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 4,218 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
32-A-0425 Class A Levi Wagler Abraham Graber — MONTGOMERY IN — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0548 Class A LEVI WILLIAM HELMUTH — MONTGOMERY IN — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0640 Class A LEVI YODER — DOYLESBURG PA — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0907 Class A Levi, Daniel, Jeremy and Titus Miller — Fredericksburg OH — Formerly Licensed
33-A-0610 Class A Lewis & Lamar Kaufman — Arthur IL 8/18/2027 Active
48-A-1316 Class A Lewis Bloom — CLAY CENTER KS — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1056 Class A LEWIS GRAGE — REMSEN IA — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0572 Class A LEWIS YUTZY — PEEBLES OH — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6850 Class A Lexi N Shelton Midwest Doodle Ranch Dixon MO 2/12/2027 Active
21-A-0047 Class A LIBERTY RESEARCH INC — WAVERLY NY — Formerly Licensed
48-A-1793 Class A Lila Ratzlaff Keith Ratzlaff — CANTON KS — Formerly Licensed
63-A-0207 Class A Lilia Alzner — Limestone TN 5/12/2029 Active
85-A-0070 Class A Lillian I. Lehman — ARTESIA NM — Formerly Licensed
43-A-2218 Class A LILLIAN WALLACE — BURLINGTON JCTN MO — Formerly Licensed
73-A-1626 Class A LILLIE JAMES — FARRIS OK — Formerly Licensed
87-A-0048 Class A Lily Doodles L L C — SALT LAKE CTY UT — Formerly Licensed
48-A-2227 Class A Linda and Ervin Yoder — CHETOPA KS — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5603 Class A Linda Banwart — LIBERAL MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5954 Class A Linda Banwart — LIBERAL MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5064 Class A Linda Barton Richard Barton — LIBERAL MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-4997 Class A LINDA BEAN — APPLETON CITY MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6018 Class A LINDA BEAN — APPLETON CITY MO — Formerly Licensed
71-A-0762 Class A Linda Brasher Elite Puppies Havana AR 5/4/2027 Active
31-A-0018 Class A LINDA BURRIER — NEWCOMERSTOWN OH — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6299 Class A Linda Buscher Marlin Farms Paydown Kennel FREEBURG MO 4/3/2027 Active
32-A-0425 Class A — Breeder
Levi Wagler Abraham Graber
MONTGOMERY, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
11 inspections clean
2024-10-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

32-A-0548 Class A — Breeder
LEVI WILLIAM HELMUTH
MONTGOMERY, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections 1 critical
2017-01-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-04 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical 1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
23-A-0640 Class A — Breeder
LEVI YODER
DOYLESBURG, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2019-10-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-05-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
31-A-0907 Class A — Breeder
Levi, Daniel, Jeremy and Titus Miller
Fredericksburg, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2024-10-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-04-20 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
33-A-0610 Class A — Breeder
Lewis & Lamar Kaufman
Arthur, IL Exp: 8/18/2027 Active
6 inspections clean
2026-05-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-25 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-10-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-11 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
48-A-1316 Class A — Breeder
Lewis Bloom
CLAY CENTER, KS Exp: — Formerly Licensed
13 inspections clean
2022-01-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-05-30 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-03-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2016-05-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-06-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 13.

42-A-1056 Class A — Breeder
LEWIS GRAGE
REMSEN, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0572 Class A — Breeder
LEWIS YUTZY
PEEBLES, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2016-11-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-10 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6850 Class A — Breeder
Lexi N Shelton
DBA: Midwest Doodle Ranch
Dixon, MO Exp: 2/12/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-07-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-09 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
21-A-0047 Class A — Breeder
LIBERTY RESEARCH INC
WAVERLY, NY Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections 2 direct
2018-04-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-02 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-06-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-10-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-07-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2015-04-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2014-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-05-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

48-A-1793 Class A — Breeder
Lila Ratzlaff Keith Ratzlaff
CANTON, KS Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections 1 direct
2016-08-05 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-05-03 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
5 non-critical PDF
2015-12-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-09-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 2 non-critical PDF
2014-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2014-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
63-A-0207 Class A — Breeder
Lilia Alzner
Limestone, TN Exp: 5/12/2029 Active
1 inspection clean
2026-05-07 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
85-A-0070 Class A — Breeder
Lillian I. Lehman
ARTESIA, NM Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2018-08-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2017-06-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-08-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-01-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2015-01-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-09-02 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
43-A-2218 Class A — Breeder
LILLIAN WALLACE
BURLINGTON JCTN, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2017-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-19 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-08-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-1626 Class A — Breeder
LILLIE JAMES
FARRIS, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2016-01-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-04-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
87-A-0048 Class A — Breeder
Lily Doodles L L C
SALT LAKE CTY, UT Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2017-01-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2016-01-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-05-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
48-A-2227 Class A — Breeder
Linda and Ervin Yoder
CHETOPA, KS Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2022-09-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-5603 Class A — Breeder
Linda Banwart
LIBERAL, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-04-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-5954 Class A — Breeder
Linda Banwart
LIBERAL, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections clean
2023-07-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-28 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-28 — UNKNOWN
no violations PDF
2022-05-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-11-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

43-A-5064 Class A — Breeder
Linda Barton Richard Barton
LIBERAL, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
11 inspections clean
2022-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-05-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-01 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-04-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

43-A-4997 Class A — Breeder
LINDA BEAN
APPLETON CITY, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2015-05-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6018 Class A — Breeder
LINDA BEAN
APPLETON CITY, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2016-11-23 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-12-10 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
71-A-0762 Class A — Breeder
Linda Brasher
DBA: Elite Puppies
Havana, AR Exp: 5/4/2027 Active
14 inspections clean
2025-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-11-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-15 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

31-A-0018 Class A — Breeder
LINDA BURRIER
NEWCOMERSTOWN, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2017-03-02 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-01-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-07-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-02-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-10-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
43-A-6299 Class A — Breeder
Linda Buscher
DBA: Marlin Farms Paydown Kennel
FREEBURG, MO Exp: 4/3/2027 Active
9 inspections clean
2025-09-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-08 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-11-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-12-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-09-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-27 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
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.