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 4,211 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
32-A-0572 Class A Daniel Kemp — Montgomery IN 9/20/2028 Active
32-A-0504 Class A DANIEL KING — GREENS FORK IN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0349 Class A Daniel Kuehne — Reading MN 10/8/2027 Active
43-A-6503 Class A Daniel Kurtz — JAMESPORT MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6657 Class A Daniel L Hostetler — Jamesport MO — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0815 Class A DANIEL LAMBRIGHT — WOLCOTTVILLE IN — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0903 Class A Daniel Lapp Sunny View Puppies Williamsburg IN 10/12/2027 Active
32-A-1100 Class A Daniel Lengacher — New Haven IN — Formerly Licensed
31-A-1001 Class A Daniel M Miller — Baltic OH 6/26/2027 Active
31-A-0924 Class A Daniel M. Hochstetler — Fresno OH — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0701 Class A DANIEL MILLER — LIGONIER IN — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6519 Class A Daniel Miller — KEYTESVILLE MO — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0547 Class A Daniel Miller — MILLERSBURG OH — Formerly Licensed
47-A-0564 Class A Daniel Miller Lizann Miller — MCCOOK NE — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0971 Class A Daniel Miller Ruby Miller — Millersburg IN — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0708 Class A DANIEL PEACHEY — BEAVER OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0777 Class A Daniel Ray Miller — Fresno OH 7/16/2029 Active
31-A-0949 Class A Daniel Ray Miller — Baltic OH — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0886 Class A Daniel Ray Miller — Applecreek OH — Formerly Licensed
35-A-0342 Class A Daniel Ray Miller — HILLSBORO WI — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1081 Class A DANIEL REECE — FORT MADISON IA — Formerly Licensed
74-A-1542 Class A Daniel Ressler — Honey Grove TX 6/12/2028 Active
23-A-0799 Class A Daniel S Stoltzfus — Henrdon PA 5/9/2027 Active
23-A-0686 Class A Daniel S Stoltzfus — KIRKWOOD PA — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6542 Class A Daniel S Zook — Seymour MO 2/4/2027 Active
32-A-0572 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Kemp
Montgomery, IN Exp: 9/20/2028 Active
11 inspections clean
2026-01-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-22 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-12-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-07-05 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-06-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-03-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

32-A-0504 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL KING
GREENS FORK, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections 2 direct
2017-08-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2017-08-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 7 non-critical PDF
2017-05-30 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-05-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-01-20 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-04-02 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #3
no violations PDF
41-A-0349 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Kuehne
Reading, MN Exp: 10/8/2027 Active
14 inspections clean
2026-05-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-09-17 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2021-10-13 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-02-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

43-A-6503 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Kurtz
JAMESPORT, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2023-08-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-12-30 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-12-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2022-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-10-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6657 Class A — Breeder
Daniel L Hostetler
Jamesport, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2023-08-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-31 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0815 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL LAMBRIGHT
WOLCOTTVILLE, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2021-06-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-12-11 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0903 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Lapp
DBA: Sunny View Puppies
Williamsburg, IN Exp: 10/12/2027 Active
4 inspections clean
2025-02-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-09-03 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-10-05 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-1100 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Lengacher
New Haven, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2025-02-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-20 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-1001 Class A — Breeder
Daniel M Miller
Baltic, OH Exp: 6/26/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2024-10-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-26 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0924 Class A — Breeder
Daniel M. Hochstetler
Fresno, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2026-04-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-12-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-05-31 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
32-A-0701 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL MILLER
LIGONIER, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2019-07-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-16 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6519 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Miller
KEYTESVILLE, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2021-04-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0547 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Miller
MILLERSBURG, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
12 inspections 1 direct
2024-01-23 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-04-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2022-05-12 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-04-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-07-25 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-05-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-01-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-12-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 12.

47-A-0564 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Miller Lizann Miller
MCCOOK, NE Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-05-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
32-A-0971 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Miller Ruby Miller
Millersburg, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2022-06-16 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0708 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL PEACHEY
BEAVER, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2022-01-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-10-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0777 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Ray Miller
Fresno, OH Exp: 7/16/2029 Active
7 inspections clean
2026-07-01 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-06 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-03-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-11 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0949 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Ray Miller
Baltic, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2024-12-05 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-05-16 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-09-20 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0886 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Ray Miller
Applecreek, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2024-09-25 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-01-14 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
35-A-0342 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Ray Miller
HILLSBORO, WI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
14 inspections 1 critical
2024-04-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-09-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical PDF
2023-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
5 non-critical PDF
2021-11-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-03-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-03-08 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-10-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

42-A-1081 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL REECE
FORT MADISON, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2020-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-08-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-12-02 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-09-24 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-08-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
74-A-1542 Class A — Breeder
Daniel Ressler
Honey Grove, TX Exp: 6/12/2028 Active
7 inspections clean
2025-04-29 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-06 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-01-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-29 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
23-A-0799 Class A — Breeder
Daniel S Stoltzfus
Henrdon, PA Exp: 5/9/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-07-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2024-09-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-05-06 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
23-A-0686 Class A — Breeder
Daniel S Stoltzfus
KIRKWOOD, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2023-01-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-12 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-10 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-11-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-02-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2020-02-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-19 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
43-A-6542 Class A — Breeder
Daniel S Zook
Seymour, MO Exp: 2/4/2027 Active
7 inspections clean
2025-09-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-08-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-01-18 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-12-10 — 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.