As far as I know Jen if it's coming in via Delta Dash you have to pick it up at that airport. If it's FedEx I'm not sure how the breeders handle cold weather shipping. I know some won't ship during certain temperature ranges (your end and theirs). Some will with the addition of heat packs. Hopefully some of our bigger breeders will chime in with advise about what is safe for shipping during the winter months. I would only say that shipping during bad weather should only be done with an experienced breeder using a very good shipping company. That just makes good sense to me. We got Malachi in November in northern Michigan from Adam. Adam packs beautifully and is very experienced with shipping. Mal came in toasty warm with a lovely heat pack that I actually set aside and it continued to radiate heat for many hours after Mal was home with us.