Comments in bold under the questions I answered.
Molly
Question 1- I have been feeding 4 times a day and they never quite finish so
I pick it up. Should I leave water in there now all the time?
As soon as I start to feed, I leave water for the pups.
Question 2: For those of you that have winter Litters (I am in New England),
when do you get the pups outside and for how long each time? We had one warm
day last week so I brought them out with Sky for 10-15 minutes. But, I worry
that if I don't bring them out they won't know what outside is and might be
harder to house train. But, can they withstand cold temps for short periods
of time?Thoughts please?
Have had late winter litters and I did get pups out at 4-5 weeks for brief
periods watching
them all the time. And I put them out with a piece of carpet to stand on.
Windy days, no way.
Question 3-I am going through A LOT of paper to line the whelp box. I was
thinking when I moved them to family room to put a linoleum strip down and
put my horse shavings in a part of the whelping box. One breeder suggested I
could even get a kiddie pool and put shavings in that and put in pen area.
Thoughts please?
Love the pellets Iza used....first time I saw them was at her place.
Question 3- what type of puppy fence do you use in your playpen because they
already popped out the door frame on my Durawhelp box. My husband has had to
fix it three times! I don't think the metal ones I see at shows would be
sturdy enough. Thoughts please?
Question 4- I had a couple breeders suggest that for a first time bitch, it
is better to breed her back to back the first time and then space out
breedings. Just asking for opinions on that.
Scientific research seems to support back to back......I was never real
comfortable with that but then I never had more than 2 litters out of a bitch.
Question 5- Sky is starting to shed. I don't mean just her regular shed but
I mean like I scratch her and she gets up and there is a PILE of hair!!!
Holy crap. What's going on?
Sorry for long message!
Thanks,
Sarah
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