Many in the veterinary community are becoming more supportive of a plant-based diet, for general health or to address specific health concerns like allergies and obesity. If your veterinarian isn’t immediately supportive, try educating them. A quality vet will be open to learning something new! You can recommend that your vet read the 4th edition of Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Heath for Dogs and Cats. You can also recommend they listen to the interviews from The Plant-Powered Dog Food Summit to hear what other veterinarians with experience feeding plant-based have to say on the subject. Let your vet know you are willing to assess your animal’s health with blood tests a few months into the new diet, and be sure to feed a nutritionally-complete commercial food or properly supplemented home-prepared diet. The Compassion Circle Team is happy to communicate with your vet if they have questions.

If your vet simply does not support your decision to feed a home-prepared, plant-based diet, you’ll likely want to find a new vet. Below are some veterinarians who are supportive of plant-based feeding. Not all of the vets below support a plant-based diet for cats, but it is our understanding that they will all support feeding a cruelty-free diet to dogs.

If you have a positive experience with your veterinarian supporting your vegan diet plan, let us know and we can share that information with others looking for the same.

United States

Arizona

Marybeth Minter, DVM

Mariposa Veterinary Service

Sedona, AZ

1-928-554-4840

Phone or email consultations available.

drmarybethminter.com

Karen Lyons, DVM

Desert Mobile Veterinary Services

Gilbert, AZ

1-480-497-6362

California

Armaiti May, DVM

Dr. May’s Veterinary House Calls

1-310-614-3530

Phone or email consultations available.

veganvet.net

W. Jean Dodds, DVM

Hemopet Holistic Care

1-714-494-1175

hemopet.org/holistic-care

Kentucky

Leslie Brown, DVM

1-502-454-3838

lovelivs.com

Massachusetts

Margo Roman, DVM

1-508-435-4077

mashvet.com

Michigan

Lisa Melling, DVM, CVH, CVSMT

Good Harbor Holistic Veterinary Care

Traverse City and surrounding North Michigan communities

1-231-633-9692

goodharborvet.com

New Jersey

Rosemary Manziano, DVM

Colts Neck, NJ

1-732-780-4211

homeovet.com

New Mexico

Dee Blanco, DVM

Santa Fe, NM

Phone or email consultations available.

drdeeblanco.com

Virginia

Dr. Paul Rowan DVM

The Center for Animal Healing

Virginia Beach, VA

1-757-417-7730

thecenterforanimalhealing.com

Washington

Tanya Holonko, DVM

Olympia, Washington

1-360-259-7576

naturalpathhealingforanimals.com

Wyoming

Loreli Wakefield, VMD

Jackson, WY

Phone consultations available.

wakefieldvet.com

Canada

Ontario

Carolyn Benson, DVM

Toronto, Ontario

chartwellvet.com

United Kingdom

England

Sarah Stieg DVM, MRCVS

Veterinary Surgeon & Homeopath

Tunstall, North Yorkshire

44 + (0) 7865-646129

Email Dr. Sarah HERE

For more information about homeopathy visit:

For more possibilities, please check Dr. Pitcairn’s referral list at https://www.drpitcairn.com/referrals/anhc-referrals/. The veterinarians listed on Dr. Pitcairn’s website may or may not support vegan feeding, but they are holistic-minded and likely more open-minded than many.

Animal Nutritionists

Jan Allegretti, D.Veterinary Homeopathy

Ukiah, CA

Phone consultations available.

janallegretti.com

Diana Laverdure-Dunetz, MS

Founder of Plant-Powered Dog

https://petfooddiva.com/

Senae Suzuki

Santa Monica, CA

Phone or email consultations available.

www.sanaesuzuki.com