We are so fortunate to have Prof Andrew Knight in the UK with all his enormously positive published studies about vegan dog food being healthier for our dogs than meat-based dog foods. His published studies in 2022, were closely followed by another inspiring authority Dr Sarah Dodd from the University of Guelph in Canada.
Dr Sarah Dodd is a board certified veterinary nutritionist and her groundbreaking studies have shown that dogs on a nutritionally complete vegan dog food diet could live up to 18 months longer than a dog fed a meat-based diet! This publication drew widespread interest and was critiqued by scientists and vets from Mexico and the University of Adelaide who eventually had to admit from all the published science that –
Domínguez-Oliva et al. (2023) concluded, “there was no overwhelming evidence of adverse effects arising from use of [vegan pet food] and there was some evidence of benefits” – what enormous success from all these studies!
Meet the lovely Dr Sarah Dodd in a YouTube interview below
Dr Lucy McKinna is another vegan vet who I hold in such high regard. She very humbly started her own dog food brand – Noochy Poochy which is one of the top vegan brands of food sold in the UK with trusted organic ingredients. Her entire ethos is based on health and doing the right thing above any form of profit.
Her ethos is one of sustainability, health and integrity. We spent a day together in May 2022 at Vegfest and I will never forget her saying with such enormous honesty as we stood behind our stand and waited for vets to show some interest in what we had to say and our products. Lucy said to me…”Why doesn’t everyone just see how amazing our food is and when they do, I want to spend any profit releasing the elephants in zoos in the Philipines who lead such wretched lives….that’s all I want!” I believe her and I just LOVE her dream that was said with such pure honesty – she will do it one day – I am sure of it!
“As a vet, I believe in a kinder, healthier way to feed our pets that does no damage to our environment, harms no animals and uses fresh, healthy plant-based ingredients for a balanced and delicious diet”
Arielle Vegan Vet
“If nobody changes then nothing changes but if somebody changes then everything changes!”
Arielle Vegan Vet
Wonderful David Attenborough
When our future seems so precarious, we finally have hope for our fragile natural world with the very wise and passionate words of Sir David Attenborough
*The Top 10 Zoonoses In Your Home*
There are cases of dry food or treats (especially the raw hide treats and chews) causing transmission of diseases to people
Fireworks tips for our plant-based dogs
None of us want our dogs to be stressed – there is nothing worse than seeing them anxious and unhappy
Evidence Based Medicine
The meat-based fed control group showed 11 deficiencies while the long-term vegan fed category presented only two deficiencies
Race Against Time
As a vet and a mother and a dog lover, I am passionate about feeding dogs a plant-based diet to support our future
Confessions of a vegan vet
David Attenborough makes a stark warning on extinction and I felt it would be too upsetting to watch!
How life has changed for vets since the pandemic
Here is a day in my life to share what it is like to be a vet coping with the changes of how the pandemic has shaped a new way of being a small animal vet
Our Gamechangers Connection
We are so proud to say that our little unit that we hire to hold all the wonderful VEGDOG food and supplement that we import, is owned by none other than the wonderful and very dignified Gary Wilks
What about homecooking for my giant dog?
We have a simple solution when home-cooking for giant breed dogs
Help my dog has itchy ears!
Itchy, painful ears can affect your dog’s quality of life quite significantly
Dogs CAN digest starches
Calculations have revealed that dogs can digest about 99 % of plant-based starch if provided to them in a suitable form
We just need to stop eating animals
As a small business, we will do all we can to continue to promote the nourishment of our pets with wholesome, clean and nutritious plant-based foods that hold no dangers of causing a second pandemic.
