FAMILY-RAISED IN HOME · DELIVERED TO KENTUCKY
Kentucky knows a good bloodline when it sees one, and a Poodle is the small dog whose pedigree is worth reading: a Toy for a Crescent Hill shotgun house, a Miniature for a Bluegrass farm with a pond, and both with a coat that never sheds on the porch swing. HonestPet connects Kentucky families with vetted breeders who raise Miniature and Toy Poodle litters in their homes and screen the parents' eyes, knees, and hips before breeding, with results you can read before you reserve. Every puppy arrives vet-checked, microchipped, and groomed, with free ground delivery from Paducah to Pikeville.
Health-tested parents · 10-year health guarantee · Free ground delivery to Kentucky.
THE HONESTPET DIFFERENCE
Buying a puppy online takes trust. Here's what you can count on when you work with us.
The first eight weeks are when a Poodle decides what the world is like, so ours spend them in a family kitchen with the back door banging and kids underfoot, not in a kennel row. Your puppy walks into a Highlands bungalow, a Chevy Chase colonial, or a Fort Mitchell two-story already on a feeding routine and used to a doorbell, and it picks up your household's rules in about the time it takes to find the porch swing.
Our breeders begin Early Neurological Stimulation when puppies are three days old and follow Puppy Culture practices until they’re ready to join their new families. Short, gentle daily handling helps puppies become more comfortable with new experiences as they grow.
Review the testing status listed for each puppy's mom and dad, and ask our team for available eye, knee, hip, and genetic screening records. Testing varies by parent; knowing what is documented helps you make an informed choice.
We'll pick the size before the puppy. A Toy at 4 to 6 pounds suits a NuLu condo, a UK grad student, or a retiree in Prospect; a Miniature at 10 to 15 pounds suits an Oldham County family whose kids want a dog that can swim the farm pond and walk the Parklands. Then we'll point you to the puppy in that litter with the temperament for your household.
Every puppy comes with a 10-year genetic health guarantee and a digital copy of their vet and vaccine records.
Message our Care360 Team at 10 weeks or 10 years. We stay in touch with our families for the life of the dog.
STATEWIDE DELIVERY
Every Poodle we place, Toy or Miniature, was raised in a vetted breeder's home, never in a store or a kennel barn. Kentucky families take free ground delivery to the door or a flight nanny who carries the puppy in the cabin into Louisville, Lexington, CVG, Paducah, or Owensboro; a Toy or a Mini fits under the seat with room to spare. The puppy arrives brushed, first groom done, with the breeder's notes in the bag.
Louisville metro counties: Jefferson · Oldham · Bullitt · Shelby
Delivery regions: Paducah, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Louisville, Lexington, Covington, Richmond, Pikeville. Louisville metro counties: Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt, Shelby.Pins mark where we deliver:Louisville metro countiesregions across the state
HonestPet Poodles live in the Highlands, Crescent Hill, St. Matthews, and NuLu; in Prospect, La Grange, and Shepherdsville; in Lexington's Chevy Chase and Ashland Park, Georgetown, and Nicholasville; in Covington, Fort Mitchell, Florence, and Union; in Elizabethtown, Bowling Green, and Owensboro; in Paducah; and in Richmond, Berea, and Pikeville. Both sizes travel well, river city or hollow.
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AVAILABLE NOW
These puppies are ready to reserve today. Tap any puppy for more photos, a look at their parents, and their go-home date. Listings update the moment a puppy is spoken for, so if one catches your eye, don't wait too long to ask about them.
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Browse all Miniature and Toy Poodle puppies →ABOUT THE BREED
A Poodle is one breed in two sizes, curly, clever, low-shedding, and devoted to its person, and Kentucky suits both: a Toy, under 10 inches and 4 to 6 pounds, for a Highlands shotgun house, a retiree, or a Lexington apartment; a Miniature, 10 to 15 inches and 10 to 15 pounds, for an Oldham County family with kids, acreage, and a pond. Both are the second-smartest breed and housetrain in days, both need a groomer every four to six weeks because the coat grows instead of shedding, with the humid summer pulling it toward four, and both bark at the horses until taught not to, which takes a Poodle about a week. A Toy wears a harness, not a collar, and a sweater for a January ice storm; a Mini wants a real walk every day.
