We are very experienced in flying puppies worldwide. We have been flying puppies for over 30 years. Shipping includes the required health certificate from our Licensed veterinarian (see sample), an airline approved shipping kennel/crate with water and food, and flight blanket/padding. The puppy will have enough room to stand up and turn around in the shipping kennel. Our puppies can usually fly at approximately 8 weeks old; smaller breeds may need to remain with us for more time. We have had great success with the airlines and the way our puppies are handled when traveling to their destination.
Attached to the airline airbill will be an envelope addressed to you the buyer/consignee with the puppy documents, i.e. official health certificate with immunization records, food instructions, pedigree, and warranty. For the benefit of their health, shipping puppies by flight is limited to the weather and climate. Most airlines will not ship puppies when the temperature is over 85 degrees Fahrenheit or under 20 degrees Fahrenheit. We will attempt to make airline reservations and ship your lovely puppy during the time of the day (or any day during the week) to better accommodate the best time for your puppy to fly and the best time for you to pick up your puppy. Sometimes you will have to be patient until it is safe for your puppy to be transported. Depending on the airport and the arrival time, when picking up your new addition to your family you will need to go to the cargo area, or baggage terminal or the ticket counter with a picture I.D. We will inform you when to pick up you lovely puppy.
Food Instructions
Your new puppy is eating the following dry hard food: Royal Canin. Royal Canin food instructions will be sent to buyers via e-mail and with the airline shipping documents. This food can be obtained at any large pet supply store, e.g. PETCO, Pet Supermarket, PetSmart. The feeding schedule is in the morning and in the evening. The serving amount at each feeding is from 3/4 to 1 cup of food. No water is mixed into the food. On the first visit to your veterinarian, ask him/her how much food you should give your puppy.
Please do not change the food. Do not give your puppy soft or human food. After a couple of weeks when the puppy has settled in, if you wish to change diets do so gradually. Add some of the new food in with the old, slowly increasing the amount of the new diet until the change is complete. Remember, if you decide to change the food, you must change the food on a gradual bases (wean) over a 10-day period. By not following the gradual weaning process you will cause your puppy to have stomach problems and diarrhea.
The puppy is stressed enough by moving away from its siblings, traveling to its new home, and all the excitement of a new environment and new people. Puppy stress can often cause diarrhea. Do not compound the problem and cloud the issue for the veterinarian by a dietary change too soon. A little canned pumpkin added to the puppy's food will help with stress diarrhea.
After any long trip, give the puppy plenty of water and only a small amount of food. Add sugar to the puppy's water. Add about 1/2 teaspoon of sugar to about 8 ounce of water. Because of the long trip, your puppy has gone through a lot of stress. You can resume the normal feeding after 24 hours have passed since your puppy arrived.
Immunization/De-Worming
All of our puppies are on a regular preventive schedule which includes vaccinations against canine distemper, hepatitis, parainfluenza, canine parvo, bordetella (kennel cough) and de-worming. All of our puppies have been vaccinated with NEOPAR. NEOPAR is the only vaccine on the market today that combats all known strains of the deadly Canine Parvovirus. All of our puppies have had a water treatment with CORID for coccidian.
The envelope that you receive attached to the airline airbill will contain the official health certificate with the notation of all the vaccines and de-worming.
Please make sure to speak to your veterinarian to continue an immunization and de-worming.
