©Bailing Out Benji 2025
All of this information was collected by Bailing Out Benji’s research department and must be cited as such when shared or quoted!
To view the rest of our research, click here.
When looking to buy a puppy, it is extremely important that families make sure they aren’t supporting a cruel or inhumane facility. Unfortunately, in the pet industry, there is an alarming lack of transparency about where puppies are born before they arrive at their forever families. Because of the secrecy, it is easy for customers to get scammed into buying puppies that originated from subpar facilities. Those purchases often result in high vet bills and sometimes even the death of a new puppy.
Pet stores play a big part in enabling subpar facilities to stay in business. According to our 2025 research, 36% of the licensed breeders who supplied pet stores nationwide in the last three years had state or federal violations. For these reasons and more, it is so important that families do their research before they buy!
We recommend that families start their search to find a humane breeder here. If you are planning to buy from a breeder directly, a pet store, or online, please make sure to look into the breeder to ensure that your puppy’s parents aren’t living a substandard life.
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Below you will find a list of South Dakota puppy stores and the noteworthy facilities that they source from. To view the facilities they source from, click and explore the Airtable link below the pet store.
*USERS NOTE* To access each pet store’s profile after clicking on the Airtable link, you will either click on the store name (mobile) or click the blue ‘expand’ icon when you hover over the name (desktop)
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Ed’s Pet World- 206 Main St, Mitchell, SD
** According to records, Ed’s Pet World has sourced exclusively from the same broker for the past few years.
https://airtable.com/appQXaAEVkvVDOFCZ/shrzDmDeAQDgPizgC
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Mini Critters-
3509 W 49th, Sioux Falls, SD
2621 S Minnesota Ave, Sioux Falls, SD
** Records show puppies going to the W 49th location and not the Minnesota Ave location; however, it is assumed that they share sourcing and ship puppies to one location to be dispersed to the other store.
According to records, 2 breeders were found selling to Mini Critters in 2024. Both are USDA licensed and have had violations within the last 5 years.
https://airtable.com/appQXaAEVkvVDOFCZ/shrjJ4geWGuvQ7cRw
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Pets N Stuff- 308 Main St, Mobridge, SD
** According to 2024 records, Pets N Stuff sourced from 1 USDA breeder. This pet store holds a Dealer license and may also source locally or through their dealer license.
https://airtable.com/appQXaAEVkvVDOFCZ/shrbM3LczWtdIT9Cm
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©Bailing Out Benji 2025
All research and information was done by Bailing Out Benji and must be cited as such when shared or quoted!
To view the rest of our research, click here.
To those consumers that have bought a family member from any of the area puppy stores, and are wondering about their actual background -please feel free to fill out the form below with any questions or paperwork that you have and we will confidentially research the breeder your pup came from.