I agree, the food and water should be kept outside the whelping box. I use a bottomless whelping box so I can just sit it on top of the bedding so the pups won't get lost in the bedding. I have a heating pad under 1/2 of the whelping box. The whelping box is in an x-pen so the mom can get out of the whelping box and get to her food, water and pee pads. Once the puppies are around 3 1/2 to 4 weeks old I will remove the whelping box and increase their area so they have bedding on one end, food and water and pee pads. I have a board dividing the x-pen so mom can get away from the pups when she needs to. |