Payment and Shipping Information

Payment:  When you decide on a puppy please notify us by email at iowabulldogges@juno.com or by phone at 319-231-5383.  We require a deposit of $300.00 and a submitted copy of our contract, which can be filled out right on our website, ( located on the website under "contract" ) to hold the puppy until it is old enough to go to the new home, which is  around eight weeks.  If your puppy has to be shipped to you, the total balance owed (including shipping cost) on your puppy must be received by us by the time your puppy is six (6) weeks old.  Today there is a lot of check fraud, including cashier's checks, money orders, personal checks and even postal money orders.  Because of this we will not ship your puppy until your check clears, regardless of the type of check.  Our bank puts a 7-10 day hold on the check.  This is the reason we require the balance to be paid by the time the pup is six weeks old.  We will notify you of that date after we receive your deposit.  If you are picking up your puppy the balance will be owed when you get your puppy.  If you are picking up your puppy the balance can only be paid in cash.

  We accept credit cards through Pay Pal, which is our most common and most desireable form of payment.   This is a service provided by Pay Pal that allows you to use your credit card to purchase items.  All you need to pay us with a credit card is a Pay Pal account (which you can easily set up at www.paypal.com ) and our email address, which is iowabulldogges@juno.com.  

We also accept; personal checks, cash, Postal Money Orders, Western Union and bank issued money orders.  Again, we will not ship a puppy until your payment clears our bank, generally 7-10 days. 

Once Joyful Acres receives the deposit and a completed contract has been filled out and submitted online, your puppy will be marked and considered sold to you.  If you use PayPal this is practically instantaneous and all you will have to do is complete and submit the contract on the website.  If you choose to send payment in the mail we will put the puppy that you want on HOLD for four (4) business days, while we wait for your deposit and a submitted copy of the contract.  We will also need an email sent to iowabulldogges@juno.com with your name, address and telephone number.  If we do not receive your deposit and contract in four days the puppy will go back up for sale.  

If we are shipping your pup, when your puppy turns eight weeks old it will go into our Vet for the Health Check.  After that, shipping arrangements can be made.  We will not book any flights or make any shipping arrangements until the balance owed on your puppy, plus shipping, has been received and the payment has cleared. (please read shipping information below).

Shipping:  We have shipped quite a few puppies and have shipped all over the United States.  We have been pleased with the service that our modern airlines provide.  We have found that they treat the puppies really good.  We use a number of different airlines and air services to get your puppy to you.  We need at least 3 business days to reserve your puppy's flight.   

At this time the cost that we charge to ship your puppy to you is $250.00.  This $250 will be due at that same time the balance on your puppy is due.  Your shipping cost includes everything your puppy will need to fly. To fly your puppy will have to have a kennel / crate, water and food dishes, a Vet Health Certificate and an airline ticket.  The cost of the crate, dishes, vet health certificate and ticket are included in the $250.  

Our desire is to keep shipping costs low for our customers.  We have found that $250 is about the cheapest total shipping price for puppies that we have seen.  There are no "additional" expenses, the total is $250.  When you pick up your puppy there will be no additional costs or fees.  We will take care of everything on this end and you will be given the location, date and time to pick up your puppy.

Please know that we will be working as fast as we can on our end to get you your puppy.  We know how exciting it can be to get a new puppy, especially if you have been waiting for a number of weeks.  Shipping is sometimes dictated by the weather.  Because of this there are times when flights have to be rescheduled.  This does not happen very often, but it does on occasion and we ask for your patience and understanding in these situations.   

Sometimes we are not able to get your puppy into the airport that is closest to you, no matter how hard we try.  We ourselves drive six hours, round trip, to put your puppy on the airplane in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Please be patient and know that we want you to get your puppy as soon as possible.

Please note any delay in getting us the contract, balance owed on puppy or shipping costs will result in your puppy being shipped at a later date.  We will not ship the pup until all is paid for.  

If you have any questions at all about shipping give Bethany a call on her cell phone (319-231-1820).  She does all the shipping and is quite good at it.  Thanks-