Sarah did a great job at answering your questions, but because there is no one way to feed raw and every dog is different, I'd thought I'd share my thoughts on this as well. After all, thats how many people learn what to feed their own dogs sometimes, by others ideas/thoughts/suggestions and/or a combination of them & their own.

How important are fruits & veggies?
They are not too important to me, as I do believe that dogs are *mostly* carnivores as dogs don't eat the stomach (or at least it's usually ate towards the end or dead last) on the prey they catch. BUT during my few trips to yellowstone & custer state park, watching & studying wolves in the wild, as well as quite a bit of research wild dogs are caught eating fruits & berries off bushes and grasses semi often. Even my dogs LOVE to graze off berry bushes and eat the tall grass. Now I don't feed a lot of fruits/veggies, but I try to make sure they have a small amount 2-5 times a week.

I am planning to feed them daily, but, have also read that you don't need to.
You can if you want to, but don't let them take over the diet. I would not feed more than a tablespoon a day, or around 5% of the diet.
I agree

Also, should veggies be bought fresh on a regular basis, or can I put it through the food processor and freeze it in portions?
You can definetly freeze them. I think that would be easiest
Thats what I *usually* do, much easier & cheaper that way. I also find that my dogs like it better when they are all pureed & combined. I freeze them in individual baggies, with one portion per bag, pull them out the day before so they can thaw. Sometimes on hot summer days I feed it to them frozen as a nice cool treat.

Eggshells. I have tried, occasionally, putting an egg(with shells) over Jasper's food. He loves egg, but will spit out the shell. Is it fine to give eggs without the shell, or should I just crush it up?
My dogs don't really care for the shell if it is whole or in larger pieces. I just throw the whole egg(s) right in the blender. Never tried to crush it up with a fork though, that would be less clean up, I think I'll try that next time.
But overall, if you can't get him to eat the shell I wouldn't fret about it, just feed the yolk & white.

Last one I've read, over and over, that you dont need to feed a balanced meal everyday. Is this true?
Yep, this is true! Balance over time! If they needed a balanced diet every day that means you'd be feeding a lot of different cuts of meat, and that just isn't neccessary. It's okay if you are low on money and can only afford chicken for a few weeks. Balance over time, not every day!
Yuppers!


Does this mean no veggies everyday?
Yup. I don't have certain days or time that I feed fruits/veggies I just make sure that they get at least a couple servings per week.

That somedays I can feed raw meat with less nutrition/calcium(such as leg quarters, etc.)?
Chicken doesn't have less nutrition than another cut of meat, but rather provides different nutrition.
Correct

I would also love if someone could list the best staples for a raw diet, and other things fed for variety.
I think it's best to have at least four sources of meat as the main staples. These are usually chicken, pork, turkey, and beef, because they are the most readily available. If you choose four different meats, so be it.
I agree.

The best thing to start with?
Chicken. It's cheap, it's bland, and it rarely causes problems. Sometimes, though, dogs who are finicky don't like the taste of chicken at first, in which case I would try pork or turkey. Don't start out with beef, the bones aren't edible and you need to start out with bones.
I agree. Indy still isn't taking to chicken too well, but she's working on it. I'd probably reccomend turkey if chicken isn't working (or rabbit, or another type of poultry if it's avail to you), then pork, beef & venison (otehr really dark red, rich meats) should be introduced once they are more used to it.
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