A HonestPet Toy finishes at 4 to 6 pounds and a Miniature at 10 to 15, which clears the weight limits in a NuLu or downtown Lexington building and fits a carrier for the drive out to the lake. A Toy rides in a tote through Bardstown Road shops; a Miniature walks the Big Four Bridge or Legacy Trail beside you. Either size fits a Crescent Hill bungalow, and the Mini is sturdy enough for a first-grader and a farm.
Poodles have curly, low-shedding coats that need regular brushing and professional grooming. No dog is completely hypoallergenic; families with allergies should spend time around Poodles before deciding.
Miniatures can be a better match for families with children, while a tiny Toy needs especially gentle handling. Supervise every interaction, teach children to let the puppy rest, and choose temperament as carefully as size.
Miniature and Toy Poodles respond well to short, positive training sessions. Practice house training, calm greetings, and quiet hallway behavior consistently, and add puzzle games to keep their quick minds occupied.
A Miniature Poodle needs a daily walk and loves a swim, and Kentucky obliges: Lake Cumberland, Kentucky Lake, Herrington, Taylorsville, and the farm pond behind every Bluegrass fence, where a Mini will retrieve until you call it in. A Toy is content with two short walks and fetch down the hall, and off a dock or in the Ohio it wears a vest, since five pounds and a river current don't mix. July walks happen early or after dark in Louisville's humidity, and a Toy on hot pavement is a Toy in your arms. Hawks and great horned owls hunt the Bluegrass pastures and Eastern Kentucky ridges, and coyotes have moved into the Louisville and Lexington suburbs, so a Toy goes out with you at dusk and is never alone in a yard.
Both sizes enjoy being close to their people. Build up alone time gradually, provide enrichment, and arrange a dog walker or sitter when your schedule keeps you away for long stretches.
HOW IT WORKS
Browse available puppies today. Not sure which one? Tell us about your home and lifestyle, and we'll point you in the right direction.
Call, text, or email us using the contact details below. We'll set up a video call so you can see your puppy move around and ask anything you want.
Reserve your chosen puppy after speaking with our team. Confirm the deposit and payment schedule for that puppy before checkout.
Choose flight nanny delivery, pickup at the breeder, or ground transport. We'll work out the details with you.
Your puppy arrives as early as 8 weeks old with their digital records, a starter bag of food, and a blanket that smells like their littermates.
GETTING YOUR PUPPY HOME
Most Kentucky families take free ground delivery to the door, with the puppy brushed, fed on schedule, and handed over with the breeder's grooming notes, and our drivers know I-64, I-65, and I-75 in every season. Prefer to fly? A flight nanny carries your Poodle in the cabin to one of five airports serving Kentucky, and a Toy or a Miniature is a fraction of the airline limit. Either way, we lock in the date together and keep you informed until the puppy is on your porch.
Ground delivery is the gentlest trip for a Poodle puppy, and for a Toy it's the one we recommend: a climate-controlled vehicle the whole way, water and a small meal every few hours because a tiny puppy's blood sugar drops faster than a bigger dog's, a route that avoids the Spaghetti Junction rush, and a scheduled handoff at your door in Louisville, Lexington, or Northern Kentucky.
Want to meet your puppy before it travels? When the breeder's location and schedule cooperate, HonestPet can arrange an in-person visit, the chance to see the parents' coats, ask what size the litter should finish at, and read the eye and knee results like a pedigree page.
A flat $799 to any airport we serve for Kentucky. Your Poodle flies in a soft carrier at the nanny's feet in the cabin, never in cargo, and since either size is a fraction of the in-cabin limit, the carrier is the easy part. The nanny books a nonstop into Louisville or CVG, or a short connection into Lexington, Paducah, or Owensboro, keeps a Toy puppy fed on schedule, and hands the dog to you at arrivals.
