Whelping Box Size

Consider the following when selecting a size for your whelping box:

• The weight of the bitch
• The size of the bitch
• Number of puppies in the litter
• Temperament of the bitch

We suggest that you measure the rectangular space occupied by your bitch when she is lying down, fully stretched out. Then give her a foot or so extra, and remember to add several inches on each side if you will be using rails.

Then compare that area to the dimensions of our boxes:

• XX-Small: 20" x 26.5" x 12"
• X-Small: 26.5" x 31.5" x 13"
• Small: 34" x 36" x 17"
• Medium: 41" x 41" 17"
• Large: 46.5" x 46.5" x 17"

The table below can be used as a guide. Consider our XX-Small size for Teacup Dogs & Puppies.

Suggested Whelping Box Sizes by Breed
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Aberdeen Terrier (Scottish Terrier)		X
Affenpinscher	X	X
Afghan (Afghan Hound)					X
Afghan Hound					X
Afghanischer Windhund (Afghan Hound)					X
African Lion Hound (Rhodesian Ridgeback)					X
Airedale Terrier				X	X
Akita				X	X
Akita Inu (Akita)				X	X
Alaskan Malamute				X	X
Al'co Calato (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Alpine Mastiff (Saint Bernard)					X
Alsatian (German Shepherd Dog)			X	X
Alsatian Wolf Dog (German Shepherd Dog)			X	X
American Black and Tan Coonhound (Black and Tan Coonhound)			X	X
American Bulldog (Bulldog)			X	X
American Cocker Spaniel (Cocker Spaniel)		X
American Dingo (Carolina Dog)			X
American English Coonhound (English Coonhound)			X	X
American Eskimo Dog		X	X
American Foxhound			X	X
American Pit Bull (American Staffordshire Terrier)			X	X
American Pit Bull Terrier (American Staffordshire Terrier)			X	X
American Staffordshire Terrier			X	X
American Toy Terrier (Toy Fox Terrier)	X	X
American Water Spaniel		X	X
Amertoy (Toy Fox Terrier)	X	X
Anatolian Shepherd Dog					X
Apso Seng Kyi (Lhasa Apso)	X	X
Arabian Hound (Saluki)			X	X
Arctic Husky (Siberian Husky)			X	X
Aussie (Australian Shepherd) (Australian Shepherd)			X
Aussie (Australian Terrier) (Australian Terrier)	X	X
Australian Cattle Dog			X
Australian Queensland Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog)			X
Australian Shepherd			X
Australian Silky Terrier (Silky Terrier)	X	X
Australian Terrier	X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Balearic Dog (Ibizan Hound)			X	X
Baluchi Hound (Afghan Hound)					X
Barbone (Poodle)	X	X
Barge Dog (Schipperke)	X	X
Basenji		X	X
Basset Hound				X
Beagle		X	X
Bearded Collie			X
Beardie (Bearded Collie)			X
Bedlington Terrier		X	X
Belgian Cattle Dog (Bouvier des Flandres)					X
Belgian Griffon (Brussels Griffon)	X	X
Belgian Malinois					X
Belgian Sheepdog			X	X
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Belgian Malinois) (Belgian Malinois)					X
Belgian Shepherd Dog (Belgian Sheepdog) (Belgian Sheepdog)			X	X
Belgian Tervuren			X	X
Berge Polonais de Vallee (Polish Lowland Sheepdog)			X
Berger de Brie (Briard)			X	X
Berner Sennenhund (Bernese Mountain Dog)			X	X
Bernese Mountain Dog			X	X
Bernhardiner (Saint Bernard)					X
Bichon Frise		X
Bichon Havanais (Havanese)	X	X
Bichon Maltaise (Maltese)	X	X
Bingley Terrier (Airedale Terrier)			X	X
Black Lab (Labrador Retriever)			X	X
Black Russian Terrier					X
Black-and-Tan Coonhound (Black and Tan Coonhound)			X	X
Black-and-Tan Terrier (Manchester Terrier)		X
