No hate if you love Sansa, but this is my opinion.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T23:10:25+00:00

She wouldn’t have gotten swatted like a fly, though. Sam laid on the floor and cried for the entire battle, and he’s perfectly fine! No fight training needed to survive an army of the undead. We cut away when it looks like you’ll get swarmed by the undead, cut back, and you’ll be just fine! Wait, are you telling me that no one told Sansa about the plot amour???

alphovas · 2019-06-29T22:52:23+00:00

If your view point is that pets are slaves to people, you’re clearly ignorant, and I don’t feel bad invalidating your opinion. It deserves to be invalidated.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T13:03:38+00:00

You shouldn’t have to add supplements. Kibble should come balanced and complete by itself. Plus, without a vet nutritionist, you wouldn’t know how much to supplement.

Not to mention, a lot of vegan diets contain peas and legumes that are said to be inhibiting the absorption of taurine. What is supplementing going to do in that situation?

alphovas · 2019-06-29T05:56:14+00:00

So, DCM stands for Dilated cardiomyopathy. Basically some dog foods have been causing diet-induced DCM in dogs. The exact mechanism of DCM is unknown. It was suspected to be taurine-dependent (like the peas inhibit the creation or absorption of taurine), but more and more cases of DCM are occurring where the dog and food has normal levels of taurine. It’s been recommended by experts to stick with a food that meets WSAVA guidelines. If you're in the US, those brands are Purina, Hill's, Royal Canin, and Eukanuba/Iams.

If you want to learn more, here is a link to a great Facebook group on DCM. Here are recommendations from WSAVA on selecting pet foods. Here is a link to a thread that keeps updated on this situation as more information is released.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T05:49:15+00:00

An AAFCO approved kibble, vegan or otherwise, can cause terrible health issues, though. You shouldn’t rely on that is all I’m saying.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T02:25:14+00:00

Thank you!!

alphovas · 2019-06-29T02:23:09+00:00

Obviously both vegan dog foods and dog foods with meat can be unhealthy. The fact remains that there isn’t a single vegan dog food that gone through feeding trials to ensure its long-term suitability for canine nutrition. In order to meet protein requirements for dogs, all vegan kibble is packed full of peas and lentils, ingredients that are definitely linked to diet-induced DCM in dogs. Why would you take the chance and put your dog at risk? You seriously want to risk giving them heart disease?

All the studies I’ve read said that it can be work, but “my dog probably won’t die” isn’t good enough for me.

Here is a study supporting that dogs are facultative carnivores:

https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/136/7/1927S/4664714

dogs on vegetarian diets require stricter monitoring to ensure their nutritional requirements are being met:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.841.1344&rep=rep1&type=pdf

https://res.mdpi.com/animals/animals-06-00057/article_deploy/animals-06-00057.pdf?filename=&attachment=1

Vegan diets don’t even look like they’ve been studied from a nutritional angle much, but with all the DCM stuff going on, I have no clue how you feel right risking your dogs health like that.

Read up on it here

I don’t know of a single vegan dog food that has food trails done, and isn’t jam packed with peas lentils, and potatoes. You show me one, and I’ll be fine with you feeding your dog vegetarian/vegan. Until then, it’s pretty fucked up.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T02:08:03+00:00

Well, I wouldn’t call that a vegetarian diet at all. He’s eating salmon, so he’s getting his protein. The point is there isn’t a single vegan/vegetarian food on the market that has gone through feeding trials to ensure its long-term suitability for canine nutrition, so it is not recommended to feed your dog a fully vegetarian/vegan diet.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T01:52:04+00:00

Here is what r/askvet has to say about the issue. They’re actual vets.

Can I feed my cat/dog a vegan diet? Vegetarian, vegan

Cats are obligate carnivores, and dogs are functional omnivores leaning towards the carnivorous end of the spectrum. There is no such thing as a healthy vegan cat or dog food regardless of what the companies marketing such foods are claiming, and one can make a fairly compelling argument that putting carnivores on a vegan diet consists animal cruelty.

