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Eggs as food for dogs: cooked or raw?

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Obviously, not their whole diet, but combined with other things.

My question is if it’s better for them raw or cooked?

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No ideas to better. I feed them both ways.

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I have never seen a dog turn down either offering, nor get sick from fresh raw eggs.

Dogs can eat things that would put you and I in the hospital. As in OMG, you ate that and survived? If you get the trots, you're sleeping in the porch, period.

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Someone once told me that dogs can’t digest one part of the egg - sorry, I don’t remember if it was the white or the yolk. So, she always cooks the eggs for the dogs.

Mine do eat eggs both raw and cooked.

I was just wondering if there is any science behind it, or it’s just a matter of opinion.

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Dogs digest the white more easily if it's cooked, but the yolk is better for them, raw. I compromise, and cook them over easy, just barely getting the white done. I've been feeding Charlie eggs for over 4yrs - I started off all raw, but at about a year, she stopped eating them, so I started cooking them. Honestly, they're great (especially if they're from your own free range hens), almost any way you can get the dog to eat it.

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Ah, that makes sense now. My friend cooks the eggs slighly, so the white is coagulated and the yolk is not, in a pan.

Next question: is cooked fat/grease good for them? As opposed to raw animal fat.

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Interesting the mention of digestive issues. Just now have an older Plott Hound that's concerning us. He's 12 and has always been the scrappy, robust one of the bunch. All of them will find rogue chicken eggs this time of year and eat them raw. I know the Plotty has had a few also, but now he's off his food for a couple of days and had thrown up some yellow bile. At his age, he may naturally be on the way out, but just wondering about the coincidence of the sudden 'egg diet'. He's drinking water and urinating okay, but clearly uncomfortable in the abdomen. May bring him in for an x-ray in case of blockage, but if it's cancer, not much to be done.... We're crossing our fingers, but if this sounds familiar to anyone else with their canine egg-eaters, I'd be interested in hearing about it. Thanks!....

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Liv, it has been my experience for various dogs I have lived with that for a small dog like a terrier..., A supplement of 1 organic chicken egg a week cooked over easy in a teaspoon or so of organic raw cold pressed coconut oil, then allowed to cool, chopped up into small pieces enhances the diet, and helps cognitive function. started out with twice a week, but once a week has been good. She eats her other foods as normal, drinks water, and likes small pieces of two or three organic sugar snap peas and a couple of thinly sliced carrot pieces as well as treats after meals. We try not to make her diet too rich is why the limit of egg to once a week, twice if I forget.

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Liv Smith wrote:Obviously, not their whole diet, but combined with other things.

My question is if it’s better for them raw or cooked?

Cook, sunny side up, do not break the yoke, the yoke is the most important part. See Dr. Becker's raw diet (I use this diet, though I boil the meat, I do not feed it to my dog raw.)

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Thanks for asking this question.

I have always given our dog raw eggs as I thought it was good for them as in making a nice shiny coat.

I guess over the years that opinion has changed:

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/nutrition/can-dogs-eat-eggs/

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I have had dogs before that LOVED eggs both raw or cooked but my current hound doesn't seem to care for them.

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I cook Charlie's eggs in coconut oil - and she gets an egg every morning. I don't bother cutting them up - she has great teeth. Dr. Becker is fabulous, as is Dr. Judy Morgan. They've both been very inspirational in how I feed my dog. I also save the egg shells, dry & powder them, and add them to the raw version I make of Dr Morgan's 'puploaf'.

An egg a day, in coconut oil - her coat is shiny, silky, and super soft. She has no gut issues, unless she gets into something, outside - or in the trash. Thankfully, there's rarely any food items in the trash.

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Carla Burke wrote:I cook Charlie's eggs in coconut oil - and she gets an egg every morning. I don't bother cutting them up - she has great teeth. Dr. Becker is fabulous, as is Dr. Judy Morgan. They've both been very inspirational in how I feed my dog. I also save the egg shells, dry & powder them, and add them to the raw version I make of Dr Morgan's 'puploaf'.

An egg a day, in coconut oil - her coat is shiny, silky, and super soft. She has no gut issues, unless she gets into something, outside - or in the trash. Thankfully, there's rarely any food items in the trash.

I dry the shells on top of my wood stove and grind them up into powder and add to her supper each night. She also gets all the necessary vitamins and minerals required with the diet (kibble has this in it.)

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Anyone who knows me knows I love my dogs. They are spoiled and have been trained to be entitiled. However, I don't cook eggs for myself in the morning. Here is something I picked up a long time ago. Two whole eggs cracked into a coffee mug. beat with a fork for 15 seconds. Microwave up to 30 seconds (less time =more runny.) Dump over their dry food. Done. Happy dogs. Plenty of protien to counter the mostly starch based kibble. Clear eyes and nice coat. Less than a minute of prep time for doggo breakfast, which is about a minute more effort than I put into my own.

If your dogs are more spoiled rotten than mine I think you could add a bit of milk or cream to the eggs as you wisk to 'fluff' them a bit like the gourmets do.

It would give one something to do while the coffee perks.

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I think it depends on the dog.

LGD will eat an egg if she finds one but does not like them in her bowl unless they are cooked.

Rhodesian Ridgeback will eat eggs any way.

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