Veterinarian Lashes Out At Vegan Who Proudly Shared A Photo Of Her Dog "Excited" For His Vegan Dinner

Animal rights activism is a huge, hot-button, hot topic these days. Science has continued to expand our non-flesh food options as well as make produce more prevalent and affordable. While more humans move to eat and live more compassionately, the vegan culture has been booming. What an individual chooses to ingest is, quite frankly, their own prerogative and their own business but when they place their ideals into an absolute and try to feed their pets like cats and dogs on a vegan diet, it can have disastrous consequences.

Theoretically, it is believed that dogs are capable of surviving and thriving on a vegan diet but it is definitely not a decision that should be made lightly or ignorantly. Properly balancing a dog's nutrition is extremely important and researching how to do this properly is just as important. Dogs are simply not like humans.

Supplements and special foods can be expensive for vegan owners insisting on feeding their dogs a vegan diet and that has led to some poor decisions... at the expense of the dogs. By the grace of social media, we are able to look at the bigger picture and have thoughtful discussions when things go wrong. For one Tumblr user, who was sure her dog was excited, we're sure she had no idea that a veterinarian was ready to absolutely school her about how wrong she was!