Mini Doxiedoodle Puppies for Sale in Illinois
Our Puppies can be hand-delivered right to your door In Illinois.
Mini Doxiedoodle Puppies for Sale in Illinois
If you have been looking for Mini Doxiedoodle puppies for sale in Illinois, The Puppy Lodge places these little Dachshund and Poodle crosses with families all over the state, from Chicago condos to farmhouses outside Bloomington. We are a family run program based in Fresno, Ohio, and we have been raising dogs for more than thirteen years. Every parent dog behind our litters belongs to us, is health and genetically tested, and is chosen for temperament and structure before any pairing is made.
Illinois sits a comfortable drive west of us. Depending on whether you are up near the lake or down toward the southern tip of the state, our transport van covers the distance in roughly six to ten hours, which usually means next day arrival. That closeness gives Illinois families more choices than most, and it keeps the trip short and calm for a young puppy.
Mini Doxiedoodles, also called Doxiepoos, land around eight to twelve inches tall and ten to twenty pounds grown. They have a wavy to curly coat that sheds very little, a moderate energy level that fits both a walkup in Lincoln Park and a yard in Rockford, and a personality that is playful, clever, and firmly attached to whoever they live with.
Available Mini Doxiedoodle Puppies
Everything currently ready to go home is shown below with its price and a reserve button. Prices on this cross run from $1,495 to $2,995 and move with coat type, color, and gender. A $200 deposit holds a puppy, and it is non-refundable but transferable if you decide a different one suits your family better.
Each puppy goes home at eight weeks or older with a written three-year health guarantee, registration, a microchip already registered, current vaccinations and dewormings, a vet exam from our clinic in Danville, a bag of the food it has been eating, and a blanket that smells like its mother. We do not keep a waitlist, so a puppy you like today can be reserved by another family this afternoon. If nothing on the list is right, our upcoming litters are open for reservation and our newsletter tells you the moment a new one is posted. We deliver to Illinois, and we will sort out how your puppy travels on a call after you reserve.
Mini Doxiedoodle Puppies We've Placed With Illinois Families
Poppy
in Naperville , IL
Puppy Delivery to Illinois
There are three ways to get your puppy from our Ohio farm to Illinois, and we settle on one together over the phone once your puppy is reserved rather than at checkout.
Home delivery is the option most Illinois families pick. A professional transport service drives door to door in a climate controlled van, the puppy rides in its own carrier, gets a vet check before leaving, and you get updates along the way. The flat fee to Illinois is $350. Because the drive from Fresno runs about six to ten hours one way, Illinois usually falls into the next day arrival window, and the van comes to your address whether that is a street in Naperville or a county road outside Quincy. For most families in this state, this is the one we recommend.
Flight nanny service is the faster choice if you want the puppy in your arms the same day. A trained handler carries the puppy in the cabin, under the seat in an airline approved soft carrier, never in cargo. Most Illinois flights land at O'Hare or Midway, and we also fly into Chicago Rockford, Peoria International, Central Illinois Regional in Bloomington, and Abraham Lincoln Capital in Springfield. The puppy needs to be at least eight weeks old and under twenty pounds including the carrier, which nearly every Mini Doxiedoodle is at go home age, and we arrange the health certificate ahead of the flight. This one is quoted per flight and costs more than ground.
Farm pickup is open by appointment if you want to make the drive. Six to ten hours each way is a long day, so families coming from the eastern half of the state often turn it into an overnight trip. You get to walk the kennel, meet the puppy's mother, and go through the health records and microchip paperwork in person before you leave.
One note specific to this cross. Some Mini Doxiedoodles inherit the long Dachshund back, and a long backed puppy does better with a calm ride and minimal handling in the first day or two. Both the van and the in cabin flight keep them settled and out of cargo entirely.
About Our Mini Doxiedoodle Puppy Breeder Serving Illinois
The Puppy Lodge is run by the Nisley family on five acres in the rolling hills of Coshocton County, Ohio. We are USDA licensed under a broker license, and we own the parent dogs. Litters are raised across a small closed group of nearby kennels by breeders who work only with our dogs and follow our health testing, genetic testing, and breeding standards. No puppy in our program comes from anywhere outside that group.
We run Miniature Dachshunds and Miniature Poodles as separate health tested programs, which is why we know the history on both sides of a Mini Doxiedoodle pairing. Structure matters a great deal in this cross. Dachshunds carry a genuine risk of spinal disc disease, and a puppy that inherits the elongated build carries some of that predisposition. We evaluate body structure when we plan pairings, we say this plainly instead of glossing over it, and our three-year written guarantee covers genetic and congenital conditions including spinal ones along with hips and elbows. Our veterinarian visits on a weekly schedule to check adults and newborn litters.
Puppies go through Early Neurological Stimulation from day three through day sixteen, then get daily handling and play from our children, plus a start on crate and potty training before they leave. The buildings have heated tile floors for Ohio winters and geothermal cooling for summer, with separate rooms where mothers stay with their litters through the early weeks.
Illinois has plenty of good local breeders, and we would rather earn your business than assume it. What a six hour drive buys you is a program where the parents are owned and tested by one operation, where the pairing decisions behind your specific puppy can be explained on a phone call, and where the guarantee is written down for three years. You can FaceTime with us and see a puppy before you commit anything, and visits to the farm are welcome by appointment. If you want the full picture of the breed first, read our complete guide to Mini Doxiedoodles before you reserve.