Vegan Since 1977! Rae Sikora's Story & Perspectives!

Rae Sikora has been a spokesperson for other species and the environment for over forty years. Her interactive critical-thinking trainings and talks have been presented around the globe. Rae is the co-founder of The Institute for Humane Education, VegFund, Santa Fe Vegan, and Plant Peace Daily. The title of her essay in Vegan Voices is “There Is No Other.”
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00:00 When and why did you go vegan?
8:12 What happens when you go vegan?
9:24 What are the most important reasons for you to be vegan?
12:03 Why is it important for others to go vegan?
14:22 What challenges did have you had and how did you overcome them?
17:08 Any Regrets?
19:01 How do you encourage others to be vegan?
22:39 Favorite Foods
25:57 What resources do you recommend?
28:51 Family and Core Values
30:34 How do you suggest others get started?

[@VeganLinked]

Rae has a book titled "Little Jew On The Soul Train" that you can get here!: amzn.to/3lqi4nU

[@23Bentley45]

What a wonderful woman. I have been a vegan for 11 years, and I wish I had awakened long before. Thank you for your wisdom and your compassion.

[@11235Aodh]

I think that's our collective regret, not going vegan sooner.

[@BlackVelvetMagazine]

Love these videos. 45 years vegan is amazing... inspiring. I've been vegan for 19 years so far. Vegan for life! For the animals.

[@karadevereux1049]

53 years for me! Very inspiring, I agree.

[@BlackVelvetMagazine]

@@karadevereux1049 Wow, amazing!

[@kyledan9405]

such a beautiful lady, such a beautiful soul, such beautiful dogs and such a beautiful home. deep respect !

[@bumblebee4024]

20 years ago when I found out what veal really was - a calf - I refused to ever eat it again. Calves should be bouncing around the meadows & frolicking, not on a dinner plate. I’m a new vegan & so excited at all the plant-based options & how much healthier I’ll be. 🍋🍎🍓🍇🍊🥑🥦🫐🥥🥒🧅🧄🫒🫑🌶

[@karadevereux1049]

There is a special place in hell for people who eat veal. Welcome to the world of veganism, glad you found us.

[@carolynbrown3379]

I came through the Health Door as the result of a health crisis with a total disconnection as to animal welfare. However, picking up one end of the stick exposed the other and at 79 I am here to stay. Peace💚

[@monaantony9096]

I saw this today and resolved to be a vegan have been vegetarian last 3 years but no more dairy for me EVER

[@VeganLinked]

YES!

[@VeganLinked]

This may help too ❤ kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5SxaIZ9fNR2hKs

[@katiestewart1361]

❤

[@akal28k]

Rea you're inspiring. you look so good, You're gorgeous. I've been Vegetarian for 44 years and Vegan/rawfoodist for about 20 of those years. Im big on fruits.

[@homestead.design]

22 years now, Thank you!

[@VeganLinked]

Hey, where are you located???

[@Thatcanadianguyhey]

I've been slowly moving to vegan for the past couple of years. It's so hard when you're surrounded by people who either are against it, or make fun of you. I'm doing it for two reason, for the animals, and health. I'm mostly whole plants foods but I will have a beyond meat burger couple times a year. I don't force it on anyone and when invited for lunch I try just to stick with fruits and veggies. If there is nothing there for me I will just have coffee, tea, or water.

[@Mllet3d]

Seeing someone like her makes me think what a beautiful mind that can challenge and change the status quo.

[@amandagloverart2425]

Rae became a practicing (love how she puts that) vegan when I was one year old. I'm going on my four year anniversary as a practicing vegan. Like her sister, I came through the health door. Yet I find that you can't be a part of vegan spaces online or in real time, and not learn about (sometimes see) the animal cruelty that occurs for s to have our meat/meat products. So, while I started for my health, even if my health suddenly no longer mattered, I wouldn't go back.

[@Dyastarre4993]

This is a great interview. I came through the compassionate and health doors at the same time. I was in California in the 80’s and driving from LA to San Francisco and ran into cattle being driven into a slaughter house. I stood watching that sight in horror and decided never to contribute to this industry again. At the same time, I was taking nutrition courses and realized I could eat a healthy plant-based and get enough protein without animal protein which was contradictory to what I grew up believing. But as Rae points out, it was not that easy in the 80’s, but I persevered. Glad I did 😁

[@VeganLinked]

awesome, hit me up sometime, I'll be back in California again hopefully soon, maybe I can get your story!

