Please do your research before you book with an airline.  You’ll want to make sure that your puppy is allowed to travel at 8 weeks of age. Some airlines require 10 weeks of age for domestic travel.

Before you book your flights, please double-check that your puppy is old enough to fly!

Call your airline and tell them you are wanting to bring a puppy in-cabin with you. Some airlines only allow a certain number of animals on each flight, so it is best to book in advance.

Some airlines require a document that states the puppy’s date of birth and vaccinations.  

Your puppy will have had all its necessary worming medications and vaccinations up to date. We will have a vaccination record for you that you can give to your vet at your puppy’s first appointment.

In light of our Health Guarantee, we recommend that our adoptive families set up a vet appointment with their vet in the first week, just for their vet to look everything over, and schedule the pup for their final vaccinations. Most vets like a 10 week and 14 week vaccination; many even do a 16 week vaccination.

Some of our families chose to fly in and out on the same day!  Usually this works really well as it can save on hotel costs and busy schedules!  

During the summer months and middle of winter, this can be a precarious plan!  From Fleur’s experience from working in the airline industry, it is more common than not to experience delays due to weather during the middle of summer and middle of winter due to the extreme temperatures possible those times of year.  We would recommend that you allow for delays as you plan out your itinerary!

Leaving too short of a window between your arriving flight and your return flight can lead to unnecessary stress on a very happy day.  

As you can, we would usually recommend choosing to stay in a local hotel overnight.

If flying in and out on the same day is definitely a better option for you, we would recommend to always allow for a generous window of time!  

Our Policy is to arrange pickup of the puppy 1-2 hours before your departure flight home.

Why?

We know you’re excited and cannot wait to bond with your new baby! However, we want to keep your new baby safe and healthy until they start the journey back to your home, where they can comfortably adjust to all the changes they have just experienced.

It is very easy for a breed puppy to become over-stimulated, excited, or stressed when they enter a new environment with new people. Sometimes over-stimulation can lead to a lack of appetite (generally for toy-breed puppies), which can cause a blood-sugar crash. To prevent this- new owners receive a Travel Pack equipped with essentials and information to prevent hypoglycemia/dehydration during the journey. We also provide a few comfort items, such as a blanket and toy that smells like Mom and Siblings.

It is also very easy for your puppy to contract a parasite on your way home. Please use great caution as you maneuver through public places during your travel. Be very wary of places that unvaccinated dogs may have been, and avoid having your puppy enter into the dirt. You can never be too careful at this stage of your puppy’s life.

Ask your vet about when your puppy is ready and is safe to frequent public places such as a dog park, public walking tracks, etc.  Typically, your puppy will be ready to frequent public places when all rounds of vaccinations have been completed – usually at 16 weeks of age.
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If you understand and acknowledge the risks, and still wish to pick up your puppy earlier than 1-2 hours before departure, you are welcome to discuss a different time to pick up your puppy. If you are a first-time toy breed owner we strongly recommend following this procedure.

After you have booked your flight to Denver or Colorado Springs, please submit verification of the receipt to this form.

Why?
You will receive a Travel Reimbursement Discount.

By verifying you have booked a flight, we will firmly reserve your puppy.