The countdown has begun

[clarejones]

My Springer is due to have puppies on 13th June (she is the one that is having springadors) i have bred one litter off her but she had them in the house, she is going to be having them in a stable this time and i am getting a little worried about whether the puppies will be warm enough etc. The stable is rubber matted and is a timber build very well insolated. I have got a heat lamp and heat mat, has anyone else had puppies outside before and if so what sort of heating did you use. Any advice would be really appreciated. She went 4 days early with last litter so from today onwards i will be watching her like a hawk, luckily we have cameras thats we use for foaling i have put one in her stable to whelp watch her. Thanks

 

[SillySausage]

My dog was born in a stable, no heating at all. Just a big thick straw bed and an old sofa.. lol! It's an old unused stable and where all the dogs sleep.

The pups weren't expected for a week or so and it came as quite a suprise, but they were fine and we left them as they were!

 

[CorvusCorax]

All our puppies were born in the garage, in a wooden whelping box with one of those pig-rearing lamps.
Just make sure the stable is clean enough and that sounds like a good set-up.
Good luck!