I think you said you fed a dog a vegan diet? What did you give him/her for protein? My pooch is on Wellness puppy food, supplemented w/our food, but since it's vegetarian, I'm afraid we might be throwing the balance off and not giving her enough protein (She's huge, and quite strong, so something's working, but I want to do the best for her(
you can buy vegepet and vegeyeast at vegancats.com cheaper than any other place I've found.
I actually make my own vegepet with flax seed meal, calcium, kelp, digestive enzymes, etc. I used information from two books. Vegetarian Dogs by Verona Rebow and Vegetarian Cats and Dogs by James Peden, to create recipes and formulate the supplement. You can find both books online with googling.
my dog is no longer vegan. She gets a little bit of fish with most dinners, and egg with breakfast. A can of tuna will last for 3-4 days. After we open it, we put it into a glass jar so the can doesn't turn it dark. We do that with any canned tomatoes as well.
I steam 5 pounds of carrots, 4 pounds of green beans and add 4 pounds of frozen peas to cool it. I mix well, put 5 or so cups into the food processer and add a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. I chop it up real good, but not completely blending it. Then I freeze it in quart food containers, such as yogurt or salsa containers. I keep one container in the fridge and get another out a couple of days before I need it. The veggies are for vitamins they won't get in the grains and fish.
I've found that dogs do not chew, they gulp their food, so carrots were coming out the other end as carrots. By chopping them into tiny pieces, I don't notice that anymore. Our 35 pound dog gets 1/4-1/2 cup of veggies with dinner, along with 1/4 cup ground brown rice cooked with 1/2 cup vegetable broth or water, 2 oz of tuna or salmon, and 1 tsp of supplement. Then she gets a couple of homemade biskits. For breakfast she gets ground brown rice with an egg or two, depending on my hubby's mood, generally just one egg.
Here are some recipes.
http://vegepet.com/resources/Dog_Instr.pdf
you can buy vegepet and vegeyeast at vegancats.com cheaper than any other place I've found.
I actually make my own vegepet with flax seed meal, calcium, kelp, digestive enzymes, etc. I used information from two books. Vegetarian Dogs by Verona Rebow and Vegetarian Cats and Dogs by James Peden, to create recipes and formulate the supplement. You can find both books online with googling.
I steam 5 pounds of carrots, 4 pounds of green beans and add 4 pounds of frozen peas to cool it. I mix well, put 5 or so cups into the food processer and add a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. I chop it up real good, but not completely blending it. Then I freeze it in quart food containers, such as yogurt or salsa containers. I keep one container in the fridge and get another out a couple of days before I need it. The veggies are for vitamins they won't get in the grains and fish.
I've found that dogs do not chew, they gulp their food, so carrots were coming out the other end as carrots. By chopping them into tiny pieces, I don't notice that anymore. Our 35 pound dog gets 1/4-1/2 cup of veggies with dinner, along with 1/4 cup ground brown rice cooked with 1/2 cup vegetable broth or water, 2 oz of tuna or salmon, and 1 tsp of supplement. Then she gets a couple of homemade biskits. For breakfast she gets ground brown rice with an egg or two, depending on my hubby's mood, generally just one egg.