To sum up this terrific video: Use eggs from pastured birds when possible. Soft-boil the eggs for your dog. Grind up the shell and membrane and add some of that to your dog's meal too. Refrigerate eggs up to 3-5 weeks. You can freeze eggs for up to a year. If you freeze, take them out of shell and store in glass or metal container (not plastic). I think that about covers it. I bet your dogs (and cats!) will love eggs.
It`s so easy to separate the egg yoke from the white using the two halves of the cracked egg shell. So cook the white part for maximum protein absorbtion and keep the yoke raw into the food bowl for maximum uncooked yoke nutrition value. Easy sneezy. Great video, loved the amusing props.
I you are a vet... Here some more information. I know a couple...80 years old. No dementia and other health issues. They ate and eat every day 4 eggs for 50 years. He has higher cholesterol, but no issues at all. I guess the cholesterol, helps both to keep cognitive function and avoid dementia, levy body syndrome and Parkinson, Ms and other related conditions by eating this high amounts of eggs in al forms prepaired. Things for a deep thought. Oooh... They had allways their own hens. They are all day outside the garden eating grasses, insects worms, the peel of bananas and all left overs from the kitchen and meals and added grains. Ooohhh... And they allways eat at home. Never restaurants or processed meals. Fresh foods and plums from their trees and berries from their trees. No sodas either. Sometimes a wine. Water.
I ate soft boiled eggs growing up...my grandma use to make sure we have one with our breakfast very frequently. Haven't had it in forever but very soon I will again! Once my pup is fully transitioned to raw, eggs will be on the menu for him. Then I'll be making 2 one for me and one for him 😊
This answers my question. I had this question in mind for some time now, yet, I have been placing fresh eggs in their home cooked meals every day and clearly observed steady improvements. I give my dogs at least one fresh farmed egg per dog daily. Dr. Becker is also right when she speaks about yeast infection in animals as well as immune deficiencies.
As a pregnant woman who’s been skipping my eggs (hence choline. Super important for the baby!) I did not expect to find the kick in the ass I need to eat eggs again from a dog video. 🤣 Good news, my doggo will be delighted he will get an egg a day instead of the one a week now! He’s absolutely addicted to them. He can tell when I crack an egg from the other side of the house!
Hobby Lobby sells a rapid egg cooker in their "spring shop" and I used it for the first time the other day to make soft boiled eggs for my dogs. IT IS AWESOME. Uses steam to cook and you don't have to worry about timing...it does it for you. This video is amazing. Thank you so much!
Just found your channel. I can't stop laughing at the face expressions, Que cards, talking hands, "what Rodney is talking about" said Karen, Props all over, humor! I watched this twice laughing so hard!
Can I say thank you for the only 20min video on the help-web today that hasn't wasted my time. Jam packed with, well-researched, amazingly explained content.
LOVE THIS vid! Y'all are informative, and entertaining, taking the edge off a rather stressful topic due to the misinformation circulating in the world about pet nutrition. Thank You!
Im no expert but I cook my Lab his own meals. Chicken breast and thighs. With sardines and beef liver. Mixed with rice carrots and grean beans with a couple of blue berries on top. I might have to start adding an egg now. He does well on it. Since I started cooking for him he like a new dog. More energy and happier. He's 12 yrs old. Everyone says im lying about his age.
@@KarenmitchellANI SO unbalanced! What's shown above as written (chicken breast, chicken thigh, sardine, beef liver, rice, carrot, green beans, "a couple" of blueberries would leave the meal deficient in Thiamin, Vit E, Vit K, Calcium, Iodine, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Zinc, and ALA at the very least. Whether or not it has enough Vit D depends on how much Sadine is in the meal. Whether or not it has enough choline depends on how much chicken breast & sardine is in the meal. Rice adds calories but not much in the way of nutrition (basically cheap filler).
Thank you for this info!!! I am a raw feeder and my dogs get one whole raw egg with the shell in their first meal of the day-everyday:) You both have been so helpful in guiding me when it comes to feeding my beloved dogs. Thank you 🐾💕
You do realize that raw egg strips the B vitamins in your dog! In time that will cause serious health problems! Eggs should at least be cooks for 3 minutes! I use to give my dog a raw egg everyday and he became very sick in a matter of maybe 6 months! My vet told me that raw eggs are not good to feed your animals! That is how I know it strips the B vitamins!
