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 2,873 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) .

2,244 Class A Breeders
629 Class B Dealers
2026-06-16 Data as of

115 results found in MN

Including 82 inactive results (expired or formerly licensed). Active only

USDA licensee search results
Certificate # Type Name DBA City State Expires Inspections
41-A-0501 Class A Abraham & Katie Hershberger — MCINTOSH MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0506 Class A ADA YODER — UTICA MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0520 Class A AJs Angels Inc — Cushing MN 3/2/2029 Active
41-A-0517 Class A Alex Fredin — Arlington MN 3/1/2027 Active
41-A-0492 Class A ALEX IDEN — RAYMOND MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0515 Class A Andy D. Yoder — Utica MN 10/20/2026 Active
41-A-0484 Class A Angie McDuffee — CUSHING MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0155 Class B ANGIE WENSMANN GERRY WENSMANN — MELROSE MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0490 Class A ANNA KERNER — STEEN MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0323 Class A BARBARA HUBNER LORIE HUNT-HEATON — PIPESTONE MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0500 Class A BLUEWATER CREEK — DETROIT LAKES MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0263 Class B C AND T KENNEL — PERHAM MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0475 Class A CAROL THEISEN JILL PILLOUD — BLACKDUCK MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0281 Class B Central Minnesota Livestock Sourcing — Milaca MN 10/25/2027 Active
41-A-0480 Class A CHRISTIAN LAMBRIGHT — FERTILE MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0190 Class B CLEARWATER KENNEL INC — CUSHING MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0238 Class B COCK A DOODLE ZOO — SCANDIA MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0279 Class B Collagen Solutions (US) LLC Evergen Glencoe MN 7/14/2028 Active
41-A-0015 Class A Craig & Linda Kleven FAIR VIEW KENNELS Walnut Grove MN 11/25/2026 Active
41-A-0518 Class A Cytotheryx, Inc. Cytotheryx Barrier Rochester MN 7/1/2027 Active
41-A-0479 Class A DALE PETERSEN — LAMBERTON MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0138 Class B DALE PETERSEN VICKI PETERSEN — LAMBERTON MN — Formerly Licensed
41-B-0239 Class B DAN MOULTON — CHATFIELD MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0481 Class A DANIEL LAMBRIGHT EDNA LAMBRIGHT — FERTILE MN — Formerly Licensed
41-A-0349 Class A Daniel Kuehne — Reading MN 10/8/2027 Active
41-A-0501 Class A — Breeder
Abraham & Katie Hershberger
MCINTOSH, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2020-12-10 — NEW SITE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-20 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
41-A-0506 Class A — Breeder
ADA YODER
UTICA, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections 2 direct
2023-09-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-08-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 2 non-critical PDF
2023-04-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-04-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 1 non-critical PDF
2021-08-24 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-09-08 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-A-0520 Class A — Breeder
AJs Angels Inc
Cushing, MN Exp: 3/2/2029 Active
1 inspection clean
2026-02-11 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-A-0517 Class A — Breeder
Alex Fredin
Arlington, MN Exp: 3/1/2027 Active
2 inspections clean
2025-09-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-02-22 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-A-0492 Class A — Breeder
ALEX IDEN
RAYMOND, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2021-12-07 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-05-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-05-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-11-22 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-A-0515 Class A — Breeder
Andy D. Yoder
Utica, MN Exp: 10/20/2026 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-04-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-09-29 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-A-0484 Class A — Breeder
Angie McDuffee
CUSHING, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
8 inspections clean
2025-02-12 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-12-07 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-10-20 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-08-15 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-06-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-06-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-07-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-03-01 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-B-0155 Class B — Dealer
ANGIE WENSMANN GERRY WENSMANN
MELROSE, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2016-11-21 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-07-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
41-A-0490 Class A — Breeder
ANNA KERNER
STEEN, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
2 inspections clean
2017-04-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-09-21 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #2
no violations PDF
41-A-0323 Class A — Breeder
BARBARA HUBNER LORIE HUNT-HEATON
PIPESTONE, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
13 inspections clean
2022-03-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-02-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-10 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-02 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-12-12 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-10-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2015-09-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-04-14 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