Black-and-Tan Toy Terrier (Toy Manchester Terrier)	X	X
Bloodhound					X
Blue Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog)			X
Bluetick Coonhound			X	X
Bob (Old English Sheepdog)			X	X
Bobtail (Old English Sheepdog)			X	X
Boolomo (Carolina Dog)			X
Border Collie			X
Border Terrier	X	X
Borzoi					X
Boston Bull (Boston Terrier)		X	X
Boston Terrier		X	X
Bouledogue Francais (French Bulldog)		X
Bouvier des Flandres					X
Boxer				X
Boykin Spaniel		X	X
Briard			X	X
Brittany			X	X
Brushwood Dog (Shiba Inu)		X	X
Brussels Griffon	X	X
Bull Terrier		X	X
Bulldog			X	X
Bullmastiff					X
Butterfly Dog (Papillon)	X	X
Butterfly Spaniel (Papillon)	X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Ca Eibisenc (Ibizan Hound)			X	X
Cairn Terrier		X
Canaan Dog			X	X
Cão de Agua Português (Portuguese Water Dog)			X
Cao de Aqua (Portuguese Water Dog)			X
Cardigan Welsh Corgi		X
Carlin (Pug)		X
Carolina Dog			X
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	X	X
Chesapeake Bay Retriever				X	X
Chessie (Chesapeake Bay Retriever)			X	X
Chien de Montagne des Pyrenees (Great Pyrenees)					X
Chien St. Hubert (Bloodhound)					X
Chihuahua	X	X
Chinese Crested	X	X
Chinese Fighting Dog (Chinese Shar-Pei)				X
Chinese Shar-Pei			X
Chocklet Lab (Labrador Retriever)			X	X
Chow Chow				X
Chrysanthemum Dog (Shih Tzu)	X	X
Clumber Spaniel			X	X
Coban Kopegi (Anatolian Shepherd Dog)					X
Cockapoo					X
Cocker Spaniel		X	X
Cocker Spaniel-Poodle (Cockapoo)					X
Collie				X	X
Congo Dog (Basenji)		X	X
Continental Toy Spaniel (Papillon)	X	X
Corgi (Pembroke Welsh Corgi)		X
Coton de Tulear	X	X
Curly-Coated Retriever			X	X
Dachshund	X	X
Dal (Dalmatian)				X	X
Dalmatian				X	X
Dandie Dinmont Terrier	X	X
Dandy (Dandie Dinmont Terrier)	X	X
Deerhound (Scottish Deerhound)					X
Deutsche Dogge (Great Dane)					X
Deutscher Drahthaariger Vorstehhund (German Wirehaired Pointer)			X	X
Deutscher Kurzhaariger Vorstehund (German Shorthaired Pointer)			X	X
Deutscher Schaferhund (German Shepherd Dog)			X	X
Dingo (Carolina Dog)			X
Doberman Pinscher					X
Dobie (Doberman Pinscher)					X
Do-Khyi (Tibetan Mastiff)					X
Drahthaar (German Wirehaired Pointer)			X	X
Drotszoru Magyar Vizsla (Vizsla)			X	X
Dwarf Spitz (Pomeranian)	X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Elkhound (Norwegian Elkhound)			X
English Beagle (Beagle)		X
English Bull Terrier (Bull Terrier)		X	X
English Bulldog (Bulldog)			X	X
English Cocker Spaniel		X	X
English Coonhound			X	X
English Foxhound			X	X
English Mastiff (Mastiff)					X
English Miniature Bull Terrier (Miniature Bull Terrier)		X
English Pointer (Pointer)			X	X
English Setter			X	X
English Shepherd			X	X
English Springer Spaniel			X	X
English Staffordshire Bull Terrier (Staffordshire Bull Terrier)		X	X
English Standard Bull Terrier (Bull Terrier)		X	X
English Toy Spaniel	X	X
English Toy Terrier (Toy Manchester Terrier)	X	X
Epagneul Breton (Brittany)			X
Epagneul Nain (Papillon)	X	X
Eskie (American Eskimo Dog)		X	X
Esquimaux (American Eskimo Dog)		X	X
Field Spaniel			X
Finnish Spitz		X	X
Finsk Spets (Finnish Spitz)		X	X
Flat-Coated Retriever			X	X
Foo Dog (Pekingese)	X
Fox Terrier - Smooth		X
Fox Terrier - Wire	X	X
Foxhound (American Foxhound)			X	X
French Bulldog		X
