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 4,220 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
32-A-1030 Class A Pawsitive Memories LLC — Etna Green IN — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0838 Class A Pawtential Puppies — Millersburg OH 4/8/2029 Active
32-A-1174 Class A Peace Meadows Pets LLC — Loogootee IN 6/1/2029 Active
31-A-1000 Class A Peaceful Acres — Alexandria OH 4/18/2027 Active
23-A-0767 Class A Peaceful Acres Puppies LLC — Millerstown PA 5/25/2028 Active
34-A-0246 Class A Peaceful Paws Puppies LLC — Osseo MI 12/9/2028 Active
32-A-1020 Class A Peaceful Pines LLC — Hudson MI 12/16/2028 Active
43-A-6037 Class A Pedigree Ranch, Inc. — WELLSVILLE MO — Formerly Licensed
73-A-2874 Class A Pedro Kauenhofen County Line Sales LLC Paden OK 6/27/2027 Active
43-A-6719 Class A Peggy Grisham and Craig Grisham — Crane MO 8/25/2028 Active
43-A-6291 Class A Peggy Hampton Marvin Hampton — AVA MO — Formerly Licensed
48-A-1664 Class A Peggy Minor — OSWEGO KS — Formerly Licensed
73-A-0882 Class A PEGGY PARKS — ADA OK — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5860 Class A PEGGY PARROW — MANSFIELD MO — Formerly Licensed
47-A-0571 Class A Peggy Shaw — Wilber NE 12/30/2026 Active
31-A-1028 Class A Penchant Paws LLC — Winesburg OH 8/18/2028 Active
58-A-0319 Class A Perfect Pets Inc Macropod Conservation Center, Inc. Dade City FL 4/1/2029 Active
73-A-2851 Class A Perfect Pocket Beagles — Lane OK 8/8/2029 Active
35-A-0528 Class A Perry J Bontrager Cedar Hill Kennle Dalton WI 7/24/2029 Active
32-A-0777 Class A Perry J. Kuhns Chain-O-Lakes Kennel Lagrange IN 8/6/2027 Active
32-A-0929 Class A Perry Lee Whetstone — Middlebury IN — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6646 Class A Perry Petersheim — Moberly MO 2/16/2028 Active
74-A-1446 Class A Perry Viator Deer Park Exotics Lumberton TX 2/28/2027 Active
93-A-0259 Class A Pet Brokers, Inc. — Bakersfield CA 4/19/2028 Active
31-A-0957 Class A Pet My Puppy — Alexandria OH 1/20/2029 Active
32-A-1030 Class A — Breeder
Pawsitive Memories LLC
Etna Green, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2024-10-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2024-03-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-31 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0838 Class A — Breeder
Pawtential Puppies
Millersburg, OH Exp: 4/8/2029 Active
6 inspections clean
2026-03-18 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-10 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-25 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-1174 Class A — Breeder
Peace Meadows Pets LLC
Loogootee, IN Exp: 6/1/2029 Active
1 inspection clean
2026-05-29 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-1000 Class A — Breeder
Peaceful Acres
Alexandria, OH Exp: 4/18/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-08-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-17 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0767 Class A — Breeder
Peaceful Acres Puppies LLC
Millerstown, PA Exp: 5/25/2028 Active
9 inspections clean
2025-08-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-10-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2023-03-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2022-08-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-05-19 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
34-A-0246 Class A — Breeder
Peaceful Paws Puppies LLC
Osseo, MI Exp: 12/9/2028 Active
4 inspections clean
2025-08-28 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-12-07 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-1020 Class A — Breeder
Peaceful Pines LLC
Hudson, MI Exp: 12/16/2028 Active
5 inspections clean
2025-12-01 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-21 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-12-13 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6037 Class A — Breeder
Pedigree Ranch, Inc.
WELLSVILLE, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2020-09-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-12-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-06-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-04 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
73-A-2874 Class A — Breeder
Pedro Kauenhofen
DBA: County Line Sales LLC
Paden, OK Exp: 6/27/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2026-05-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2025-08-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-06-18 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6719 Class A — Breeder
Peggy Grisham and Craig Grisham
Crane, MO Exp: 8/25/2028 Active
5 inspections clean
2025-05-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-11-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-29 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6291 Class A — Breeder
Peggy Hampton Marvin Hampton
AVA, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2023-09-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-11-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-05 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
48-A-1664 Class A — Breeder
Peggy Minor
OSWEGO, KS Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2019-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-0882 Class A — Breeder
PEGGY PARKS
ADA, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2017-04-03 — UNKNOWN
no violations PDF
2016-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-02-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
43-A-5860 Class A — Breeder
PEGGY PARROW
MANSFIELD, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2019-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-04-18 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
47-A-0571 Class A — Breeder
Peggy Shaw
Wilber, NE Exp: 12/30/2026 Active
15 inspections 3 direct
2025-09-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2023-06-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 direct 1 non-critical PDF
2022-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-11-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 15.

31-A-1028 Class A — Breeder
Penchant Paws LLC
Winesburg, OH Exp: 8/18/2028 Active
1 inspection clean
2025-08-14 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
58-A-0319 Class A — Breeder
Perfect Pets Inc
DBA: Macropod Conservation Center, Inc.
Dade City, FL Exp: 4/1/2029 Active
10 inspections clean
2026-03-26 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-10 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-12-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-20 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
73-A-2851 Class A — Breeder
Perfect Pocket Beagles
Lane, OK Exp: 8/8/2029 Active
4 inspections clean
2026-07-01 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-05 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
35-A-0528 Class A — Breeder
Perry J Bontrager
DBA: Cedar Hill Kennle
Dalton, WI Exp: 7/24/2029 Active
4 inspections clean
2026-03-09 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-02-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-18 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0777 Class A — Breeder
Perry J. Kuhns
DBA: Chain-O-Lakes Kennel
Lagrange, IN Exp: 8/6/2027 Active
9 inspections clean
2026-06-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-21 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-15 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0929 Class A — Breeder
Perry Lee Whetstone
Middlebury, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2024-11-27 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2024-03-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-19 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6646 Class A — Breeder
Perry Petersheim
Moberly, MO Exp: 2/16/2028 Active
4 inspections clean
2025-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-08 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
74-A-1446 Class A — Breeder
Perry Viator
DBA: Deer Park Exotics
Lumberton, TX Exp: 2/28/2027 Active
7 inspections clean
2026-06-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-19 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-06-30 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
93-A-0259 Class A — Breeder
Pet Brokers, Inc.
Bakersfield, CA Exp: 4/19/2028 Active
9 inspections 1 direct
2026-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-12-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-07-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-06-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2025-06-11 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 critical 2 non-critical PDF
2025-04-17 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical 7 non-critical PDF
2022-07-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-14 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0957 Class A — Breeder
Pet My Puppy
Alexandria, OH Exp: 1/20/2029 Active
5 inspections clean
2026-06-15 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2026-02-11 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2026-01-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2026-01-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2023-01-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
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.