EZwhelp EZclassic 38"x38"x18" Medium Padded Dog Whelping Box with Rails, Puppy Whelping Supplies, Gray Pad

We've got a litter of second generation "Dane-Heavy Golden Danes," meaning that they're 1/4 Golden Retriever, 3/4 Great Dane, (Father is 50/50, mother 100% Dane). These pups are 35 to 40 pounds at 8-weeks of age, so a good Whelping Pen was a must!This is a fantastic product. It's easy to assemble in multiple configurations and we purchased the large size whelping pen - plus - the additional largest sized play area, (which has been a godsend, since we put a large-sized puppy "Loo" (dog litter box with the fake-grass astroturf-looking stuff), at that end to keep filth separate from food/sleep/play areas. It's worked fairly well.The edging rail system is cool and easy to assemble/disassemble, with the latter being the most important for us, as we didn't get much use out of it. I see what they were going for there - something to keep small pups out of the "wedge" where they can get smooshed by a nursing mother - but for our sized pups, this was convenient for about the first week after moving them from their "puppy pool" to this at 1-week.Once our pup's eyes opened and they became mobile, the safety rail became a booster to enable a crafty pair of them to jailbreak constantly!I LOVE and HIGHLY recommend this pen. If you've got small or medium breed pups - even large breed - this thing is going to be AWESOME for you!If you're rearing a litter, (especially a large litter - ours is 13 face-licking, gangly lunatics), of GIANT BREED dogs, just know that, by 5 or 6 weeks, the more athletic and crafty of your litter are going to find a way to escape over the wall! (We've got 2 of them that are like Michael Schofield on PRISON BREAK!) Be sure that the surrounding room is also Puppy-Proof, or you'll be chasing puppies everywhere.I do hope that the manufacturer will consider making a "Giant Breed" version in the future that will take wall height into consideration as well as length. I understand that using multiples of the same panel is price-effective, versus the cost of producing and warehousing much small numbers of different-sized panels, but even offering a panel-extension that fits into the pin holes in the tops of the upright panel junction mounts would be a good offering.Personally, I've purchased dowel rods and plastic screen from my hardware store and created a screened extension to deter the escape-artists from going over, but I don't think it'll hold up for long. Just hoping we're able to make it to 8-weeks and send most of these crazies to their forever-families!One thing to note, (and I should've taken a photo of this), the upright panel junction pieces are AWESOME! They have a hole in the center of them that goes to the floor. I went to my local Farm & Home Store, (Bomgaars), and purchased two, 4-foot metal rods, (in the welding section), and bent them each 90-degrees in a vice at about 16" from one end. I then bent a hook into the last 3 inches of the 16" bent rod and used that to secure metal-cone heat lamps to hang above the whelping pen. I then used automotive wire harness covers, (the long, black, ribbed plastic hose looking stuff with a slit down the side), to secure each lamp's electric cord to the rod, all the way to the pen's plastic upright and inserted the rod into the hole to the floor. (That was then all wrapped with electric tape to keep it secure).This gave me two heat lamps on poles that hung above the pen, which I could simply swivel out of the way when not in use, (to make easy access for changing out blankets or later gruel bowls, etc.). It worked GREAT!!!If you do this, just make doubly-sure that you secure the wiring like I did so that puppies cannot access it when they get bigger, (although in my case, we didn't need the heat lamps at the point that the pups were big enough to start chewing stuff).Final mention - If you get this, it's handy to splurge for the extra "Play Area!" Like I mentioned, we use that for a potty area. The ability to close off the pups in one area while cleaning the other has been AMAZING! Well worth the extra investment!

My two frenchies had their puppies at the same time so I wanted something better to keep them in. They have a habit of laying on their puppies so the extra guard was a literal life saver. I love the materials of everything: walls, pad, bottom protector. Very easy to clean and everything held up very well. Extremely waterproof. I was hesitant on having this on the carpet but it kept it 100% clean and nothing soaked through.Easy to put together and the size worked. I wish it was slightly bigger.The multiple door slides came in handy, I didn’t realize how handy the different heights would come in handy.Take down is also very easy and fits back in the box for storage.

I really believe if you need a welping box, get an Ezwelp. I know they are like twice the price of others. But they are worth every penny. We’ve tried the cheaper ones. Big mistake. We have 2 of these and will never get anything else

Cannot say enough good things about this business and their product. I currently have my first litter of Longhaired Mini Dachshunds and being new to this, I had originally ordered the smallest box size - after thinking on it for the night, I realized it may be TOO small. I had already gotten a notification that my order was shipping but I reached out and EZWhelp anyway and was amazed at their level of customer service. They immediately cancelled that order (even though they had already had it staged for UPS pickup), refunded me entirely, and then if that wasn’t accommodating enough, they even expedited my new order and went out of their way to personally drive it to UPS to make sure it would arrive in time.Of course my box, and the add on room, that I ordered are amazing quality and they have been absolutely perfect for my girl and her babies. I love this company! I just ordered their feeding station, the bottom liner to fit both my 38x38 box and add on room and a couple new pads. I’m so excited to add on to my setup and my pups grow. The absolute best, modular whelping setup!

The set up was fast and easy for one person to do- so is disassembly and clean up is as easy as taking the dirty section outside or place in bathtub and hose off! No need to take the whole thing apart (unless you want to!).Easy to disinfect since there are no hidden corners or crevices.Easy to store since it comes apart in small sections.Heavy duty / built to last BUT very light weight!Love the heavy duty pig rail and the fact that it is easily removable, easy to clean, easy to take apart to store.The added "fitted" protective sheet is awesome! I wasn't expecting that! And the padded liquid resistant whelping pad is awesome and easy to launder.I do have a couple of suggestions for the company though. Please consider the following:1- end caps top and bottom for the connectors rubberized or plastic as long as they are sturdy and easy to get on/off for people but not pets!2- accessories such as heat lamp poles that fit into the connectors; height extenders made of panels of welded wire that fit into the connectors for keeping momma and later- babies in the whelping box so that we don't have to monkey with pens surrounding the box.Over all- well worth the money!!!!

I was unsure about this product but did my own little background check on it looked at reviews so I said I need 1 asap I'm almost down to a week and a half on my new babies coming i ordered it came i love it took me 20 min to put together for the first time but I know how now I will definitely order more soon