"Life's Abundance: Premium health food for puppies and adult dogs"
I would suggest that you plan on purchasing the "PUPPY PACK" before your new little family member arrives for the best start for your new baby! This puppy pack is at a discounted price to let you try a good sampling of Life's Abundance products that will greatly benefit your puppy / dog.
 http://www.naturesbesthealthygourmetpetfood.com/

Shipping: Pet Air: www.flypets.com

Shipping by Air is done with Pet Air. They are a company that specializes in just shipping pets. The shipping cost is paid to me and I pay Pet Air and purchase the items needed for shipping the puppy. Pet Air does my shipping on Thursdays unless weather or a holiday causes them to change to another day.

The reason I use Pet Air rather then making my own shipping arrangements is that I have found that a company like Pet Air (they are an "animal travel agency, not an airline) as compared to an individual can better get the airlines to do the best for the puppy. Sorry to say, many airlines are not always courteous or helpful to an individual, but they will help a company who has the option of pulling much more business from them should they decide that the airline is not helpful with the shipping of pets.  If there are plane cancellations, delays, or changes that need to be made, Pet Air has the resources to make these changes quicker and easier then an individual might have.

Shipping to is $275.00 to most major airports in the continental United States.
Shipping to Canada and Puerto Rico is $400, and shipping to Alaska is $400 to Anchorage and $600 to Fairbanks. The shipping cost includes the airfare, Pet Air's fare, the special crate needed - which is a very good quality crate that will last many years with proper care, and other misc. cost associated with shipping the puppy.

The timing for when I let the puppy go by shipping will be based on the age, breed, and size of the puppy. Weather plays a big part in the air shipping of a puppy. There may be times in mid summer or mid winter when the shipping is changed or delayed due to bad or extreme weather.  Pet Air does what ever needs to be done to best assure the safety of the puppy.  Pet Air only ships for me on Thursdays unless it is a holiday or weather impedes the shipping.
I will try to accommodate you the best I can with the shipping, but the overall decision  when to ship the puppy will be my decision based on the health, safety, and best interest of the puppy.

Due to the high cost and amount of time it takes to ship overseas and Hawaii, I don't do any shipping other then the Continental United States, Canada, and Alaska. Hawaii also has some very harsh quarantine laws for new pets coming in, so I do not ship to Hawaii.

Crate Training:
Crate training can be great for teaching your puppy to sleep in a crate at night or to use for very small periods of time during the day. But PLEASE do not put your puppy in a crate all day while you are at work, only to let him out for a few house in the afternoon and evening, then put him or her back in the crate for all night.  Even if you are able to take your dog out of the crate once or twice a day during the day, this is not the proper place for your  puppy or dog to spend the majority of their daytime hours. We would not like to be locked in a room with just enough room to move around in and sleep in for the majority of each 24 hour period. Our puppies and dogs don't like that much either. Knowing how much puppies and dogs like to play and need room to play, I feel that this can be very cruel to a puppy or dog. I will not knowingly sell a puppy to someone who plans on using a crate both day and night for their young puppy or older dog.

Your puppy has already been started on his or her potty training but learning to go outside to potty using a doggy door. For those wanting to have an indoor area for the puppy to potty, I would suggest the "puppy patch" as the way to house break your small breed dog to a certain place either inside the house or outside in the yard. This is my preference over puppy pads. You can go to the Puppy patch web site at: https://www.officialtvwebsite.com/pottypatch/ver3/index.asp?did=445&refcode=bpp1a&phone=1-800-470-2914

I suggest using a baby gate and gating off an area such as a large bathroom or a utility room in order to give the puppy limited space while allowing the puppy to have room to play, toys to play with an open crate with bedding for sleeping (the front gate off the crate) and puppy pads, a doggie litter box, or my preference, newspapers, in case the puppy HAS TO GO before someone lets him or her outside. Some puppies (just like children) take time to learn to "hold" it until "mom or dad" comes to take them out.  There are also very nice puppy playpens for dogs that also give more room for play while keeping them in a relatively small small area. The two ex-pens pictured here can be purchased at: www.dog.com

See: http://www.placervillevet.com/happy%20puppy.htm
for great "new puppy" information!

You are welcome to make a secure puppy deposit or a payment online with your checking account,
Visa, or MasterCard with PayPal. 

phone number:  417-327-7103

Please e-mail me with any questions: lynn.warren.56@gmail.com

updated:
01/25/2012