Yabbitgirl, I know about vegan diets for companion animals and I'm not interested in a debate, just an answer to those whom already have vegan pets and how they deal with their vets. 

  (BTW, asking where to vegan cats get their taurine is like asking a vegan human where they get their B12.  Synthetic supplements of course.)

lisaanddini, my dogs are Italian greyhounds and are 11 and 12 lbs. so they don't much and are cheap to feed.  :)  I've always feed them a variety of foods, currently it's PetGuard, Evolution and Ami and they gobble it up.  They are used to me switching their food every couple of months, so when they went vegan I didn't bother with a slow transition and they are doing fine.  I've only switched them this year.  I thought about the cruelty on my plate and products in my house and am making the transition to veganism myself and thought about that they have the same cruelty in their plates and I made the switch for them recently. 

A quick easy read on the subject is "Obligate Carnivore"  http://www.amazon.com/Obligate-Carnivore-Really-Means-Vegan/dp/0974218006

Tweety,

That's awesome that you rescue greyhounds. A guy near me does the same thing & I see him out walking them all the time. They really need a lot of exercise I would imagine.

Thanks for answering my questions. It really is something to consider. The idea of converting my dogs has me really nervous though. I have been just getting them the cheapo dog food & they have seemed fine on it, so I'm afraid of changing their diet, not know what I'm doing & having them get sick. I had some issues when I first converted to veganism & it was trial & error to get my energy back. The dogs would not be able to communicate with me how they were feeling. Plus,  I'm guessing it would be expensive (Dini weighs 130+ lbs & Molly is the size of a skinny lab & still growing). Spending a lot of money on feeding them is hard to justify to myself since they eat cat or goose poop whenever given the opportunity.

And the cat has that problem with the ph level of his urine, so I really don't want to mess with his diet.

Anyhow, I'll definitely look into the subject more & think about it. It's nice to know that you have successfully fed your vegan. Has anyone else here?

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I'm lucky my dogs are tiny, so that even when they ate meat I steered clear of cheap food and went with quality.  Cheap dog food can be made from floor scraps unfit for human consumption and even other euthanized dogs full of disease and tumors, preservatives and they don't always even take the flea collars off.  Dogs don't seem to care, after all they eat cat poop.  LOL

Dogs, I hear are easier to convert than cats whom are finicky.  As I said my dogs were used to me changing their diet and they gobbled it up when I switched and I haven't noticed any decrease in energy or any kinds of problems.  On the other hand, my girl dog that was prone to diarhea and colitis with vomiting hasn't had an episode since. 

All these reasons I choose to live as veganlike as possible:  the environment, and cruelty and for health, also apply to my dogs as well.    Perhaps you can go 25% vegetarian?   Every little bit would help.

I've made them peanut butter dog treats before & they really liked them. I'm going to look for PetGuard, Evolution and Ami. Do you give them any table scraps too? I've given Molly rice before when her tummy was upset & Ive given them both carrots as a treat before. I'm wondering if I can just give them a grain/bean/veggie mixture like what I often have for dinner.

To reduce drama at the dinner table and begging, I usually have a "no people food" rule in my house.  But away from my meal time, I'll slip them peanut butte and other thingsr.  My boy dog will eat any and anything from apples, asaparagus, carrots, blueberries to green beans.  The girl dog isn't too terrible fond of fruits and veggies although she gobbles up the vegan kibble.  When she would have bouts of diarhea she loved eating brown rice mixed with a little oil like flax.