[Ellie May]

See below.

Originally Posted by concretegurl

Oh wow I've never heard of an dog being on a vegetarian diet-okay that's a lie I read an ASPCA article about a radical faction of PETA members putting their dogs and cats on vegetarian diets and how SPCA had to get court ordered custody of the animals for immediate medical treatment.

They just weren't doing it correctly.

Obviously you are doing this because of medical issue, but how does that work-I guess I just never fathomed a dog could need to be vegetarian.

I go to the vet, buy the bag of food, and pour it in the dish.

Do you think it is helping over all and are you happy with this diet-again I get this is obviously due to special medical need just seems shocking to me at initial surprise.

It does help Ellie. We have residual symptoms but nowhere near as many as when she ate meat/poultry. She had severe itchies and/or severe gi issues including pancreatitis on meat based diets. The only think dogs need is amino acids and nitrogen. There is no need for meat (although it tends to be more biologically available). It probably isn't the easiestto balance. With eggs added in, it is really easy though. E can't have those either though. Heck, she can't even have Balance It.

Edit: okay two dogs on vegetarian diets now wow! I must have been totally clueless is this more common than I thought?