Fortunately, Frenchies are wonderful travelers. They are calm dogs that generally sleep during most of the delivery process, whether it is by plane or surface vehicle. When practical, we encourage clients drive to our home near Brigham City, UT or to fly into either the Salt Lake City or the Provo, UT airports where we will meet them with their puppies. If neither of these options is not practical, we use several wonderful puppy nannies that will hand deliver our puppies to their new owners at their nearest major airports. The fees will vary depending on distance, available flights, and how easy it is to get into and out of the various airports.
We also use a few very good canine delivery services that will bring retirees and/or puppies to clients’ front doors for competitive prices. This is about the only way to deliver retirees as they are too big to fly in the cabin as carry-ons. Fortunately, Frenchies are generally very good travelers and they handle the trip well, even cross country. We have had excellent success to date delivering retirees by surface to the four corners of the lower 48. We have also used these services to deliver some of our puppies, when we have not been able to find good flight arrangements, and all of them have arrived in perfect condition. They are all let out to stretch and do their business, and we are kept updated on the progress of each delivery.
Because of the long quarantine period required by Hawaii, we do not place puppies in this state, but we have delivered multiple puppies to every other state in the union, including Alaska, and also including Canada.
Because of the French Bulldog’s inability to breathe as effectively as most other breeds, at this time the various airlines’ companies will not ship Frenchies over 20 pounds as cargo at any time, and will not ship smaller Frenchies as cargo if the weather is above a certain temperature, usually around 75 degrees. We will not ship any of our puppies as cargo, and we would be very reluctant to ship an adult as cargo, even if they would currently qualify based on airlines guidelines.
Of course, if you are close enough to us to drive to our home and pick up your new Frenchie, it is perfectly safe to transport him or her in your air conditioned car. Many experts will advise you to only transport your Frenchie in your car if he or she is in their crate. While this is certainly the safest policy, we’ll have to admit that we do not always follow this advice. Our Frenchies ride well in our vehicles, and sometimes we allow them to sit in our laps and enjoy the view (of course, only if we are the passenger and not the driver:-).
