"I read blogs online of people saying their vegan dogs lived to almost 30 years old and that is what sold me on the change"
There exists chain smokers who lived for 100 years. So I suggest any person to start chain smoking, if they want to become a hundred years old...
Why do you ignore the scientific statements made by your vet moms for some random statements in the internet? I call this animal abuse and think this should be chargeable.