Teddy Bear Puppies for Sale in Alabama
Our Teddy Bear Puppies can be hand-delivered right to your door In Alabama.
Teddy Bear Puppies for Sale in Alabama
Our Teddy Bear puppies for sale in Alabama come from The Puppy Lodge, a family run program based on a five acre farm in Fresno, Ohio. A Teddy Bear is a Shih Tzu crossed with a Bichon Frise, also called a Shichon, and the name fits the look. Rounded head, dark button eyes, small black nose, and a plush wavy coat that sheds very little. They weigh 8 to 15 pounds full grown and settle in just as well in a Birmingham apartment as they do on a few acres outside Dothan.
Alabama sits about eight hours from our farm at the Tennessee line and closer to fourteen once you reach the Gulf Coast, so almost every family here has their puppy home in a day or two. You do not need to drive to Ohio to bring one home.
Available Teddy Bear Puppies for Alabama Families
Every puppy below is already vet checked by Danville Veterinary Clinic, microchipped, current on vaccinations and dewormings, and covered by a written three year health guarantee for genetic and congenital conditions. Prices start at $1,995 and vary with color, coat, and gender. You can reserve online with a $200 deposit, and financing through Credova is available if you would rather spread the cost out.
There is no waitlist here. Puppies go first come, first served, so a puppy listed this morning can be reserved by someone else this afternoon. We deliver to every corner of Alabama, and we sort out the details of that on a call once your puppy is reserved.
Teddy Bear Puppies We've Placed With Alabama Families
Norman
in Dothan, AL
Nutcracker
in Prattville, AL
Mariah
in Dothan, AL
Teddy Bear Puppy Delivery to Alabama
You have three ways to get your puppy home, and we talk through them by phone after you reserve rather than asking you to pick at checkout.
Home delivery is what most Alabama families choose. A professional pet transport service drives your puppy door to door in a custom climate controlled van, with an individual carrier, a veterinary checkup before the trip, and updates from the driver along the way. The fee to Alabama is currently $350, flat no matter where in the state you live. Vans leave our farm on Tuesday mornings and most families have their puppy within about three days of scheduling. Given the drive from Ohio, this is the option we usually recommend here. It costs less than a flight, and your puppy stays in one carrier with one handler the whole way instead of moving through an airport.
Flight nanny makes sense when you want your puppy the same day. A trained handler carries the puppy in the cabin beside them, never in cargo, in an airline approved soft carrier under the seat, and meets you at baggage claim. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International, Huntsville International, Montgomery Regional, and Mobile Regional all work well for this. Your puppy needs to be at least eight weeks old, under 20 pounds with the carrier, and traveling with a health certificate we arrange beforehand. Flight nanny is quoted per flight and runs more than ground transport, and you will want some flexibility in case weather pushes a departure.
Farm pickup is open to anyone who wants to make the drive. You meet the puppy's mother, tour the kennel, and go over the vaccination record, microchip registration, and health guarantee in person before you leave with a bag of food and a blanket carrying the mother's scent. It is a long haul from Alabama, though families passing through the Midwest sometimes build it into a trip.
One note specific to the breed. Teddy Bears carry a mildly shortened muzzle from the Shih Tzu side, which means heat matters more for them than for most small dogs. Summer deliveries into Mobile or Montgomery are scheduled with that in mind, and the vans stay climate controlled the whole route.
Want to learn more about adoption in other nearby states? We also deliver Teddy Bear puppies to Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Teddy Bear Puppy Breeder Serving Alabama Families
The Puppy Lodge has raised dogs for over thirteen years. The Nisley family owns every parent dog, and each one is genetically tested and screened for health, temperament, pedigree, and coat before any pairing is made. Litters are raised across a closed network of kennels near our farm by breeders who work only with Puppy Lodge dogs and hold to the same standards we do. Nothing comes in from outside that network. Our buildings are climate controlled with heated tile floors in winter and geothermal cooling in summer, and mothers have their own rooms with their litters through the first weeks.
Every Teddy Bear puppy goes through the Early Neurological Stimulation protocol from day three through day sixteen, which builds early stress tolerance. That matters for this cross more than for most. Both parent breeds were bred to stay close to people, so a Teddy Bear bonds deeply and can struggle with being left alone if that is not worked on early. ENS gives a head start, not a fix, and we talk with families about crate training and building alone time gradually. Our kids handle and play with the puppies daily, and potty and crate training start before go home at eight weeks minimum.
Alabama has good local breeders, and a two day drive is a fair thing to weigh. What we offer is a program where the same people own and test every parent dog, where a veterinarian visits weekly and examines each litter more than once, and where the health guarantee is written down and runs three years. If you want to see a puppy before you commit, we do FaceTime calls, and you can read more in our complete guide to Teddy Bear puppies.