French Wire-Haired Korthals Pointing Griffon (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Frenchie (French Bulldog)		X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Gazelle Hound (Saluki)			X	X
German Mastiff (Great Dane)					X
German Pinscher		X	X
German Shepherd Dog					X
German Shorthaired Pointer					X
German Wirehaired Pointer				X	X
Giant Schnauzer				X	X
Glen of Imaal Terrier		X	X
Golden Retriever				X	X
Golden Retriever-Labrador Retriever (Golden Labrador)				X	X
Golden Retriever-Poodle (Goldendoodle)				X	X
Goldendoodle				X	X
Gordon Setter			X	X
Grahund (Norwegian Elkhound)			X
Great Dane					X
Great Pyrenees					X
Great Swiss Cattle Dog (Greater Swiss Mountain Dog)				X	X
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog				X	X
Grey Ghost (Weimaraner)				X	X
Greyhound					X
Griffon Belge (Brussels Griffon)	X	X
Griffon D'Arret a Poil Dur (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Griffon D'Arret Korthals (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Groenendael (Belgian Sheepdog)			X	X
Grosser Schweizer (Greater Swiss Mountain Dog)			X	X
GSD (German Shepherd Dog)			X	X
GSP (German Shorthaired Pointer)			X	X
Hairless (Chinese Crested)	X	X
Hall's Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog)			X
Harrier			X
Havanese	X	X
Hungarian Komondor (Komondor)					X
Hungarian Kuvasz (Kuvasz)					X
Hungarian Pointer (Vizsla)			X	X
Hungarian Puli (Puli)		X	X
Hungarian Sheepdog (Komondor)					X
Hungarian Short-haired Pointing Dog (Vizsla)			X	X
Hungarian Vizsla (Vizsla)			X	X
Hungarian Water Dog (Puli)		X	X
Husky (Siberian Husky)			X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Ibizan Hound			X	X
Inca Hairless Dog (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Irish Blue Terrier (Kerry Blue Terrier)		X	X
Irish Red & White Setter			X	X
Irish Red Setter (Irish Setter)					X
Irish Red Terrier (Irish Terrier)		X	X
Irish Setter					X
Irish Soft Coated Wheaton Terrier (Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier)			X
Irish Terrier		X	X
Irish Water Spaniel			X	X
Irish Wolfhound					X
Israel Cabaab Dig (Canaan Dog)			X	X
Italian Greyhound	X	X
Italian Mastiff (Neapolitan Mastiff)					X
Italian Spinone (Spinone Italiano)			X	X
Italian Wire-Haired Pointing Dog (Spinone Italiano)			X	X
Jack Russel Terrier (Parson Russell Terrier)	X	X
Japanese Akita (Akita)			X	X
Japanese Chin	X	X
Japanese Spitz	X	X
Jindo			X	X
Kangal Dog (Anatolian Shepherd Dog)					X
Karabas (Anatolian Shepherd Dog)					X
Karelian Bear Dog			X
Karelischer Barenhund (Karelian Bear Dog)			X
Karelsk Bjornhund (Karelian Bear Dog)			X
Karjalankarhukoira (Karelian Bear Dog)			X
Keeshond		X	X
Kelb-tal Fenek (Pharaoh Hound)			X	X
Kelf K'naani (Canaan Dog)			X	X
Kerry Blue Terrier		X	X
King Charles Spaniel (English Toy Spaniel)	X	X
Komondor					X
Korthals Griffon (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Kurzhaar (German Shorthaired Pointer)			X	X
Kuvasz					X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Lab (Labrador Retriever)				X	X
Labradoodle				X	X
Labrador Retriever				X	X
Labrador Retriever-Poodle (Labradoodle)				X	X
Lakeland Terrier	X	X
Lebrel Afgano (Afghan Hound)					X
Levrier Afghan (Afghan Hound)					X
Lhasa Apso		X	X
Lion Dog (Pekingese)	X
Little Griffon Vendeen basset (Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen)		X
Little Lion Dog (Löwchen)	X	X
