bedding for newly welped pups

beaglecrazy-scott · Post by **beaglecrazy-scott** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:44 pm

i was wondering what everybody uses for their new litters....straw, shavings etc.....thanks...scott

CAINCUTTER · Post by **CAINCUTTER** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:53 pm

I use shreaded news-paper....

show dog · Post by **show dog** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:32 pm

Find a printing shop and get the end of roll newsprint. It has no ink so the dogs stay clean. Coloured ink, in particular, is not very good for pups. Works great. Carolyn

Lone Pine Beagles · Post by **Lone Pine Beagles** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:09 am

I do not use bedding for new born pups.

I have a hard plastic heating pad for cold months, or a clean piece of plywood for summer.

Reason: The female cleans up all of the waste at this time and can do a better job without bedding. Also too much bedding can cause smothering.

After the pups are weaned, they get bedding. The bedding is changed often because of the little bugger's messes. I use cedar chips.

I also install side rails so that Momma doesn't roll over on the pups. Had a female do this 8 yrs ago, and never again.

Works for me,
Lone Pine Beagles

beaglecrazy-scott · Post by **beaglecrazy-scott** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:25 pm

thanks everyone....scott

beaglehandler · Post by **beaglehandler** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:19 pm

we use a hard plastic kids swimming pool. pups can't get out until they are older. we take mother and pups out every evening and clean it.

Ed Brown · Post by **Ed Brown** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:00 am

We use cheap carpet. Change it daily. This provides good traction for the pups to push their way to teats. Imagine trying to push on bare plywood or plastic? They just spin. Carpet is pretty cheap. Put it over a heating pad and it works just fine. JMO

samlyn0001 · Post by **samlyn0001** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 8:02 am

I have tried just about everything, and have found that bath mats work well. Get yourself a few of them to change out every couple days when they are little.

pete young · Post by **pete young** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:19 pm

I agree with Lone Pine. We use nothing as bedding. We have the hard plasting heating pads for cold months and the plywood for the warm months. I have not had a problem with pups "spinning". Everytime we have tried to use bedding with newborns it has been a mess. We have tried paper, carpet, cedar and straw. We didn't like any of them. The mother does a lot better job when she doesn't have to deal with any bedding and the pups have better coats to boot.

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