Best Dog Food for Italian Greyhounds — Nutrition That Matches the Breed
Italian Greyhounds are lean, fine-boned sprinters with sensitive systems and notorious dental needs. Clean, highly digestible, low-starch freeze-dried raw fits the breed precisely.
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What Italian Greyhounds need most from their food
The Italian Greyhound’s lean build and dental predisposition shape their dietary needs:
Dental Health
One of the most dental-disease-prone breeds. A clean, low-starch, sugar-free diet reduces plaque-promoting ingredients.
Lean Body Composition
Naturally lean sprinters need high-quality, highly digestible protein to maintain muscle on a fine-boned frame.
Digestive Sensitivity
A sometimes-sensitive digestive system benefits from highly digestible, single-protein food.
Bone Health
Fine-boned and prone to fractures when young. Whole-food calcium and complete nutrition support bone health.
Why freeze-dried raw is right for Italian GreyhoundsItalian Greyhounds
Italian Greyhounds are uniquely built — lean, fine-boned sprinters with very low body fat. They need high-quality, highly digestible protein to maintain lean muscle, and freeze-dried raw delivers protein in its most usable form. The breed is also notorious for dental disease, which makes a clean, low-starch, sugar-free diet especially valuable — kibble’s starches and sugars accelerate plaque, while whole-food freeze-dried raw avoids them.
The breed can have sensitive digestion, suited by highly digestible single-protein food, and the fine bone structure benefits from the complete, whole-food mineral profile that supports bone health. Loyal Saints delivers all of this cleanly.
Formula recommendation for Italian Greyhounds
Chicken Formula
Our gentlest, single-protein formula — highly digestible for sensitive IG digestion and low-starch to support the breed’s notorious dental needs.
Shop Chicken Formula →Beef Formula
For maintaining lean muscle on active Italian Greyhounds. Higher protein density supports the breed’s athletic, fine-boned frame.
Shop Beef Formula →Make it work for your budget
What a day costs for a 10 lb Italian Greyhound
with Halo Club (4½ tbsp)
with Halo Club (1⅛ cups)
as a complete meal
- Start as a topper. Swap a quarter of the bowl for Loyal Saints and keep the rest the same — real freeze-dried raw in every meal for a quarter of the cost. One 14 oz bag then lasts about 29 days.
- Join the Halo Club. 20% off every order and free shipping on every member order.
- Buy the 14 oz bag. Same food as the 5 oz, and it costs less per day ($6.24 vs $9.65 for a complete meal).
- First order: enter code KING40 at checkout for 40% off (first orders only).
Beef or Turkey + Salmon, at the live 14 oz price. Amounts follow the bag’s feeding guide and our feeding calculator; adjust for activity and body condition. See every weight and formula →
The standard is King.
Loyal Saints was built because of one dog. King’s digestive sensitivities pushed Kristina Voltin to question the ingredients, processing and nutrition behind every bowl. She formulated a whole-food, freeze-dried raw diet from human-grade quality ingredients — food she felt confident feeding King every day. Every formula is held to that standard: would I feed this to King?
For Italian Greyhounds owners navigating the same questions Kristina faced — about ingredients, about what’s really in the bag, about whether the food is actually good — Loyal Saints is the answer she built for them.
Read King’s story →What’s not in it — matters for Italian Greyhounds.
Italian Greyhounds are exceptionally dental-disease-prone. Removing the starches and sugars in kibble — which feed plaque — directly supports the breed’s most pressing health challenge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are Italian Greyhounds so prone to dental disease?
It is largely genetic — the breed has crowded teeth and thin enamel. Diet is a major management lever: starches and sugars in kibble feed plaque-forming bacteria. A clean, low-starch, sugar-free whole-food diet reduces that dietary contribution. Regular dental care (brushing, vet cleanings) remains essential for the breed.
How much should I feed my Italian Greyhound?
Italian Greyhounds typically weigh 8–11 lbs and need about 1–1¼ cups of freeze-dried raw a day as a complete meal (Beef or Turkey + Salmon; 1–1¼ cups of Chicken), split into two meals. Their lean build means you should see a defined waist and tucked abdomen — that is normal and healthy for the breed.
Is freeze-dried raw good for a lean breed like the IG?
Yes. The high-quality, highly digestible protein supports lean muscle maintenance on a fine-boned frame, and the clean, low-starch recipe pairs well with the daily tooth-brushing small breeds need. Italian Greyhounds are naturally lean — do not try to add weight beyond a healthy body condition.
Is freeze-dried raw safe for a sensitive IG stomach?
Yes. Single-protein Chicken is highly digestible with no fillers or synthetic additives. Use a 7–10 day transition for sensitive dogs and feed two small meals daily.
Clean teeth, lean muscle, settled stomach.Italian Greyhounds
Starch-free, high-protein, highly digestible. Built for the Italian Greyhound. Halo Club members save 20% with free shipping on every order (contiguous U.S.).
Real dogs. Real bowls.
Her Favorite Part of the Day Isn’t the Walk: Frenchie
Meat and organs first, freeze-dried raw and ready the second you open the bag. Start as a topper on your dog’s current food for about $1.74 a day with a 14 oz bag. New here? Take 40% off your first order with code KING40.
Quick answers
What is Loyal Saints dog food?
Loyal Saints is a woman-owned premium freeze-dried raw dog food: vet-formulated, meat and organs first, AAFCO complete and balanced, made with human-grade quality ingredients in an FDA-registered facility in the Midwest.
Where can I buy Loyal Saints?
At loyalsaintspets.com (Halo Club: 20% off and free shipping on every order (contiguous U.S.); KING40 takes 40% off a first order when typed at checkout), and on Amazon, Chewy and Target.
How much Loyal Saints should I feed?
Follow the amounts printed on the bag: for Beef or Turkey + Salmon, about ¾ cup a day for a 6 lb dog, 1¼ cups for 12 lb and 2 cups for 25 lb. Use about 25% of that as a topper. Ease in over 7 to 10 days.
