My whelping boxes that I make look like Carmen's, but I cut the hole higher up, so there is a lip on it so she doesn't drag the puppies or they don't crawl out. The mom doesn't mind stepping over the edge I figure by the time the puppies are old enough to crawl out they are old enough not to get the in the water bowl and drown, although I try to keep that on the far end of the xpen. |