Search USDA-Licensed Dog Breeders and Dealers

Verify any USDA Class A breeder or Class B dealer against our mirror of the USDA APHIS public database. Search 2,837 active licensees by name, DBA, certificate number, or city. Every result links to a full profile with USDA inspection history since 2014.

What This Tool Does

This lookup mirrors the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab) , refreshed monthly. Use it to confirm a dog breeder holds an active federal license under the Animal Welfare Act before buying a puppy, selling to a dealer, or inspecting the facility's compliance record.

Two USDA license classes appear in results:

  • Class A — Breeder: Breeds and raises dogs on their own premises for sale. Required for breeders with more than 4 breeding females who sell dogs sight-unseen (online, by phone, or by mail).
  • Class B — Dealer: Buys and resells dogs — typically brokers who purchase from breeders and sell to pet stores, research facilities, or directly to consumers.

Certificate format: USDA certificate numbers follow the pattern XX-Y-NNNN — two-digit state code, license class letter (A, B, C, or R), and a sequence number (e.g., 43-A-6252).

Not finding the breeder? They may be exempt from federal licensing (four or fewer breeding females, or face-to-face sales only), licensed only at the state level, or operating without a required license. Check the state-level breeder licensing rules that also apply.

About these licenses: USDA Class A (breeder) and Class B (dealer) licenses are issued under the federal Animal Welfare Act and cover many kinds of animals — not just dogs (for example cats, rabbits, and other regulated species). A licensee shown here holds a USDA license but may breed or deal in animals other than dogs, so inclusion in this database does not necessarily mean the licensee breeds dogs. Always verify a breeder's species, status, and details directly with the licensee and with USDA APHIS (opens in new tab) .

2,214 Class A Breeders
623 Class B Dealers
2026-08-17 Data as of

6,398 results found (Class A)

Including 4,209 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
31-A-0986 Class A Ammon Yoder Hidden Acre Pets Baltic OH 9/6/2029 Active
35-A-0388 Class A Ammon Zimmerman — Stitzer WI 1/4/2028 Active
42-A-1743 Class A AMN Reptiles, LLC — Zearing IA 3/16/2029 Active
32-A-0406 Class A AMOS BEILER JR — FOUNTAIN CITY IN — Formerly Licensed
35-A-0526 Class A Amos A Borntreger Jr — Augusta WI — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0748 Class A Amos and Rebecca King Windy Acres Kennel Blain PA 8/30/2027 Active
23-A-0557 Class A AMOS BEILER — LEOLA PA — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1620 Class A AMOS BONTRAGER EUGENE BONTRAGER — BONAPARTE IA — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1464 Class A Amos Borntreger — SEYMOUR IA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0667 Class A AMOS DETWEILER — ROCKVILLE IN — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0672 Class A AMOS F STOLTZFUS — NOTTINGHAM PA — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0613 Class A AMOS F STOLTZFUS — NOTTINGHAM PA — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0443 Class A AMOS F STOLTZFUS — NOTTINGHAM PA — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0759 Class A Amos Fisher — Quarryville PA 2/18/2028 Active
32-A-0794 Class A AMOS FISHER — HAGERSTOWN IN — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0703 Class A AMOS FISHER — HAGERSTOWN IN — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0458 Class A AMOS GRABER — MONTGOMERY IN — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0773 Class A Amos Hilty Ruth Ann Hilty — South Whitley IN 7/18/2028 Active
32-A-0807 Class A Amos J Schmucker A & R Country Kennels New Haven IN 11/24/2026 Active
31-A-0747 Class A Amos J. Yoder — Fredericktown OH 4/9/2028 Active
21-A-0206 Class A Amos Jay Petersheim Twin Pine Kennels Canajoharie NY 10/3/2027 Active
23-A-0691 Class A AMOS K FISHER — LOGANTON PA — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0513 Class A Amos Kauffman — LOGANTON PA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0737 Class A Amos King — Greens Fork IN — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0704 Class A AMOS KING — NEWBURG PA — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0986 Class A — Breeder
Ammon Yoder
DBA: Hidden Acre Pets
Baltic, OH Exp: 9/6/2029 Active
3 inspections clean
2026-06-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-07-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-09-06 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
35-A-0388 Class A — Breeder
Ammon Zimmerman
Stitzer, WI Exp: 1/4/2028 Active
11 inspections clean
2025-05-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-12-17 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-29 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

