Are dogs omnivorous or carnivorous?

Dogs are facultative carnivores, that is, they stand at an intermediate point between strict carnivores and omnivores, but as in cats, this will only determine their nutritional needs, and how we must adapt the ingredients that must be adapted to their physiology, does not mean in any case that they can only get nutrients by consuming the body of other animals.

In nature wolves could survive by maintaining a diet 50% animal and 50% vegetable, but dogs being domestic animals and dependent on humans, we can perfectly elaborate a 100% vegetable food that covers their nutritional needs. One of the main differences between dogs and wolves is that dogs were adapting to the consumption of starches. "The genetic adaptations that allowed dogs to assimilate starch were crucial for it to become a pet." https://www.nature.com/articles/nature11837

100% vegetable food is not only possible in dogs but it is healthier!

No single ingredient, either animal or plant-based, meets the full nutritional needs, so they should be combined. A few months ago there was an alarming news about some malnourished puppies following a vegan diet, once again this news put the focus on veganism and not on food, in this case rice and chickpeas, as the only food of these malnourished animals in addition to other signs of ill-treatment, we cannot confuse an insufficient and unbalanced diet with a 100% complete and well-formulated plant diet.

Most people who become vegan live with other animals, so it is very difficult for them to feed their life mates with the body of other animals that are basically like them. This is why it is so important to offer a healthy alternative for both our colleagues and the rest of the animals. In addition, feeding dogs with which we live with ingredients 100% vegetable we will see that many things improve their health:

-Improves the quality of hair
-Better control of allergies, some to disappear
-Weight control
-Increase in vitality
-Reduction of inflammation, improvement in animals with joint problems
-Lower rate of cancer, infections and inflammatory diseases
-Improvement of the immune system

It is our responsibility, as family members of dogs and cats and as a company that produces quality feed, to ensure that our colleagues' food contains all the essential nutrients.

María González Sola.
Co-founder of the Refugio la vida color Frambuesa and responsible for veterinary consultations VeggieAnimals.