There were still signs of life in Fluke's production studio when, in 2000, they produced a Virgin Records-distributed promotional CD named The Xmas Demos, which included early versions of many of the tracks intended for the album Puppy.

The name of the album was inspired by Jeff Koons' fifty foot sculpture of a puppy that stands outside the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.

The number of Fluke's live shows decreased significantly after the release of Puppy owing to their personal commitments to young families.

[4] In the few shows since, they have opted for the Fluke DJs set up, which uses "a battery of laptops and the odd deck" rather than focusing on their live band, an approach which Jon Fugler subsequently referred to as "good fun, but ultimately flawed for the dancefloor.

Andy Gill of The Independent wrote: Surely the longest-serving of UK dance outfits, Fluke have been a fixture on the national house scene for more than a decade now.