42-A-1743 Class A — Breeder
AMN Reptiles, LLC
Zearing, IA Exp: 3/16/2029 Active
2 inspections clean
2026-06-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-03-06 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0406 Class A — Breeder
AMOS BEILER JR
FOUNTAIN CITY, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-09-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
35-A-0526 Class A — Breeder
Amos A Borntreger Jr
Augusta, WI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections 1 critical
2026-06-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-05-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
8 non-critical PDF
2025-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical PDF
2024-02-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-23 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0748 Class A — Breeder
Amos and Rebecca King
DBA: Windy Acres Kennel
Blain, PA Exp: 8/30/2027 Active
9 inspections clean
2025-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-06 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-09-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-04-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-12-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-30 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0557 Class A — Breeder
AMOS BEILER
LEOLA, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-06-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
42-A-1620 Class A — Breeder
AMOS BONTRAGER EUGENE BONTRAGER
BONAPARTE, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2021-03-15 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-15 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2019-09-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
42-A-1464 Class A — Breeder
Amos Borntreger
SEYMOUR, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-06-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0667 Class A — Breeder
AMOS DETWEILER
ROCKVILLE, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2018-05-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-12-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
23-A-0672 Class A — Breeder
AMOS F STOLTZFUS
NOTTINGHAM, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2022-01-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-10-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-04-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-02-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2020-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2020-01-22 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-11-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-05-30 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
23-A-0613 Class A — Breeder
AMOS F STOLTZFUS
NOTTINGHAM, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-30 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0443 Class A — Breeder
AMOS F STOLTZFUS
NOTTINGHAM, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections 1 direct
2015-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 2 non-critical PDF
2014-02-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
23-A-0759 Class A — Breeder
Amos Fisher
Quarryville, PA Exp: 2/18/2028 Active
7 inspections clean
2025-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-01-21 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-03-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-08 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0794 Class A — Breeder
AMOS FISHER
HAGERSTOWN, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2021-11-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-01-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0703 Class A — Breeder
AMOS FISHER
HAGERSTOWN, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2022-07-12 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0458 Class A — Breeder
AMOS GRABER
MONTGOMERY, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2019-04-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-05-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2015-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2014-03-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
32-A-0773 Class A — Breeder
Amos Hilty Ruth Ann Hilty
South Whitley, IN Exp: 7/18/2028 Active
5 inspections clean
2025-04-23 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-07 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0807 Class A — Breeder
Amos J Schmucker
DBA: A & R Country Kennels
New Haven, IN Exp: 11/24/2026 Active
7 inspections clean
2026-07-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-02-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-17 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0747 Class A — Breeder
Amos J. Yoder
Fredericktown, OH Exp: 4/9/2028 Active
10 inspections clean
2025-11-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-04-07 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-02 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #3
no violations PDF
21-A-0206 Class A — Breeder
Amos Jay Petersheim
DBA: Twin Pine Kennels
Canajoharie, NY Exp: 10/3/2027 Active
8 inspections clean
2025-02-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2024-10-02 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-11-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2022-11-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0691 Class A — Breeder
AMOS K FISHER
LOGANTON, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections 3 direct
2022-03-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical PDF
2022-02-02 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-25 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-04-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-02-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-03-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-02-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 direct 2 non-critical PDF
2019-02-15 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0513 Class A — Breeder
Amos Kauffman
LOGANTON, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
20 inspections 5 direct
2022-06-07 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-24 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2022-05-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2022-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-11 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-11-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-11-03 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-08-24 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-05-25 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 3 non-critical PDF

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32-A-0737 Class A — Breeder
Amos King
Greens Fork, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2025-02-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-12-12 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-26 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0704 Class A — Breeder
AMOS KING
NEWBURG, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2020-03-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF

Data sources: Licensee data comes from the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab) . Inspection reports are sourced from the Data Liberation Project (opens in new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0), which compiles USDA APHIS inspection data from 2014 to present. Both are updated monthly. For the most current information, verify directly with USDA APHIS. This is not an official USDA tool.