Adding Protein to Kibble.......

Yes to both the egg and the canned food.  Canned fish is another thing that's easy to add and very healthy.

It doesn't seem that bad a food.  It's honest anyway.  The ingredients above the chicken fat  are rice, chicken meal, and chicken cartilage.  The reason it's a smidge low on protein is that it doesn't "cheat" and add corn gluten meal, rice protein, or soybean meal to bump up the protein cheaply and without meat.

So you can add anything, really, and boost the protein if you want.  You don't need all that much though - one egg is plenty per day.  Oh, if you do an egg every day, you might want to cook the white slightly so the constant exposure doesn't rob his body of its biotin stores.  It's super easy - just boil a small amount of water and crack the egg into it.  Remove it from the heat and go about your business while it cools.  Add the whole thing to the kibble - they love the eggy water!  I do this for my LGDs.

brookcove is right - egg! I add an egg to Sam's food daily, if I have the time. I cook it about half-way, scrambled. I add that to some kibble and water(and any leftovers hehe). He's gaining weight on Iams proActive Large Breed plus the egg. I don't think that was an issue for you guys, but it was for Sam. Good luck!

sillysally

I realize that this is not what most people would consider a top of the line food, but it's the best food we've found for his elbow so far.  However, the protein seems a little low to me.  Therefore, I was wondering about things I can add to his kibble.  I've started adding half a can of those canned meat dog foods to the kibble and was anting to add some variety. 

Can I give whole raw eggs?  How often can they be given?  Is the meat stuff OK to give daily as just a topper (I have not decreased his food intake, just added the meat food)? 

I happen to think that breeder's choice active care is an excellent food for dogs needing joint supplements.  Most foods that advertise adding glucosamine/chondrontin, barely have enough to make any impact (most only have up to 400 mg per KILOGRAM of food which, at an average weight of 4 ounces a cup would require a dog to eat 35.2 cups to get that 400 mg).  With breeder's choice active care, you are getting 400 mg per cup!!

Like most posters said, adding eggs would be fine.  you can also add good canned food like innova evo 95% canned meat or wellness 95%, or brandon farm/blue seals canned food.

At grocery stores, you can probably find Brandon Farms 100% organic chicken, 100% organic Turkey, Chicken with veggies, Turkey with veggies and etc ($1.50 per 13.2 ounce can when it is on sale at Kroger or Kroger owned supermarket) that you can also add.  Blue Seal canned foods, which I have used, can also be found in the supermarket at reasonable prices (they are also sold in petsmart under By Nature brand and for a lot more money.  Brandon Farms organics are sold in Petsmart under By Nature Organic brand, and again, for a lot more money).