So, Leslie is lending me her whelping box.  Which she’s never used, but “said” she put together once when she got it. 

Turns out, at least by the time it got to me, there was at least 1 piece missing in the floor.  The directions were…unhelpful, but no matter which way I tried things I couldn’t manage to make a complete floor.    So, off to Lowe’s I went and instead of getting 3 pieces of floor (why wouldn’t you want a solid 1-piece floor?) I had them cut a single sheet.  Then I decided that painted wood would probably be difficult to keep clean and sanitary, so I went wandering in the tile department and found these standard Armstrong commercial floor tiles.  You know, the ones you saw in your school throughout your entire childhood.    For $.66 each, I really couldn’t beat it.  16 of those, plus some adhesive and a little bio-blocking caulk to fill in the inevitable gaps since I’m not a flooring person by trade.  And voila!

It might not break down quite as small now because of the solid floor piece.  And hopefully Leslie doesn’t mind the lilac color…that’s what you get when the 4-year old helps you pick paint.  Although as Leslie did point out, purple is the color of good ribbons!

Without and with the pig rails.