Getting out and seeing the great outdoorsis one of the best past times Australia has to offer especially if you can spend a few days and nights camping. Planning on your first camping trip with your beloved pooch, just like the first time with children can be a stressful experience.

Will they be overwhelmed with the new space and scents? Will they bother other people camping? Where will they sleep, particularly if they’re a little too pampered at home?

All these questions are worth asking but with the following 5 camping accessories you’ll have all the answers you could ever need.

Camping Gear Essential #1

An Adventure Kings Mesh Floor – available in 3 sizes 3m x 3m, 5m x 2.5m and 6m x 3m to suit any camping site – will provide your pooch a nice comfy spot to lay down. The special weave design allows dirt and sand to work its way down while stopping anything below from getting through, including any glass or prickles. These affordable mesh floors don’t heat up like a normal tarpaulin so once the pup lays down they’ll be able to cool their pads to make sure they aren’t too hot – especially during a scorching Australian Summer.

Camping Gear Essential #2

An Adventure Kings 3m x 3m Gazebo is the perfect shade solution for your pups first campsite. Not only are they great quality and super affordable they set up quick, easy and provide a perfect match to our most common size of Mesh Floor. If you’re camping with more than one of man’s best friend a 6m x 3m Kings Gazebo is a great way to cover more space while still not breaking the bank. The benefit of a free-standing Gazebo over an Awning or Awning Tent is that in case of any emergency you don’t have to pack up before driving away.

Camping Gear Essential #3

Every doggo needs a good meal but even they can be fussy eaters, especially when there’s limited options around. With a Kings Fridge/ Freezer – available in 60L & 80L sizes – there’s plenty of space to take drinking water, dog treats and cans of wet food without having to sacrifice space to feed the adults too. The adjustable temperature all the way down to

-18°C means that no matter how hot it is outside, the food inside will be safe to consume. Pair this with a Kings Insulating Fridge Cover and you’ve got a camping accessory to pass any test the Australian heat throws at you. If you need more space you can look into a Kings portable ice box.

Camping Gear Essential #4

Hygiene – seeing your dog come back from a walk covered in mud is enough to make you cringe so how can you beat that at a campsite? Simple, with a Kings Portable Shower Kit you can hose those dirty paws down before getting your back seats covered in all sorts of muck. Once you plug into a 12V DC power source and place the pump into a water container you’ll have access to 4L/min of adjustable water pressure.

Camping Gear Essential #5

Every dog owner knows that their canine companion is an inquisitive character – at night they’ll be sure to be sniffing about and if you’re woken up throughout the night to some barking the last thing you want is to be stumbling about the dark. The Kings range of LED camping lights will light up your camp site with ease. From LED light bars to LED strip lights with included dimmers and Maglite LED torches there’s no way you’ll find anything that goes bump in the night.

All in all, camping for the first time with your pet shouldn’t be a chore or daunting task and with the range of Kings camping accessories available at 4WD Supacentre it’s never been more affordable or desirable to make this Summer season your first time and best of all, you can use this gear around the home on a daily basis to make your back yard that little bit more comfortable for your best friend.

Handy Hint – Dogs are vulnerable to the same pathogens in water that humans are. If you’re needing to treat water for yourself, make sure you do the same for your pup – they’ll definitely thank you for it.