[@karadevereux1049]

A wonderful decision! I started in 1969 when the vegan world was such a different place, it is wonderful in this time to see so many people like me and so many wonderful healthy choices.

[@raymundjagan47]

Thank you madam.. You're so concise and articulate.. amazing..

[@bloodbuddy7]

What a beautiful soul. When I hear this it makes me feel less alone and more hopeful.

[@danacohen2180]

Such a powerful, beautiful, truthful talk Rae. Thank you so much you most lovely woman.

[@bgrune1]

I started out plant based for health but made the ethical connection almost immediately and I've been vegan for 13 years now. One of my greatest regrets is that I didn't go vegan sooner.

[@WaterlooExpat]

I could have said the exact same thing, including the 13 years.

[@ginafinch3307]

@@WaterlooExpat and bgrune1, let's never regret what we have not done as all is an experience for our soul. Let's be joyful where we're now.

[@isabellezablocki7447]

14 years and yes I wish I had been educated before.

[@cindylou9884]

Me as well. Only 3 years so far though. It changes your heart.

[@CM-um8ot]

Me as well, just 2 months ago. I'm so happier and feel more compassion, freedom, and energy

[@normhanson981]

Terrific lady. I’ve had no meat for 40 years , 59 now , never felt better . So wish that more people would wake up. Thanks.

[@JakeRichardsong]

Appreciate her ability to link experience to mindset and changing behaviors.

[@ZambeziKid]

I love her anecdote about the chickens. I really believe that if others thought of other species as being real individuals, like they do with their pets generally, they would not murder them. We just need to break through their wall of (often self-imposed) ignorance.

[@naturewoman1274]

We really are a horrendous society, I'll never eat meat again I was vegan for eighteen months, had a lot of pressure from my family so I weakened and ate meat again but I never enjoyed it sometimes I never touched what was on my plate I gave it to my husband to eat, I will never listen to anyone again except myself.

[@Bluegrassman12]

Great job. Keep listening to your heart and the hearts of the animals . It gets easier . If you always look at it from the victims point of the view (animals ) it will also make it easy for you as well when people pressure you or try to cut you down . When your ready start to speak up for them . That will fill your passion

[@naturewoman1274]

@@Bluegrassman12 Thanks Joe

[@sharonabraham3676]

Love what you said listen to yourself, people always have a story what you should do, i experience the same, stay on course. Blessings

[@naturewoman1274]

@@sharonabraham3676 Thank you so much blessing to you too xx

[@wendywitchner7401]

I made my first connection with animal sentience in 1976 after visiting a pig farm in Humboldt. The owners had a pet pig that followed them everywhere and was trained like a dog. He had arthritis and they were planning to butcher him the following month. I was absolutely horrified after that experience and quit eating all red meat. That was my first hurdle, I then gave up eating poultry 10 years later and was a pescatarian for the next few decades (mostly salmon because I lived in Alaska). I’ve now been vegan for 10 years.

[@VeganLinked]

I had exactly the same progression, vegan since 2011 ❤

[@joantendler6518]

@@VeganLinked Forty five years ago, when I was a vegetarian, I was also ignorant of facts. But now, "published figures suggest that, in Australia, producing grains (modern oils) results in: at least 25 times more sentient animals being killed per kilogram of usable protein, more environmental damage, and a great deal more animal cruelty than does farming red meat." I now eat mainly farmers market meat, eggs, and vegetables, and local goat milk, and try to avoid all food coming from factory farms, especially tea, coffee, chocolate and sugar, as they involve slavery or child labor, and contribute to rain forest destruction.

[@VeganLinked]

@@joantendler6518 I made a video that addresses this kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKOVpqqlecl4ntU

[@michellehashish5341]

@@joantendler6518 I don't believe that is accurate at all. Are those published figures from the agri industry? Most of those grains are being produced for animal agriculture - to fatten up the animals slaughtered for food ( even the ones mislabelled as grass fed ). An Australian Simon Hill from Plant Proof has some good information on this. Animal agriculture is so destructive for the environment.