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41-A-0500 Class A — Breeder
BLUEWATER CREEK
DETROIT LAKES, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2019-11-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-02-13 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-09-06 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-B-0263 Class B — Dealer
C AND T KENNEL
PERHAM, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-05-08 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
41-A-0475 Class A — Breeder
CAROL THEISEN JILL PILLOUD
BLACKDUCK, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2018-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2016-09-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-B-0281 Class B — Dealer
Central Minnesota Livestock Sourcing
Milaca, MN Exp: 10/25/2027 Active
11 inspections clean
2025-07-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-09-19 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2024-09-19 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-03-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-06 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2022-02-14 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-08-25 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-12-22 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2019-03-29 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-04-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

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41-A-0480 Class A — Breeder
CHRISTIAN LAMBRIGHT
FERTILE, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2017-04-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-02-02 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-01-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2015-02-24 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-B-0190 Class B — Dealer
CLEARWATER KENNEL INC
CUSHING, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
3 inspections clean
2015-08-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-09-09 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-02-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
4 non-critical PDF
41-B-0238 Class B — Dealer
COCK A DOODLE ZOO
SCANDIA, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
19 inspections 1 direct
2021-03-25 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-12-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2019-03-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-08-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-07-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-01-31 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-01-10 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-09-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-09-07 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2017-06-20 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

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41-B-0279 Class B — Dealer
Collagen Solutions (US) LLC
DBA: Evergen
Glencoe, MN Exp: 7/14/2028 Active
41 inspections clean
2025-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-08-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-29 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-21 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2025-05-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2025-05-20 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-04-30 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF

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41-A-0015 Class A — Breeder
Craig & Linda Kleven
DBA: FAIR VIEW KENNELS
Walnut Grove, MN Exp: 11/25/2026 Active
11 inspections clean
2023-10-17 — RE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2023-07-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2022-02-01 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-01-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-11-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2017-11-28 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-12-07 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-12-16 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-01-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2014-07-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF

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41-A-0518 Class A — Breeder
Cytotheryx, Inc.
DBA: Cytotheryx Barrier
Rochester, MN Exp: 7/1/2027 Active
3 inspections clean
2025-09-04 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-09-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2024-06-20 — PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
41-A-0479 Class A — Breeder
DALE PETERSEN
LAMBERTON, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
5 inspections clean
2019-02-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2018-01-08 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-10-17 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-07-22 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 non-critical PDF
2015-01-14 — PRELICENSE INSPECTION #1
no violations PDF
41-B-0138 Class B — Dealer
DALE PETERSEN VICKI PETERSEN
LAMBERTON, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
1 inspection clean
2014-12-18 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
41-B-0239 Class B — Dealer
DAN MOULTON
CHATFIELD, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
48 inspections 50 direct
2021-11-17 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2021-11-03 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
3 direct 3 non-critical PDF
2021-07-08 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-06-16 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2021-05-26 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 3 non-critical PDF
2021-01-04 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2020-10-27 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 1 non-critical PDF
2020-03-12 — FOCUSED INSPECTION
1 direct PDF
2020-02-25 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 direct 1 non-critical PDF
2020-02-04 — ATTEMPTED INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF

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41-A-0481 Class A — Breeder
DANIEL LAMBRIGHT EDNA LAMBRIGHT
FERTILE, MN Exp: — Formerly Licensed
6 inspections clean
2017-04-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2016-04-19 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
2 non-critical PDF
2016-01-20 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
no violations PDF
2015-11-05 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
1 non-critical PDF
2015-08-11 — ROUTINE INSPECTION
6 non-critical PDF
2015-04-30 — 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

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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.