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How to build a birthing box for your English Mastiff or any other size dog for that matter. You can determine what size birthing box you need by making sure your dog has enough room to walk around the birthing box. The purpose of the birthing box is to make sure that the mother does not catch one of the puppies between her and the box and squeeze them to death.
The English Mastiff, or any other large dog, can easily soften their young if they lie down. The way I made my birthing box for my English Mastiff was I took a full 1/2-inch sheet of plywood and cut it in half. The flooring was now a 4×4 piece, and I used 2×2 lumber to frame the interior and along the edges for a nice look. I took a 6-inch wide PVC pipe that you can buy at any hardware store, and I cut 6-inch pieces from the PVC and used it for the inner legs. I used PVC plastic elbow joints to connect them to a perfect 4 foot square that I could go up and down quite easily in the birthing box.
When you have the PVC plastic tubing inside the box, it is more difficult for the mom to lie against the sides of the box, when she is feeding her puppies, and if one gets stuck behind her when she is moving all the time, It gives the puppy that extra ventilation underneath that keeps the mums off the puppy’s weight, and the puppy can survive.
