PUPPY TIP: Start with your breed’s AKC club directory—it’s the most reliable place to begin your ethical breeder search.
About Puppy Due Diligence
Our Mission
Finding a responsible breeder takes hours of digging through outdated websites, navigating confusing breeder lists, and making call after call hoping for honest information. At Puppy Due Diligence, we take that burden off your shoulders. We provide ethical, research-based consulting to help you understand your options, verify health testing, and feel confident in your next steps. Let us handle the heavy lifting so you can focus on welcoming the right puppy into your home.
Why Choose Us?
Responsible Breed Knowledge
We collect and summarize publicly available breed standards and health-testing recommendations—so you don’t have to sort through numerous sources.
Thorough Breeder Research
We review breeder websites and reach out to them directly to gather health testing information, insight into their breeding philosophy, and find available puppies and waitlists.
Clear, Actionable Reports
We compile everything—health testing details, breeder practices, availability, and insights—into a straightforward, easy-to-understand report with a vetted shortlist and next steps.
Your Due Diligence, Done Right
Ethical Clarity for Your Puppy Search
Our research focuses exclusively on breeders listed through each breed’s official club—the organization recognized by the AKC as the official governing body for that breed in the U.S. These directories are curated by the breed community and generally reflect recommended ethical breeding practices, maintain transparent health testing, and prioritize long-term canine welfare. We do not locate puppies through marketplace sites.
If, after completing the research, no suitable puppy is available within your preferred timeline, you still walk away with something essential: a clear, well-documented understanding of the breeder landscape, realistic timelines, and confidence that you applied meaningful standards rather than rushing a high-risk decision.
In these cases, Puppy Due Diligence donates 5% of your consulting fee to a breed-relevant rescue or canine welfare organization as part of our commitment to ethical decision-making and long-term dog welfare.
For existing clients only, limited follow-up support may be available on a case-by-case basis to help assess alternative pathways thoughtfully and responsibly.
Client Packages
These are one-time services that include personalized outreach to breeders listed in your breed’s AKC Parent Club directory and a detailed report delivered within two weeks. Refunds are available within 24 hours of purchase and must be requested via email.
STANDARD Due Diligence Concierge Package
450
This plan includes outreach to 10 AKC parent club breeders, one follow-up per breeder, and a comprehensive report summarizing all available information, to be delivered within a two-week timeframe.
Research breeders listed by your breed's AKC Parent Club
Review breed-specific health testing guidelines
Contact breeders to obtain key information
Gather and review health tests each breeder provides
Note each breeder’s puppy raising practices
Estimate timelines and waitlists from breeder responses
Deliver a clear report with guidance and next steps
PREMIUM Due Diligence Concierge Package
625
For a more extensive search, this plan includes outreach to five additional AKC Parent Club breeders, bringing the total to 15 breeders contacted, with a report delivered within two weeks.
Research breeders listed by your breed's AKC Parent Club
Review breed-specific health testing guidelines
Contact breeders to obtain key information
Gather and review health tests each breeder provides
Note each breeder’s puppy raising practices
Estimate timelines and waitlists from breeder responses
Deliver a clear report with guidance and next steps
Choose your pricing plan
Find one that works for you
Contact Us
Have questions or need assistance in finding a responsibly bred puppy? Reach out to us. We're here to help!