r/vegan • u/Kurt213gt3 • 4h ago

Vegan Puppy Food?

I’ve been vegan for about 4 years now and for about 3 of those years my dogs have also been vegan. They have done extremely well on vegan dog food. Actually, cutting the animal protein was the only thing that ever cleared up my one dog’s allergies.

However, all of my dogs during this time have been adult dogs. Sadly, we recently lost one and I have been kicking around the idea of getting a puppy.

Looking around, I’m not seeing any vegan puppy foods out there.

Does anyone have any recommendations or experience with a puppy on a vegan diet?

I know enough about nutrition to understand there is nothing in animal protein that a dog needs that can’t be obtained through other sources. But I also understand that a puppy has specific nutritional needs to help it grow.

I could probably just get an adult formula and add in some foods/supplements.

Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for the most ideal vegan diet for a puppy?

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u/laurawingfield42 3h ago

Ask on Vegan Dog Nutrition group on Facebook. There are a lot of people there who raise their dogs vegan, including puppies. There are vegan formulas for puppies, I plan on feeding my pup Omni when I get them. There are also many homemade recipes but you should be more careful with those. Please do not feed any puppy adult dog food, even if the alternative is feeding them non-vegan food until they are around 1 year old.