I want grow a German Shepard puppy. But we don't eat non-vegetarian. Is the dogs cannot survive without non-vegetarian.
2006-06-12 02:13:54 · 11 answers · asked by Sai P 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
From this scientific study, it appears that people feeding vegetarian diets to their pets do not meet the pet's nutritional needs.
Nutritional adequacy of vegetarian diets
Source: E. Kienzle and R. Engelhard. A field study on the nutrition of vegetarian dogs and cats in Europe. From Proceedings of Sixth Workshop in Pet Food Labeling and Regulations. p. 139
Recently, dog and cat owners have shown increasing interest in feeding their pets a vegetarian diet. This field study presents a survey of the primary reasons for choosing a vegetarian diet and an outline of the most frequent nutritional imbalances found in these diets.
The survey consisted of personal interviews. Owners were asked to fill out a questionnaire to provide a detailed account of their pet's diet and medical history and to present their dogs and cats for clinical examination.
If possible a blood sample was drawn. Energy and nutrient intake of the animals were calculated and compared with requirements. Additionally, twelve prepared complete vegetarian dog foods were investigated.
A total of eighty-six dogs were investigated in Germany, Switzerland and Belgium and applications continued to arrive after the survey was finished. By contrast, only eight cats were found which currently were fed a vegetarian diet.
With few exceptions, the survey's participants were also vegetarians who believed that animals should not be killed in order to provide meat and/or that meat production was carried out in a way which was cruel to the animals and detrimental to the health of consumers.
The protein intake was inadequate for over half of the dogs. Nutritional errors typical of all homemade diets also occurred in the vegetarian diets.
The calcium requirements were not met in 62% of the dogs' diets, likewise for phosphorus, which was below standard for roughly half of the dogs. This resulted in an unbalanced Ca/P ratio.
In addition, 73% of the dogs had an insufficient intake of sodium. In many cases, the supply of trace elements was inadequate. A high number of the plasma samples also showed insufficient amounts of iron, copper, zinc and iodine. Of the vitamin contents calculated, vitamin D was most often below recommendations.
Here also, a reduced plasma content of 25-OH-vitamin D was common. Fifty-six percent of the dogs showed a vitamin B12 intake below recommendations. Despite the fact that some of the diets were unbalanced, no clinical problems were found in the adult dogs.
The protein intake of the cats was not far below the requirements, although the amount of S-containing amino acids was frequently inadequate. None of the cats in the study were provided with enough taurine although products containing taurine were used.
Similar deficiencies to those of the dogs in minerals and trace elements, as well as vitamin D and B12 were found in the cats' diets. Vitamin A intake was deficient in all cases, and in all but two cases, cats had insufficient amounts of arachadonic acid. One cat showed symptoms of retinal atrophy and two displayed reduced frequency of estrus.
The mineral and vitamin content of the prepared vegetarian petfoods frequently did not provide a balanced diet for a dog's nutritional needs. Only two of the twelve products that were analyzed can be recommended without reservation.
Source: E. Kienzle and R. Engelhard. A field study on the nutrition of vegetarian dogs and cats in Europe. From Proceedings of Sixth Workshop in Pet Food Labeling and Regulations. p. 139.
http://www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk/Articles/vegetarian_diets.htm
2006-06-12 02:20:49 · answer #1 · answered by crao_craz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
$50 a months is no where near enough to buy a dog everything. for a decent dog food your looking at at least $60 a month (maybe more depending on brand) Your $10 short and then that leave you with nothing else to buy, flea treatments are what... I pay $40 roughly for large breed, which you'll have. I'm sorry but $50 is just not enough. Also you can rename any dog, at any age, just need to know how to teach it its new name... which brings me to my other question... have you owned a dog before and have you trained a dog before?? I do not suggest 1st time dog owners to train themselves, because the main part of training is training the owner... and well you can't teach yourself things you don't know, it takes a fair bit to train a dog, you need to understand a few different methods because some dogs don't take to your preferred method. I would advise getting an older dog, doesn't need to be too old but maybe between 1-3 years old, if at one, it will still have some puppyness left but calmer than an actual puppy, if you can find one thats trained, even better, for you and your mums couch. Most GSD's live longer than 10yrs, I got my 1st when I was 5... she died last year and I'm 20, so she lived for 15years, and all the others lived past 12years. Also if you get an older dog, you don't need to worry about where its going to live, it can live with the family all over the house and it'll be toilet trained and hopefully not interested in chewing mums couch. No they don't bark at 5am to go for a walk, all dogs just get restless and destructive if not given the chance to release their energy
2016-03-15 03:03:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People do not grow puppies. Puppies come from a male and female dog that mated.
What on earth do you mean by non-vegetarian? Dogs are carnivores (meat eaters) and should be fed a good quality dog food.
2006-06-12 02:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Solid Gold makes a fish based kibble. Is that vegetarian enough?
Most good pet supplies carry it.
If you ask at your pet supply, there may be vegetarian kibbles. I wouldn't try it with home foods without a lot of study.
I think the base for the veg. diet is cottage cheese.
2006-06-12 03:06:25 · answer #4 · answered by Chetco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs can survive without non-vegetarian food....I would suggest Pedigree for ur puppies...they hav various kinds...For Puppies,for adults, Pure Vegetarian n non vegetarian....giv ur pups plenty of milk n fluids....bread in milk wud also giv them alot of protiens n fibres....
2006-06-12 02:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not fair to take something that naturally lives off of meat and raise it that way!they need the vitamins that are in meat!how many wolfs do you hear about eating plants in the wild?get you self a cow,horse,donkey,pig,bird or any other not carnivorous animal.dont be cruel to the natural food chain!
2006-06-12 02:19:58 · answer #6 · answered by cyndi b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to remember that dogs are not total carnivores, they are both. so they need a balanced diet. total protein diet will not suit them. alot of his size is also determined by genetics. a high quality dog food with proper exersise is the best.
2006-06-12 02:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by irishgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its unethical for you to stop your dogs having their basic diet they would need to survive in the wild. meat gives vital proteins and energy to keep your dogs fit and healthy. if you dont feed them meat then you are boardering on animal cruelty
2006-06-12 02:17:01 · answer #8 · answered by lovin_me2day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. i LOVE german shepherds! i have 2 puppies!
2006-06-12 13:56:56 · answer #9 · answered by jacquimaddi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he will survive and grow huge and live longer too....
but, it'll truly be a dogs life for him.
2006-06-12 02:16:40 · answer #10 · answered by luckychina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