Adventure Dog Blog

My dogs were in need of some travel dishes for when we take long trips by car, or for those days we want to do more than just hit the park for one hour.

I saw a set of canvas travel bowls for dogs made by Outward Hound at the store before leaving for a long road trip and thought I’d try them out. This particular set is a food dish and water dish all in one easy to carry bag. Put food into the bottom compartment, zip the top half back on, and then fill the top with water and use the handy drawstring to close it up.

I wasn’t sure whether the drawstring would keep the water secure in the bag while driving around, and I didn’t know if Mr. Meaty would want to put his head into a bag to lap up his water, but neither of these things turned out to be issues in the end.

I filled up the bottom with food, zipped on the top and filled that with water. I closed the drawstring and stood the bag up behind my seat in the truck. We travelled for seven hours, getting in and out several times, and using the bowls twice. Water didn’t spill anywhere as the bag stayed upright without any issues, and Mr. Meaty was happy enough to dive his face into the bag to drink when he was thirsty. My issue was keeping Anna’s big nose out of the bag long enough for Mr. Meaty to drink too!

So far I’m really pleased with the Outward Hound Food n’ Water Port-a-Bowl. If you’d like to give one a try, you can buy them at Active K9 online.  Get travel bowls for your dogs!