Not sure which option fits? Send us a message and we'll help you sort it out.
HEALTH FIRST
Miniature and Toy Poodles have breed-specific health considerations. Ask to review available screening results for your puppy's parents, including eye, knee, and hip evaluations where appropriate. Testing varies by parent, and no screening or genetic test can guarantee a puppy will never develop a health problem.
Ask for available eye examination records for both parents. An eye exam can identify some inherited or developing eye problems, but a normal result is not a lifetime guarantee of healthy vision.
Luxating patellas can affect small Poodles. Ask about available parental knee evaluations and discuss the results with your veterinarian; screening helps assess risk without ruling out every future knee problem.
Hip health is an important discussion, especially for Miniature Poodles. Ask which evaluations are appropriate for the parents and whether results are available to review with your veterinarian.
Some forms of progressive retinal atrophy can affect Miniature and Toy Poodles. Where relevant genetic results are available, ask which variant was tested and how the parents were paired. A genetic panel does not replace clinical eye exams.
This inherited bleeding disorder can occur in Poodles. Ask whether relevant parental genetic testing is available and share any results with your vet when planning surgery or other procedures.
Review the health history and documented adult size of both parents. Discuss dental care, feeding needs, and any family history of health concerns with the breeder and your vet, especially when considering a very small Toy puppy.
Before a Poodle leaves for Kentucky, a licensed vet gives it a complete exam with the breed's trouble spots in focus: the knees, since luxating patellas are the most common orthopedic problem in both sizes, the eyes, the bite and baby teeth, which crowd in a Toy's small jaw, the heart, and in a Toy, the trachea. The vet issues the certificate of veterinary inspection required for travel into Kentucky, and the exam goes into the puppy's digital records for your Louisville, Lexington, or Northern Kentucky vet.
Core vaccines are done for the puppy's age, and the breeder has dewormed on a schedule since the first weeks. Your Kentucky vet finishes the series, including the rabies shot the state requires by 4 months, and should start heartworm prevention right away, since the Ohio River valley's mosquito season runs long; talk with you about ticks, which carry ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever across the state; fit a harness that spares a Toy's trachea; and set a grooming schedule for the humid summer. The microchip is in place before travel, and the handler helps you move the registration to your name.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Prices vary by puppy, size, and other individual characteristics. Check the current price on each available listing and ask our team what is included before reserving. Free ground delivery to Kentucky is available as described on this page.
Yes, in both sizes. Most Kentucky families take free ground delivery to the door, and for a Toy puppy that's the trip we recommend. In-cabin flight nanny delivery is also available into Louisville, Lexington, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Paducah, and Owensboro, depending on route and availability, with the puppy at the nanny's feet in the cabin; a Miniature or Toy Poodle is well under every airline's in-cabin limit.
No dog is completely hypoallergenic. Poodles have low-shedding coats, but allergens are also found in saliva and skin flakes. Spend time around Poodles before choosing a puppy if allergies are a concern, and plan on regular brushing and grooming.
Our Toy Poodles typically finish at 4 to 6 pounds and our Miniatures at 10 to 15 pounds. Adult size varies by puppy; review the listing's estimated adult weight and ask about both parents before making your choice.
Your puppy comes home with a starter bag of food, a blanket that smells like their littermates, a toy, microchip details, and a digital copy of their vet and vaccine records.
Choose an available puppy and send us an inquiry. Our team can help you review the puppy, meet by video, and confirm the reservation deposit, total price, and payment schedule before you proceed.
Ask our team for available parent eye, knee, hip, and genetic screening results; testing varies by parent. Each puppy's veterinary, vaccine, deworming, and microchip records help your Kentucky vet plan ongoing care. Screening cannot eliminate every inherited or future health risk.
Each breeder may have a different preferred puppy food, so we provide the specific brand and formula your puppy is currently eating to help make the transition to your home as smooth as possible. If you decide to switch foods, we recommend transitioning gradually to help avoid digestive upset.
