Whelping Box Size, by Breed
Consider the following when selecting a size for your whelping box:
- The weight of the bitch
- The size of the bitch - for both weight and size, if you find that your bitch is on the larger end for what is expected of her breed, you may consider a whelping box one size larger for maximum comfort of both mom and puppies.
- Number of puppies in the litter - if you're expecting a large number of puppies, you may choose to get a box one size larger than what you would need with a small litter.
- Temperament of the bitch - if she's prone to jumping, you may consider getting a tall box in either the Fab or EZclassic style. If she's prone to chewing, you may look for longevity with the steel Fab box as opposed to the plastic EZclassic box.
Size Selection: Measure the rectangular space occupied by your bitch when she is lying down, fully stretched out. Add a few inches to each side for comfort. Remember to add an additional 4 inches on each side if you will be using rails.
Compare measurements to the size selection below.
- EZclassic 28x28: 27.5" x 27.5" (outside 31" x 31" x 18")
- EZclassic 38x38: 38" x 38" (outside 41.5" x 41.5" x 18")
- EZclassic 38x38 TALL: 38" x 38" (outside 41.5" x 41.5" x 28")
- EZclassic 48x48: 48.5" x 48.5" (outside 52.25" x 52.25" x 18")
- EZclassic 48x48 TALL: 48.5" x 48.5" (outside 52.25" x 52.25" x 28")
- EZclassic 48x76 TALL: 48.5" x 77" (outside 52.25" x 80" x 28")
- Fab System 3x3: 36" x 36"
- Fab System 4x4: 47" x 47"
- Fab System 4x6: 47" x 71"
- Fab System "Whopper" 7x6: 82" x 71"
U.S. Patent No. D971511 |
Fab System |
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Model Number → | 28x28 | 38x38 | 48x48 48x76 | 3x3 | 4x4 | 4x6 7x6 |
Affenpinscher | 28x28 | 38x38 | ||||
Afghan Hound | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Airdale Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Akita | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Alaskan Malamute | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
American Eskimo | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
American Foxhound | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
American Staffordshire Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | 4x4 | |||
American Water Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Anatolian Sheepdog | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Australian Cattle Dog | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Australian Shepherd | 38x38 | 48x48 | 3x3 | 4x4 | ||
Australian Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Basenji | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Basset Hound | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Beagle | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Bearded Collie | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Beauceron | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Bedlington Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Belgian Malinois | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Belgian Sheepdog | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Belgian Tervuren | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Bernese Mountain Dog | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Bichon Frise | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Black And Tan Coonhound | 48x48 | 3x3 | 4x4 | |||
Black Russian Terrier | 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Bloodhound | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Border Collie | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Border Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Borzoi | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Boston Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Bouvier Des Flandres | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Boxer | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Briard | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Brittany | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Brussels Griffon | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Bull Dog | 38x38 | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | ||
Bull Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | 4x4 | |||
Bullmastiff | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Cairn Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Canaan Dog | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Cardigan Welsh Corgi | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Chesapeake Bay Retriever | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Chihuahua | 28x28 | |||||
Chinese Crested | 28x28 | |||||
Chinese Shar Pei | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Chow Chow | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Clumber Spaniel | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Cocker Spaniel-American | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Cocker Spaniel-English | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Collie (Rough) & (Smooth) | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Coton de Tulear | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Curly Coated Retriever | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Dachshund | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Dalmatian | 38x38 | 48x48 | 3x3 | 4x4 | ||
Dandie Dinmont Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Doberman Pinscher | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
English Foxhound | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
English Setter | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
English Springer Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
English Toy Spaniel | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Field Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Finnish Spitz | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Flat Coated Retriever | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Fox Terrier – Smooth | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Fox Terrier – Wirehair | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
French Bulldog | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
German Pinscher | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
German Shepherd Dog | 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
German Shorthaired Pointer | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
German Wirehaired Pointer | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Giant Schnauzer | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Glen Imaal Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Golden Retriever | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Gordon Setter | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Great Dane | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Great Pyrenees | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Great Swiss Mountain Dog | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Greyhound | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Harrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Ibizan Hound | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Irish Setter | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Irish Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Irish Water Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Irish Wolfhound | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Italian Greyhound | 28x28 | |||||
Jack Russell Terrier | 28x28 | |||||
Japanese Chin | 2x828 | |||||
Keeshond | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Kerry Blue Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Komondor | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Kuvasz | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Labrador Retriever | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Lakeland Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Maltese | 28x28 | |||||
Manchester Terrier (Standard) | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Manchester Terrier (Toy) | 28x28 | |||||
Mastiff | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Neopolitan Mastiff | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Newfoundland | 48x76 | 4x6 7x6 |
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Norwegian Elkhound | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever | 3838 | 3x3 | ||||
Old English Sheepdog (Bobtail) | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Otter Hound | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Papillon | 28x28 | |||||
Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Pharaoh Hound | 38x38 | 48x48 | 3x3 | 4x4 | ||
Plott Hound | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Pointer | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Polish Lowland Sheepdog | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Pomeranian | 28x28 | |||||
Poodle Miniature | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Poodle Standard | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Poodle Toy | 28x28 | |||||
Portuguese Water Dog | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Pug | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Puli | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Redbone Coonhound | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Rhodesian Ridgeback | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Rottweiler | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Saint Bernard | 48x76 | 4x6 | ||||
Saluki | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Samoyed | 38x38 | 48x48 | 3x3 | 4x4 | ||
Schipperke | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Scottish Deerhound | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Scottish Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Sealyham Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie) | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Shiba Inu | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Shih Tzu | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Siberian Husky | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Silky Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Skye Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Spinone Italiano | 48x48 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Staffordshire Bull Terrier | 38x38 | 3x3 | 4x4 | |||
Standard Schnauzer | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Sussex Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Tibetan Mastiff | 48x76 | 4x4 | 4x6 | |||
Tibetan Spaniel | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Tibetan Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Toy Fox Terrier | 28x28 | |||||
Vizsla | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Weimaraner | 48x48 | 4x4 | ||||
Welsh Springer Spaniel | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Welsh Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
West Highland White Terrier | 28x28 | 38x38 | 3x3 | |||
Whippet | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon | 38x38 | 3x3 | ||||
Yorkshire Terrier | 28x28 |