Things My Dog Taught Me About Vegan Dogs

 Vegan Dogs

I have a "doggy daughter" named Bear. When she was younger, she showed me the magic all around me, from escaping balls to elevators.

Now that she is older, I find she is teaching me more profound lessons.

One day I was watching YouTube stuff, when this woman and her dog appeared on the screen.

She was defending the proposition that her dog was undeniably "vegan". Not only that, her dog was "vegan by choice".

Her proof. The canine ate all the vegetables put in front of it.

Having become tired of comments from naysayers, she put 2 bowls before her pet. One full of veggies, one full of raw meat.

While holding the animal she proclaimed that her darling fur baby would not even go near the flesh bowl. 

After a miss start, she let the dog go, and much to her horror, it gulped hungrily at the bowl of meat.

The comment section of her post were filled with words questioning her perception of reality, or her lack of understanding of basic carnivore behavior.

I admit, part of me agreed with the mob, but part of me felt sorry for her.

Then, on another day, my dog, Bear, ate something she should not have.  

The sound of her trying to clear the obstruction could be heard throughout our little apartment. 

Later, when I took her out for her potty break, she found a tufted of grass and started chowing down like it was an all-you-can-eat buffet.

On another patch she mowed the long blades down as if she were related to a sheep.

I knew what she was doing. When a dog is not feeling well, it will eat grass. In this case, Bear was ingesting a large amount, hoping it would dislodge the irritant in her throat on the way down. Or the barf salad would do the job on the way out.

Maybe this is what the vegan-dog did. Fooled the own into thinking the dog was something that it was not. It bore the carrots, broccoli, and lettuce until it garnered the appropriate amount of attention, and meat, then it demonstrated the ignorance of its owner. 

I can only guess that this was some kind of payback for putting bows in his hair when he was a puppy.

Thanks Bear.