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 4,209 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
43-A-6045 Class A Brenda Willis Rebecca Downen — TUNAS MO — Formerly Licensed
55-A-0169 Class A BRENNA LUND — RALEIGH NC — Formerly Licensed
12-A-0017 Class A BRENNAN ENTERPRISES — FRANKLIN NH — Formerly Licensed
12-A-0020 Class A Brennan Enterprises GP — Franklin NH — Formerly Licensed
23-A-0692 Class A BRENT MARTIN — STEVENS PA — Formerly Licensed
73-A-2637 Class A Brett Bonham — CORDELL OK — Formerly Licensed
47-A-0528 Class A Brian Davis — GLENVIL NE — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1627 Class A Brian Felton — CENTERVILLE IA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0597 Class A Brian Graber — Montgomery IN 1/31/2028 Active
42-A-1738 Class A Brian Haberman — Northwood IA 6/11/2028 Active
42-A-0894 Class A BRIAN HUFFMAN — OSAGE IA — Formerly Licensed
34-A-0234 Class A Brian Kauffman — CENTREVILLE MI — Formerly Licensed
63-A-0202 Class A Brian Lentz and Jessica Lentz — Columbia TN — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6339 Class A Brian Letsinger — Ava MO 7/11/2029 Active
42-A-1728 Class A Brian Lutz — West Piont IA 5/13/2027 Active
43-A-5964 Class A Brian Scott Griggs — ALTON MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5814 Class A Brian Scott Griggs — ALTON MO — Formerly Licensed
73-A-2750 Class A Brian Swafford — Stilwell OK 2/17/2027 Active
73-A-2722 Class A Brian Swafford — STILWELL OK — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1556 Class A Bric Burns — ANNA TX — Formerly Licensed
84-A-0214 Class A BRIDGET BRITTON — OVID CO — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1613 Class A BRIDGET MARIE OPPERMAN — MC GREGOR IA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0900 Class A Bright Star Kennels — Goshen IN 9/28/2027 Active
88-A-0027 Class A Brindis Cal Lahera — LAS VEGAS NV — Formerly Licensed
72-A-0178 Class A Brittany Smith — LENA LA — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6045 Class A — Breeder
Brenda Willis Rebecca Downen
TUNAS, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2017-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-02-25 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
55-A-0169 Class A — Breeder
BRENNA LUND
RALEIGH, NC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2016-07-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-03-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-11-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
12-A-0017 Class A — Breeder
BRENNAN ENTERPRISES
FRANKLIN, NH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2018-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-01-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-15 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
12-A-0020 Class A — Breeder
Brennan Enterprises GP
Franklin, NH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2023-01-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-16 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0692 Class A — Breeder
BRENT MARTIN
STEVENS, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2019-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-28 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
73-A-2637 Class A — Breeder
Brett Bonham
CORDELL, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2018-01-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-04-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-03 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-10-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-09-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-07-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2014-06-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2014-04-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
47-A-0528 Class A — Breeder
Brian Davis
GLENVIL, NE Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2018-03-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-10-11 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-09-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-07-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
42-A-1627 Class A — Breeder
Brian Felton
CENTERVILLE, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2022-08-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-02-10 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-01-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
5 non-critical PDF
2020-01-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-27 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0597 Class A — Breeder
Brian Graber
Montgomery, IN Exp: 1/31/2028 Active
13 inspections clean
2026-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-12-04 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-09-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-10-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 13.

42-A-1738 Class A — Breeder
Brian Haberman
Northwood, IA Exp: 6/11/2028 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-09-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-09 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-0894 Class A — Breeder
BRIAN HUFFMAN
OSAGE, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections 1 direct
2015-08-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-06-18 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-06-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2014-03-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-02-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 2 non-critical PDF
34-A-0234 Class A — Breeder
Brian Kauffman
CENTREVILLE, MI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2023-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-09-21 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
63-A-0202 Class A — Breeder
Brian Lentz and Jessica Lentz
Columbia, TN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2023-01-29 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-11-07 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6339 Class A — Breeder
Brian Letsinger
Ava, MO Exp: 7/11/2029 Active
12 inspections 1 direct
2026-03-18 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-25 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-11-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-20 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-12-20 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-11-17 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
1 direct 3 non-critical PDF
2020-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

42-A-1728 Class A — Breeder
Brian Lutz
West Piont, IA Exp: 5/13/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-09-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-09-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-10 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-5964 Class A — Breeder
Brian Scott Griggs
ALTON, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections clean
2018-04-09 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-03-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-11-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-10-29 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-10-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

43-A-5814 Class A — Breeder
Brian Scott Griggs
ALTON, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2014-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-02-24 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
73-A-2750 Class A — Breeder
Brian Swafford
Stilwell, OK Exp: 2/17/2027 Active
10 inspections clean
2025-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-06-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-2722 Class A — Breeder
Brian Swafford
STILWELL, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2016-07-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-19 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
74-A-1556 Class A — Breeder
Bric Burns
ANNA, TX Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2024-11-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-29 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-06-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-02 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
84-A-0214 Class A — Breeder
BRIDGET BRITTON
OVID, CO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2020-08-05 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-11-05 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
42-A-1613 Class A — Breeder
BRIDGET MARIE OPPERMAN
MC GREGOR, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2019-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-04 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0900 Class A — Breeder
Bright Star Kennels
Goshen, IN Exp: 9/28/2027 Active
5 inspections clean
2025-02-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-07-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-21 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
88-A-0027 Class A — Breeder
Brindis Cal Lahera
LAS VEGAS, NV Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2021-07-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-11-07 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
72-A-0178 Class A — Breeder
Brittany Smith
LENA, LA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2019-08-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-06-14 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-08-13 — 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.