my dog is having puppies and id like to know if it is better to keep her in a dog carrier thats a little bit bigger than 2 ft. by 3.5 ft. or to let her stay in the garage. if i leave her in the dog carrier, im afraid she might step on the puppies and if i let her in the garage im afraid she might have them all over the place and they get into places or something. Whats your oppinion?
2007-07-26 15:21:17 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
If your garage has a temperature regulater, then there's no need to move her to the house, especially if she's used to it. I would suggest setting up a kennel, and borrowing or making a whelping box to put inside. The kennel should be big enough to fit the whelping box as well as some room for her to lounge out of the box, and for her food and water. A whelping box is easy enough to make. Get four pieces of plyboard that's 2 feet tall and 4-5 feet long, and screw or nail it together to make a square. Screw some thick plastic tubing all around the inside of the box about 1/3 to 1/2 distance from the bottom. That way she can get in and out and the pups stay in, and the tubing prevents her from squishing pups between her and the wall. Good luck!
2007-07-26 15:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by hockey_gal9 *Biggest Stars fan!* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the house! I don't know that the dog carrier would be a good idea, for the reasons you mentioned. You should gate her in a room with a tile floor or something. I have seen a lot of people also use plastic kiddies pools with towels and what not. The garage is full of bugs and possible disease, and really hot if you live anywhere in America it seems these days. You want the puppies to be born into a healthy environment, so in the house is the safest place.
2007-07-26 15:27:59 · answer #2 · answered by jst2funlvn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep her in the garage because if you keep them in the carrier, she'll lay on some for sure. They will not go all over the place in the garage because newborn puppies always stay together in a pile. Sometimes 1 or 2 may go a couple of feet, but not any farther than that. A puppy may crawl behind her in the carrier and she may lay on it while feeding the others.
2007-07-26 15:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the first answer. It's best to have her in the house. That way she won't be over heated in the garage and won't feel closed in by the dog carrier. Put the box in a nice quite place so she can have her puppies in peace so that you can check up on her in case she needs help.
2007-07-26 15:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by Steven's Love 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why dont you take the top off the carrier and place it in the garage. This way momma can get out but the puppies will be confined. Also, even without the bottom of the carrier, the puppies will most likely not venture away, they will want to be next to their warm mom and have free access to milk.
2007-07-26 15:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by doodlebugmeem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how big a dog is she? The crate is fine if she's a little dog. I wouldn't let her loose in the garage--it could be smelly from fumes and garages are usually too hot or too cold. Keep her inside the house. Provide a whelping box, like a kiddie pool with blankets and get her used to being in it.
2007-07-26 15:25:07 · answer #6 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Make a cozy place in the garage with blankets. Put her fresh water and food near her bed. She will be fine, and the pups will stay right by her on the blankets. Change the blankets after she has the pups, so that fllys don't lay larva in the blood!
If you can afford it, buy her a good canned dog food for a few weeks while she's nursing.
2007-07-26 15:25:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to use a whelping box. Preferably inside the house and definitely not a plastic kennel she can not get out of.
Get one of the hard plastic baby pools they sell and line the entire bottom with newspaper then put a blanket in it for her. Take her too it a few times until she is comfortable getting in and out of it. It does not take up that much room so you can keep it inside the house and the puppies will be contained but she will be able to get in and out on her own for food and water.
2007-07-26 15:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would make or buy a whelping box and put it in the house,like a bed room or bath room if you don't have a puppy play pen. and not the garage or in a crate, then use a heating pad and towles to keep the babies warm. Feed mom good food.that is how I do it, you and mom and babies will be happier
2007-07-26 16:01:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she spends most her time in the garage keep her in the garage. She will feel more safe having her puppies in an area she spends alot of time and is most of the time. somewhere quiet, her area.
puppies don't wonder far from their mother. our dog had puppies in the laundry room (where she was almost allt he time) and all the puupies curled up next to her and slept most of the time. you could also buy a pen or something to sorround an area in the garage.
2007-07-26 15:24:51 · answer #10 · answered by Jessie S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