It looks nice! I actually used one of the soft collapsable crates for my last litter and it worked really well. Very den like and I put blankets over it and I was really pleased with it. It's not the smallest size - I think it's the medium and it's big enough that I can lay on the floor and get 1/2 inside of it to play with the puppies or just keep her company and the top zips open so it's easy to get the puppies out and weight them.

Amazon.com: 24" Pink Plaid Pet House Soft Crate...

I have an appt. for the x rays for Thursday Sept. 28th , we will know more or less how many babies we are having.. woo hoo... :D
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Thank Goodness!!!!!!!! It will NEVER get here! I think I am going to go boil water..........

:D LOL, I know... she is resting a lot, and puppies are very active, I can see them move a lot while she is sleeping.

I too this past weekend got our whelping area ready! Now PATIENTLY, wait for our Mamas to do their jobs! We are on day 56 today! Xrays I believe I will do Thurs!!

We have an appt, for 9:30 am on thursday.. do you have pictures of your whelping area, I love looking at everyone's setups..
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This is my basic setup without my expen surrounding the area. I haven't gotten that up yet.

I do not have her whelp in her whelping pen, but actually in a large blanket on the floor next to the supply boxes and boxes of warming towels and scale. The drawers I use are stackables, so I can just open them all on the floor next to me for easier access. Top drawer has all of the whelping supplies for mama, middle drawer has puppy supplies, and bottom one is paper towels, potty pads and extra stuff we may need. On top I have my stethoscopes, dopplers and tossable hand towels, which I LOVE as well as 2 bottles of hand sanitizer. The rubber maid next to the stackables is where I keep my towels which are warming in my puppy incubator, so each baby gets a nice warm towel to dry off with. :)

I will take pics of what is in my drawers when I get back upstairs. :)

My whelping box right now is very large, but I will partition it to the size needed for mama and babies. Of course we also have heating pads in the whelping box as well as the puppy incubator. I decided with 6 pups the one I use with Bella may be too small. It is also pretty high up, and don't think Miss T is tall enough to be able to jump in. (We have a door cut into it, but our puppies always find their way out, so we blocked the door. LOL I may change it out, to the one that we use with Bella, I just haven't decided yet. On that one we can cover it to keep the heat in better.)

How is your girl doing??? Miss T is doing ok, her belly has dropped slightly since yesterday!! Last night her appetitie was horrible, but today she is eating like a horse once again!!! I haven't made our vet appointment, but I also will probably do ours around 9:30 when I drop my daughter at work. :)

like your setting , whatever makes our girls confortable and us too..:D
Delilah is ok, still eating two meals a day, she ate all her breakfast today, I took the base temp reading last night it was 100.1, this morning was our first reading and was 99.5 so I would say we are right on schedule. her belly drop a tiny bit but not enogh to make any difference. so I know we have still a few days to go.. I am ready now is just waiting for thursday and then wait until the babies decide to arrive..:)
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I am getting excited here and it is not even my baby. I can not wait to see these beautiful pups.

YOOHOO!!! CARMEN!!! Today is THURSDAY, 27th....tomorrow is Friday 28th....when are we getting xrays???????????????!!!!!

Our appointment is at 10:00 am tomorrow morning!! :)