Raene, have you thought of getting a pet that is a natural vegan if you want to feed vegan?

I still am not crazy about the idea of people confining animals and feeding them against their natural inclination and years of evolution. If you want a vegan pet there are many options of vegan animals that make nice pets, then you are providing the best possible husbandry for that pet, and there are no issues with the diet. I think dogs might be a little easier to convert than cats, but why not just get a pet that's a natural raw vegan?

RP your dog sounds awesome and very healthy and I'm glad it's working for you and him, so I don't mean any comment at all for you since it seems to be working, but maybe another individual dog wouldn't be as happy (especially a puppy that's not fully grown).

Raene, why try to fit a square peg into a round hole, why not get a pet that's a natural vegan if you want to feed vegan? Since you said it was your future puppy, I thought I would make that recommendation to you.

I believe when we take responsibility for a living pet the onus on us is to give them the best possible husbandry, which for me includes trying to meet their natural biological and ethnographic needs.