Many vegetarians have at some point been confronted with this question when it comes to giving their puppies meat when they do not consume it.
The answer is yes.
Puppies like humans can be omnivorous. This means they can convert certain foods into amino acids. Some of the proteins you can try include beans, milk, eggs, soy, corn, or whole grain.
Your puppy may take some time to adjust to a non-meat diet. You may find your puppy peeping through its diet with that look of “Where is the meat?”
The decision to change to a vegan diet is an important one for humans. You avoid slaughtering animals in an inhumane way; you also lower your risks of obesity, heart disease, and many other diseases that are associated with meat products. Puppies have various omnivorous characteristics that enable them to adapt to a vegan diet. These include:
- Their small intestines have the necessary gastrointestinal juices necessary for the conversion of amino acids in the proteins they consume.
- Their molars are flat like humans, and this helps them chew hard vegetables like carrots
- They also can also convert beta-carotene into Vitamin A
While the decision to provide a vegan diet for your puppy is a personal one, their cases where you find your puppy is allergic to proteins. According to Dr. Fox of US Humane Society, puppies can thrive on a purely vegan diet but is important that you supplement their diet with meat occasionally.