Necessary?

[harrkim120]

Thanks for the tips...I just saw them now (I'm good lol).

When is it a good time to introduce eggs into the raw diet? Is it something big enough to devote a whole week to or can it just be slipped in with something else?

[DaneMama]

Thanks for the tips...I just saw them now (I'm good lol).

When is it a good time to introduce eggs into the raw diet? Is it something big enough to devote a whole week to or can it just be slipped in with something else?

I would just add an egg in one day and see how it goes. Even if you see slight digestive upset I wouldn't let that discourage you. Just add them in gradually until they just become a normal part of what you feed.

[harrkim120]

So, I tossed an egg out on the porch tonight with Brady's pork dinner to see what would happen...he licked up the actual egg portion and left me the shell.

Brady's so thoughtful.

[DaneMama]

Could you try "scrambling" up the egg with the shell so he has to lick it up? Guaranteed he would get at least some of the shell while lapping up the contents, which might get him used to the consistency of egg shells in his mouth. That is what I sometimes do to get our dogs to eat the shell.

[harrkim120]

Could you try "scrambling" up the egg with the shell so he has to lick it up? Guaranteed he would get at least some of the shell while lapping up the contents, which might get him used to the consistency of egg shells in his mouth. That is what I sometimes do to get our dogs to eat the shell.

Tried that...he just laps up the liquid and leaves the shell. He got a little bit of it, but not enough to matter I would say. Oh well...I'll just keep trying it. He'll probably get it eventually.

[RawFedDogs]

Don't worry so much about the shell. It's not that big a deal. Our dogs get more than enough calcium without eating eggshell.

[harrkim120]

Don't worry so much about the shell. It's not that big a deal. Our dogs get more than enough calcium without eating eggshell.

I know that they need calcium for healthy bones, but to the dogs get calcium from eating them too?

[whiteleo]

Yes, dogs get calcium from eating eggshells, some people who feed a raw diet that I know of that don't feed bones because of older dogs and compromised immune system, will use ground shells as the source of calcium and the ground mixes.

My dogs will not eat eat the eggshells, I've tried both ways, leaving it in a half shell and crushing it up, they just eat around it. I feel they get plenty of calcium from the bone they eat.

[harrkim120]

Yes, dogs get calcium from eating eggshells, some people who feed a raw diet that I know of that don't feed bones because of older dogs and compromised immune system, will use ground shells as the source of calcium and the ground mixes.

My dogs will not eat eat the eggshells, I've tried both ways, leaving it in a half shell and crushing it up, they just eat around it. I feel they get plenty of calcium from the bone they eat.

Haha...sorry, I meant:

I know that they need calcium for healthy bones, but do the dogs get calcium from eating the bones as well?

However, it seems as though you answered my question anyway.