Little River Duck Dog (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever)			X
Loulou (Pomeranian)	X	X
Löwchen	X	X
Magyar Vizsla (Vizsla)			X	X
Maliki (Carolina Dog)			X
Maltese	x	X
Manchester Terrier		X
Mastiff					X
Mastino (Neapolitan Mastiff)					X
Mastino Napoleano (Neapolitan Mastiff)					X
Min Pin (Miniature Pinscher)	X	X
Miniature Aussie (Miniature Australian Shepherd)	X	X	X
Miniature Australian Shepherd	X	X	X
Miniature Bull Terrier		X
Miniature Dachshund (Dachshund)	X	X
Miniature Pinscher		X
Miniature Poodle (Poodle)	X	X
Miniature Schnauzer		X
Mirigung (Carolina Dog)			X
Mittelschnauzer (Standard Schnauzer)			X
Monkey Dog (Affenpinscher)	X	X
Moon Flower Dog (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Mops (Pug)		X
Mopse (Pug)		X
Neapolitan Mastiff					X
Newfoundland					X
Newfy (Newfoundland)					X
Nihon Supittsu (Japanese Spitz)	X	X
Noggum (Carolina Dog)			X
Norfolk Terrier	X	X
Norsk Elghund (Norwegian Elkhound)			X
North American Native Dog (Carolina Dog)			X
North American Shepherd (Miniature Australian Shepherd)	X	X	X
Norwegian Elkhound			X
Norwich Terrier	X	X
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever			X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
OES (Old English Sheepdog)			X	X
Old Country Bulldog (Bulldog)		X	X
Old English Mastiff (Mastiff)					X
Old English Sheepdog			X	X
Otterhound					X
Otterhund (Otterhound)					X
Pap (Papillon)	X	X
Papillon	X	X
Parson Jack Russell Terrier (Parson Russell Terrier)	X	X
Parson Russell Terrier	X	X
Parti-colored Setter (Irish Red & White Setter)			X	X
PBGV (Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen)		X
Peking Palasthund (Pekingese)	X
Pekingese	X	X
Pembroke Welsh Corgi		X	X
Perro Flora (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Perro sin pelo del Perú (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Persian Greyhound (Saluki)			X	X
Persian Sighthound (Saluki)			X	X
Peruvian Hairless (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Peruvian Inca Orchid			X	X
Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen		X
Petit Chien Lion (Löwchen)	X	X
Phalene (Papillon)	X	X
Pharaoh Hound			X	X
Piccolo Levriert Italiani (Italian Greyhound)	X	X
PIO (Peruvian Inca Orchid)			X	X
Pit Bull Terrier (American Staffordshire Terrier)			X	X
Plott			X	X
Plott Coonhound (Plott)			X	X
Podenco Ibicenco (Ibizan Hound)			X	X
Pointer			X	X
Pointing Wirehaired Griffon (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Polish Lowland Sheepdog			X
Polish Owczarek Nizinny (Polish Lowland Sheepdog)			X
Poltalloch Terrier (West Highland White Terrier)	X	X
Pom (Pomeranian)	X	X
Pomeranian	X	X
PON (Polish Lowland Sheepdog)			X
Poodle			X	X
Portuguese Water Dog			X
Porty (Portuguese Water Dog)			X
Powderpuff (Chinese Crested)	X	X
Pug		X
Puli		X	X
Pulik (Puli)		X	X
Pyrenean Mountain Dog (Great Pyrenees)					X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Queensland Heeler (Australian Cattle Dog)			X
Rabbit Dog (Pharaoh Hound)			X	X
Red and White Setter (Irish Red & White Setter)			X	X
Red Setter (Irish Setter)					X
Redbone Coonhound			X	X
Redtick Coonhound (English Coonhound)			X	X
Reh Pinscher (Miniature Pinscher)	X	X
Rhodesian Ridgeback					X
Riesenschnauzer (Giant Schnauzer)			X	X
Rothbury Terrier (Bedlington Terrier)		X	X
Rottweiler					X
Rotty (Rottweiler)					X