@@SleeplessinOC raw eggs strip the B vitamins and it doesn't matter if your human or animal! Also, some eggs can cause food poisoning if not cooked for at least 3 minutes! I was told this information by several Veterans and Doctors! I studied vitamins and nutrition for about 20 years. All my research backs up these claims!
I raise chickens and we eat a ton of eggs. We also feed our dogs a ton of eggs, both cooked and raw. I can tell you from first hand experience, that I have had chicken eggs last MONTHS in the fridge. I test this all the time, because rather than throwing out old eggs, I crack them into a small bowl one at a time to see if they are still good. A bad egg will smell bad. A good egg will have very little smell. Sometimes, when they're just not fresh anymore, but not bad, the yolk will just be very thin/weak, and will not stay whole when the egg is cracked open. Obviously they last the longest unwashed, and in the fridge. When we keep the house a bit cooler, (below 70 degrees F) if they have not been washed, they can last on the counter for up to 6 weeks! The natural bloom on the eggs keeps them fresher longer because it keeps more air out. Similarly, coating the egg shells in oil can also make them last longer. Obviously you can't buy unwashed eggs in the store, so if you're looking to stock up, oil your eggs! You can freeze eggs too, but depending on how you do it, it can limit their use once they're thawed out. Separating the yolks and the whites, and adding either salt or sugar to the yolks allows you to use them in baking, custards, and sauces. This video was informative for me though as I had been wondering which cooking method (if any) was most nutritious. Thank you so much!
A couple years ago I heard about avidin.being part of the egg whites. After thinking about it, I just separate the eggs, GENTLY cook/scramble the white then put the raw yolk on top of it. Easy-peasy. Been on a farm....so Always free range for pets and me.
Egg white/yoke separators are cheap and readily available. Crack the egg into the separator. It retains the yoke and the white strains through the holes. You could then gently cook the white and leave the yoke raw for maximum nutrition.
Just putting my 2 cents in. My dogs have been getting raw egg yokes for years, my Visits and Smooth Fox Terriers. They get one yoke every other eve meal and have never had any issues. God Bless and stay well. Colt, Logan and Bailey.
Cage Free means nothing. You're just paying more for the same eggs. Free Range also means zilch. For Free Range, the chickens have access to a door to the outside, which the chickens almost never uses. Organic can be good, but it's inconsistent. They don't all use flax as a feed. Also the cost is so outrageous that it's hard to justify the cost for organic. With bird flu and the price gouging, I stopped buying eggs for now. I use milk to supplement my dogs diet. No GI issues. The only time she had GI issues was when she stole some fried chicken at ate a big chunk of a breast & thigh piece. Since then I stopped getting fried chicken, especially since most places cook the chicken in low grade vegetable oil, which is toxic to the body.
2 Important questions: what if your dog is allergic to chicken? Chicken is #1 allergen.SO Is egg safe to try? 2) RE: Egg Shells... Do store bought eggs have an APPLIED chemical film on them...a COATING... if so are they safe to keep and grind? 3) if dog allergic to chicken...and making their food... how do you get enough CALCIUM?
I've been feeding Dr. Becker's homemade raw dog food recipe for several years now. My dog loves it! He sits in the kitchen and whines with anticipation when I'm preparing it. :D He's not crazy about the texture of raw egg whites so I make sure to mix them very well into the ground meat.
I usually soft broil my eggs in a pan - I fry mushrooms and veggies first with oil first and then slide those to the side and add the eggs. I quickly add water and cover with a glass lid. The steam cooks what's left in the veggies to cook, the water lifts the eggs off the pan so it rarely sticks, the steam cooks the tops of the eggs so you don't have to risk the yoke flipping and your yokes stay nice and liquid, a warm creamy all natural sauce - sorry ketchup, your basic. My dogs always enjoy licking the yoke off the plate but they often get a plate for themselves. I more often give them hard boiled eggs as I can quickly boil a dozen eggs and throw them in the fridge. When I grab one as a snack, they get one. For those worried about me feeding my dogs "human food", since having heart issues and heart surgery, I only eat real food - veggies, mushrooms, beans (dried), fruit, honey from my bee hives and to a lesser extent eggs, small amounts of meat (usually chicken) . I drink green tea and water only. There is nothing I eat that dogs and their relatives wolves would not have the opportunity to find on their own. One exception, I think dogs would only eat cooked beans and I was surprised when mine did. I really like that you compared different eggs. I find if the yoke is a not a dark yellow turn orange color, then it is a inferior egg and you can usually taste the blandness. A really healthy yoke seems to have a deep complexity to the taste. The pleasure I get is probably all the nutrition hitting all the right buttons 😁 . I would have never have been able to taste the subtly tastes I can taste in a yoke now if I had not quit eating Canadian government sanctioned poison in a box - aka processed foods. I don't follow the nonsense on TV and I haven't bought a magazine in decades, this is the first I have head of "eggs are bad for dogs". It is usually considered a boon to a animal in the wild if they find a unattended nest full of nutritious eggs. This scream of more of the nonsense dog food companies pay for and spread.
