[AbbytheGSP]

My black n tan will be having puppies here around the 15th, When I bred her I planned to keep her in the basement of the house with the puppies. But I have since moved and will be unable to keep her in the basement . SO I am looking for Idea's suggestions or anything you got to help me keep the puppies warm in the winter weather.

Thanks

Scott

 

[Lunker]

I hope your letting her in your house ....Its freezing out there! If you don't at least put a warmth emiting spot light inside her house with a good flap on the door and a bunch of warm blankets, old army surplus blankets are cheap and pretty warm..

 

[Rooster_Smasher]

I would take bails of hay and stack them around the doghouse. Depending on what type, shape and size the dog box/house. Stack them two or three high, then a couple over the top. In other words you make a shell around and over the doghouse. Then for a front entrance have several more bails and make like a walkway (tunnel) to the front door that has a flap on it. A heat lamp works GREAT. But be very carefull using it outside in a small enclosure.

Personally I would make every effort to make a whelping box for inside the house and have the litter indoors.

 

[predatordave]

it is suppossed to get pretty cold next week. i would build the whelping box inside or do what rooster_smasher said.
and also i would wrap the kennel with tarps or plastic to keep out the wind.

later, dave

 

[NATTY BUMPO]

Scott,

Newborn pups are very vulnerable to getting cold, developing pneumonia, etc. They have almost zero thermoregulation ability ie their body temperature is almost entirely dependent on the temperatures of their surroundings. Heat lamps are one thing but next week is supposed to be the coldest of the season. Most pups whelped this time of year are in somebody's kitchen, mud room, etc.

Natty B.

 

[rabbit whacker]

Spare bathtub? I would really try to find an indoor spot, it is supposed to be really cold the next few weeks.

 

[Robert W. McCoy Jr]

Puppies bring warmth in through there bellys the best way to keep them at a comfortable temperature is to have a heated whelping disk.

In a well built insulated whepling box this disk will keep them toasty warm. An additional light may be added to help keep the chill out.

http://www.scottsdog.com/tesheatwheln.html