I was wondering what peoples opinions are as to the best type of setup to use for housing 3 or 4 litters of pups? What age do you put them together? Have you had success keeping them in one LARGE kennel or several smaller setups? Just trying to do the best by these little knuckle heads. What I do now seems to be working. Here is what I do...

I use a transition process with them.This is what I am doing now but would like to have suggestions for future ventures... I have 2 winter birthing kennels which have whelping boxes that are built inside a wood shed.On the bottom of the box as well as the side facing the outside I have a 2" piece of insulation board. Outside they have 4 x 6 X 6 kennels for the mamma to be able to go out and use the rest room as well as get away from the "savages".Puppies never make it outside in this phase.In summer I just use my above ground kennels.Then I have the next phase which are 3 of Jacks above ground kennels that I jacked up at first then had to fix. Thanks for the pointers Jack... :oops: After they are big enough I have a 8 X !5 kennel off of the back of the shed with a larger puppy house inside. As soon as the weather breaks I am going to dig the 4x6 kennel floors up and put down large stone first and gravel second. The puppy pen has about 8-10 inches of gravel. This setup is tailored for 2 litters, not what I have now. I am in the process of building two 14X20X6 kennels on my other yard so I will have a total of 3 kennels that I can separate these little butt munches into as well as my 3 above grounds. Please post your ideas as well as pics. Thanks in advance for the feedback.