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What can I feed my dog with kidney disease besides his dry food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Havanese | Male | neutered | 4 years and 2 months old | 15.432358353 lbs

‏I want to know what the correct nutrition and the types of food I give my dog ​​who has a problem in the kidneys except the dry food ‏Because I will give him 6 days in the week of dry food for kidney problems

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Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Veterinarian

Published on February 18th, 2019

Wet kidney diets are often recommended as they are specifically formulated to reduce the workload on the kidneys, provide extra water and slow progression of kidney disease often resulting in a longer and healthier life. It is important to avoid high salt or foods with hard to digest protein sources as these require the kdneys to work harder to clear the waste produced. Occassional treats of egg, cottage cheese, white fish or chicken, vegetables and brown rice can be fed in moderation also; omega fatty acids are also useful and should be added if you cannot get him to eat the prescription diet (which should already be supplemented).

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