Ashley Ninette: July 2017

Hey everyone!

Thank you for stopping by my blog and checking out my dogs vegan story.

First of all I wanted to answer the questions I tend to get a lot,

Can dogs actually be Vegan?

The short Answer is YES.

Dogs are Omnivores which means they can eat just plant based foods

eat other dead animals, or both.

Can a dog be healthy on a Vegan diet?

The short answer is YES.

Just like being on a meat based diet, you still have to make sure

your dog is getting the proper nutrients his/her body needs to live

a long healthy life.

You can feed your dog a meat based diet and your dog still can

be unhealthy and end up dying from a terrible disease.

Meat Based diet DOES NOT mean "healthy" just because

it's for your dog.

If you were to switch to a Vegan diet , which is the best thing you could do for your pup,

you would also have to make sure

your dog is meeting their daily nutrition requirements, which honestly

is extremely easy. Especially if you're purchasing Vegan dog food like

V-dog. I like to give Romeo V-dog PLUS a bunch of

fruits and veggies as snacks through out the day.

Some snacks that I give romeo are

Organic carrots, red bell peppers, blueberries,

and sweet potatoes.

On to Romeos story and where his health stands today:

Romeo is a young 9 year old maltese.

I have had Romeo since he was 3 months old! Oh man, 3 months old. You wouldn't believe how adorable he was.

Here, let me attach a pic real quick:

Cute right?! UGH I can't even handle the cuteness overload.

Anyways, back to his story

One day I was driving past a puppy store

( PLEASE ADOPT, DON'T SHOP)

And I spotted a " GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" sign on the side of the road. Out of curiosity I pulled into the shopping center and I went in.

I saw so many cute maltese puppies, many more maltese puppies than I could have ever imagined.

They weren't in cages, they were almost in oversized boxed. I picked up a few to play with and looked at their pricing on the wall. The puppies were being sold for a lot of money, but I realized that even though it was "a lot" of money, it was probably a lot less than usually, but still.

I had been thinking about getting a dog for a while, I lost mine that I had for 15 years just a few years back.

I really didn't think about adopting because I was so young (way before I was vegan).

I didn't really think about buying either. I was still in college and really wasn't in the position to get a doggy.

I ended up leaving the store and went to grab lunch for myself and took some to go.

I started to drive by the store again and just the " Screw it, im getting a dog."

I went back in and had my eye on one particular puppy. I went to the owner and offered a pretty low ball amount for him. She looked at me said " If I say yes, Will you take him now?"

I said "ABSOLUTELY!"

So when she said "Deal," I ran and grabbed Romeo. He was the chill, laid back,

non caring puppy. To my surprise, he was in the hands of someone else. I remember thinking, 'OH HECK NO!' I went up to the lady and said " Sorry, I just bought him."

And that's the story about how I got Romeo.

Now on to his Diet and health....

Romeo has always been a very happy, full of life, and spunky puppy. I've never seen him sad, or heard him growl (just in playful ways), he , to this day, has never bitten anyone or anything.

He's always just been, amazing.

The first Vet I took him to suggested I buy him Science diet.

Since a VET was telling me, it's what I did. I trusted the vet knew best. A couple of years later, I found out that Science diet wasn't what I thought it was. It wasn't The best, like I was explained.

I went into PetSmart and found out they put the "best" food in the front, and the worst in the back. I went ahead and bought him some Organic food and thought I was doing him well.

I started researching more and was more confused than ever.

I ended up cooking for romeo for 2 years or so.

I was making him Organic Brown Rice with different veggies and Organic Chicken.

His health was really thriving. He never had any health issues until that point.

I went Vegan and didn't realize that dogs could be vegan.

When I researched, I realized to give him the best chance possible (especially coming from a puppy mill) I had to put him on a Vegan diet STAT.

I researched companies and found V-DOG.

What made me realize V-DOG was the one, was that it had watercress.

If you know what watercress is, then you know watercress is the most nutrient dense green there is. I was like DONE, DONE, and DONE. I ordered it immediately.

Romeo's health has had it's ups and downs the last few months,

but I had to say I took him off V-dog for a couple of years. BIGGEST REGRET EVER.

He just went back on about a month ago,

and his health is just getting improving.

Everywhere I take romeo they ask me if he is a puppy, he isn't. He is a senior. When people find out they have this shocked face. He is so young looking, and playful that it's hard to believe he's almost 10 years old.

He does have a best friend who's 2 years old and is on V-dog as well and has an energy that can't even be explained. She helps keep romeo young also. Ha-Ha.

If you want to know if V-dog will meet your best friends needs,

this is what they have to say:

"V-dog kibble is formulated to meet or exceed all guidelines for adult dog nutrition per AAFCO standards, so you can feel confident that it will meet your dog's needs."

If you're still not 100% convinced Check out V-dogs testimonials here:

TESTIMONIALS

https://v-dog.com/blogs/testimonials