Whelping Items Checklist Whelping Items Checklist collated by Jane Johnson . Instead of hot water bottles, empty plastic soda bottles. They're free and work as well.
Hot pups love draping themselves over ice bottles.
Or try cold cans of beer, etc. This way I track each pup right from birth on, always referring to him by that color collar. She loves it and will always take some. I keep several books on whelping close at hand, too. Keep a collar on the bitch and a leash handy so you can walk her outside in between pups.