The Sloughi's Daily Ration
A typical adult Sloughi needs about two to three cups of a complete dry food per day. This ancient North African sighthound, sometimes called the Arabian greyhound, stands tall and rangy at thirty-five to fifty pounds, with a short, fine coat over a frame built for coursing game across open desert. A Sloughi who free-runs, lure-courses, or joins long active days earns the top of the range; a companion whose running happens in daily bursts needs the middle. Two meals a day suits adults, with the larger share after exercise. Puppies need a growth diet in three smaller meals and should grow up lean and leggy, never rounded.
Desert Condition Is Not Thinness
Owners of Sloughis spend a surprising amount of time being told their dog is too thin by people who have never fed a coursing hound. Correct Sloughi condition shows the ribs, a sharply tucked waist, and hip points that are smooth and rounded rather than sharp, all under skin that seems fitted directly to muscle. That leanness is functional equipment for a dog bred to run in heat, and feeding toward a pet-dog plumpness dismantles it. The counterweight is that a genuinely underfuelled Sloughi also announces itself: ribs stark rather than visible, hip points angular, coat dull, stamina short. The breed's reserve with strangers adds one more wrinkle, since a Sloughi may eat cautiously in new places and make up the difference at home, so judge intake over the week, not a single refused bowl.
Two Meals Built Around the Running
Serve a moderate morning meal and the main portion in the evening, after the day's running is done and the dog has cooled and rested, rather than sending a full stomach out to course. On hard days, add the extra to that evening meal; on enforced rest days, hold the base amount without supplementing out of sympathy. Measure with a cup or scale, count training rewards in the day's total, and feed in a quiet, familiar place where this sensitive, loyal breed can eat without monitoring the room. Keep fresh water always down, especially after running in warm weather, and wash the bowl after meals to keep a fastidious hound interested in its station.
Reading Condition on a Fitted Frame
Run a flat hand along the ribcage weekly: ribs should be visible and immediately feelable, the tuck pronounced, and the muscles of the shoulder and thigh firm and defined. The Sloughi's fine coat makes weekly visual checks genuinely useful, which is rare among breeds in this series of questions. If the ribs vanish and the tuck softens during a quiet month, step the ration down a little. If hip points sharpen and weight falls despite full meals, step it up and consult your veterinarian if the loss continues, since this breed carries no spare to lend. Monthly weights settle arguments the eye starts.
Adjusting a Sloughi's Bowl Across the Seasons
Revisit the ration when coursing seasons end, after neutering, when summer heat or winter cold changes the running schedule, and as a senior Sloughi's desert gallop becomes an elegant canter on familiar ground. Speak to your veterinarian if appetite disappears, if thirst climbs markedly, if weight swings quickly either way, or if your dog seems sore or unwilling after ordinary exercise. Recording the base and running-day measures, and each completed meal, in KinsLe Care Teams keeps a Sloughi's finely balanced feeding steady through every change of feeder.