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11-16-2015, 01:38 PM | #1 |
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| Does your Yorkie love eggs? Hi Tootsy loves eggs! I used to give her one almost on a daily basis, but then I was told by the dietitian not to give her more than one a week?! She is so upset and constantly asks for her egg. I am not sure this dietitian is right - I haven't been impressed with what he has recommended so far. For example he wants her to have less than 1 ounce of protein a day! He says it all she needs for her size and age. She is 12 and weighs 5.5kg. She is a normal healthy senior dog and has no issues with her kidneys or liver. Her blood tests are normal. Does anyone else give their dogs more than one egg a week? What do you think? |
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11-16-2015, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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| My dogs eat some egg during the week....sometimes scrambled, some times hard boiled....never had an issue with giving my dogs eggs.....and my mommas that have just delivered get a raw yolk in their formula that they enjoy several times a day....never had an issue.... |
11-16-2015, 10:45 PM | #3 |
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| Mine LOVE eggs! I give one to share between the two of them. I beat one egg with about a tablespoon of water, cover it and microwave it for about 30 secs, stir and again for 30 secs. It makes a very fluffy egg "souffle". Uni barks non stop after she hears the cracking of the egg until it's cool enough to give to them. I think they get one about once a week, but I don't see harm in giving more than that, as long as it is cooked without oil.
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11-17-2015, 04:12 AM | #4 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | The concern with giving one every day is probably the cholesterol - esp in a senior dog. If you really want to give her some every day still, I'd probably cut it back to about 1/3rd an egg a day...save the rest for the next day. As for protein, what is % of protein in the diet?
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11-19-2015, 09:59 AM | #5 | ||
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Thanks so much for your replies. It's good to know that you have not had any problems feeding eggs. Tootsy loves her eggs hardboiled. She will lick the bowl clean over and over, then plead for another egg. When that doesn't achieve anything, she goes back to the bowl to check that not one little bit of egg has been missed. LOL! | ||
11-19-2015, 11:32 AM | #6 | |
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I give Tootsy a vitamin and mineral tablet, which has been designed by a well known holistic vet in the UK. He is highly thought of and I feel comfortable using his products. I am able to cut the tablet into a few pieces and mix them in her food which she reluctantly eats. Just to be sure about this supplement, I contacted another prominent vet who kindly had a look at the ingredients and quantities of this tablet. He said it was fine and the amount I was giving her was sufficient. He has a massive practice and travels all over Europe and the UK treating the animals of those with the funds to be able to afford him!! The dietitian says they are not sufficient and I must give her 3 tsps of BalanceIt. I have tried powdered vitamins before and she would not touch her food if it was mixed in. I only used the amount recommended which was half a teaspoon! I can only imagine how she will react to 3 teaspoons of vit/minerals! Balance it very costly over here as it has to be imported, so will cost me in the region of £50 or more, I imagine. I just wish I could buy a small quantity to try, before I waste all that money. I am feeling very confused about feeding Tootsy. I want her to enjoy her food and I also don't feel comfortable given her the restricted diet he has given her, even though it is balanced. I have spent a lot of money on this dietitian and I feel more confused than before. I also asked him about the bone broth and he said he 'had no firm opinion on it.' This dietitian lecturers at the veterinary college, so should know what he is talking about. I have being thinking of trying petdiets.com. now. What do you think of them? Thanks for listening to my woes and for your reply to my post. hugs, Yvonne | |
11-19-2015, 02:20 PM | #7 | |
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But she loves egg! | |
11-21-2015, 05:24 AM | #8 | |
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Thanks for your reply. I hadn't thought about pancreatitis - is this more likely to occur as they get into their senior years? Perhaps I could give her egg whites and allow her one yolk a week - that may be the answer? | |
11-21-2015, 06:17 AM | #9 |
