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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Mine won't go into labor unless in a quiet place, away activity, less stressful. She's checked on once an hour on the hour. They want no one around. My puppy pens have padded floors and tops and covers (my girls like privacy). However, hubby is making a new whelping area out of a baby crib, completely lined with plexi glass and a latched top on it. Floor lined with rubber padding a Pish Pads.... I gate off my bedroom, only hubby and I are allowed into the room. She's kept in pretty sanitary conditions until puppies are weaned, her on potty area, etc. And I don't want to take the chance of her dropping puppies all over the house......... |
It sounds like a nice whelping area your hubby is making. I always whelp mine on the bed in a big wicker dog bed. I also cover the bed with an old bedspread and until the females starts hard labor I don't try to make her stay in the basket. We just chill out and watch tv.
Once the pups are born then I move mom and babies to the whelping box in the x-pen in the spare bedroom. Of course the all night deliveries are the hardest. I am so thankful that my husband helps me with the delivery.