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 4,213 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
43-A-6341 Class A Heather Poe — Downing MO — Formerly Licensed
21-A-0219 Class A Heather Rivera — Stuarts Draft VA — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6171 Class A HEATHER SENSENEY — EXETER MO — Formerly Licensed
43-A-6801 Class A Heavenly Chows LLC — Versailles MO 4/17/2029 Active
47-A-0619 Class A HEBREWS 13:2 INC. — MC COOK NE — Formerly Licensed
52-A-0175 Class A HEDGEHOG LUV L L C — FREDERICKSBURG VA — Formerly Licensed
47-A-0638 Class A Hedgehog Precision LLC Telos Exotics Omaha NE 4/27/2029 Active
12-A-0018 Class A Heidi Ent Joshua Ortiz — PLAISTOW NH — Formerly Licensed
56-A-0142 Class A Heidi Ent Joshua Ortiz — West Columbia SC — Formerly Licensed
42-A-0791 Class A HELEN BYL ARIE BYL — SIOUX CENTER IA — Formerly Licensed
42-A-0736 Class A Helen Ketelsen Scott Ketelsen — Hull IA 1/13/2028 Active
71-A-1268 Class A Helen Pounds — OMAHA AR — Formerly Licensed
43-A-5290 Class A HELENA COLLINS — WEST PLAINS MO — Formerly Licensed
42-A-0124 Class A Helene Hamrick — ACKWORTH IA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0630 Class A HENRY KING — MONTEZUMA IN — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0621 Class A HENRY RABER — FRESNO OH — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1614 Class A HENRY BYLER — SEYMOUR IA — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1661 Class A Henry Detweiler — Fairbank IA — Formerly Licensed
31-A-0510 Class A Henry EA Yoder — Millersburg OH 9/19/2029 Active
23-A-0657 Class A HENRY ESH — LOGANTON PA — Formerly Licensed
32-A-0549 Class A Henry Graber Grabers Kennel Loogootee IN 4/8/2027 Active
35-A-0428 Class A HENRY HERSHBERGER — WESTBY WI — Formerly Licensed
35-A-0539 Class A Henry Hertzler — Mineral Point WI 9/17/2027 Active
73-A-0811 Class A HENRY KEELE — PORTER OK — Formerly Licensed
42-A-1711 Class A Henry L Nisley Windy Ridge Kennel Seymour IA 3/2/2029 Active
43-A-6341 Class A — Breeder
Heather Poe
Downing, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections clean
2025-08-06 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-08-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-05-19 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-12-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-10 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
21-A-0219 Class A — Breeder
Heather Rivera
Stuarts Draft, VA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
9 inspections 1 direct
2024-04-04 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-07-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-01-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2023-01-26 — UNKNOWN
2 non-critical PDF
2022-07-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-04-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-03-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 1 non-critical PDF
2021-10-15 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-6171 Class A — Breeder
HEATHER SENSENEY
EXETER, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2021-01-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-08-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-02-08 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
43-A-6801 Class A — Breeder
Heavenly Chows LLC
Versailles, MO Exp: 4/17/2029 Active
4 inspections clean
2026-04-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-04-12 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
47-A-0619 Class A — Breeder
HEBREWS 13:2 INC.
MC COOK, NE Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2017-05-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-15 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
52-A-0175 Class A — Breeder
HEDGEHOG LUV L L C
FREDERICKSBURG, VA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-01-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
47-A-0638 Class A — Breeder
Hedgehog Precision LLC
DBA: Telos Exotics
Omaha, NE Exp: 4/27/2029 Active
5 inspections clean
2026-01-13 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-12-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-06-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-04-25 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
12-A-0018 Class A — Breeder
Heidi Ent Joshua Ortiz
PLAISTOW, NH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2018-06-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-03-24 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-05-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-02-21 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-01-17 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-01-03 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-12-20 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-22 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
56-A-0142 Class A — Breeder
Heidi Ent Joshua Ortiz
West Columbia, SC Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2023-09-27 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-07-12 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
8 non-critical PDF
2023-01-04 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-08-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-15 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2021-04-06 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-0791 Class A — Breeder
HELEN BYL ARIE BYL
SIOUX CENTER, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections 1 critical
2016-05-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
2015-11-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-08-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 critical 2 non-critical PDF
2015-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-11-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
42-A-0736 Class A — Breeder
Helen Ketelsen Scott Ketelsen
Hull, IA Exp: 1/13/2028 Active
14 inspections clean
2025-07-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-01-03 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-11-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-11-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-06-06 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-06-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 14.

71-A-1268 Class A — Breeder
Helen Pounds
OMAHA, AR Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2017-05-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-06-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-06-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
43-A-5290 Class A — Breeder
HELENA COLLINS
WEST PLAINS, MO Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2017-03-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-03-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-0124 Class A — Breeder
Helene Hamrick
ACKWORTH, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
36 inspections 6 direct
2025-08-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-11-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-12-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2023-10-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2023-07-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-05-04 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-14 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
2022-10-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 36.

32-A-0630 Class A — Breeder
HENRY KING
MONTEZUMA, IN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2018-01-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-06-19 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
31-A-0621 Class A — Breeder
HENRY RABER
FRESNO, OH Exp: — Formerly Licensed
4 inspections clean
2018-11-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-04-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-11 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
42-A-1614 Class A — Breeder
HENRY BYLER
SEYMOUR, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
7 inspections clean
2023-08-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-04-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
2023-02-06 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-02-16 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-10-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-07-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-19 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
42-A-1661 Class A — Breeder
Henry Detweiler
Fairbank, IA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections 1 direct
2023-12-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-10-30 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-10-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 3 non-critical PDF
2023-04-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-02-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
2022-02-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-07-15 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
31-A-0510 Class A — Breeder
Henry EA Yoder
Millersburg, OH Exp: 9/19/2029 Active
16 inspections clean
2026-06-23 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-04-28 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-01-23 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-15 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-07 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2023-03-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-09-02 — 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 16.

23-A-0657 Class A — Breeder
HENRY ESH
LOGANTON, PA Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2018-07-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2017-12-13 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
32-A-0549 Class A — Breeder
Henry Graber
DBA: Grabers Kennel
Loogootee, IN Exp: 4/8/2027 Active
11 inspections clean
2026-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-10-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-06 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-12-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-02-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-06-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

Showing most recent 10 of 11.

35-A-0428 Class A — Breeder
HENRY HERSHBERGER
WESTBY, WI Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2019-04-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-10-22 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
35-A-0539 Class A — Breeder
Henry Hertzler
Mineral Point, WI Exp: 9/17/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2024-12-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-08-26 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
73-A-0811 Class A — Breeder
HENRY KEELE
PORTER, OK Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2015-06-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2014-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
42-A-1711 Class A — Breeder
Henry L Nisley
DBA: Windy Ridge Kennel
Seymour, IA Exp: 3/2/2029 Active
8 inspections clean
2026-02-23 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-07-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-06-10 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-09-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-08-20 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2023-11-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-01 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-03-01 — UNKNOWN
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.