eggs for 8 month old pug????

dr shikha baghi · 02-21-2010, 03:58 AM

hi..donut is now 8 months old. i feed him his dog food twice a day and 2 eggs (cooked) as the third diet.
he loves eating eggs. at times i substitute his dog food with baby food n he likes that too. but he gives me a lot of trouble while eating his dog food. he just smells it and runs away. at times i have to keep sitting there till he doesnt finish his food.
could u tell me how many eggs maximum can i give him in a day?
also, are rice and vegetables a good one time meal?

**fawkese1** · 02-21-2010, 01:16 PM

all of the things you listed are foods that are okay to feed a dog, but none of them are complete diets... meaning that if you plan to make entire meals out of those things, your dog may end up missing out on important nutrients... i would recommend a good quality kibble and then you could mix the other stuff in with it and feed all together... he'll probably be more interested in the kibble that way... i am not sure of the quantity you would want to feed.
if you would like to feed a homemade diet, then you have to make sure it is nutritionally balanced... i feed a kibble base and mix other stuff in...

**Criosphynx** · 02-21-2010, 03:16 PM

Mikey will have to confirm (or deny!) this...but I have read about feeding to many eggs contributing to b vitamin deficiency...or som'thing like that...tho I can't remember if it was raw or cooked that was the problem.

**alfi** · 02-21-2010, 03:36 PM

First of all ditto Fawkese and I think I have heard before what Crios said...but Mikey knows definitely better lol!

**fawkese1** · 02-21-2010, 03:37 PM

hmm, i hadn't heard that before crio... thanks...

um mikey...where are you?

**Criosphynx** · 02-21-2010, 03:44 PM

here it is

Vitamin B12: Vital Nutrient for Good Health

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/38/3/436.pdf

**fawkese1** · 02-21-2010, 03:54 PM

thanks again crio! i've only had a chance to browse thru them, but very interesting...

**Criosphynx** · 02-21-2010, 03:56 PM

Yeah, the first one is very long..

long story short is that eggs both contain b12 and also contain substances that BLOCK its absorbtion.

I feed eggs, the dogs get about 5-10 or so a week (for five dogs) but if I have a heavy week where they get ALOT of eggs...I try to take a week off.

**fawkese1** · 02-21-2010, 04:49 PM

i feed eggs also, but not daily... maybe 3-4 per week (i have one large dog) depending... eggs are sorta my quickie type meal...

tonisaysss · 02-22-2010, 12:00 PM

i will occasionally give my dogs eggs simply because it's very good for their coat and they love them. maybe 2x a week because they are high in fat.

if your pup isn't into the kibble, maybe you could try mixing in some low-fat yogurt. i know it's better for them on a daily rate as opposed to eggs and it also coaxes them into eating their kibble.