I have two stories to share with you about dogs and eggs. Both are told with permission from the owners of the dogs concerned. No dog was harmed in these adventures, although the humans may have suffered a little.
The Puppy and the Eggs
I'm sure everyone is aware of the tendency for a Labrador to eat everything. A Guide Dog puppy I know is a typical Labrador (I call them Labravors, because "omnivore" just doesn't cover their appetite for all food and non-food objects). One morning whilst his Foster human was distracted he noticed something interesting on the kitchen table. He wasn't quite tall enough to jump on to the table, so he used his problem-solving mind and pushed a chair back from the table and used it as a step up to his goal: two dozen home grown eggs.
Guide dogs are required to strictly only eat the food supplied by Guide Dogs Australia, so their gut biome is balanced to this. Also remember that a sudden change in a dog's diet can have quite a volcanic effect. The puppy pushed the egg boxes onto the floor, and shredded the boxes and ate ALL the eggs. He left shells, shredded cardboard, and egg slime all over the floor. His Foster human was unhappy, to say the least.
As the day went on, the puppy began to have a gurgly tummy. He began to fart. Long, noxious, dog farts came faster and faster. The Humans were gagging. The other Labrador was horrified (and probably gagging). Finally the puppy was sent outside where he proceeded to poop noxious omelets all over the yard. He pooped out things he ate as a newborn. His gut was aching. His bum burned. It hasn't have put him off trying new things. A few weeks later he sampled some Panadol. Luckily the bitterness prevented him from eating them.
The Kelpie and the Eggs
Although Kelpies are less omnivorous than Labradors, they aren't above sampling gross stuff. You never know. It might be a delicacy (let's face it, humans eat oysters, and they are gross)
The family of this Kelpie had tried incubating some chicken eggs but none had hatched. One of the family was curious as to why they hadn't hatched and was going to investigate (they are a Doctor). The unhatched eggs were placed in a container and then taken outside so they wouldn't stink up the house. The container was placed in a "safe" spot and then the family was distracted by Summer and holidays and they forgot about the eggs.
The Kelpie didn't forget. He knew there were eggy-chicks fermenting in the container in the summer heat. Early one morning the Kelpie decided to remind the family about the eggs by bringing the container into the house through the dog door. By now the eggs were at absolute perfection. They were at maximum pungency and just ripe for strewing all over the family room floor.
I now quote the description sent to me by the client: "It smells like we are all living inside a dead whale the has been rotting on a Pilbara Beach for four months. [Husband's] power-gags could have been heard in Glen Iris".
I think that pretty much says it all.
Eggs are a healthy option for a dog's diet, but not like these two!
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