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Planning a road trip or camping with your dog or cat from Vancouver? Here’s a practical checklist of travel essentials to keep your pet safe, comfortable, and easy to manage on the road or at the campsite. Everything below is available for local delivery before your trip.
Freeze-dried and air-dried foods are ideal for travel since they are lightweight, shelf-stable, and easy to portion without refrigeration.
Shelf-stable food for raw fed dogs. Freeze-dried and air-dried foods are ideal for travel since they are lightweigh, and easy to portion without refrigeration. Also works as backup emergency food even when not camping.
Creating a consistent sleeping and feeding setup helps your pet settle faster in unfamiliar environments like campsites or hotels. Sleeping and eating arrangement recommendations at the campground or hotel for pets below.
Mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas are common in BC camping areas, so preventative sprays are important before and during your trip.
Rain and water activity gear during camping including life jackets, waterproof collars, leashes and toys for odour free swimming. Weather can change quickly in Vancouver and surrounding areas, so waterproof gear can help keep your dog comfortable.
Freeze-drying takes moisture out of pet food but in a different way than dehydration or extrusion. The process of freeze-drying involves flash freezing the dog food and then putting into a reduced-pressure system where the water sublimates changing from solid to gas. Then the temperature is raised higher than in the first step and can even be slightly above 0 degrees C to break the water molecules from the dog food.
This preserves the enzymes, vitamins and nutrients in the pet food and you can call the food raw because of this process.
You can purchase pet food and supplies in Vancouver with local delivery from Moonlight Natural Pet Store. For a curated list of essentials for new pets, see our new puppy guide or new kitten guide. You can also check our store hours and delivery schedule for pickup and local service details. Shop online, spend time with your dog or cat knowing that we research the best supplies and will deliver even frozen pet food to your door step.
