An appeal to all dog owners

We are happy to spend a few euros more on our dog. We search for the best food, the best place to sleep or the best vet for him. Of course, because our dog is no longer just a pet - he is our loyal companion, our best friend, our great love.

You might think that the dog was lucky when it set out on its journey to this significance around 50,000 years ago - when it came out of the forests and approached us humans. It became our protector and we gave it food. It became our friend and we gave it a place in the house. It became our listener and we gave it love.

So it's a matter of give and take.

Like him, there are also many other animals:

The cow gives us milk, her calf, her skin, her meat, the chicken gives us eggs, her chicks, her meat, or the pig gives us a schnitzel, the goose a soft pillow, and the snake a chic handbag.

But what do we give? A place in a cold hall, a narrow cage, a high-performance diet? There is no give and take, no love, no justice. Should we be dog lovers, not animal lovers? Shouldn't we work to ensure that not only dogs, but also cows, pigs and geese are well cared for? We are not talking about whether we should be allowed to use their meat and milk - no. We are talking about the fact that we need to take a big step towards justice between animal species. It is unacceptable that over 900,000 tons of beef are given to our dogs every year. Cattle are tortured so that dogs' stomachs are filled.

Not only we, but also our dogs live in excess.

In the 50,000 years of domestication, dogs have never been given as much meat as they are today. Even pure, wild carnivores do not eat meat every day. In the 1990s, well-known dog foods contained around 4% meat by-products.

So if we can reduce the meat consumption of our dogs and our own, we will create a better life for the thousands of animals out there who barely have enough room to turn around in their place.

We alone decide how our animals are treated.

If you replace your meat-containing dog food with a can of VEGDOG just once a week, you will have fed 20 kg less meat-containing dog food at the end of the year. With 8.8 million dogs in Germany, we could save 176,000 tons (=176,000,000 kg) of meat-containing dog food per year with one can of VEGDOG per week.

Every can counts.