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Can my inactive dog eat high protein wet food? Will it change poop?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Female | spayed | 5 years and 3 months old | 17 lbs

Can my dog have wet food that is 5-8% (22-36% DM) protein or is this to much for her? She's relatively inactive. Her dry food is 20% protein from the same brand. Will the canned make her poop bigger?

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Dr. Davis

Answered By Dr. Davis

Veterinarian

Published on September 20th, 2017

Yes Chloe can have that wet food. As most wet food is primarily meat it has a higher protein content than dry. I usually recommend a small amount of canned with the dry food rather than feeding all canned. As long as the canned doesn't have a lot of fiber in it the poop should not be larger, actually the poop may be smaller due to the decreased amount of fiber in the canned food. If Chloe is normal weight adding some canned to the diet is fine but if she tends to gain weight or she is already overweight then I do not recommend adding wet food to the diet as you are adding additional calories which may get her heavier. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you get answers to your veterinary questions.
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