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

807 results found in OH

Including 530 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
31-A-0578 Class A LEROY WEAVER — WALHONDING OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-1023 Class A Leroy Zimmerman — Ashland OH 6/18/2028 Active
31-A-0285 Class A LESTER D MILLER — BALTIC OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0403 Class A LESTER MARTIN — GREENWICH OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0488 Class A Lester Schlabach — BALTIC OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0915 Class A Lester Schlabach — BALTIC OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0762 Class A LEVI HOSTETLER — LOUDONVILLE OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0714 Class A Levi A Erb — MILLERSBURG OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0147 Class A Levi D Troyer CENTER RIDGE KENNELS Fresno OH 1/24/2027 Active
31-A-1022 Class A Levi D. Miller Daniel L. Miller — Fredericksburg OH 6/11/2028 Active
31-A-0672 Class A LEVI ERB — SUGARCREEK OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0448 Class A LEVI HERSHBERGER JR — BALTIC OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0699 Class A LEVI MILLER — FREDERICKSBURG OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0648 Class A Levi Miller — FRESNO OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0446 Class A LEVI NISLEY — PATRIOT OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0295 Class A LEVI TROYER — DUNDEE OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0907 Class A Levi, Daniel, Jeremy and Titus Miller — Fredericksburg OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0572 Class A LEWIS YUTZY — PEEBLES OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0018 Class A LINDA BURRIER — NEWCOMERSTOWN OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0800 Class A LINFORD MILLER — WOOSTER OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0922 Class A Lisa M. Pauley — Sycamore OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0504 Class A LISA PIPPIN — WOOSTER OH — Formerly Licensed
31-B-0174 Class B LITTLE PUPPIES ONLINE L L C — MOUNT VERNON OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0873 Class A Lorraine Reiff — Sardinia OH 7/29/2027 Active
31-A-0991 Class A Louella Burkholder — Greenwich OH 1/8/2027 Active
31-A-0578 Class A — Breeder
LEROY WEAVER
WALHONDING, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections 1 direct
2016-10-05 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-09-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 4 non-critical PDF
2016-02-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
31-A-1023 Class A — Breeder
Leroy Zimmerman
Ashland, OH Exp: 6/18/2028 Active
1 inspection clean
2025-06-03 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0285 Class A — Breeder
LESTER D MILLER
BALTIC, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-05-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
31-A-0403 Class A — Breeder
LESTER MARTIN
GREENWICH, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2018-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-16 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-08-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2017-01-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-06-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-11-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-11-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-12-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0488 Class A — Breeder
Lester Schlabach
BALTIC, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2019-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2019-04-25 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-12-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-05-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-02-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-02-28 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0915 Class A — Breeder
Lester Schlabach
BALTIC, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2022-05-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0762 Class A — Breeder
LEVI HOSTETLER
LOUDONVILLE, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2022-03-02 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-04-21 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-02-25 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-05-09 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0714 Class A — Breeder
Levi A Erb
MILLERSBURG, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2023-01-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-11-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-03-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0147 Class A — Breeder
Levi D Troyer
DBA: CENTER RIDGE KENNELS
Fresno, OH Exp: 1/24/2027 Active
13 inspections clean
2026-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-31 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-02-08 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-30 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-11-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 13.

31-A-1022 Class A — Breeder
Levi D. Miller Daniel L. Miller
Fredericksburg, OH Exp: 6/11/2028 Active
2 inspections clean
2026-05-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2025-05-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0672 Class A — Breeder
LEVI ERB
SUGARCREEK, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2021-09-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-09-07 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0448 Class A — Breeder
LEVI HERSHBERGER JR
BALTIC, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2016-12-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-07-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0699 Class A — Breeder
LEVI MILLER
FREDERICKSBURG, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2023-05-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-02-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0648 Class A — Breeder
Levi Miller
FRESNO, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2022-01-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-03-28 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0446 Class A — Breeder
LEVI NISLEY
PATRIOT, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2021-03-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-07-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-06-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-10-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
31-A-0295 Class A — Breeder
LEVI TROYER
DUNDEE, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2020-03-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-01-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-07-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-10-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical 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
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
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
31-A-0800 Class A — Breeder
LINFORD MILLER
WOOSTER, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2022-11-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-09-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-30 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0922 Class A — Breeder
Lisa M. Pauley
Sycamore, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2022-06-01 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0504 Class A — Breeder
LISA PIPPIN
WOOSTER, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2017-07-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-04-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-03-13 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-01-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-11-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-03-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-02-13 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-07-08 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-B-0174 Class B — Dealer
LITTLE PUPPIES ONLINE L L C
MOUNT VERNON, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
28 inspections 1 direct
2021-12-21 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical 1 non-critical PDF
2021-07-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-12 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-05 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2021-04-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-01-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-04-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 28.

31-A-0873 Class A — Breeder
Lorraine Reiff
Sardinia, OH Exp: 7/29/2027 Active
7 inspections clean
2026-05-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-05 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2024-02-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-04-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-26 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0991 Class A — Breeder
Louella Burkholder
Greenwich, OH Exp: 1/8/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-05-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-04 — 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.