FAMILY-RAISED IN HOME · DELIVERED TO MAINE
A water dog with a coat that doesn't shed and a brain that learns the house in a week is a good fit for a state of lakes, tidal coves, and long winters spent indoors, and the Poodle, in either size, has been a Maine dog for a long time. HonestPet connects Maine families with vetted breeders who raise Miniature and Toy Poodle litters in their homes and screen the parents' eyes, knees, and hips before breeding. Every puppy arrives vet-checked, microchipped, and groomed, with free ground delivery from Kittery to Presque Isle, timed around the snow.
Health-tested parents · 10-year health guarantee · Free ground delivery to Maine.
THE HONESTPET DIFFERENCE
Buying a puppy online takes trust. Here's what you can count on when you work with us.
What a Poodle learns in its first eight weeks it keeps, so ours learn a family kitchen rather than a kennel run: kids, a woodstove, a dishwasher, a doorbell. Your puppy walks into a West End brick, a Scarborough cape, or a Camden farmhouse already on a feeding routine, and it picks up your household's rules in about the time it takes to find the warm spot by the stove.
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 settle the size before the puppy. A Toy at 4 to 6 pounds suits an Old Port condo, a Bowdoin grad student, or a retiree in Kennebunkport; a Miniature at 10 to 15 pounds suits a Falmouth family whose kids want a dog that can swim at Sebago and hike Bradbury Mountain. Then we'll point out 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
A HonestPet Poodle, Toy or Miniature, is raised in a vetted breeder's home, never in a store or a broker's lot. Maine families take free ground delivery to the door or a flight nanny who carries the puppy in the cabin into the Jetport, Bangor, or Boston for York County; a Toy or a Mini fits under the seat with room to spare. The puppy arrives brushed and groomed, and from November through April it arrives in a sweater, with the handler watching the forecast north of Augusta.
Greater Portland towns: Portland · South Portland · Scarborough · Falmouth · Cape Elizabeth
Delivery regions: Presque Isle, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Camden, Augusta, Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland, Kennebunk. Greater Portland towns: Portland, South Portland, Scarborough, Falmouth, Cape Elizabeth.Pins mark where we deliver:Greater Portland townsregions across the state
HonestPet Poodles live in the West End, Munjoy Hill, and Deering; in South Portland, Scarborough, Falmouth, and Cape Elizabeth; in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, and York; in Lewiston and Auburn; in Augusta and Waterville; in Brunswick, Bath, and Freeport; in Camden and Rockland; in Bangor and Orono; in Bar Harbor; and up in Bethel, Farmington, and Presque Isle. Both sizes travel well, coast or County.
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ABOUT THE BREED
Two sizes, one Poodle: curly, quick, low-shedding, and glued to its person. A Toy, under 10 inches and 4 to 6 pounds, is the dog for an Old Port condo, a retiree on the Southern Coast, or an Orono apartment; a Miniature, 10 to 15 inches and 10 to 15 pounds, is the dog for a Scarborough family with kids, a yard, and a camp on a lake. 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, and both bark at the plow truck until taught otherwise, which takes a Poodle about a week. Winter sorts them: a Mini walks through a Maine January in a coat and boots and will snowshoe; a Toy at five pounds goes out in a sweater, does its business, and comes back to the stove.
A HonestPet Toy finishes at 4 to 6 pounds and a Miniature at 10 to 15, which clears the weight limits in an Old Port or Munjoy Hill building and fits a carrier on the Downeaster to Boston. A Toy rides in a tote through the Old Port; a Miniature walks Back Cove or the Eastern Prom beside you. Either size fits a West End brick, and the Mini is sturdy enough for a second-grader and a sled.
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 wants a daily walk and a swim, and Maine is water: Sebago, Casco Bay off Willard Beach, Damariscotta Lake, Moosehead, and every tidal cove on the Midcoast, where a Mini will retrieve out of fifty-degree water as if it were a bath. A Toy is content with two short walks and fetch down the hallway, and in the ocean or a cold lake it wears a vest, since five pounds chills in seconds in Maine water. December through April both go out in boots on salted sidewalks or get a paw rinse at the door, and below zero a Toy's walk is the dooryard and back. Bald eagles and great horned owls hunt every Maine shoreline, coyotes live in the suburbs now, and the ticks carry Lyme and anaplasmosis, so a Toy goes out with you at dusk and both sizes get a tick check after the woods.
