Feeding Pets a Vegan Diet

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I was a strict vegan for a few years. I follow a plant based diet now, also recently trying to drastically reduce sugar and processed foods. I enjoy a high complex carbohydrate diet and I've chosen to eat this way because I am healthier for it and my body responds well to this diet. I've seen the ethical/environmental piece as a bonus. I follow a lot of vegans online, many have great advice and recipes. I feel like lately I've been seeing a lot of vegans talking about feeding their pets (commonly dogs and cats) a vegan diet. I feel this is at best unfair and at worst abusive. Dogs can handle a more grain based diet than cats, but it doesn't mean they should. I've owned dogs my whole life and I've never seen one prefer a carbohydrate over a protein. It's amazing to me that people who claim to care about animals make their own pets suffer by forcing their beliefs on the poor animal through diet.