Welping box ideas

A whelping box (sometimes called a nesting box or whelping pen) is a container designed to keep puppies safe and warm during (and soon after) birth. It is crucial for the health of your puppies, however, to keep the whelping box clean and...

It came to my attention a while back that the original whelping box that we started using when I was doing my Guardian Home under my brother and sister-in-law

Did you know that you can build a dog whelping box with a few basic materials? Check out these DIY whelping boxes you can try out yourself.

A whelping box (sometimes called a nesting box or whelping pen) is a container designed to keep puppies safe and warm during (and soon after) birth. It is crucial for the health of your puppies, however, to keep the whelping box clean and...

There are hundreds of whelping boxes out there. I've personally used a couple different ones. The best whelping box we found is made by Jonart.

When my Norfolk Terrier was pregnant I browsed the web to see how to build a whelping box. A whelping box gives the dam an opportunity to have some peace and quiet when she gives birth to her pupp…

Whenever we do this document-a-litter thing on LabTails, I try to include some information about puppies or whelping or breeder-responsibility or the "whys" of some of the things you see here. Today is one of those posts (I mark the informational posts in the title, so if you find them boring you can skip them). This is our second whelping box. We burned the first one after our "P" word experience -- didn't want to risk any lingering virus in the environment. And while the first one (DH's…

Bean lives in a high rise apartment which makes house training difficult. Furthermore, we are also concerned about his vaccine status becau...

Plastic whelping box for small dogs {36"x36"} that is strong, smooth, easy and quick to assemble and disassemble without any tools, simple to clean and maintain, and equipped with pig rails to prevent the puppies from getting crushed by their mom or pressed against the sides. Very well reviewed! So if your female dog is pregnant or mating you'll want to consider introducing a whelping box where she can feel safe and warm along with her puppies. Just click on the link to learn more