''Le chien a mangé des croquettes.''

Question

I hope it’s OK to pose a vocabulary question - at first I took this to mean the dog has taken the person’s food, but today I came across a module in Duolingo (apologies...) translating "croquettes" as "kibble", ie dog food. Is that the intended meaning?

Accepted Answer

Anne, 
yes, that is the meaning here. 
‘ Croquette(s) ‘ is the most commonly used expression for dry food, especially for cats and dogs. 
If you do a search on ‘ croquette chien chat ‘ you will see how standard it is.
Unless the context was 100% clear that you were talking about ‘ people ‘ food, ‘ Croquette(s) ‘ for human consumption would be qualified with the type of croquette to avoid the weird looks and comments you would get if you said ‘ Je vais manger des croquettes ce soir ‘. 
See link to Marmiton
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/croquette
 https://www.marmiton.org/recettes/recherche.aspx?aqt=croquette