[@joantendler6518]

@@VeganLinked The study in that video has major problems. 1. It makes light of the huge problem of protein, mineral and vitamin bioavailability in plant foods. Vegetarians are low in both zinc and iron which causes many problems, such as depression, which is high with vegetarians. My daughter, raised as a vegetarian, tested very low in iron, was probably low in zinc, and was very depressed. Zinc and iron are very difficult to get enough of as supplements. Now she mainly eats beef and is finally happy and energetic. Herbivores manage to get their nutrients from plants rather than animals because they have a working cecum, but humans don’t, so we simply aren’t herbivores. But the authors write problems of bioavailability off as nothing. 2.The 1 to 1 comparison of plant protein of low digestibility, and way too much high nitrogen, non-essential arginine as opposed to the essential amino acid lysine, with bioavailable animal protein is very misleading. Limiting arginine, which is very high in grains, seeds, nuts, and legumes, is even more important now, considering that arginine depletion is one strategy to avoid severe covid symptoms. 3. In their food value calculations they didn’t take into account the enormous amount of fat that we get from animals, that contributes not only calories, cholesterol, and saturated fat in our diet, needed for brain health, sex hormones, thyroid hormone, vitamin D, stress and anti-inflammatory hormone cortisol, and bile, but also essential fats DHA and arachidonic acid. ARA protects against stroke, and vegetarians have greater risk for stroke, so it’s nothing to make light of. ARA also is necessary to fight pathogens, like covid, as well as for controlling blood pressure, rational thinking, to turn off inflammation, bone and vision health, and for healing. Eating a lot of fatty meat on a low carb diet, like I do now, also protects against stroke, as well as diabetes, seizures, Alzheimer’s, and mental illness. This may also be because ketones, made mainly from ARA and other animal fat, also using lysine, are the main source of energy for your heart, as well as your kidneys, muscles, and gastrointestinal system. This lack of energy made me consume non-food crops coffee, tea, chocolate, and wine, just to get through my day. But, unlike eating fatty meat, consuming these things results in a complete waste of land (including rainforest destruction), fertilizer, water, pesticides, transportation costs, and energy. And yet vegans do this, probably because they’re suffering as much as I did without them. 4.Food waste should have been taken into account in this study, and meat is the least wasted food of all. So the calculations in this study failed to present anything close to an accurate picture of efficient food consumption. So I have to doubt the other figures you threw out there as well.

[@tofuneverbleeds]

Beautiful soul. She radiates love and positivity 💗 #govegan

[@ER-dn3pk]

Respect Ray Sikora 🙏 and thank you very much !

[@2lee885]

So powerful. Thank you so much. "The cellulite door" 😂 love it!

[@gabrielekennedy6123]

I am loving this woman. Such a sweet gentle soul

[@babycoleangel]

What a beautiful soul. So genuine and real, sooo refreshing to see. Thank you for blessing me with this video... 🙏

[@AnaRangelYoga]

Gosh, that first story :( That's what started me as well..i have seen a pig getting killed and a tiny piglet being taken to the kitchen, it was awful. I will never forget the sound of the pig getting killed and the baby crying as he was taken away from his mum. Have also seen a chicken being killed by my aunt in her farm and just couldn't cope with being responsible for this sort of suffering. I was 12... everyone made fun of me. I knew something had clicked even if i was quite young. As i refused to eat certain animals since...I ate fish, which didn't make me happier as i felt guilty for eating animals and finally when i turned 18 i decided that i wouldn't eat animals again and finally veganism.

[@tikvahboy]

Love your story.....thank you so much for choosing compassion....

[@hollydaze5625]

Beautiful interview. Just know that not all Christians think they are at the top of the food chain. In fact, many Christians see heaven on earth when the lion will lay down with the lamb. We eat the whole plant foods that God created. Peace 🙏🏻

[@roddygelabale816]

I agree beautiful interview. Just that part kind of disappointed a bit. One thing I have learned in this life is that we are all ignorant. With all of the education and theory we have, we still know nothing.

[@chwayitayose845]

What a magical home and a magical human ❤️. Thank you for sharing 🤗

[@AntonioAlves-wm8ie]

Thank you for sharing !! I’m vegan for 25 years !! Living in New York City and I’m 54 years old and activists too

[@VeganLinked]

Awesome, I'll be in NY again hopefully soon. I'd love to get your story. Send me an email if you're interested [e-mail]

[@Kiyarose3999]

‘’ Compassionate Living is about making connections between the way we live, and others suffer’’( The Late Kathleen Jannaway, Co Founder of the Vegan Society, 1944). Also founder of the Movement for Compassionate Living( MCL, 1983)

[@rawimenezes4578]

Thanks to you Rae, I watched Game Changers and what a revelation it has been. So much gratitude for your work and dedication to being vegan, compassion and love for all creatures at its highest value.