Rövidszörü Magyar Vizsla (Vizsla)			X	X
Russian Wolfhound (Borzoi)					X
Sage Baluchi (Afghan Hound)					X
Saint (Saint Bernard)					X
Saint Bernard					X
Saluki			X	X
Sami (Samoyed)				X
Sammy (Samoyed)				X
Samoiedskaïa Sabaka (Samoyed)				X
Samoyed				X
Samoyedskaya (Samoyed)				X
Schipperke		X
Scottie (Scottish Terrier)		X
Scottish Collie (Collie)			X	X
Scottish Deerhound					X
Scottish Terrier		X	X
Sealy (Sealyham Terrier)		X	X
Sealyham Terrier		X	X
Sennenhund (Greater Swiss Mountain Dog)			X	X
Shar Pei (Chinese Shar-Pei)			X
Sheltie (Shetland Sheepdog)		X
Shetland Sheepdog		X
Shiba (Shiba Inu)		X	X
Shiba Inu		X	X
Shih Tzu		X
Sibe (Siberian Husky)				X	X
Siberian Husky			X	X
Silky Terrier	X	X
Silky Toy (Silky Terrier)	X	X
Skye Terrier	X	X
Small Vendeen Basset (Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen)		X
Smooth Collie (Collie)			X	X
Smooth Fox Terrier (Fox Terrier - Smooth)		X
Snapdog (Whippet)		X	X
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier			X
Spinone Italiano			X	X
Squirrel Dog (Papillon)	X	X
St. Bernhardshund (Saint Bernard)					X
St. Hubert Hound (Bloodhound)					X
St. Hubert Jura Laufhund (Bloodhound)					X
Staffie (Staffordshire Bull Terrier)		X	X
Stafford (Staffordshire Bull Terrier)		X	X
Staffordshire (Staffordshire Bull Terrier)		X	X
Staffordshire Bull Terrier		X	X
Standard Bull Terrier (Bull Terrier)		X	X
Standard Pinscher (German Pinscher)		X	X
Standard Poodle (Poodle)			X	X
Standard Schnauzer			X
Suomenpystkorva (Finnish Spitz)		X	X
Sussex Spaniel		X	X
Swedish Gray Dog (Norwegian Elkhound)			X
Sydney (Silky Terrier)	X	X
Sydney Silky (Silky Terrier)	X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*
Tanji (Saluki)			X	X
Tazi (Afghan Hound)					X
Tea Cup Australian Shepherd (Miniature Australian Shepherd)	X	X	X
Tea Cup Poodle (Toy Poodle)	X	X
Tenerife Dog (Bichon Frise)	X	X
Tervuren (Belgian Tervuren)			X	X
Tibetan Mastiff					X
Tibetan Spaniel	X	X
Tibetan Terrier		X
Toy American Eskimo (American Eskimo Dog)		X	X
Toy Australian Shepherd (Miniature Australian Shepherd)	X	X	X
Toy Fox Terrier	X	X
Toy Manchester Terrier	X	X
Toy Poodle	X	X
Treeing Walker Coonhound			X	X
Valee Sheepdog (Polish Lowland Sheepdog)			X
Vizsla			X	X
Warrigal (Carolina Dog)			X
Waterside Terrier (Airedale Terrier)			X	X
Weimaraner			X	X
Weimaraner Vorstehhund (Weimaraner)				X	X
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke Welsh Corgi)		X
Welsh Springer Spaniel			X
Welsh Terrier	X	X
West Highland White Terrier		X	X
Westie (West Highland White Terrier)		X	X
Wheaton Terrier (Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier)			X
Whippet		X	X
Wire Fox Terrier (Fox Terrier - Wire)	X	X
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon			X	X
Wolfspitz (Keeshond)		X	X
WPG (Wirehaired Pointing Griffon)			X	X
Yarmouth Toller (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever)			X
Yellow Lab (Labrador Retriever)			X	X
Yorkie (Yorkshire Terrier)	X	X
Yorkipoo				X
Yorkshire Terrier	X	X
Yorkshire Terrier-Poodle (Yorkipoo)				X
Zwergpinscher (Miniature Pinscher)	X	X
Zwergschnauzer (Miniature Schnauzer)	X	X
Zwergspitz (Pomeranian)	X	X
Zwergteckel (Dachshund)	X	X
Breed Name or Nickname	X-Small	Small	Medium	Large*	No EZwhelp Match*

* For very large breeds requiring heavy duty boxes, please consider our partner Glendale Farm Collies.