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Originally Posted by bjh  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. |
Mine stay in the bedroom until they are old enough to go home or into the puppy room, right outside my bedroom......usually between 12 and 16 weeks. No one goes to sleep until 2 hours after the whelping and we take shifts for the first 72 hours as they are the most crucial. Hubby helps with the whelping or if I'm at a dog show, does the whelping.