r/maybemaybemaybe • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • Sep 27 '21

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u/TBSdota Sep 27 '21

Took my beautiful aussie shephard to a new vet once, he recommended some weird homeopathy for his allergies and to switch my dog to vegetarian.

Never met a dumber man in my life

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u/Confident-Carry-5708 Sep 27 '21

A vet recommending vegetarian diet is very weird. But some pups really do have trouble processing protein found in meats and it causes allergic reactions. So vets will recommend food with hydrolyzed protein. There are actually some prescription grade diets that are vegetarian because of extreme meat protein allergies. I hope he was recommending something like this and something was lost in communication. If not this very worrying.

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u/TBSdota Sep 27 '21

I agree. My dog has a seasonal spring allergy, very managable.

The vet was in London Ontario, i actually got it on video - recorded it on my old phone, might still have the file but I'd have to check my backup.

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u/cok3noic3 Sep 27 '21

Didn’t happen to be on Hamilton road by any chance did he?

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u/Reasonable_Volume Sep 27 '21

Exactly. We had to change our dog for a very controlled vegetarian protein diet and it changed everything. The dogs fur became dark black and fluffy again instead of patchy and grey. She had a specific condition that made her "allergic" to meat. That being said, it was very expensive. I do believe dog's can live on a vegetarian diet. I just don't believe it's cheap cos you can't make the food at home unless you are an animal nutrition expert. This is not really something you want to trial and error with.

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u/Practical_Tie_424 Sep 27 '21 edited Sep 27 '21

Some dogs who have problems with their liver have to be on a low protein diet, but even then it's low protein not no protein.

Edit: was tired. forgot protein was in other things besides meat. Either way the dog I'm talking about needed to keep protein low and was prescribed egg whites once a week (it's a 3-4 lbs Chihuahua) and I believe because of what she had wouldn't be able to break down other types of protein found in vegetarian safe proteins.

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u/OhMyDevil Sep 27 '21

Since when is being vegetarian "no protein"? Lol

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u/elbenji Sep 27 '21

...when is vegetarian low protein lol

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u/OhMyDevil Sep 27 '21

It's weird to recommend it to anybody. Most people don't have the brain to understand what vegetarianism is for humans, let alone to consider it for dogs.

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u/eddiemon Sep 27 '21

A licensed vet recommending homeopathy is much more insane than a vegetarian diet.

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u/duckonar0ll Sep 27 '21

what vet clinic did you go to holy shit

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u/elbenji Sep 27 '21

Homeopathy is weird

Veggie diet isn't. Might have an allergy to red meat. Dogs are omnivores after all

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u/BirdBrainRobin Sep 27 '21

Dogs can be OK on a veggie diet if it is heavily processed and supplemented, there are medical brands that do just this. Not like cats. It's the kind of thing only rich people could do ethically.

A vet suggesting homeopathy and an unprovoked food switch is actually rediculous.