Please let us know if you have problems with these instructions or have ideas for improvements to this design. If you build a whelping box from our design, send us a photo. All comments about the whelping box should be directed to kakselsen@aol.com.
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2010-02-22 Great Whelping Box Design
I cannot thank you enough for posting this Construction on the Internet. I have attached some pictures as requested and boy, was it easy. I chose to use 3/8" plywood (sanded) to help with weight reduction. I also used some of the leftover plywood instead of 2x4's for the "puppy rail". Home Depot cut the plywood for me (20" x 60") at no additional cost. I bought a remnant of carpet (6x6) for $20 & cut it myself to 5x5. I bought all the hardware at a local Fastenal Co. I also "borrowed" the Dane Engraving idea from one of your past builders. All in all, I have less than $100.00 in the construction. I used Minwax "GunStock" stain and put three coats of Minwax Waterbased "PolyCrylic" clear coat. Anabelle Blue is expecting 10 - 11 puppies the 1st week in March 2010. She already LOVES her new box. DOUBLE J DANES
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2010-01-27 Oak Whelping Box Thank You so much for your whelping box plan, it was so easy to follow and the hardware is perfect. I made mine out of Oak 3/4 plywood and put three coats of gloss polyurethane on it. It turned out great, everybody that has seen it so far asked me where did you buy that because it looks so great. I did downsize mine down to 4x4 and
used only one sheet of plywood, which did leave me with two less seats.
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2010-01-24 Three pictures for you from Hawaii Mahalo for all your help with our whelping box. I have standard poodles and
we opted to make our whelping box
4 x 4. We lowered the pig rails. |
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2009-12-23 McEmn Mark III Whelping Box I just wanted to say thank you for your whelping box design. Toffee and I appreciate it. The plans are accurate and very well thought out. Your hardware selection was perfect for a "knock down" whelping box. I choose to build mine 4' x 4' utilizing only 1 sheet of 3/4" AC plywood (Labrador Retrievers don't need a 5' x 5' box). As you can see, it turned out really nice. I ordered the 3/4" SS screws to accomodate the increased plywood thickness. Bryant
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2008-01-11 I found your site and loved the plans for the whelping box. I didn't need one quite so large, as we breed medium size American Staffordshire Terriers. I took the plans and made them fit a 4' x 4' box for our needs. I had to adjust the pig rail height and the length of all the sides. It worked well and the seats really do not interfere with the handles. We only used handles on the front and back as we will not need to disassemble it often, just move it here to there. We used cabinet grade plywood and gave it two coats of satin polyurethane. I loved the way it came out and decided to say thank you and send you some pictures. Let me know what you think! Al www.retrostaffs.com |
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5/5/2008 Good Morning, My husband recently built a whelping box per your design. He surprised me by having the name of our kennel routered into it. We named the kennel after my dad – so it is a very sentimental name. I hope you enjoy the photos and feel free to use them on your web site if you’d like. Our dogs are Wirehaired Pointing Griffons and we expect our first litter this coming weekend. Mary Harborfront Interiors |
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2007-10-10 Alan modified the design to have channels that accomodate drop-in slats rather than a screwed-on access panel. |
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2006-11-26 Colleen sent us several photos of the whelping box they built from hardwood plywood for their Samantha X Travis litter. |
Please let us know if you have problems with these instructions or have ideas for improvement to this design. If you build a whelping box from our design, send us a photo. All comments about the whelping box should be directed to kakselsen@aol.com.
Last edited February 22, 2010