[@MrDefiance000]

She is a good human being! Lovely lady! I love her!

[@elizabethparker1441]

Love the analogy you used to your dad about dog for Thanksgiving. I also love your lil brown doggy sleeping.❤❤❤

[@lorimoss8762]

You have such a lovely way of expressing Rae.... I am inspired by your warmth and willingness to creatively meet people where they are...

[@iamdebmiller]

I enjoyed this interview very much, getting know Rae and JC. How loving! Beautiful people like them give me much hope. Nice job filming, editing, sound production, etc... too.

[@VeganLinked]

Thanks! I wish I would have had more time to get some b-roll, drone shots, etc... It was very run and gun!

[@iamdebmiller]

@@VeganLinked Even so, it was still very well done. I am happy so many individuals are able to post their ideas on KZbin but honestly sometimes in spite of being very enthused about the content, the lack of production value, i.e. fluctuating volume or music that is overpoweringly loud, causes me to not be able to finish a video. You do a good job with all of that!

[@MrJustforkicks]

What a kind, compassionate woman. When you turn vegan, you realize how much death and horror humans cause to the animal world. It's so crushing! It's very rare to come across people who make you feel so good, and show the infinite capacity of kindness humans can have. I hope she lives to be a 120 years and converts even more people to the path of compassion.

[@carlo6912]

What a wonderful, caring human being. Thank you so much for sharing your story.

[@Atheria444]

OMG I know Rae! She must have gone vegan at age 5! :-) I have threatened to move onto her beautiful property here in NM. This is a wonderful interview. UPDATE: She went vegan at 20?! I never would have guessed her age. WOW!

[@VeganLinked]

You better save room for me lol

[@mattgarner6097]

Great channel! Love the interviews

[@Nora-rv5sc]

Just wonderful. I would love to get to know her. I share her opinion in so many ways! 💛💛💛

[@jeannieware6014]

Beautiful, beautiful interview. Thank you, Rae.

[@gabriellemedeiros3161]

You are so enlightening!

[@susanebel7810]

Thank you Rae for sharing your beautiful, truthful and compassionate story of your "Family" whether biological, chosen or animals. They are all sentient Being's. I have been "Trying....Practicing" Vegan for about 6 months and after watching your video my heart became wide open to every door that you spoke about and I am fully in!! I am fully practicing Vegan! Thank you! Love to see more videos of you and your story of compassion.

[@annababinska3648]

Wow amazing interview

[@someguy2135]

Thank you for letting me get to know a little bit about a wise and compassionate person.

[@naturewoman1274]

Thank you for the fantastic scenarios I'll be using some of them you're a wise lady

[@janerosebrough395]

Dear Rae, So delighted to see you on KZbin today (10/13/21). Best wishes from your now WFPB elder from Michigan, Jane 🌹

[@10buk2]

I was driving through Texas a couple of years ago taking the back roads and started to smell something really bad for miles and low and behold I came upon a fenced-in cattle standing shoulder to shoulder in manure. That smell lasted for miles, then much later smell came back, same smell, same shoulder to shoulder black cows. I too am vegan before I met you. Thank you for sharing.

[@JaredSix]

I had never heard of Rae before. (Like she herself said, there are so many people going vegan these days that it would be virtually impossible to keep up with them all.) I'm grateful that I decided to watch this, because not only was it great, but it was from the heart! I went vegan back in 2008, and there were so many people at the time who didn't understand veganism and who thought it was an unhealthy and crazy diet, that whenever I hear about people going vegan a full 10, 20, or even 30 or more years before I did, I can't help but admire them for it, because without all the information that we currently have at our fingertips, you would have had to follow your heart and intuition instead. Thank you Rae, for doing what you do, and for doing it as long as you have!

[@verenamartini8695]

Great interview ! The cellulite door :))) I came through the health door with severe issues and I quickly feel so good.9 months later I was finally able to watch documentaries like cowspiracy, what's the health.... And I knew that never, ever again my way of life would exploit the animals

[@flyswapple]

I just started my Vegetarian/Vegan lifestyle last June. I came through watching people abuses children and animals. Now, I understand what is Vegan is all about I wish I’d started sooner. I’m in my 60’s, cooking meat for my husband is hard now since we have been together for 40 years. Thank you for your testimony on this lifestyle.

