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 4,213 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
43-A-6502 Class A Jackie Bowyer Joe Bowyer Bowyer Kennel Meadville MO 4/8/2027 Active
43-A-6674 Class A Jackie Mammen — Chillicothe MO 5/16/2028 Active
43-A-6028 Class A Jackie Mayne — AURORA MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6845 Class A Jackies Happy Tails, LLC — Kirksville MO 1/12/2027 Active
73-A-2807 Class A Jacky Lee Allen — Eucha OK 10/6/2027 Active
42-A-1481 Class A Jaclyn Schelling — ALTON IA — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5667 Class A JACLYN WILLIAMS EDWARD WILLIAMS — NORWOOD MO — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0493 Class A JACOB FISHER — HAGERSTOWN IN — Formerly Licensed
34-A-0230 Class A JACOB LAMBRIGHT — BLOOMINGDALE MI — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0509 Class A Jacob A L Shetler Sunny Lane Kennel Utica MN 6/14/2028 Active
42-A-1665 Class A Jacob Bontrager — Bloomfield IA 8/17/2027 Active
35-A-0441 Class A Jacob Bontrager — Hillsboro WI 7/5/2029 Active
43-A-6669 Class A Jacob DS Schwartz Lovina M P Schwartz — Seymour MO 4/27/2028 Active
23-A-0649 Class A JACOB E KAUFFMAN — LOGANTON PA — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0993 Class A Jacob E Miller — Kimbolton OH — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6269 Class A Jacob ES Zook — Tunas MO — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0762 Class A Jacob G Beiler — Christina PA — Formerly Licensed
43-A-4916 Class A JACOB G. SCHWARTZ — SEYMOUR MO — Formerly Licensed
35-A-0424 Class A JACOB GLICK — MINERAL POINT WI — Formerly Licensed
48-A-2086 Class A Jacob Hochstedler — HUTCHINSON KS — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0471 Class A Jacob J Miller — FREDERICKSBURG OH — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6864 Class A Jacob J Schrock — Keytesville MO 4/2/2027 Active
43-A-6619 Class A Jacob K. Schwartz — Seymour MO — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0696 Class A Jacob Keim — Fredericksburg OH 2/20/2027 Active
32-A-0509 Class A JACOB KING — GREENS FORK IN — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6502 Class A — Breeder
Jackie Bowyer Joe Bowyer
DBA: Bowyer Kennel
Meadville, MO Exp: 4/8/2027 Active
8 inspections clean
2026-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-21 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-11 — UNKNOWN
no violations PDF
2021-12-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-25 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6674 Class A — Breeder
Jackie Mammen
Chillicothe, MO Exp: 5/16/2028 Active
4 inspections clean
2025-04-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-28 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6028 Class A — Breeder
Jackie Mayne
AURORA, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2015-12-30 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
43-A-6845 Class A — Breeder
Jackies Happy Tails, LLC
Kirksville, MO Exp: 1/12/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-11 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-2807 Class A — Breeder
Jacky Lee Allen
Eucha, OK Exp: 10/6/2027 Active
6 inspections clean
2025-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-26 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-06-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-1481 Class A — Breeder
Jaclyn Schelling
ALTON, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2020-01-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-15 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-09-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
43-A-5667 Class A — Breeder
JACLYN WILLIAMS EDWARD WILLIAMS
NORWOOD, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2017-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-08-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2014-06-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0493 Class A — Breeder
JACOB FISHER
HAGERSTOWN, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections 1 direct
2021-12-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-05-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical PDF
2017-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2016-04-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF

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34-A-0230 Class A — Breeder
JACOB LAMBRIGHT
BLOOMINGDALE, MI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections 1 direct
2021-06-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 4 non-critical PDF
2019-11-19 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-A-0509 Class A — Breeder
Jacob A L Shetler
DBA: Sunny Lane Kennel
Utica, MN Exp: 6/14/2028 Active
5 inspections clean
2025-04-09 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-13 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-1665 Class A — Breeder
Jacob Bontrager
Bloomfield, IA Exp: 8/17/2027 Active
6 inspections clean
2025-06-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-08-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-04 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-21 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
35-A-0441 Class A — Breeder
Jacob Bontrager
Hillsboro, WI Exp: 7/5/2029 Active
9 inspections clean
2026-06-29 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-06-08 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2025-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2023-06-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-25 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6669 Class A — Breeder
Jacob DS Schwartz Lovina M P Schwartz
Seymour, MO Exp: 4/27/2028 Active
6 inspections clean
2025-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-25 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-25 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0649 Class A — Breeder
JACOB E KAUFFMAN
LOGANTON, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2022-04-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2019-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-07-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-22 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
31-A-0993 Class A — Breeder
Jacob E Miller
Kimbolton, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2025-03-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-01-11 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6269 Class A — Breeder
Jacob ES Zook
Tunas, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2023-12-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-10 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-09-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-12-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0762 Class A — Breeder
Jacob G Beiler
Christina, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2024-07-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-12-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-02-28 — UNKNOWN
1 non-critical PDF
2022-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-08 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-4916 Class A — Breeder
JACOB G. SCHWARTZ
SEYMOUR, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-05-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
35-A-0424 Class A — Breeder
JACOB GLICK
MINERAL POINT, WI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2019-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-10 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
48-A-2086 Class A — Breeder
Jacob Hochstedler
HUTCHINSON, KS Exp: — Formerly Licensed
11 inspections clean
2022-02-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-05-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-08-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-02-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-03-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF

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31-A-0471 Class A — Breeder
Jacob J Miller
FREDERICKSBURG, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
14 inspections clean
2025-09-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2025-08-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-06-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-06-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-11-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2017-09-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-08-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

43-A-6864 Class A — Breeder
Jacob J Schrock
Keytesville, MO Exp: 4/2/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2024-12-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-27 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6619 Class A — Breeder
Jacob K. Schwartz
Seymour, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2024-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-11-29 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0696 Class A — Breeder
Jacob Keim
Fredericksburg, OH Exp: 2/20/2027 Active
9 inspections clean
2026-01-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2024-01-24 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-10 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-06 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0509 Class A — Breeder
JACOB KING
GREENS FORK, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2020-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-03-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-06-04 — 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.