Dogs on the trip

They're fans of food and water.

We always bring the obvious food and water and dishes to put it in. Then either their dog beds, or old blankets for them to sleep on. A couple toys/bones. Their collars and leashes. A long rope so when they are tied up they have a lot of space to walk around.

If car camping not backpacking, then we bring an extra dog bed that we lay by the fire. It makes our old boy much more comfortable and we all enjoy setting around the fire.

This list is a bit on the overkill side, but was clutch for being able to take an older dog with some medical issue car camping: Travel bed, popup dishes, leash, harness, lightup collar for evening walks around the campground, tether for the campsite (I used the Ruffwear Knot-a-Hitch sliding tether system and really liked it), extra towels for wiping them down or laying on, a coat for the evenings or rainy days, poop bags, treats, toys, a silicone placemat with a lip that we could use inside the tent to contain any overnight mess from the water dish or use outside to fill with water to make an ant moat for the food dish, a brush to get out any tangles and do really thorough desheddings by the fire at night, medications, insulated gallon thermos for cold water. Depending on how your pupper reacts to travel, you may want a thunderjacket, CBD, laxative powder or fiber powder to add to their food.

Not a dog, but I got a GPS tracker for my cat's collar once I started bringing him on the road. Never know when he's going to escape into an unfamiliar area. I'm more worried about him escaping at a rest stop or something on the road than at the destination, but I'm comforted knowing I can find him if he disappears.

Long leash with the stake. Pet wipes and towel for their feetsies. Collapsable water dishes. Old blankets for sleeping

The obvious bowls, food, water, leash & long leads, treats & toys. But we make sure to bring their beds from home because the familiar smell puts them at ease. We also have light up collars for them at night so that we can see where they are while they're on their long leads.

We've also started bringing pet wipes just to control how dirty they get. They always need a bath when we get home, but it helps a little bit.

Regular leash, long lead. food & water bowls, blanket, sweater. Food, treats, toys of they like them. Most Important - Get a tag for their collar with your mobile number(s). Some Walmarts have a machine you can use to make your own. A friend put an air tag on the dog's collar. My dog's harness has reflective threads woven in, and we both wear a reflective band when walking at night.

My dog has long, curly hair. I bring a brush and scissors in case she gets burrs. I also bring wipes incase of some sort of accident (she steps in something, for example). 

I bring her a couple of towels to dry her off if it rains, and extra trash bags to put dirty bedding and towels to keep the car clean. 

I also bring her kennel just in case and an extra leash. 

Of course you have to bring food and water and bowls. Bring enough water for your dog and assume lake or stream water isn't safe. That's how dogs get giardia. 

Outside of the obvious- Bear bell, sawyer spray (keep it away from the cats though), something to chew on, the dogs have a foldable camp chair-loveseat we put up for them by the fire with their dog blankets, which double as rugs (keeps them dry if it rains/they swim too late to dry off), blaze orange something on their necks, fermenator, and Dramamine (they get motion sick sometimes driving up the mountain). One of the dogs has a training collar bc he doesn’t get we are here now, so we have to beep him sometimes. Also pay attention to when they perk up- we’ve had porcupines (in PA), hogs (in MO) and coyotes (in various places) come close in camp and had to grab them quick, so no one got hurt. Edit- depending on where we are I put a head lamp on them at night and keep it red.