[@VeganLinked]

Cook him beans, potatoes, greens, veggies, mushrooms, grains, etc. Instead! ❤ thanks for watching and sharing. Best wishes with your hubby!

[@susanjohnson6251]

Love this video Rae and I always loved your approach to activism. Great seeing the doggies in this video too !!!

[@mayparsels2232]

Very much appreciated

[@mindyr7302]

You could fill an auditorium, Rae! ❤️

[@Magar6]

Amazing interview, thank you. 💖

[@debbielente4766]

how fortunate i am to see this video Rae, i just viewed your partners, how wonderful is that, beautiful environment you all share. take care

[@shinigglory3689]

Thanks for this great information ❤❤

[@gauritiwari4802]

A beautiful person! Loved listening to her ❤

[@CoyoteCanyon72]

Well done Rae!

[@cathmaj8615]

'Why should one life matter more than another?' 🤔

[@unlockyoursoulmemory4199]

oh, I love Ismael as well... such an amazing book

[@mikesmith1702]

love the dogs...!!!!

[@paulveg8524]

Inspirational! Bravo! Thanks for the many suggestions.

[@diesusi3844]

Beautiful mind ❤ 🌱

[@lauraestes9304]

I read a book called How to Get Rid if the Poisons In Your Foods by Ralph Nader and I never ate meat after that day in 1986. I was all alone in my diet and I didnt care. I already hated eggs and dairy so I was actually happy to find out I didn't need to eat animal carcasses to survive

[@VeganLinked]

Awesome I would love to get your story sometime if you're interested is you're interested ❤.

[@leanna2721]

What a beautiful interview. A great way of approaching people when I am got at for being vegan. It is so important people don't feel attacked for making different choices.

[@marybelforero4679]

You are so awesome person ❤️ ❤️

[@AudreyDunham]

Wow, so powerful. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@marisaworsley2241]

Thank you! I loved the way that you explained why choose chicken?! Keep educating … the people on this world needs to wake up about cruelty do the inocente animals and healthy… it does break my heart too… I grow up in the farm and I was crying when my father was killing chickens & pigs… I was vegetarian then vegan … a love to eat simple it is hard to educate people… I learned a lot with u! Thanks again

[@capcommunist]

Profound. ❤️

[@pikenmehta1]

You are an incredible soul! Jains look at it from that point of view. Wow!!! Parsparograha jivanam!

[@cares3262]

Very much enjoyed your story in becoming a vegan. Thank you.

[@andrea0195]

you r a wonderfull vegan 65 long life to you be blessed

[@LaSorciereFeuillue]

"It's a stolen product from a suffering being" is my new answer to "Why?"

[@riccarwile1633]

Thanks, your video is outstanding,... so beautifully said✌

[@cloro1238]

Amazing woman 💚

[@marcelomiceli5291]

After being vegetarian for 30 years I had the same experience seeing a video. It broke my heart, I could not believe how humans can be so heartless, never touched dairy again in my life.

[@VeganLinked]

You're awesome!

[@lisaandrews919]

I saw a video on utube of that cow separation…..very sad. I was a vegetarian for many many years from 14yo, however, in past 15 plus years am not but getting back to it now, as I did feel better as veg.

[@hannahrl]

RAAEEE!!!

[@auikerngesund5624]

Danke , vegan ist die beste Lebensweise

[@georgemarino434]

I love your home! It looks so cozy and comfy. All those different floor levels, archways, nooks and crannies, so interesting and fun. What style home do you call this?

[@VeganLinked]

Dome home

[@natalieamore8195]

❤️🙏Shared

[@bcusaaus4749]

thanks for sharing your story! My journey started 3 years ago as Pescatarian , then vegetarian and now vegan for the last 18 months. My only challenge is socializing with friends at dinner parties/restaurants. I stick to my values but some Just give me negative comments. any advice is appreciated.

[@tikvahboy]

Your friendships may shift for a time.....but the compassionate vegan community is growing rapidly and before you know it, you will have a huge chosen family of caring vegans. We love our giant global vegan community. Also, eventually, the friends who want to know your heart will be open to your choices.....Those who currently give you negative comments probably feel a bit judged for their choices and want to criticize your choices to feel better about theirs. Don't worry. Their words are just that...words. If we were talking about issues like human slavery, you would stay consistent with your value based choices and not take it personally if people were critical. It is all about non-violence and social justice....human or non-human. Unfortunately, people take human injustice more seriously. Stay on your beautiful loving path.