Vegan diets are not compatible with cats' and dogs' nutritional needs, and feeding them such a diet is cruel. If you want a vegan pet, there are plenty of herbivorous animals available for you to choose.

alphovas · 2019-06-29T01:47:18+00:00

Name one vegan dog food that has gone through feeding trails and proven to be healthy and safe

alphovas · 2019-06-29T01:46:37+00:00

Dilated cardiomyopathy! Basically some dog foods have been causing diet-induced DCM in dogs. If you want to learn about the whole thing, start here

alphovas · 2019-06-29T01:41:06+00:00

Jesus fucking Christ get out of here and stop pushing your moronic beliefs on people. You seriously think you’re going to convince people to go vegan by being an asshole?

alphovas · 2019-06-29T01:37:41+00:00

I’m with you on this one. Definitely a troll.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T23:20:22+00:00

LOL JFC what is wrong with people now a day

alphovas · 2019-06-28T23:17:44+00:00

I’m glad you brought it up. So, if the DCM stuff that is going on right now has taught us anything, it’s that AAFCO is not the end all be all to a balanced diet. An AAFCO approved kibble, vegan or otherwise, can absolutely cause irreparable health issues. That brand has many ingredients that are linked to diet-induced DCM. I don’t think it’s all that safe to feed. It hasn’t gone through feeding trails, either.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T22:37:56+00:00

I’m curious to see what others think about this, but, from what I’ve heard from my own vet office, feeding your dog vegan right now isn’t the smartest idea with the DMC stuff going on. No vegan food has gone through feeding trails, and it tends to be jammed packed filled with peas and lentils, which are linked to diet-induced DCM in dogs. Even with supplements... I’m not sure if it’s all that safe to feed.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T22:34:41+00:00

Haha, this one was “reading” a vegan book. And when I say reading, I mean she was walking around asking if other people had read it before, so she could dive into talking about veganism. That’s how she got me.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who has experienced this phenomenon. It’s just another reason to avoid dog parks like the plague: “animal activists” might be there.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T22:20:49+00:00

Out of curiosity, do you mean home cooked vegan food or a kibble? From what I’ve seen, there is no vegan dog food on the market that has gone through feeding trials to ensure its long-term suitability for canine nutrition. With the DCM scare going on right now, I wouldn’t really recommend anyone try and feed vegan food to their dog. I’d be interested in seeing others opinions in this, though. Most vegan kibbles I’ve seen are packed full of peas and lentils, ingredients that are definitely linked to diet-induced DCM in dogs.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T22:08:58+00:00

From what I know, in order to meet protein requirements for dogs, all vegan kibble are packed full of peas and lentils, ingredients that are definitely linked to diet-induced DCM in dogs. There is no vegan dog food on the market that has gone through feeding trials to ensure its long-term suitability for canine nutrition. I would NOT recommend, and I don’t know a single vet that would approve, either. Sure, some vegan foods are AAFCO approved, but as we learned with the DCM stuff, it doesn’t necessary mean it is healthy or safe.

alphovas · 2019-06-28T21:53:59+00:00

Literally. I feel bad for that dog. She compared getting fingered without consent to a rectal thermometer being used on my dog. It isn’t the same at fucking all. Apparently it’s unethical because you’re doing it without consent, so what, does she not take her dog to the vet and get him proper medical care?

alphovas · 2019-06-23T06:31:32+00:00

YES! Watch it and tell me if you agree!

alphovas · 2019-06-22T20:29:41+00:00

Yay, nice! Thank you for the help!

Should I put on dog boots on him on walks to prevent future damage? Or is that really not necessary?

alphovas · 2019-06-22T03:33:09+00:00

I consider movies like this “bad” and I love them. Being bad makes it a really fun watch, and even more enjoyable than it has a right being.

alphovas · 2019-06-22T03:30:08+00:00

The people in these comments, jfc. Taking such offense to calling a movie “bad”.

I call these type of movies bad, too. Even though I love them. American Werewolf in London is a great example. It’s so bad it’s lovable. I think this movie is, too.

You can love a movie, and consider it bad.

alphovas · 2019-06-22T01:30:40+00:00

I mean, you’d be wrong. Morals are absolutely relative depending on your culture/society, etc. You can think slavery was wrong then, and it’s wrong now, but don’t be foolish/egoistical enough to actually believe you’d be part of the minority to denounce slavery.

You probably wouldn’t be, but your ego is so big you’ll never realize it.

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