So, a couple of my dogs get a tummy ache when they eat raw eggs. I since read that a lot of dogs have this problem. I don't like to cook the yolks because I don't want to denature the vitamins and don't want to oxidize the fatty acids. The solution for my dog turned out to be really simple: Sunny side up-- White cooked and yolk warm and runny. My small dogs get at least two eggs a week in addition to many other incredible foods like whole sardines canned, organic grass fed butter, canned sockeye salmon with skin and bones, frozen raw commercial dog food and home cooked (using Karen Becker's recipes).
I have been feeding my dogs raw eggs, shells included, for over 15 years. I wash, dry, and then crush the shells before feeding my dogs; a 10 pound cutie and the 110 pound Labrador Retriever. I have been a fan of Dr. Becker for years and would never think of giving my anything but raw since I have been watching her videos...thank you guys for all the positive information...
How many eggs should I feed my 8 week old French Bulldog pup? And can you please recommend a good home cooked diet for her, I would appreciate any help you can give me more then anything, I lost my baby American pit bull girl that was a couple of weeks off 15 and I want my new baby girl to live as long as possible. Thank you so much for any time you can spare to help me get a great high quality home cooked balanced diet for her.
Love the video and how you keep us informed!!! I started to give my shihtzu a raw egg today, I was surprised she loved it!!! So my first question is : is it too much for a 15 pound dog one egg a day? And my second question: what’s the recipe for the treats you show at the end?? Can’t find it in the website or the book! Please where is it?! Anybody knows it? Thank you!💜🐾
OMGosh Rodney, I can't believe Karen held it together the whole video without peeing her pants, especially after all the egg that got wiped onto your t-shirt! Great video on all points egg, especially the nutrient absorption part of gently cooking the white and leave the yolk soft. You guys rock together and your life's work on helping our dogs is beyond appreciated. Guess what my Berner boys are getting in the morning!
Do you know how much eggs cost now? Also did you notice that Milk is listed #2 at 93% for Biological Value of Common Protein Foods? One gallon of whole milk from Walmart costs $2.70, which is cheaper than a dozen eggs ($3.70). I don't do raw foods for my dog (omnivorous facultative carnivore, domesticated from a proto-dog/archaic wolf into a new species) anymore (she prefers cooked food over raw food anyway), but my dog does get a little bit of milk in the evening or when she's acting anxious.
honestly, its so confusing you can find so many articles on google about what not to feed your pet and the worst foods for pets but hardly any articles explaining what foods are healthy and nutritional for pets.. its all so confusing .. so many pet foods have bi products and terrible ingredients... its all so confusing.. so thank you for posting this!
I have a foster dog who came to me with a resource protection/aggression issue, never ate the last bit of food in his bowl, and he was always dragging his food to the next room in between bites. Where he would be aggressive to other dogs at mealtime, he always wanted me to stir the food during eating, which I believe was more a stimulant than anything. If I left the room, he wouldn't eat at all. I changed his bowl, changed his kibble, and now adding healthy toppers. After watching this video, I started feeding my foster dog one poached egg to mix in his kibble in the mornings. He absolutely loves it! He eats the whole meal without trying to leave the room, without my having to encourage him to eat, and not one kibble left. The poached egg is a huge hit, and we are making progress in that he doesn't require me to be near his bowl. It's like he suddenly forgot all those weird behaviors during feeding time when he gets that egg. Amazing! Unfortunately, it cost a lot more for organic pasture raised eggs than $.10 per day... it's $5.82 doz now, which I buy for myself. I'll be looking for a local organic farmer, hoping one exists near me, so we can both eat an egg each day.
We 3😊🐶🐱ThankYou so much for ALL your videos. Very informative, fun to watch +funny too. Esp great on RU-vid , as we're not on fb👍 Love, Health & Happiness always🤗
Before the pasture raised egg movement I frequently complained that chickens are not vegetarians, chickens eat all sorts of food including bugs and lizards.
