What Is PuppySpot.com?
PuppySpot.com is an online website that lists thousands of puppies for sale online.
We consider websites like PuppySpot.com to be high volume online puppy brokers.
In fact, PuppySpot.com holds a United States Department of Agriculture Dog Dealer license which allows them to legally be a middleman, puppy broker aka Dog Dealer.
PuppySpot Group LLC is listed as a USDA dog dealer under license number 58-B-0618 at 7261 Sheridan Street, Hollywood, Florida. A USDA dealer license allows a company to broker or sell dogs regulated under the Animal Welfare Act.
Their USDA Dog Dealer license number is 58-B-0618. Since they are registered as a Dog Dealer, they may or may not have puppies on their premises. In this case, the Puppy Spot website seems to act as an agent or broker selling puppies online.
They list their breeders puppies for sale charging a premium for their concierge services that are supposed to make it easy for new puppy buyers to purchase. Puppy Spot states on its website that they mostly use licensed USDA dog breeders.
Please contact us if you have more questions about PuppySpot.com or would like to report a puppy mill or to report a sick puppy.
Many people contact us with their stories about buying puppies on PuppySpot. To read these stories, please visit our puppy mill news blog.
Why PuppySpot Raises Red Flags for Buyers
As we have said in so many ways, we do not recommend buying a puppy off of the PuppySpot website. There are too many red flags. We urge you to look at the reviews from both the employees and people who have purchased puppies from the website PuppySpot.com.
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FAQ’s About Buying Puppies Online From PuppySpot.com
PuppySpot.com is a legally registered online broker that has been operating since 2013, shipping puppies across the United States. Legally, it is legitimate.
But legal does not always mean safe, transparent, or aligned with what buyers expect. Because PuppySpot does not publicly disclose the breeders that supply their puppies until after purchase, buyers are committing money without knowing the actual source.
We do not recommend buying a puppy from any broker that will not reveal the breeder’s name, address, and USDA license number up front. It is important to know where the puppy is coming from before you give them your money.
We do not recommend buying puppies from high-volume broker websites such as PuppySpot.com.
Buyers typically don’t see where the puppies are born, visit the breeder, or meet the parent dogs to see their mental and physical conditions. Buyers do not know the breeder information until paperwork arrives after purchase.
When the breeder is several states away, enforcing any guarantee is far harder.
We do not recommend buying any dog online, and that applies to broker sites like PuppySpot.com.
Seeing pictures of the parent dogs or meeting the breeder over video chat is not a substitute for being there in person. Websites that direct-ship puppies we consider a huge red flag, and PuppySpot is no exception.
If you are not able to pick up the puppy in person, meet the mother dog, and see where the breeder’s dogs live, you might be supporting a puppy mill.
PuppySpot does not publicly list all breeders supplying puppies on its website, and buyers may not learn the breeder’s identity until after purchase.
Before paying, ask for the breeder’s full name, location, and USDA or state license number, if applicable. Then verify the information through dog breeder licensing lookup.
Broker networks of this size commonly source from breeders in states with large commercial breeding industries, including Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
We recommend asking for the specific breeder’s name and USDA license number before paying, and checking the USDA-APHIS public inspection database for license status and inspection history. If that information is delayed or refused, that is a red flag.
PuppySpot.com is not itself a breeding facility — it is a broker that sources puppies from a network of third-party breeders across multiple states. That means whether a PuppySpot puppy came from a puppy mill depends entirely on the specific breeder behind the listing, not on PuppySpot itself.
A puppy mill is any dog breeder that puts profit over the health and well-being of the breeding dogs, and puppy mills can include state and USDA-licensed commercial kennels.
Because PuppySpot does not disclose the breeder until after payment, buyers cannot verify the puppy’s origin before committing. We recommend asking for the specific breeder’s name and any license numbers before payment.
It is important to know that any breeder can be a puppy mill. It’s hard to imagine the breeder you are talking or texting with could be a puppy mill. If the breeder has excuses why they won’t let you see where they keep the breeding dogs, or you are not able to meet the mother dog in person, we suggest you find another breeder.
What to Do Before Buying a Puppy Through PuppySpot
Before paying for a puppy, ask for the breeder’s name and location. Visit the breeder in person, meet the mother dog, and see where the breeder’s dogs live.
If the breeder’s identity is withheld until after payment, or you cannot visit and meet the mother dog, consider that a serious red flag.
Learn more about online puppy brokers, dog breeder red flags, and how to find a responsible dog breeder.