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Best friends made here. Good Dog makes it simple for people to get dogs from good sources and for reputable breeders, shelters and rescues to put their dogs in good homes. And we provide all the support and guidance you need to feel confident every step of the way!
Good Dog (gooddog.com) has 3,375 customer reviews on The Fair Hearing, with an average rating of 4.6 out of 5.
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my mini poodle is white and apricot. her dad was a toy and her mom was a standard, so she is a mini. i am a dog groomer, so i know a well bred dog when i see one. the only thing id change is she still has all 4 dew claws. she is a typical poodle in temperament, she loves to play with people and other dogs.
By Fay
Good Dog has really helped me to move puppies to trusting homes! It’s a great feeling knowing that Good Dog protects both buyers and sellers! 100 %
By Teresa D.
Good Dog's support and website helped my place my dogs in great homes. It was so easy and I was guided through each step. The support is very helpful and I was able to speak to a live person. All of my 9 puppies were placed in homes within a week. I previously used another site and while the puppies always got placed, it took longer and I did not feel supported or that I could get help. I will use this site from now on.
By Alixe
Good dog makes it easy to list dogs and include health testing, pedigrees, photos, everything a puppy buyer needs to know.
By Robin J.
am a preservation breeder who uses gooddog. I hate it. But its the only site that people are using..they take a 6.5% cut from payment, so on a 2,000 pup, they take $130. EVERY SINGLE PUPPY. That's extremely high. Then they hit my CLIENTS for another 3% average. I breed fully OFA health tested champion parents and yes, I must post the test results for each parent. They have now gone to AI on their communications between clients and breeders. So when you or I click to call each other, the call is filtered through a call relay center. My call doesn't show my number on your caller ID. Your number shows an Indiana phone number on my caller ID. The call center is from Indiana. Why? Because if you communicate off their site, the clients will offer to pay cash. Not go through the payment system and they don't get to gouge the breeder. So if they make it to where you don't know each other's numbers, you're stuck. I wouldn't be surprised if the AI call center is programed to pick up buzz words, and gooddog notified on calls where cash is discussed and alternative phone numbers are given. Then they drop your exposure rate to 50%..I do know they monitor your messages.. When I first signed up, they heavily emphasized that BREEDERS NEVER PAY A FEE.. So now they got us, and 2 years ago, started the 6.5% fee..an ad on AKC Marketplace is $45 to advertise the entire litter. Legitimate breeders like myself are furious, the BYB and puppy mills don't care because they're selling puppies.they just mass produce more puppies to make up for it. AKC marketplace is full of foreign scammers so the buyers are scared to use it. Same with puppies.com . BYB paradise. . Luckily 2/3 of my puppies sell through private referals so I only have to sell a few on gooddog, I write the fees off my taxes.. I've been breeding my chosen breed since 2004. I'm probably going to stop breeding soon because of this nonsense..
By dobie G.
Response from Good Dog· Jul 10, 2026
Thank you for taking the time to share this, and for the work you've put into your breeding program. Calling through Good Dog allows you to connect with and get to know potential buyers, while keeping your personal number and theirs private. Keeping conversations on our platform protects your privacy and your buyers, maintains a clear record, and ensures our built-in protections can work as intended. It also allows our team to step in and support you if something doesn’t go as expected. The buyers Good Dog brings you are the result of meaningful marketing investment, which our deduction directly supports. That investment is what allows us to keep connecting breeders like you with quality families looking to bring home a puppy. To support this work, a small deduction is only applied when we do the work of successfully connecting breeders with qualified buyers they'd like to place a puppy with. This helps us maintain our platform quality and continue bringing breeders loving homes for their pups. Based on the details in your review, we weren't able to find a matching Good Dog account in our records. We'd love the chance to connect with you about this feedback, and ensure you continue to feel supported by our platform. Please reach out to us anytime at [email protected]. Warmly, The Good Dog Team
I have been on Good Dog for a while now and I have sold many puppies on there. I like how trust is built between the buyer and the breeder by having a platform like Good Dog.
By Kerry C.
Tuve la mejor experiencia , encontrando buenas familias para mis cachorros good dog es muy seguro y brinda tranquilidad en todo gracias good dog
By Sandra
The Good Dog platform allows me to list my litters so I can get the most out of my connections with families from many different areas. They protect not only me in the payment process but also the family looking to adopt a puppy. The staff have been very helpful when I've needed to contact them. I have just realized that not only do they charge me a fee for selling but the buyer is charged an extra fee that I don't feel is completely necessary. As it is pricing needs to be adjusted for fees deducted and then that makes the fees higher for the buyer.
By Stacey
