My husband said weeks ago that he would build me one..time went on and finally two days ago, mind you, Zoe is due May 4!!! I finally told him if he didn't have it done then I was thinking about just using one of the drawers that fits under the bunkbeds as a whelping box. It would be a nice size, the boys don't use it because its too hard to push and pull out and it has a nice opening for Zoe to hop in and out (handle area). What do you know...I have a very nice wooden box similar to the drawer but a bit sturdier. Hubby has truly outdone himself! He put the sticky tiles on the bottom so it would be easy to wipe out. I figure I will wait until after this litter to actually stain or paint it. I have to sew a nice cover for the padding but Zoe slept in it last night with a towel and my bathrobe..oh, and it looks like my youngest one used it for a laundry basket...his shirt from yesterday is in there too!
U're Hubby sounds like mine "Better Late Then Never" 
, Can U post photos here of it? U're youngest one sounds like he likes it too. Lee
When should you have the whelping area ready. I know it is before it is time for her to whelp but how long before?
I got really excited about our last litter and had it ready buy 2 weeks before she was due Normally I'd say a week before is good, but I'd say if this is U're 1st litter I'd have everything bought and ready by 2 weeks before she is due. Do U know when she is due? If U need any help or thoughts on what to get PM me and I'll be glad to help U. Lee
Cozy gave birth in a cat bed not the prepared whelping area. She did not like it I guess. Relax.
Our 1st litter Tif choose to "Start" on my legs on my couch, I was trying to take a nap & once I figured out it wasn't Teddy on my legs, I raised up and put Tiffanie in her whelping box and out our 1st baby come as soon as I put her in her box. From then on I made sure she was in our middle bedroom and I slept in there with her for about a week before her due date, she had them in her whelping box then. Lee
Here are picture of our whelping boxes. One of them has posts so I can put a sheet over it (I secure the sheet with heavy rubberbands) because I have one girl that is terrified of storms and it makes her feel more secure with a sheet over her (I leave the front open). The other one is just a open box with a little cut out for the mom to jump in and out. I always put plenty of bedding underneath also with the heating pad on one side. Sometime I will also put a small fleece blanket in it. Some of my moms actually will cover their babies with the little blanket. I like the box because in the past before we used bottomless boxes the puppies would get wrapped up in the bedding. I remember waking up many times in the middle of the night to unwrap a crying puppy that could not find its momma, I feel that this box is much safer.
That is neat, but I couldn't have one that tall tho out her in our Yorkie room. I think I will put our whelping box when & if Sage has babies next Spring under our grooming countertop, I should have enough room to move around there (I'm short). But I might get him to make me one something like that maybe with short boards on it???? Can I ask the size of U're whelping box?
I have one who is terrified of storms also Teddy he shakes, shivers, bawls and squawls at them. I dread storms for him, I hate to see him scared this way. Also terrified of 4th of July, he is the same way. Nothing helps him from being afraid of them. Any thoughts on how to help him? Barbara (Did I get U're name right?? Hope So) we have 2 Yorkies that acts the same now Lee