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VegetablesVegetables are good for your dog, Dogs are not true carnivores, dogs are classified as omnivores. They can survive on a diet of either plant or animal origin if it is balanced and diverse. But to thrive and not merely survive, dogs should have protein Meat ! There is a huge difference between survive and thrive! Nature made the rules of biochemistry and nutrition and we have no business to try to change those rules. For that reason there are no adequate vegetarian diets for dogs. Dogs thrive on diets based on meat. If some pet food "expert" tells you that eating animal fat is bad for dogs and that a plant source of fatty acids is much better, your common sense will tell you that dogs successfully evolved over the eons by consuming animal fat in their diets. Another example is the common notion that lots of protein in a pet's diet will cause kidney damage. Again, looking at the nature of the dog as primarily a meat eating animal and having evolved by capturing and consuming other animals, we know their diets have always been high in protein. If you are a vegetarian, you will already know about vegetarian foods. With a little common sense, your own meals can easily be adapted to suit your dog. Give plenty of variety, deficiencies are unlikely if a wide variety of foods are eaten.
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