Our puppies go home at 8 weeks old.
Still have questions? See our full FAQ or send us a message.
THE JOURNEY HOME
Free ground delivery to the door is how most of our Kentucky Poodles arrive, and for a Toy it's the gentlest option. Families who'd rather fly book the flight nanny, who brings the puppy in the cabin to one of five airports serving Kentucky, with a Toy's feeding schedule kept through the flight.
| Where you live | Airport we fly into |
|---|---|
| Louisville, Oldham County, and Elizabethtown | Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) |
| Lexington, Georgetown, and the Bluegrass | Blue Grass Airport (LEX) |
| Covington, Florence, and Northern Kentucky | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG), which is in Hebron, Kentucky |
| Paducah and the Purchase | Barkley Regional (PAH) |
| Owensboro and Western Kentucky | Owensboro–Daviess County Regional (OWB) |
HAPPY FAMILIES
Kentucky Poodle families send us the first porch photo, the first clip, and the first swim in the pond. We post them here as they arrive.
"HonestPet brought my Skye safely. The process was smooth, and they care about the animals. Best transport company!"
Sarah M.
"Damon and Chelsea are amazing. Great with our kids and animals. The wait was worth it, and we love our larger family. Thanks so much!"
Michael T.
"Super helpful, communicative, and speedy! They delivered my dog right to my doorstep. A 10/10 experience!"
Jennifer K.
"Recommending HonestPet to everyone! Amazing experience. Our vet was impressed by how healthy our puppy is. Thank you!"
David L.
KENTUCKY QUESTIONS
Which size to choose, home breeders versus the kennels next door, summer and tick care, city licensing, and how a puppy travels: the questions Kentucky Poodle families ask most.
Legally, yes. Kentucky has no statewide ban on pet store puppy sales, so Poodles and Poodle crosses still turn up in a few store windows, most of them shipped in from large kennels in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri where nobody examined the parents' eyes or knees. A store can't show you the mother, the home, or a test result. HonestPet is not a pet store. We connect Kentucky families directly with vetted breeders who raise Miniature and Toy Poodles at home and share the parents' screening before you reserve.
Match the size to the household and the land. A Toy, at 4 to 6 pounds, is the better fit for a shotgun house or condo, a retiree, a student, and a home without toddlers, and it stays on a leash where hawks and coyotes hunt. A Miniature, at 10 to 15 pounds, is the better fit for a family with kids, a yard or acreage, and a pond or lake, and it can hike the Red River Gorge on its own feet. Both are brilliant and low-shedding, and in a Kentucky summer both see the groomer closer to every four weeks.
It depends on the city or county. Kentucky has no statewide dog license, but Louisville Metro and Lexington-Fayette both require an annual license tied to a current rabies certificate, and many counties run their own. Statewide, every dog must be vaccinated against rabies by 4 months, and where there's a license fee it's the same for a five-pound Toy and a fifteen-pound Mini. Check your city or county animal services page.
After you reserve your Poodle, HonestPet plans the trip from the breeder's home to yours in Kentucky around the calendar and the weather. The puppy is vet-checked, brushed, and fed before it leaves, then rides in a climate-controlled vehicle with feeding stops every few hours, or in the cabin with a flight nanny. We share the schedule before departure and check in at every leg.
Usually 1 to 2 hours into Louisville or CVG, with a short connection for Lexington, Paducah, or Owensboro. Your Poodle stays in a carrier at the nanny's feet in the cabin the whole way, never in cargo, and a Toy puppy eats a small meal before boarding and another on landing so its blood sugar holds steady.
Sometimes. When the breeder's location and schedule cooperate, HonestPet can set up a visit so you can meet the puppy and the parents and see what size the adults finished at. Breeder homes are scattered across a few states and kept private, so visits are booked one family at a time.
Call us with questions about any puppy, delivery to Kentucky, or which Miniature and Toy Poodle would suit your home. We'll set up a video call so you can meet your puppy before you decide.
