But, seriously, puppies are great…tiny, cute, puppy breath…awwwwwwwwww.

I use them for EVERYTHING, especially those first few post whelping days when mom is bleeding. I also put them under the water dish on my hardwood floor, in crates for girls in season, in puppy pens, on car seats….

Cheap stuff + good cause = bonus!

Awesome link. 2 pads for $4 is a savings of at least $20. Wheweeee! I bought 6 of those at full price… could have saved myself $60 on pads alone.

At that price, I think I’ll pick up some more to line the bathroom during dog-wash time, and some for the car (great way to save the carpet on the floor during the slushy months since my car mats are not up to the task).

They’re also the perfect size and thickness to act as protective pads for moving. They fit over the back of the wooden chairs very nicely, and folded between china plates really well too.

Plus they work great in the adult dog’s crate under the water dispenser… their big plush pad stays dry now and the waterproof pad is nice and comfy to lay on unlike the noisy and shredable disposable pads I was using.

And if you can explain how to install that “eyes in back of head” thing, I could use it! Our rescue Golden is an adult with NO clue about what she should and shouldn’t get into.

Better than tarp for protecting carpet - put a piece of linoleum under it. Home Depot etc sell ‘cut pieces’ for next to nothing. As a bonus, you can wash and disinfect the lino in case of accidents. I buy a new piece for every litter - I like to put it between older pups and concrete floors for a bit of added warmth.

As for the washable pee pads, this company sells cleaned, sanitized, sterilized used pads, and the proceeds benefit adults with disabilities. They layer nicely over the lino and provide a no slip surface.

For the breeders out there, they also sell used flannel hospital blankets and bath mats - GREAT for lining whelping boxes and as crate bedding.

link — http://www.odcmerchandise.com/

Carrots are full of fiber and vitamins that are good for all dogs — their other advantage is that if you forget about them, they dry out and get rubbery, rather than rotten. A rubbery piece of carrot is still a great chew and doesn’t muck up your pocket like more traditional doggie chews.

Watch the tiny spaces — my mother’s Persian kitten LOVED climbing up the back of the desk and sleeping in the top drawer — Mom got quite a turn when she opened the drawer and found Amber sleeping peacefully inside! No one could open the drawers of the desk until we found Amber first — Mom was terrified that we’d whack her as she was climbing behind the desk and we never found out just how she managed to squeeze herself in there. Luckily, Amber grew too big to continue climbing behind the desk, but it was pretty nerve-wracking when she was a baby!