# For buyers

URL: http://pawtrace.ca/buyers/
Updated: 2026-09-01
Language: en

For buyers

## Don’t get scammed. Verify the breeder and the puppy — then pay safely.

Search a breeder, read what’s verified and what isn’t, and pay your deposit into protection.
[Verify a breeder](/verify/)

How to verify

### Four steps before any money moves.

01

#### Search or scan

Find the breeder, kennel or passport ID — or scan the QR.

02

#### Read the verified rows

Each data point names the source we checked.

03

#### Ask for what’s missing

Anything self‑reported is marked. Ask to see it verified.

04

#### Pay into protection

Your deposit goes to a licensed processor, not the breeder.

What a verified passport shows you

### Facts with sources. Nothing blended.

Verified checked against its source by PawTraceSelf‑reported provided by the breeder or owner, not yet checked

Issue a passport to show it here.

Deposit protection, explained

### Your money waits with a licensed processor — not the breeder, not us.

#### Held by a licensed processor

Your deposit never touches the breeder’s account or PawTrace’s.

#### Released on milestones

You both agree the terms up front — usually pickup.

#### A dispute path

If things go wrong, there is a process and a record.

Red flags we help you spot

### If you see these, slow down.

- A price too good to be true
- Pressure to pay by e‑transfer or gift card
- No verifiable health testing
- Photos found elsewhere online
- “Shipping” fees that keep growing
- Refusal to show the mother

### Verified breeders sell puppies buyers can trust. Buyers verify before they pay.

[Create your account](/login/?signup=1)

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