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 Maine 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 watch the I-95 and Route 1 forecasts from November to April. Prefer to fly? A flight nanny carries your Poodle in the cabin to one of three airports serving Maine, and a Toy or a Miniature is a fraction of the airline limit. Whichever you choose, we pick the date together and keep you informed until the puppy is by the stove.
Ground delivery is the gentlest trip for a Poodle puppy, and for a Toy it's the one we recommend: a heated 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 waits out a nor'easter rather than driving into it, and a scheduled handoff at your door in Greater Portland, the Midcoast, or Bangor.
Want to meet your puppy before it travels? Where the breeder's location and schedule allow, HonestPet can arrange an in-person visit, the moment to see the parents' coats, ask what size the litter should finish at, and read the eye and knee results.
A flat $799 to any airport we serve for Maine. Your Poodle flies in a soft carrier under the seat at the nanny's feet, never in cargo, where the winter embargoes on checked pets would ground it anyway, and because both sizes are well under the in-cabin limit, the carrier is never the problem. The nanny books a nonstop into the Jetport or Boston, or a connection into Bangor, 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 Maine, 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 Maine, and the exam goes into the puppy's digital records for your Portland, Midcoast, or Bangor vet.
The puppy's core vaccinations are complete for its age, and it has been dewormed on a schedule since it was a few weeks old. Your Maine vet finishes the series, including the rabies shot the state requires by 3 months, and should start tick prevention the first warm week, since Maine's Lyme and anaplasmosis rates are among the highest in the country; talk with you about leptospirosis, which has moved into the state; fit a harness that protects a Toy's trachea; and set a winter grooming schedule, since a short-clipped Poodle needs a coat at ten below. The chip goes in before the puppy travels; registering it to you happens at the door.
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 Maine is available as described on this page.
Yes, in both sizes. Most Maine 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 the Portland Jetport, Bangor, and Boston Logan for York County, 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 Maine 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 Maine 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 three airports serving Maine, with a Toy's feeding schedule kept through the flight.
| Where you live | Airport we fly into |
|---|---|
| Portland, the Southern Coast, the Midcoast, and Augusta | Portland International Jetport (PWM) |
| Bangor, Orono, Bar Harbor, and Aroostook County | Bangor International (BGR) |
| Kittery, York, and the far Southern Coast | Boston Logan International (BOS), about an hour south |
HAPPY FAMILIES
Maine Poodle families send us the first snow, the first clip, and the first swim off the dock at camp. 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.
MAINE QUESTIONS
Which size to choose, the state's pet shop law, winter and tick care, town licensing, and how a puppy travels in snow season: the questions Maine Poodle families ask most.
Almost certainly not. Since 2020, Maine has barred any pet shop that wasn't already selling dogs from starting, and only a handful of grandfathered shops remain, so a Poodle puppy in Maine comes from a breeder or a rescue and the job of vetting that breeder is yours. HonestPet is not a pet store. We connect Maine families directly with vetted breeders who raise Miniature and Toy Poodles at home, show you the parents and their eye and knee results, and coordinate delivery to your door.
Match the size to the household and the winter. A Toy, at 4 to 6 pounds, is the better fit for a condo, a retiree, a student, and a home without toddlers, and it lives in a sweater from November to April and takes short walks when the wind comes off the water. A Miniature, at 10 to 15 pounds, is the better fit for a family with kids, a yard, and a camp on a lake, and in a coat and boots it will snowshoe. Both are brilliant and low-shedding, and both see the groomer every four to six weeks year-round.
Yes. Once your Poodle turns 6 months, Maine requires a license from your town clerk, and licenses run on a calendar year, so renewals are due January 1 with a late fee starting February 1. The clerk wants a current rabies certificate, which state law requires by 3 months; spayed and neutered dogs pay less, and the fee is the same for a five-pound Toy and a fifteen-pound Mini.
After you reserve your Poodle, HonestPet plans the trip from the breeder's home to yours in Maine around the calendar and the forecast. The puppy is vet-checked, brushed, and fed before leaving, then travels in a heated, climate-controlled vehicle with feeding stops every few hours, or in the cabin with a flight nanny. The schedule is in your inbox before departure, and your phone hears from us at every leg.
Usually 1 to 3 hours into the Jetport or Boston, depending on the breeder's location, with a connection for Bangor. Your Poodle rides in a carrier at the nanny's feet in the cabin for the whole flight, never in cargo, and a Toy puppy gets a small meal before boarding and another after landing so its blood sugar holds.
Sometimes. Where the breeder's location and schedule allow, 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 spread over a few states and kept private, so a visit is for one family at a time.
Call us with questions about any puppy, delivery to Maine, 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.