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| Yvonne, Are you talking about 30 grams of meat (venison or turkey) or 30 grams of protein? There are lots of things besides protein in meat. For example, an ounce of pan-broiled venison contains about 7.4 grams of protein. Cooked ground turkey is a little higher in protein at about 7.7 grams per ounce. For a healthy dog with no health issues that would mandate a low protein diet, 30 grams of actual protein makes more sense. As for eggs, the egg white is just about a perfect protein and very clean and easily digestible. The yolk of the egg contains a lot of fat. When feeding eggs, I usually mix one or two yolks with three whites and scramble them up. Scrambled eggs store well, so if you only have one dog you can refrigerate the scrambled eggs and feed them over a few days. I have three, so three whites and two yolks is gobbled up in one meal. I had a yorkie with a health condition that required a restricted protein diet for the last several years of his life, so I got pretty good at figuring out the protein amounts in many different foods. You can use nutritiondata.com to figure protein amounts if you are looking to restrict protein in home cooked meals. Diana |
11-21-2015, 09:59 AM | #10 | |
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Thanks for your reply, Diana. The dietitian sent me the details for the balanced meal and the protein requirement for the meal was 30g venison, or turkey, pan broiled In the body of the letter he says 30g of protein is sufficient for her size and age. She has no serious health issues which would require a protein restricted diet. Did you give the scrambled egg in addition to their normal meal or did you replace a meal with the egg? | |
11-21-2015, 10:38 AM | #11 |
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| Yvonne, Did I read that right, that your dog's diet consists of 660 grams of vegetables and 30 grams of meat per meal? How many meals per day does she eat? How much does she weigh? Are you sure you're reading the recipe correctly? That is a ratio of vegetables to meat at about 20 to 1. First I'm thinking that is a LOT of food for one meal, and second I'm thinking my dog would never eat that many vegetables unless they were laced about 50/50 with meat. LOL Do you add any carbs like rice or sweet potato to the diet? I'm not a dietician but I home cooked for my dogs for many years and that does not sound like a balanced diet to me. Why is she on this particular diet? And for what it's worth, that diet is much less than 9% protein, because there are only about eight grams of protein in 30 grams of venison or turkey. And to answer your question, I did not feed my little guy that was on a restricted protein diet any egg yolk because of the fat content. He did get an egg white every other day though, and I considered it bonus protein. Egg white is such a clean and bio-available protein that I did not count it against his protein allowance per day. Also, he was on a very restricted protein diet due to proteinuria (high protein loss through the urine). He was allowed about 15 grams of protein per day, which was around 2 ounces of boiled chicken breast and he weighed about 11 pounds. Diana |
11-23-2015, 11:30 AM | #12 | |
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Yes, that's correct - I didn't make an error - and it is meant to be divided over two to three meals. It seems crazy to me too. She weighs 5.5kg at the moment and I told him I want to reduce her weight to just over 5kg, to put less strain on her joints! I really don't see how she is meant to eat that mountain of vegetables and lose weight as well! How can that amount of food fit into her little tummy?! As for the protein, she won't even taste it amongst all the veg. I do not feel comfortable giving her so little protein and I am not going to do so. I think around 2 oz of turkey or venison is more suitable. I want to find out more about petdiets.com as I think I will try them. I will search the forums and see if there is any information about them. Thanks for the reply, Diana. | |
11-23-2015, 06:50 PM | #13 |
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| Yvonne, I suppose she would lose weight on all those veggies, but dogs also need protein in order to build and maintain muscle mass. I think the loss of muscle mass would also be very hard on the joints. I haven't used them personally but my vet speaks highly of petdiets.com. Diana |
11-24-2015, 10:10 AM | #14 | |
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I absolutely agree with you, Diana. I have a bad feeling about giving her so little protein, so I am not going to do so. Even if she does loose weight on all those vegs. she won't be able to eat them all! Her little tummy would be very distended and surely it would give her indigestion to eat a huge amount of food like this! Thanks for letting me know that your vet speaks highly of petdiets.com. This really helps with making the decision to use them. I am feeling very cross, though, about spending all that money on a veterinary dietitian and then not being happy with the recommended diet. Yvonne | |
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