I mated my bitch two weeks ago for the first time, so I obviously don't know yet whether she is pregnant but if she is I was just wondering about what others do with other dogs in the house around the time of whelping and afterwards.

My bitch is a border terrier and I also have a large eight and a half stone boy who is a big softy but I have already gathered that he can be nowhere near the mum and pups in the beginning so I am (if she is) going to arrange for him to go and stay at my in-laws (who love him to bits anyway) but when would you recommend he could meet the pups and come back home?