT carnivores. They are, like humans, omnivores, meaning they’ll eat almost anything. This is how dogs survived in the wild before they were domesticated. They were opportunistic and would eat whatever they could get their paws on. Dogs are more used to scavenging than hunting (unlike cats, who are hunters and cannot have a vegetarian diet.) Some dogs will be okay with a vegetarian diet, and will be perfectly healthy. However, you need to make sure you give them a good range of the vitamins and minerals they need. It may be a good idea to ask your vet about this sort of thing. If you’re looking for information on the internet about giving a dog a vegetarian diet, please try and avoid websites such as PETA or vegsoc, as they can be quite selective with the information they give you.
