Everything for your litter, in the order you need it

Pick her stage to see what she needs now, with free tools and checklists to get the size and the dates right.

EZwhelp whelping boxes: Whelping Product of the Year, Pet Innovations Awards, 2025 and 2026.

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1

Planning a breeding

Health checks and season care before she is bred.

Use the heat cycle calculator

Free printables

  • Dam record

    Her details, health tests, seasons and litters.

    Download free
  • Sire record

    His details, health tests and semen evaluations.

    Download free
  • Heat and season log

    Every season, so her own pattern replaces the averages.

    Download free
  • Breeding record

    Progesterone and breeding log, from the first test.

    Download free
  • Litter health testing schedule

    What to test and when, from pre-breeding to go-home.

    Download free

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2

She is pregnant: set up by day 45

The box, the bundle and the room. She needs two weeks in the box before she whelps.

Use the due date calculator

Free printables

  • Pregnancy record

    Confirm checks, weekly log and final-week temperatures.

    Download free
  • Pregnancy timeline

    Every date from day 0 to 66, with a box to tick.

    Download free
  • Litter supply checklist

    66 items in the order you need them.

    Download free

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3

Whelping soon

Heat, monitoring, the delivery kit and the first 48 hours.

Use the whelping supply checklist

Free printables

  • Whelping supply checklist

    37 things in the room before she whelps.

    Download free
  • Whelping record

    Each puppy as they arrive.

    Download free
  • Litter record

    Dam, sire and a registry for up to 10 puppies.

    Download free
  • Post-partum follow-up

    Her recovery, twice a day for two weeks.

    Download free

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4

Puppies are here

Room to grow, grip for new legs, feeding and weaning.

Use the puppy growth calculator

Free printables

  • Daily puppy weight chart

    Every puppy, every day, for two weeks.

    Download free
  • Weekly puppy weight chart

    Birth weight to go-home weight.

    Download free
  • Puppy temperature chart

    Nest and puppy temperatures in the first weeks.

    Download free
  • Bottle and tube feeding log

    Every supplementary feed, by puppy.

    Download free
  • Deworming record

    Each dose, date and weight.

    Download free
  • Puppy milestone checklist

    Birth to 18 months, and who does what.

    Download free
  • Litter health testing schedule

    What to test and when, from pre-breeding to go-home.

    Download free

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5

Go-home

What each puppy leaves with, and what buyers ask for.

Use the milestone checklist

Free printables

  • Vaccination record

    One per puppy, to hand to the new owner.

    Download free
  • Go-home checklist

    Done, packed and explained before go-home.

    Download free
  • Litter sales tracker

    Buyers, deposits, balances and contracts.

    Download free
  • Birth certificate

    A keepsake for each puppy.

    Download free
  • Certificate of adoption

    Signed by you and the new owner.

    Download free

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6

Restock and spare parts

Parts, liners and storage for the box you already own.

Find your box size

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Not sure what you need?

Answer five questions. We match the box size, the bundle and the add-ons to her breed and due date. Takes about a minute.

Build your setup

Frequently asked

The whelping box, set up by day 45 of her pregnancy. She needs about two weeks in it to accept it as hers. Everything else follows from the box size.

Build your setup