Barf!!!!!

[VeganVixen]

heres something that might help your pets.......

BARF!!!!! Biologically appropriate raw food!!!hehehe I KNEW WHAT YOU WERE THINKING!!!!!LOL -RAW foods for cats and dogs ***note this is not vegan ,is however homemade and healthy***


its a non selling site that gives you the info you and your pets need!!!!

although I am vegan I would not force it upon my carnivorous/omnivorous pets dogs CAN do well w/only eggs but cats especially NEED the vitamins ,minerals and oils found ONLY in meat and animal PRODUCTS-however this does NOT mean the junk that you get in the big ol bags AND THEY CAN HAVE VEGGIES!!!

You should add what they have been eating at first and slowly decrease the amount.


http://www.touchmoon.com/dotters/raw/index.shtml


hope your pets like the barf!!!!!hehe

[VeganVixen]

you can make raw nut-based yogurts

[Wendy]

I disagree. I researched both BARF and vegetarian/vegan diets for my standard poodle before I even got him. I was willing to go BARF even though handling meat is disgusting to me.

I found out vegetarian, especially vegan, dogs life longer with less disease if their diet is carefully done. I went to www.vegepets.com and got the dog supplement for vegetarian diets and used their free recipes. Jasper gets flaxseed oil, enzymes, the vegetarian supplement (VegeDog), nutritional yeast, and another supplement. I make his basic recipe in my breadmaker and he loves it.

There are vegan and vegetarian cats that do just great. You can check out the site for stories and pics. Jasper's is there too.

What helped seal the deal was an article I read about a 27 year old border collie, Brambles. That was a couple of years ago. He is totally vegan.

[VeganVixen]

HUH, thats good to know-all the vegetarian(let alone vegan) cats I know of have gone blind and have had muscle problems -I have heard of veggie dogs that do fine but I believe that they are omnivores and shouldnt be forced into my lifestyle-cats I believe are primarily carnivores with a natural hunting instinct -I would personally not give my cats (or dogs) a synthetic product to make up a defeiciency......but I am intrigued about the idea (I hate having meat in the house)


my dog is a vegetarian -so she eats eggs -my cats kill a ton of mice but they also get talapia/raw foods and organic cat food plus omega fish oils (my daddoes the grunt work hes not vegan ,lol one of the only pluses to a vegan living in a non vegan house!)

I would love to hear anyone elses solution to this dilema (vegan pet owners)

[Autumn]

About two years ago I belonged to a raw-pet food Yahoo group, but I never got into it, really. If I had a cat, I might have pursued it. I didn't feel it was necessary (or especially safe) for my dog, after doing more research and talking to a few vet professionals and other dog caretakers. JMO, of course.

[Sharon in Colorado]

I didn't feel it was necessary (or especially safe) for my dog, after doing more research and talking to a few vet professionals and other dog caretakers. JMO, of course.

Autumn, do you mean the raw meat wasn't necessary for your dog? What did you find out about it that made you change your mind? Curious, I have always thought about BARF for my dog but never sure because of the extra expense.

[tracyinfo]

We have two beautiful healthy vegan dogs. We feed them a vegan dry food, and they sometimes get scraps (vegan) from our children's plates.

They are thriving dogs!

-Tracy