dog food in air filter housing

Winter is coming so all the little bastards at my parents farm are stealing all of the dogs food and storing it in my 2013 can am outlander. I got it all that was in the box with the air filter. There is still some farther down which correct me if Im wrong I believe is the air filter housing. This just happened today so i havent pulled anything apart yet. I know there is a drain for the housing for if water gets in and I am assuming the dog food will not fit through it. So any one know how I should get the rest of the dog food out? I started it maybe 3 times for only a couple seconds because I heard the food bouncing around and cut power right away. Can anything be damaged by this? Thanks for any help guys!!