5 yrs ago I decided to have a few king quails to provide my 3 dogs with eggs. I LOVE QUALS and the dogs, whenever I fetch the eggs, they want them there and then! I also breed mealworms for the quails
Thank you, thank you, thank you! We have a16 year old dog, 2 cats - and chickens. Once, decades ago, we had free range chickens with bad eating habits & none of us picky humans would eat the eggs they laid. We also had a Golden Retreiver and a Collie who would wolf those eggs down raw - shell and all whenever they found them. Those two dogs were sleek, muscled, healthy, with unbelievable coats. I wondered whether I should be feeding more eggs to my pets now and, if so, how I should prepare them. Thanks for the answers. We're already feeding excess eggs & shells to our chickens, but now I'll be boiling those eggs rather than scrambling. Great information!
I have four dogs and two cats. The dogs get one raw egg in their food twice a day, every day. (Along with lots of other goodies) Going on 10 years with some of the dogs. The cats share an egg a day. Their hair is soooooo soft.
This is great for my dog who has a paralysed tongue. We always feed him hardboiled eggs, because he can't physically eat raw ones. Now I know that the best way is also a way that he can eat them :) and I don't have to feel bad about not feeding it raw to him.
I had to explain cage free to my friend because they thought it was free range and it's not its just not separate cages and instead one giant one. I feed my dogs my pasture eggs from my farm and they love them and have for the last 14 yrs :)
DO MORE RU-vid PLEASE! it’s extremely difficult to watch the content (I currently pay for through Inside Scoop) through Facebook. When I turn on Facebook & begin to look at videos my phone is then out of use for the time that your videos last. Normally I obvious need to use said phone often like most addicted people lol. RU-vid is such a better medium to view content. Thanks & I hope you’re listening/seeing this.
Love the effort in gathering stats, literature and props~ engaging. I will share with students to encourage a passionate approach to their presentations ~:-)
Thank you kindly Rodney and Dr. Becker for this amazing video. QQ, I went to the site, but can't find the receipt for the Choline Crisp. Any chance can you share the link. Also, I purchased The Forever Dog after losing my 5 year old Borador due to gastrointestinal lymphoma and I just pre-ordered your new book!
We have free range chickens and I feed their eggs to my dogs raw unwashed shells and all. My dogs tend to live past 15 and stay very active. Not sure there is a connection but they sure do love it.
Going to start feeding my dogs eggs because of this video! Thank you! One question though, should you take away some kibble because we are adding one egg?
Brian Richards- that's actually a great idea! I have a vitamix blender which will gently heat the eggs during blending too (for the egg whites). I sure wish we could get some feedback from Dr. Becker on this method though. Thanks for the idea!
PLEASE TELL US WHERE TO FIND THE Choline crisps recipe! Looked on the website and it's not there. So many of us in the comments section are looking for the recipe. PLEASE LET US KNOW WHERE TO GET IT!
@@bethg6693 Think of it like egg jerky instead of beef jerky. Peel and slice hard boiled eggs. Arrange egg slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Turn your oven on lowest setting. Bake for 2-3 hours until slices become hard. Or after slicing hard boiled eggs dehydrate them instead of using an oven. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. BTW - I simply searched for it online and found it instantly
Thank you for all the info you provide! Is it problematic to give our pup (2yo 110lb Lab/Newf) extra cooked egg yellows? My hubby only eats whites so I have been giving Murphy his yellows.
My dogs only like deviled eggs with bacon bits 😂❤ they dont like plain eggs unless I scramble them. I dont feed them deviled eggs very often though. They love my keto egg and cheese breakfast casserole. They have a nice variety of healthy foods since they can have whatever we are having. 😊 I hate dry dog foods. We have had rotten luck with those. They made my dog have a terrible time digesting it. Constipation for about 3 days, then major diahrrea for another 3 days trying to eliminate it. I threw the rest in the trash. I couldnt even see the ingredients listed on the bag! I make my own dog treats too. Bully sticks made them sick also. Its been about 4 yrs since I trusted store dog foods. Thankyou for your videos. I like your podcast with Dr Gundry! Awesome!! 👍🤩🥳
When I worked at the mess hall in basic training, my job was to put a raw egg into a glass of Orange Juice, I did this with over 100 glasses of Orange Juice. This was in 1972, do you think anyone back then was worried about Salmonella?
