so it's three days too late, but this is kind of split in the vegan community, tbh. a lot of people ideologically believe that domesticating animals for our own gain is fucked, and it's hard to disagree with that when you think about it. that said, I'm a little more open to it, especially considering that most dogs and cats will be either adopted anyway or sent to a kill-shelter. the big absolute "no" is buying animals from puppy mills or places who source from puppy mills. those places can't profit or continue to run if we don't give them monetary support.