Camping and Raw Dog Food Consumer - Suggestions/Strategies Please.

[ItsOkItsDarkChocolate]

First time poster, so hopefully I’m doing this right…

I would like to find out what works for you dog food wise when take your dog camping please?

My dog has Able, a raw food, normally, but this doesn’t work well when camping.

I’m yet to get a car fridge thing, and that may just have to be what I do, but so far I’ve tried transitioning her over to other, non-fridge/freezer needing foods for camping (air dried, dehydrated), and then back again. Trouble is, she does ok initially, then refuses to eat it.

We’ve tried Wilson’s (flat no pretty much), innocent hound (was ok when mixed for a day or so, then just no).

She’ll eat Forth Glade, trouble is, ideally it needs to be refrigerated after opening, we managed it being in a cool bag and in the shade well enough for day two, and in a heat wave, however, her stools are somewhat softer after that food though, it’s kind of pate like texture. So, I’m not sure this is the answer really for me either.

If you’re a camper, (and without a van and fridge etc.,) and you normally do raw food, what do you do? What’s your strategy?

Many thanks in advance! 🙏

(Pic for tax purposes. May be outing, but not worried).

Oh, just to add, yes, I know Forthglade isn’t raw…. I’d ideally like a raw approach, however, a decent quality next best would probably be ok for just camping. I don’t camp that much.

You can get a freeze dried dog food that's apparently raw, which you just mix with water. Let me try and remember what it's called!!

Have you tried cold pressed biscuits? Some people feed those alongside raw. If you have a camping stove you can pour on some hot water to release more of the aromas which might tempt her. Or how about a sardine topper? They wouldn't keep so you'd have to eat the rest. Depends if you eat them I guess.
You might want to give her a firming supplement, such as slippery elm, for the duration of your trip. .

Thank you.

Yeah, Wilson’s was a cold pressed food. I did try adding water to possibly innocent hound, but that went a bit wrong.

I’ll look again at things to rehydrate…

Rocketo looks good, but I’m going to try Pure next. It’s a rehydration option, which may be closer to what she’s used to.