I have one of these and I would't recommend it to anyone. The concept looks like it would really do the job. It does everything they say about it but the problem I had with it was if the puppy is behind the mother with it's back against the wall and the mother lays down and stretches out to let them nurse or just lays there the puppy can't escape and they get squashed. We raise 20+ litters a year and when we used this we lost more puppies than when using just a regular heating pad.

I have 2 of these and they are a wonderful product and I have used mine for several years. I raise Yorkies and this product has saved many puppies lives for me. It keeps the puppies at the correct temperature they should be at. My Mothers seem to really like it also. After whelping they stretch out on it and it seems to be very relaxing for them. I have not lost any puppies and would not be without this product. This is a 5 star product for me and I would not ever be without one!

Too large scale for newborn Shib-tzu's

Puppies fell into the middle and couldn't get to mom

I love mine and have never had a problem with the puppies being squished. I would and have recommended this nest to a lot of people that have purchased it also.

There are less expensive ones that have been known to overheat leaving 3 degree burns on the poor little things. This product is worth every penny..

Very impressed with the product but my seasoned bitch didn't want to use it. She had a litter of 7 pups a few days early that could have benefited from the constant heat for stressed pups. As a creature of habit,she didn't adapt to it's use. We eventually lost all the pups. In hind sight, I should have taken the pups away from her and used the whelping nest.