How do you put your pets on vegetarian or vegan diets?

Dogs are carnivores. Yes, I have heard of some converting them to veggie or vegan but I honestly don't feel like I would ever do that to them. It's just not natural for them. My dogs eat a combination of two things-they are on a raw food diet as well as a grain-free kibble. With store brand kibble, my dog had HORRID skin problems-itching, biting and all around miserable. I switched him to eating raw meat once a day and grain free kibble from Nature's Variety and he's been great, so has our new dog. Dogs do NOT need any grain in their diets-if yours can tolerate it, that's fine. But mine certainly couldn't. Nature's Variety is a WONDERFUL company-there are a few more than provide grain free options. As far as the raw diet goes-dogs cannot contract ecoli or other things from raw meat-obviously, feral dogs and cats as well as other wildlife eat raw meat. With this, you don't have to worry about loss of nutrients, either. I either buy frozen raw organic meats from Nature's Variety or grass fed free range bull and chicken meat. We were not supposed to develop to eat meat but our pets (dogs and cats) ARE, so I don't feel like denying them of that is right.

I do warn though-this is expensive-it's not like buying a bag of Alpo. The dry kibble bag I get will last me about 3-4 weeks and is $40 a bag. The raw depends-if I buy the prepared Nature's Variety, a $15 bag lasts 2 weeks. If I prepare it myself, I can get away with it being a little less expensive. Luckily, I have 2 dogs under 15 pounds. My mom has 2 golden retrievers around 80 pounds and spends a fortune. But it's worth it-pets ARE family.

Ok, since I answered this in the previous question and in the forum, I would emphasize that it's always important to REALLY research what you feed them, no matter what. I have a hard time just going by what a website says. Also it's not as simple as adding the nutrients. As we know, most supplements go straight through people. So if nutrients are not administered in the proper medium they may never work. Many vegan cat foods are high in fiber, and nutrients are not absorbed well in this medium.
Thanks for posting this question. I would love to find some convincing evidence in support of vegan diets for cats. Unfortunately what I've found thus far is very scary.