Good Dog

Why it is listed

Use Good Dog when you want a U.S. marketplace that publishes a pre-listing screening questionnaire, five evaluation areas, and breed-specific Good/Great/Excellent health-testing levels before a breeder goes live. Practices are largely self-reported; ask for documents and visit. A directory is not a veterinary exam.

Pros & cons

Pros

• gooddog.com/standards-and-screening 2026-09-07: breeders apply through an online questionnaire reviewed by Good Dog’s screening team against community standards. Five named areas: breeding practices; physical health of breeding dogs and puppies; mental health; environment; buyer education and policies. Screening team may also conduct an online audit and fraud detection check and may request further information.
• gooddog.com/guide-to-good-dogs-health-testing-levels: breed-specific Good / Great / Excellent levels based on self-reported health testing; individual sire/dam health-testing badges when breeders provide verifiable health-testing information and links on profiles. Every approved breeder must agree to community standards including breed-specific health testing requirements (what-is-a-good-breeder).
• Homepage 2026-09-07: connect with breeders, shelters, and rescues; Learning Center; Standards and screening linked in footer. what-is-a-good-breeder: take-back/rehome expectation if needed; buyers encouraged to ask breeders directly for documents such as health testing results.

Cons

• Health-testing levels and much of the screening intake are based on practices breeders report. Online audit/fraud check is named as something the team may conduct — not a published on-site kennel inspection for every listing. We do not invent facility visit counts.
• Public pages reviewed 2026-09-07 do not print a bookable breeder-listing from-price in USD for value named-fee points. Safe-payments marketing is not a published take-rate table.
• A screened profile is not a guarantee of a healthy puppy. Meet the breeder. Ask for OFA/registry results, contracts, and visit policies. A marketplace is not a veterinary exam.

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