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Vegan here! Honest opinion, if a person has a dog, I believe they should be fed meat, and that someone shouldn’t have a dog if they disagree with dogs eating meat. I have friends who are experts in dog nutrition(actual experts, like their job is pet care), and one of them is vegan and they still feed their dogs meat. You could research and try to find a more “ethical” dog food as opposed to some cheap stuff?
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Thank you for your help! I really appreciate it :) one thing is with ethical dog food, that's still hurting an animal (harm ocd acting up I feel like)
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@Makki23 Right, but if you’re dog needs meat to be healthy, then not feeding him or her meat could also be seen as hurting an animal? I’m really not trying to make this harder for you. And we’re here for you while you fight any of these triggers or dilemma. ?
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@ARTnotOCD Also, no matter what you decide, if you change your dog’s food drastically, please check in with the vet first and make sure to transition the food change over days (I usually do it over 1-2 weeks, depending on how I can easily measure each food out. Your vet will let you know more about that.) Wishing the best of luck to you and your doggo! ??
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Hi I’m vegan and pretty educated on this subject. Dogs are omnivores, like humans. It is possible for them to vegan, and much more easily than cats, for whom males can absolutely not be vegan and females with much difficulty. HOWEVER, it is difficult because there are lots of vitamins, as with humans, that come most easily from meat (such as B12 for us). And though we can measure how we ourselves are feeling to see if the diet were on is good, it’s not really possible to judge how your dog is feeling. I would look into research to see if you could find a brand that covers all the nutrients your dog needs, or perhaps mix a vegan dry brand with an occasional non-vegan wet brand to reduce impact. But whatever you do, know that if you are caring about your dogs best interest and being thorough with your decision making, then that is the best you can do!
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Hi! Being vegan yourself is awesome, but please don’t make your dog eat a vegan diet. Dogs naturally eat meat- that’s the diet that their bodies are adapted to. It’s impossible for them to get the nutrients they need without meat. If you are concerned about the ethics behind the dog food I suggest looking into smaller brands of dog food like Darwins or something like that. They’re usually produced with less animal suffering. You can always talk to a vet about this too!
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Thank you!!
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This ^
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Do you have snap? We can talk?
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Sure thank you, it's lindseyw_20
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So I'm guessing your real name is Lindsey? Do you mind sharing what "Makki" means ☺?
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Added :)
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@Ben84 Yes? also Makki is the name of an anime character from a show I watch ?
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@Makki23 Ahh nice :)
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@Makki23 Which show?
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@Ben84 Haikyuu :)
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@Makki23 I used to watch some anime when I was younger ☺. Have you ever seen Grave of the Fireflies. It's known as the world's saddest cartoon, but what a powerful movie.
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@Ben84 I don't think I've seen it actually
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@Makki23 You'd remember if you had ☺. It's the Schindler's List of animation.
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I get alot of times that you should let yourself feel your emotions,now I kinda see the emotions i was struggling with before, and the problem might have been that i didnt let myself feel them, and i even think that thats why i experienced panic attacks. However im struggling again cause letting myself feel the emotions made me emotional and throughout the day many times i feel something that i dont know what to do with, giving them attention makes me spiral. Now its about my dog, for two days he vomitted out what he ate and now he doesnt want to eat his food, some food he does want but those are some human food that he shouldnt eat. But my mom brought chicken meat to him, he doesnt want to eat it, and she made something for him but he doesnt wants to eat that either...This makes me really sad cause im afraid i will lose him. I feel really bad when someone who i love is sick and with him its hard cause dogs cant tell you whats the problem. I have a deep sadness about it and fear and I let myself feel it but it gets so bad that it doesnt help me at all. I dont find it helpful, its just makes my day harder. Now again makes me angry if i hear someone saying you should feel all your feelings... Being aware of it, it takes your focus too, i never understood that, how you are aware of something and your focus does not move there... The bird exemple is not true for me, if i go out and hear a bird chirping either im aware of it and it takes my focus,or I enjoy it with the view, or I just notice it and then ignore it,I dont give so much attention to it. Right now birds are chirping, if i put my awarness there i notice them, but if i focus on here that im writing now, i dont notice them,i forget that birds are chirping...Its not like im aware of both... I agree that i should let myself feel more emotions cause alot of problems came there but I dont know where is the line and when im giving too much attention or when im dealing with them too much...
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I am so tired of having intrusive thoughts everytime i try to eat anything cause my mind immediately goes to “what if this tastes like human meat” “what if the texture is like human meat” and i have to stop eating and i start crying it annoys me so bad and i lost some weight because of it i just want to be normal again and to stop these thoughts they happened out of nowhere and i talked to some people about it and they tell me what cannibals have said and it has made things so much worse tbh im just so exhausted and i wanna eat healthy again
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(21+ ONLY: TRIGGER WARNING) I love my dog. He just turned seven months old yesterday. But sometimes, I get so frustrated. I came home from work and I just wanted to sit down and relax and watch my favorite TV show. But then he started jumping on me, barking, and getting into things he shouldn’t be. On top of that, I was feeling lightheaded because I haven’t been taken Zoloft lately, which is completely my fault and irresponsible of me. My dog got into a laundry basket and tipped it over, spilling all the clothes on the floor and grabbing a pair of socks. I just lost it, at that point. I chased him and yelled at him and as I went to grab the socks from him, I thought about hitting him. I don’t think I did, but I don’t know. Either way, I’m truly disgusted with myself. I hate that that was my first automatic thought. What is wrong with me? I put him in his kennel for time out and I completely just lost it. I started crying and hyperventilating. I feel horrible for feeling sorry for myself when I’m not the one hurting here. I’m truly a disgusting manipulative POS that deserves to be locked away forever
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