“In both cases, the dog can handle the diet, as long as the food is nutritionally balanced. On the other hand, vegan diets paint a picture of a thoughtful, intelligent, and Earth-loving companion. Raw meat diets, for example, fuel the idea that our dogs are ruthless, meat eating wolf descendents. While they may be marketed for our dogs, the variety of dog food options are really looking to feed into human imaginations instead, she says. “We absolutely use ideas about what we want as humans and about what we think dogs need as relatives to wolves to motivate our food choices.” “We absolutely anthropomorphize in extending our ideas about what is desirable or necessary for humans to dogs. She tells Inverse that pet food trends are often driven by how owners humanize their pets. If you go back to the basic nutrition principles… you can create vegan diets or vegetarian diets, but you have to be more knowledgeable and more careful.”Īs for why owners might turn to vegan dog food in the first place, it may have more to do with the trends of our own diets than any new or groundbreaking animal nutrition science.Īlexandra Horowitz is an adjunct associate professor of psychology at Barnard University with a focus on studying canine cognition.

“They evolved from carnivores, but they're not wolves. “Dogs are really omnivores,” Swanson says. Afterall, aren’t dogs descended from meat-eating wolves? Kelly Swanson, a professor of animal and nutritional science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, tells Inverse the answer is yes – but also no. The growing popularity of vegan dog food might come as a surprise to the average pet owner. “The global vegan pet food market is growing at around 8% per annum, and expected to reach US $16 billion by 2028.” Why is vegan dog food so popular? “Vegan dog food has boomed in popularity in recent years, driven by increasing consumer concerns about the health of their pets, and the environmental sustainability and ‘food animal’ welfare impacts of meat-based pet food,” Andrew Knight, a veterinary professor of animal welfare at the University of Winchester in the UK, tells Inverse. Today, there’s a gazillion more options out there, with many of them touting themselves as fresh and “human-grade.”Īmong those fresh options, an underdog is rising to prominence: vegan dog food. Decades ago, that choice was easy: Pick any of the nearly-identical kibble or canned food from the grocery store. They also want the very best food for their beloved pups. They buy them shelves-worth of dog training books, bowties that match theirs, and find groomers that provide complementary canine cologne. Just contact us email with your request and we will confirm your design for you.Dog people love their dogs. Similarly, you can choose a preferred font for the engraving and as long as it is available in a compatible fashion for our machines we’d be happy to use it for you. Our durable solid brass cask dog tags are simply designed and quality crafted from thick brass, personalised for you by our master engravers with a deep engraving to last.Īll of our brass tags for dogs can be personalised, most our designs are flexible so if you would like something particular such as paw or heart engraving in a particular place on the tag, then just let us know and we’ll be happy to do that for you at no extra cost. Reminiscent of the St Bernard breed who wore small whiskey barrels on their collars containing a rescue kit. From the traditional round brass pet tags in a range of sizes as well as bone-shaped brass dog tags, brass star dog tags and more unusual kennel and mouse design brass pet identification tags.Īt Pet Id Tags Express we’ve revived the iconic solid brass barrel dog tag.

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