u/Wonderful_Stable_770

So I had a conversation at work recently that completely caught me off guard and now I’m curious where other vegans stand on this.

I work at a salad restaurant and every few weeks I’ll take home leftover veggies/ingredients at the end of the night and blend them up into a sort of wet food topper for my dog. A new coworker saw me making the bowls and started asking a million questions about my dog, past pets, veganism, etc.

Then he randomly asked:
“Why don’t you feed your dog vegan too?”

And honestly… I didn’t really have an answer.

I’ve been vegan for years and somehow never even considered the possibility of vegan dog food until that moment. I didn’t even know it was a real thing people did. I’ve always just accepted that my dog eats animal products even though I personally don’t.

So now I’m curious:
Are any of you feeding your dogs vegan?
If so, what food do you use and how has your experience been?
Did your vet support it?
Do you think dogs can genuinely thrive on a vegan diet long term, or do you personally draw the line there?

Not trying to start arguments, I’m genuinely curious because this conversation kind of stopped me in my tracks and made me realize I’d never really examined it before.

I’ve noticed a lot of posts in vegan subreddits where people talk about wanting to break up with their partner because they aren’t vegan, and honestly I’ve always found that kind of confusing.

Maybe I’m biased because my parents have been together forever... my dad has been vegan their entire relationship and my mom has never planned on becoming vegetarian, let alone vegan... but I don’t really understand getting into a relationship expecting someone to drastically change their lifestyle later on.

To me, it feels like this should be something people think about before getting serious especially If being with another vegan is important to you. But if you already know your partner isn’t interested in changing, why spend years hoping they eventually will?

I’m not saying people can’t change over time, because obviously they can. I just think it’s unfair when a relationship starts with an unspoken expectation that one person will eventually become someone else entirely.

Am I crazy?? How do others feel about this, especially people in long-term relationships with non-vegans.

I feel like everyone always talks about how easy it is to cut things out… but I’m curious what actually stuck for people.

For me, most meat was honestly pretty easy to let go of. I didn’t really look back on that at all.

But cheese and ice cream?? That was a whole different story.

I kind of went vegan gradually, just cutting things out one by one, and ice cream was probably the hardest for me. I’ve always had a huge sweet tooth, so finding vegan options that actually taste similar took a while. But now that there are so many better alternatives out there, I don’t really miss it anymore.

Cheese though… I’m not gonna lie, vegan cheese has never fully compared for me 😭
And maybe it’s the Mexican in me because cheese is SUCH a big part of so many foods I grew up eating, but that was definitely the hardest thing to let go of.

Curious what it was for everyone else, what’s the one food you struggled with the most? And did you ever find a vegan version that actually lived up to it?