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« on: April 24, 2011, 07:46:56 pm » |
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Hey how do yall keep new born pups cool about to have a litter and know shade and ventilation but yall do anything special?
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2011, 07:55:12 pm » |
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I have used a box fan in the past but I'm not sure it helped. I have convinced myself that i am going to use a water mister to help keep pups and the bitch cool if I ever have to have a summer litter again.
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Hamilton_hogger
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« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2011, 09:08:04 pm » |
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LET ME KNOW HOW THAT GOES I GOT SOME THAT WILL B HERE FIRST OF JUNE
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matt_aggie04
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« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2011, 09:36:16 pm » |
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I would be REAL careful putting a fan on there because of respitory issues that can arise. I would just make sure that they cannot get out of the shade and with the wind we have been having there should be good air movement most of the time. Between the heat and the flies and fleas and mosquitos I don't know that I will ever have a summer litter again.
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« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2011, 09:40:29 pm » |
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we have a "breeding house" that we use, its acutally just a home depot storage unit we converted with a doggy door and a/c unit inside. ive slept in it many times when our goats were gonna drop
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Matt H
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Purebreedcolt
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2011, 10:00:11 pm » |
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Yeah hindsight is 20 20 but hey not a lot to do about it now so going to make the best of it
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2011, 10:16:14 pm » |
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Several guys on here had summer litters last year. Monteria and crackerc come to mind. I would be REAL careful putting a fan on there because of respitory issues that can arise. I would just make sure that they cannot get out of the shade and with the wind we have been having there should be good air movement most of the time. Between the heat and the flies and fleas and mosquitos I don't know that I will ever have a summer litter again.
I feel the same way about a Summer litter but what kind of respiratory issues would a fan cause Matt? I used it once but the only benefit I saw with it was with flies. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2011, 10:44:49 pm » |
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Alan I have just always heard that if you a fan pups you have to make sure they can get out of the wind from it. A fan on them all the time can cause respitory infections from I have read. Also a direct fan on them in the middle of the day can be like a convection over and will dehydrate the pups just like it would you or me. I would definitely put an indirect fan in the kennel for air movement but I guess what I should have said is that I wouldnt put a fan directly on them and leave it like that.
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2011, 10:49:47 pm » |
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Alan I have just always heard that if you a fan pups you have to make sure they can get out of the wind from it. A fan on them all the time can cause respitory infections from I have read. Also a direct fan on them in the middle of the day can be like a convection over and will dehydrate the pups just like it would you or me. I would definitely put an indirect fan in the kennel for air movement but I guess what I should have said is that I wouldnt put a fan directly on them and leave it like that.
maybe a retainer wall type build to keep air circulation but off the pups themselves |
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Matt H
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2011, 10:58:05 pm » |
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Newborn pups shouldn't be exposed to direct drafts. I had a litter born in may two years ago and I kept them in my barn with my port-a-cool fan going and didn't have any problems. If they cry during the day or pant a lot those are signs they are too hot. Letting them lay on damp towels can help also.
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2011, 11:07:48 pm » |
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I had a little 10 inch fan on mine during the day and night time I would cut it off. I guess I got lucky. I never got one sick. Good luck Purebreedcolt
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2011, 11:10:34 pm » |
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Alan I have just always heard that if you a fan pups you have to make sure they can get out of the wind from it. A fan on them all the time can cause respitory infections from I have read. Also a direct fan on them in the middle of the day can be like a convection over and will dehydrate the pups just like it would you or me. I would definitely put an indirect fan in the kennel for air movement but I guess what I should have said is that I wouldnt put a fan directly on them and leave it like that.
Thanks Matt. Good information and something I never considered in the past. |
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Greg W
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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2011, 11:20:40 pm » |
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I live in Okla. I had a litter last May it was her first one. My kennels are on dirt & covered. All most no direct sunlight gets in them. I had a nice welping box for her. Anyway she had 12 pups & after the 2nd day she dug a huge hole under her box. Her box was 4x4 the hole was like 2 foot deep. I bet it was 10 degrees cooler in that dirt. All the pups made it just fine. Wolves all ways have their pups in a den she just made her own. Good luck with your pups!! Greg W
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« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2011, 11:39:08 pm » |
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Newborn pups shouldn't be exposed to direct draft. If they cry during the day or pant a lot those are signs they are too hot. Letting them lay on damp towels can help also.
x2. What I do is put a little 6 in round fan you get at wal- mart put it in the box up high pointing down, then put a half wet half dry towel for the pups to lay on if thay get to hot it don't take them long to figure out to get on the wet spot where the fan is, if thay get cold thay can lay on the dry side this work very good for me my mom and dad raised small dogs for a living when I was a kid and still do thay have about 130 dogs and pups year round this is the method thay use. But you will need a couple of towels ,change it out every day you no what fly eggs turn in to so be sure to change it out EVERY DAY hope this helps. |
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Draggin Weight
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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2011, 12:28:12 am » |
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I use a swamp cooler it drops the temp in my welping box buy about 20 degrees
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