Registered: Jun 2011
Location: Monticello, Georgia
Posts: 246

What do ya'll put in your brood boxs for bedding?
Straw
Shavings
News paper
Old sheet
Nothing

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Registered: Sep 2012
Location: Castalia ohio
Posts: 218

I used old blanket

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Registered: Oct 2007
Location: Medford, WI
Posts: 3312

I dont remember if i used hay or straw but i think it was straw and it worked well cuz she could move it to make a "nest" for her and the babies.

Shavings can cause little bumps in them, where it looks like mites or fleas

Old blankets can get gross and when i used one the puppies goy wrapped up in it and a few died

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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Jacksonville, Alabama
Posts: 144

The large size, low dust pine shavings from Tractor Supply seem to work fine.

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Registered: Mar 2008
Location: Western N.Y.
Posts: 3995

I like a piece of old carpet, easy to change every couple days until the pups are a couple weeks old, then hay.

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Registered: Nov 2012
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We do like john said use old rugs or carpet an jus change em out every cple days then we usually use pine shavings but we have used it all all straw hay chips an ain't never had no problems!

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Registered: Mar 2009
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my dog whelped 6 pups march 7th. I brought herand the pups in the house for the first week and kept her in the bathroom Found out shes house broke .It was in the 20's at night. Then I put a heat pad in the whelping box and put her and the pups outside. I removed the heat pad last week and replaced it with pine shavings. All of the pups made it and are doing well.What a man will do for his dogs.

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