Teddy Bear Puppies for Sale in Minnesota
Our Teddy Bear Puppies can be hand-delivered right to your door In Minnesota.
Teddy Bear Puppies for Sale in Minnesota
If you have been looking for Teddy Bear puppies for sale in Minnesota, The Puppy Lodge raises them in east-central Ohio and sends them home to families all over the state. A Teddy Bear is a Shih Tzu crossed with a Bichon Frise, usually 8 to 15 pounds full grown, with a plush wavy coat and the round face and dark button eyes the name comes from. They are calm, affectionate dogs that want to be in the same room as you, which suits a house in Rochester or a condo in Minneapolis about equally well.
Minnesota sits roughly 12 to 18 hours west of our farm depending on whether you are in Winona or up near Thief River Falls, so getting a puppy home is something we plan out with you rather than something you squeeze into a weekend. Most families here pick door to door delivery, and a flight nanny into the Twin Cities is available when you want your puppy the same day.
Teddy Bear Puppies Available Now for Minnesota Families
Everything listed below is available right now with current pricing, and you can reserve one online with a $200 deposit. Teddy Bears start at $1,995, and the price moves with color, coat, and gender. Financing runs through Credova if you would rather spread the cost out. Every puppy leaves at 8 weeks or older, vet checked by Danville Veterinary Clinic, microchipped, current on shots and dewormings, and covered by a written three year health guarantee for genetic and congenital conditions. If you want a closer look before you commit, we do FaceTime calls.
There is no waitlist here. Puppies go first come, first served, so a puppy listed this morning can be reserved by another family this afternoon. Once yours is reserved we get on the phone and sort out delivery to Minnesota. If nothing on the page is the right fit today, our newsletter is how families hear about new litters first. Our complete guide to Teddy Bear puppies covers what the first few months look like if you are still deciding.
Teddy Bear Puppies We've Placed With Minnesota Families
Lyndon
in Minneapolis, MN
Nora
in Minnetonka, MN
Sarge
in Bloomington, MN
Teddy Bear Puppy Delivery to Minnesota
You have three ways to get your puppy from Ohio to Minnesota, and we settle on one during a phone call after the puppy is reserved.
Home delivery is what most Minnesota families choose. A professional transport service drives your puppy door to door in a climate controlled van, in an individual carrier, with a vet check before the trip and updates along the way. The current rate for Minnesota is $450, flat anywhere in the state. Ground runs leave on Tuesday mornings, and with the distance across Wisconsin most families here have their puppy within a couple of days of scheduling. The climate control matters more in Minnesota than in most states, since a run in January and a run in July are two different trips for a small dog.
Flight nanny is the fast option. A handler carries your puppy in the cabin of a commercial flight, never in cargo, and hands the puppy to you at baggage claim. Most of these are done same day. Minneapolis Saint Paul International is the usual landing spot with its direct service out of Ohio, and Rochester International or Duluth International can work if either is closer to you. Flight nanny is quoted per trip and costs more than ground. A Teddy Bear at 8 to 15 pounds sits well under the 20 pound in cabin limit with the carrier, so size is never the sticking point. We arrange the health certificate ahead of time, and from November through March it helps to keep your schedule loose in case a storm pushes a flight.
Pickup at the farm in Fresno, Ohio is open by appointment if you want to make the drive. It is a long one from Minnesota, closer to a two day round trip for most of the state, but families do it. You get to meet your puppy's mother, walk through the kennel, and go over the vaccination records, microchip registration, and health guarantee in person before you leave with the food bag and the blanket carrying mom's scent.
One breed note worth planning around. Teddy Bears have a slightly shorter muzzle from the Shih Tzu side, which means heat and heavy exertion deserve attention. Riding in the cabin next to a nanny or in a temperature controlled van keeps that off the table entirely, which is part of why we do not use cargo.
Want to learn more about adoption in other nearby states? We also deliver Teddy Bear puppies to Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
About The Puppy Lodge, a Teddy Bear Puppy Breeder Serving Minnesota
We are the Nisley family, a household of nine on five acres in the rolling hills of east-central Ohio, and we have been raising dogs for over 13 years. The Puppy Lodge owns every parent dog, and litters are raised across a closed network of local kennels near the farm by breeders who work only with our dogs and follow the same health testing, genetic testing, and breeding standards we use ourselves. Every building is 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.
For Teddy Bears specifically, both the Shih Tzu and the Bichon Frise behind each pairing are genetically tested and health screened, which covers the knee, eye, and dental risks that show up in small dogs generally and in these two lines in particular. Our vet visits weekly on a set schedule. Every Teddy Bear puppy goes through the ENS protocol from day 3 through day 16, gets handled daily by our kids, and starts potty and crate work before go home day. That early routine matters for this breed, because Teddy Bears bond hard and need alone time built in on purpose. Minnesota has good local breeders, and being 800 or so miles away means we earn the trip a different way, through tested parents, a three year written guarantee, and delivery that puts the puppy at your door.
