My dogs are crazy about eggs. They would eat them everyday if they could. They practically do backflips as soon as egg hits the frying pan. At the moment they get a scrambled egg to share between the two of them about every 2nd day. I'm wondering if this is too much since eggs are high in fat? The rest of their diet is primarily made up of raw kangaroo mince which is very lean (nutritionally almost identical to venison) with a few raw chicken wings a week too. I don't want to take their treat away but I also know too much of a good thing can be no good at all - what do you nutrition experts think?
Can I ask why you cook the eggs if your pups are fed raw?
I'm not a big fan of cooked eggs for dogs, especially so often.
Have you tried giving them raw? Also imo once or max twice per
week is enough. Just my personal opinion though.
We would only give a raw egg once a week, I think every other day would be a little too much, but that's just me. I don't feed raw, so maybe someone that does will chime in. And you aren't adding in any organ meat? Or is that included in the kangaroo mince?
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I tried giving mine a raw egg today for the first time today. Maybe I am not doing it rite? He did not care for it. He walked away from his bowl twice. Finally he just picked out his food that was mixed in with it. Oh, and he ended up with a messy yellow beard.
Mine don't care of the eggs raw either but they love them scrambled and lightly fried.
I cook them in a non stick pan so I don't add anything to them.
And yes there is organ meat in the kangaroo mince as it is a pre-made raw. It doesn't have kidney though so I will have to add that separately soon. I'm just getting them on to raw, it's only been 2 weeks and Axle has been on chicken and rice for a few days in there due to his tummy troubles from swallowing too much rawhide.
LS why are cooked eggs no good? I would have thought they weren't much different to raw as long as you didn't add too much to them?
Finn goes berserk when I make eggs. He gets only a very teenie bit (because everyone at my house is on a controlled eating regime)--about 1/8 teaspoon. That is a funny comment about doing backflips--nothing livens up Finn like the sound of Mom cooking eggs.
I think eggs are fine. Lightly scrambled is fine. Maybe just cook them a little less and less until they are mostly runny. You can go to USDA data (sorry don't have the website right in front of me) and put in a raw egg versus a scrambled egg to see the differences in the nutrients.
I know people who feed eggs almost daily. Others a couple times a week. Others just one a month. It's really up to you. It's a good food and if you feed the shell as well, they are getting a nice boost of natural calcium/phosphorus. Yummm.... crunchy scrambled eggs anyone? LOL
Eggs can give some dogs loose stools so be aware of that and feed to bowel tolerance. Brody gets an egg about 1-2 times a week or whenever I forget to thaw his raw foods.
Dogs NEED fat in their diets. They dont' get clogged arteries or high cholesterol like people do. Fats are essential to them and aren't unhealthy. Fats are necessary for energy in dogs and they also help with skin/coat. Dogs do NOT do well on low fat diets.
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