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Can my dog thrive on a vegetarian diet? What are safe meat alternatives?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Is it essential to eat meat to Dog ? If Dog is having oats and eggs in her diet, then are the nutritional values almost same as chicken and mutton ? If not then are soya nuggets the best alternative as well ?

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Answered By Sara Farmer, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on December 20th, 2019

A balanced vegetarian diet can be created for a dog but it is very difficult - if you want to feed a vegetarian diet I would strongly recommend using a reputable commercial diet like Royal Canin Vegetarian.

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