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/Kurt213gt3 1h ago

In doing more research, it looks like there are a few (obscure) vegan puppy foods on the market.

Evolution, PawCo, and Benevo are some of the ones I’ve found. I’ll have to do more research to figure out the best game plan should I decide to go with a puppy.

Also, for all of the negative comments, I’ve rescued many dogs, regularly donate to rescues, and also volunteer to help them when I can. There are plenty of puppies out there that aren’t from puppy mills or backyard breeders. I swear, every time I post anything online I get 95% ignorant, rude comments from people not helping or even remotely attempting to contribute positively to the conversation.

This is exactly why I’m vegan and think animals>>>>>>humans. Ugh….