[@RVP1955]

I love your talk. I have been vegan since 88; I am 66 yrs. old. I love my green smoothie, really purple because of beets, for breakfast and lunch. What really surprised me was when you said your favorite book was ISHMAEL; I read mostly nonfiction, but the one fiction book I have is ISHMAEL. I love that book. I never hear anyone talking about it. Now for my favorite non fiction book, which would be two in this order. THE POWER OF NOW AND A NEW EARTH, by Eckhart Tolle. I hope to hear more from you.

[@VeganLinked]

Where are you? Maybe I can get your story one day?

[@VeganLinked]

send me an email if you're interested in my capturing your story [e-mail] :)

[@mr.fixdaplate]

Beautiful story...###LET'S EAT...

[@mattiewilliams6730]

I been vegan for on month. I love eating this way. I wish I had known about this sooner. I have made a good choice and I am not going back to my old ways. 12 -3 -2021

[@deancooling3480]

I very much enjoy your interviews, and.... Would you consider asking the interviewee what their typical daily eating would be. This is of interest to me, and I'm sure others. It brings it back to the practical daily behaviours that are so important. And we can learn what has worked for these successful vegans. Thanks for considering.

[@VeganLinked]

I try to ask that and I will try to hone in on it better but I will have a video that focuses specifically on that soon

[@VeganLinked]

It's best to use the daily dozen app by nutrition facts to put together a meal plant specific to your liking. It's essentially beans greens grains fruits veggies mushrooms nuts seeds herbs and spices...

[@deancooling3480]

@@VeganLinked Thanks - I've been into whole food plant-based for 35 years, but I still find it interesting and pertinent, and a study into individual approaches, to know what people do on a daily basis. Just this can reveal much.

[@Cindyscrossstitch]

Beautiful lady. The 10 commercials can away from the interview with all the interuptions.

[@VeganLinked]

Pay for a KZbin subscription and you won't see the commercials.

[@nathalieyates5016]

❤

[@kimlarjohnson2263]

What blew me away was calling a product natural/organic and all the farmer has to do is have a window open! that just angered me and all i could think of how industries lie!!!

[@ClubuldeEnglezaYouTube]

👍👍👍

[@MMCoala]

I agree with everything you said! 🐷🐶🐵🐭🦊🐮💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@kimlarjohnson2263]

all you have to say is Animal Cruelty and get choked up and cry. i am terrible for it. i started with the health door but animals door so more important to me.

[@Bob-ju2ge]

💕💕💕

[@robecarb1300]

This is a very enlightening story that details an excellent prospective view to this great issue that is animal cruelty & why we eat them when not only we do not need to but ut us detrimental to our well being , thank you so much!

[@michaelscoots]

Oh man, you’ve got to interview her sister!

[@VeganLinked]

Hit me up with details at VeganLinked.com/GetInTheMix

[@michaelscoots]

@@VeganLinked Her sister went from going vegan for vanity (cellulite) to animal activist within a year. You’ve got to interview her!

[@VeganLinked]

@@michaelscoots cool, if you say so, hope to get a message. ❤

[@aniaj-ifashiontv87]

hi this is an amazing video thank you for making things so clear ! I have a question, what do you feed your dog? can dogs be vegan?

[@tikvahboy]

Our dogs were vegan for decades (different dogs came and went as we do foster and rescue). They lived to be 16, 17 and 18 years old on a vegan diet. We did buy some vegan kibble, but mostly just made them a stew with veggies and rice and lentils and they loved it. Dogs are canines and canines are scavengers, so they can really thrive on just about anything. Now, our four rescue dogs get both the stew and they get animal products because we are dumpster divers and prvide food to ours and other homes from what we get at the dumpsters. Beef, fish, chicken, eggs. But honestly, I think our strictly vegan dogs were healthier. Although I must say that they supplemented with bones and other wonderfully gross items found in the forest on hikes. Our dogs still find bones on the trail all the time and bring them home. Hope that helps

[@aniaj-ifashiontv87]

@@tikvahboy thank you so much yes this helps and I wish I had this info sooner :( my beautiful dog of 12 passed a month ago today .... and he was on a meat veggies rice diet always :((( he was diagnosed with carcinoma 🐾💔😢 anyhow thank you for your answer

[@VeganLinked]

This is such a common question, would have never thought...lol

[@VeganLinked]

It's interesting to know that one of the oldest dogs was vegan :) Bramble!

[@joanavicente5493]

What a wonderful beautiful woman.