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 4,221 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
71-A-1391 Class A Shea Bailey Leah Bailey — Berryville AR 2/21/2028 Active
74-A-1523 Class A Sheila Caraway — MAUD TX — Formerly Licensed
43-A-4700 Class A Sheila Bealmer — ATLANTA MO — Formerly Licensed
64-A-0138 Class A SHEILA HUFF — HOLLY POND AL — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6578 Class A Sheila Hughes — Exeter MO 7/14/2027 Active
43-A-4865 Class A SHEILA NEWELL — NEOSHO MO — Formerly Licensed
35-A-0377 Class A SHEILA SEITZ — EDGERTON WI — Formerly Licensed
73-A-1630 Class A SHEILA WILLSON — TULSA OK — Formerly Licensed
71-A-0815 Class A Shelba K. Canfield BROOKLYN HILL KENNELS Scranton AR 7/9/2027 Active
43-A-6047 Class A Shelby Taffner Kevin Taffner — LAMAR MO 3/4/2027 Active
43-A-6893 Class A Shelby Wolfram — High Hill MO 12/6/2027 Active
86-A-0100 Class A SHELL & RANELLE ABBOTT — MARICOPA AZ — Formerly Licensed
71-A-1308 Class A Shelli Mc Carty — SILOAM SPRINGS AR — Formerly Licensed
43-A-3068 Class A SHELLIE WEAVER SHELLY WEAVER — SMITHTON MO — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0456 Class A SHELLY STERK — WAKEMAN OH — Formerly Licensed
73-A-2674 Class A SHELLY SWIFT — MCLOUD OK — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6627 Class A Shelly Weaver — SMITHTON MO — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0761 Class A SHEM KANAGY — ROCKVILLE IN — Formerly Licensed
21-A-0205 Class A Shem Swarey — FORT PLAIN NY — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1737 Class A Shepherd Hills Kennel LLC — Bloomfield IA 6/5/2028 Active
84-A-0195 Class A SHER OLSON — DEER TRAIL CO — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0635 Class A Shereana Stanforth — MARENGO OH — Formerly Licensed
43-A-2151 Class A Sheree & Randall Bonnette — Chillicothe MO 9/27/2026 Active
43-A-5893 Class A Sheri Chapman — SPOKANE MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5992 Class A Sheri Chapman — SPOKANE MO — Formerly Licensed
71-A-1391 Class A — Breeder
Shea Bailey Leah Bailey
Berryville, AR Exp: 2/21/2028 Active
9 inspections clean
2026-04-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-04 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations 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
43-A-4700 Class A — Breeder
Sheila Bealmer
ATLANTA, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
10 inspections clean
2024-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-04-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
64-A-0138 Class A — Breeder
SHEILA HUFF
HOLLY POND, AL Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-06-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
43-A-6578 Class A — Breeder
Sheila Hughes
Exeter, MO Exp: 7/14/2027 Active
10 inspections clean
2025-09-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2024-10-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-21 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-22 — UNKNOWN
no violations PDF
2022-04-13 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-13 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-4865 Class A — Breeder
SHEILA NEWELL
NEOSHO, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2019-04-01 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-03-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-19 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-11-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-02 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-09-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-05-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-06-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
35-A-0377 Class A — Breeder
SHEILA SEITZ
EDGERTON, WI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2020-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2017-08-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2016-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-30 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
73-A-1630 Class A — Breeder
SHEILA WILLSON
TULSA, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
71-A-0815 Class A — Breeder
Shelba K. Canfield
DBA: BROOKLYN HILL KENNELS
Scranton, AR Exp: 7/9/2027 Active
14 inspections clean
2026-01-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-03-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-23 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-09-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-07-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

43-A-6047 Class A — Breeder
Shelby Taffner Kevin Taffner
LAMAR, MO Exp: 3/4/2027 Active
13 inspections clean
2025-06-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-19 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-03-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 13.

43-A-6893 Class A — Breeder
Shelby Wolfram
High Hill, MO Exp: 12/6/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-25 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
86-A-0100 Class A — Breeder
SHELL & RANELLE ABBOTT
MARICOPA, AZ Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2022-03-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
71-A-1308 Class A — Breeder
Shelli Mc Carty
SILOAM SPRINGS, AR Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2018-03-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-07-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-3068 Class A — Breeder
SHELLIE WEAVER SHELLY WEAVER
SMITHTON, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
10 inspections clean
2021-09-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-10-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-10-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2016-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2015-03-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-02-04 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
31-A-0456 Class A — Breeder
SHELLY STERK
WAKEMAN, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-02-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-2674 Class A — Breeder
SHELLY SWIFT
MCLOUD, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2019-07-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-07-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-12-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-02-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
43-A-6627 Class A — Breeder
Shelly Weaver
SMITHTON, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2022-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-15 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0761 Class A — Breeder
SHEM KANAGY
ROCKVILLE, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2019-05-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
21-A-0205 Class A — Breeder
Shem Swarey
FORT PLAIN, NY Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2022-05-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-02-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-04 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-10-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2021-07-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-04-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
5 non-critical PDF
2019-07-22 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
42-A-1737 Class A — Breeder
Shepherd Hills Kennel LLC
Bloomfield, IA Exp: 6/5/2028 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-12-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-22 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
84-A-0195 Class A — Breeder
SHER OLSON
DEER TRAIL, CO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
10 inspections clean
2022-03-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-02-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-02-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-12-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-05-04 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2015-06-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2014-12-18 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #3
no violations PDF
31-A-0635 Class A — Breeder
Shereana Stanforth
MARENGO, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2019-11-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-10 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-07-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-06-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-11-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-2151 Class A — Breeder
Sheree & Randall Bonnette
Chillicothe, MO Exp: 9/27/2026 Active
13 inspections clean
2025-12-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-02-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 13.

43-A-5893 Class A — Breeder
Sheri Chapman
SPOKANE, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2015-03-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-12-30 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-06-12 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-5992 Class A — Breeder
Sheri Chapman
SPOKANE, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2022-03-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-01-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2018-07-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-08-12 — 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.