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

355 results found in TX

Including 247 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
74-A-1603 Class A S & S Heritage Farm, LLC — Cibolo TX 9/2/2028 Active
74-B-0844 Class B S&B Enterprises — Boerne TX 1/8/2029 Active
74-A-1488 Class A Sally Riggs Weldon Riggs — FLORESVILLE TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1582 Class A Salty Dawgs Ranch — Avery TX 5/22/2029 Active
74-B-0797 Class B SANDRA GIERISCH — KERRVILLE TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0761 Class B SANDRA GIERISCH — KERRVILLE TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0839 Class B Scales and Tails Pet Rescue — El Paso TX 12/9/2027 Active
74-A-1598 Class A Scott Lyssy — Poth TX 3/19/2028 Active
74-B-0811 Class B Sean Collie Laine Investments LLC Kyle TX 5/3/2028 Active
74-A-1580 Class A Select Dachshunds LLC — Waskom TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1511 Class A Shana Mendez — ROCKDALE TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1523 Class A Sheila Caraway — MAUD TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1549 Class A SOUTHLAND PUPPIES — ITASCA TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1499 Class A Spring Wasserman — HOCKLEY TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1536 Class A Stephanie Atwood — CROWLEY TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0673 Class B Steve Housley Pollys Pet Shop UNIVERSAL CITY TX 3/22/2027 Active
74-B-0796 Class B STEVEN GRAY EMILY GRAY — GROESBECK TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0524 Class B Steven Provost — Harper TX 4/27/2028 Active
74-B-0254 Class B Stillmeadow Inc. — SUGAR LAND TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1581 Class A Susan Dusek Glory Express Kennels Mineola TX 5/19/2029 Active
74-A-1475 Class A Susan Franz — BELTON TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0734 Class B Susan Hatfield — PORT LAVACA TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1429 Class A Susan Mosher — MONTGOMERY TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0760 Class B SWEET POTATO HOLLOW LLC — CANTON TX — Formerly Licensed
74-B-0743 Class B SWEET POTATO HOLLOW LLC — CANTON TX — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1603 Class A — Breeder
S & S Heritage Farm, LLC
Cibolo, TX Exp: 9/2/2028 Active
1 inspection clean
2025-08-21 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-B-0844 Class B — Dealer
S&B Enterprises
Boerne, TX Exp: 1/8/2029 Active
2 inspections clean
2026-04-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-01-07 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1488 Class A — Breeder
Sally Riggs Weldon Riggs
FLORESVILLE, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-11-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1582 Class A — Breeder
Salty Dawgs Ranch
Avery, TX Exp: 5/22/2029 Active
4 inspections clean
2026-06-30 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-02 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-B-0797 Class B — Dealer
SANDRA GIERISCH
KERRVILLE, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2023-06-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-09-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-01-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-B-0761 Class B — Dealer
SANDRA GIERISCH
KERRVILLE, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2019-02-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-18 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-B-0839 Class B — Dealer
Scales and Tails Pet Rescue
El Paso, TX Exp: 12/9/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2026-01-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-03-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1598 Class A — Breeder
Scott Lyssy
Poth, TX Exp: 3/19/2028 Active
1 inspection clean
2025-03-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-B-0811 Class B — Dealer
Sean Collie
DBA: Laine Investments LLC
Kyle, TX Exp: 5/3/2028 Active
4 inspections clean
2025-04-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-06-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-04-28 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1580 Class A — Breeder
Select Dachshunds LLC
Waskom, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2023-03-17 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1511 Class A — Breeder
Shana Mendez
ROCKDALE, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-09-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
2015-08-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
74-A-1523 Class A — Breeder
Sheila Caraway
MAUD, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2019-08-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-06-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-05-31 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-A-1549 Class A — Breeder
SOUTHLAND PUPPIES
ITASCA, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2022-06-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-18 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-07-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-13 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-02-07 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-A-1499 Class A — Breeder
Spring Wasserman
HOCKLEY, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2018-02-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-A-1536 Class A — Breeder
Stephanie Atwood
CROWLEY, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2019-08-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2018-08-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-16 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
74-B-0673 Class B — Dealer
Steve Housley
DBA: Pollys Pet Shop
UNIVERSAL CITY, TX Exp: 3/22/2027 Active
7 inspections clean
2025-04-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-01 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-04-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-B-0796 Class B — Dealer
STEVEN GRAY EMILY GRAY
GROESBECK, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2019-11-20 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-B-0524 Class B — Dealer
Steven Provost
Harper, TX Exp: 4/27/2028 Active
18 inspections clean
2026-04-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-03-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-04-10 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-12-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-20 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-08-21 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-01-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 18.

74-B-0254 Class B — Dealer
Stillmeadow Inc.
SUGAR LAND, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections 3 direct
2015-02-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2014-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-06-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-04-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-03-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2014-02-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
74-A-1581 Class A — Breeder
Susan Dusek
DBA: Glory Express Kennels
Mineola, TX Exp: 5/19/2029 Active
4 inspections clean
2026-05-11 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-04-23 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-17 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1475 Class A — Breeder
Susan Franz
BELTON, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections 4 direct
2016-10-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2016-06-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-06-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-02-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-10-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 3 non-critical PDF
2014-06-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2014-05-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 4 non-critical PDF
2014-03-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 direct 5 non-critical PDF
74-B-0734 Class B — Dealer
Susan Hatfield
PORT LAVACA, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2014-08-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-02-25 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-A-1429 Class A — Breeder
Susan Mosher
MONTGOMERY, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
11 inspections clean
2022-03-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-01-15 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-02-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-24 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-11-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-09-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-10-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

74-B-0760 Class B — Dealer
SWEET POTATO HOLLOW LLC
CANTON, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2018-07-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-06-16 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-B-0743 Class B — Dealer
SWEET POTATO HOLLOW LLC
CANTON, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-07-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-02-09 — 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.