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Can my dog digest canned food with whole veggies as a dry food topper?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

I want to get this canned food for my dog as a topper to her dry food. It has shredded chicken along with whole white beans, peas and potatoes. Will she be able to digest this ok because the beans, peas and potatoes are not ground into a pate texture? she's on the dry version of this currently. I also ditched the twelve calorie treats and purchased the smaller 2 calorie treats and I'm only giving her three of those per day. Her total intake of extras is now less than 10% of her diet. :-)

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on March 13th, 2017

If this canned food is proper dog food then there should be no problem for your dog to digest it. Dogs do not need pate'd food to be able to digest the food. Just make sure that you calculate the added canned food into her total daily intake, like you do with her treats.

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    Answered By Bobbi Musgrove, DVM

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    Nice job on working to feed the right balance of regular food and treats! If the canned food is made for dogs, your dog should be able to digest the ingredients normally, even if they are not ground up.

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