We have 6 indoor/outdoor kennel areas for adult dogs and 2 indoor/outdoor kennel areas for whelping puppies.
- At birth the puppies start off in the house in a whelping box. This is the "main kennel" area. Our house.
- After a few days they are moved to one of three whelping areas. These areas are maintained at 78 degrees.
- The puppies spend the first 4 weeks in the whelping rooms with mom only.
- At 4 weeks they are weaned and come back into the house. They are given a small area indoors (dining room) and a doggie door to go outside to the back yard.
- At 8 weeks their area is enlarged and they have the run of the house on the tiled floor areas only. Only our bedroom has carpet.
- All of our adult dogs rotate through all of the 6 kennel areas, including the house.
- We have a strict maximum limit of 4 Dachshunds (and one Australian Shepherd) on the bed at night.
- Kennel area 5 is separate from the house and other kennel areas. It is for mating couples or in heat females to lessen the stress on the males when the girls are in heat.
- So, we have our home and yard, a 4 room kennel with 4 large play yards, 3 whelping rooms with a small yard for mom and a private kennel with a cement patio for privacy.
- It is not a joke that Roberta built it all, including the house. She has a degree in construction management and used to teach self help housing. She is the builder in the family.
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