One of our clients sent me this picture of Puppy Cam on their TV, staring Nanny Andeigh playing with the F Litter.

We, and our clients, love the puppy cam.  The puppy cam allows you to observe the litter in real time.

We turn the camera on around day 7, this marks the day the puppies can regulate their own temperature, so we can remove the sheet that covers the whelping box (which holds in the dams body heat).

We turn off the camera around Week 9, usually around the time the first puppies start going home.

The puppy cam is on 24/7, so you can and will often see the reality of raising puppies, including poo, puppy naughtiness, us in our jammies late at night tending them, and of course the entry and exit of the dam, and all the nannies and nannos approved to help teach the puppies.

The puppies may not always be on view, the camera doesn’t cover the entire space, they might be outside on their patio, or out in the house with us.

Sometimes, if there is a poosplosion, or if I’m particularly “unpresentable” I turn the puppy cam off for a bit, just check back later, it will be up again.

This year I am trying out a new way to have a “PuppyCam” with this litter.

The link to the the PuppyCam with this new hosting site is here. (This will open a new browser tab/window, so you won’t leave our site.)

Please try this out and let me know how it works. We are in a 5 day trial period with this hosting company, so there are a few limitations on streaming:

1. I believe there is a time limit on how long you can connect and look, without reloading the page (but I am not sure how long that is).
2. You have to visit the hosting site directly to view the PuppyCam.
3. You cannot link the video into a web page.
4. And it is hard (impossible?) to “brand” the camera.

If this works out and we like this host, I can upgrade the account with the company and get these issues addressed, and a few other extras to make it an overall better viewing experience.

A few other things on the video: the color (or lack of it) is due to our lighting (or lack thereof) where we have the whelping box. The camera is in color, but we don’t have enough artificial or ambient light to kick the camera into displaying color (unfortunately). The webcam is on 24×7, and has good night “vision” so you can see the puppies at all hours (I think it has infrared lighting built in). Also, I have the sound turned off, so don’t expect to hear anything…

So, please drop me an email and let me know how this looks and works.

Thanks!