So for fear of sounding stupid What is a whelping box?.
I get the idea it is for when the pups are going to be born but i still don't know what one is,
Danielle
I glad i got a male it all sounds completely hard

A whelping box is a bed where the bitches go in to hopefully whelp their pups, but definitely go in once the pups have been born and stay in there with their pups.

I use a large crate with a puppy pen as my whelping box with a big cover over the crate to keep it nice and warm and dark.

I take it whelp means to have?

In whelp. or whelping means giving birth in dog speak :)

To have puppies, and a whelping boxes tries to mimic a den which a female dog in whelp(pregnant) would have in the wild.

warm regards Susan

thankyou eveyone that helped you learn something new everyday

Giving birth for canines = whelp,

For pigs it is to 'Farrow' in horses to 'Foal'

Can anyone think of some others?

Cattle and elephants (and icebergs!) 'calve'.

Teenage girls..............In trouble :D ;)

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Does that mean they 'Trouble' when the baby is being born :D

Well this really is an educational place.....

Icebergs calve????

Oh yes! :D

fabulous - and fascinating Jeangenie thanks :)

Just as a bitch will be 'in whelp', a cat will be 'in kindle'.

Ferrets have kits, I think ...