Paws and Reflect

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Dog supplies we’ve packed for full-time van life

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Haley Young
Jan 30, 2023
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Scout the blue heeler rests on the bed in the back of a converted yellow Ram Promaster van. The van's back doors are open, showing a garage area underneath the bed.

Just a few days ago we backed out of our old house’s driveway for the last time. We’ve officially moved all the way into our bright yellow converted van—for good. (Well, at least a few years. No planned end in sight.)

Fitting two adult humans and one cattle dog into roughly 60 square feet of space has actually been easier than I thought it would be. We obviously had to condense our belongings quite a bit, though. Here are all of the supplies we brought for our blue heeler, Scout, and how we’ve organized them in our home on wheels.

You can also read an older article compiling many of our favorite dog training and ownership products in general (not all made it into the van) here, if you’re curious.

TLDR visual Instagram reel

I took this when initially packing Scout’s van shelf. The caption has a high-level list of what we brought along and where things are stored.

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The full list of van life supplies for our dog, in rough order of priority

Absolute necessities like food and medication

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