Puppy scams work because buyers pay strangers up front and hope for the best. pawbestie flips that: nobody gets paid until your puppy is safely in your arms.
Five steps from browsing to bringing your puppy home — and your money is protected at every one of them.
Browse puppies from breeders we have inspected in person. Every listing shows the kennel, health records and a signed health guarantee.
Reserving takes the puppy off the market immediately, so nobody else can buy it while you complete the next step.
Your money moves into an account held by our banking partner. The breeder can see it is secured, but cannot touch a cent of it yet.
You and the breeder agree on a pickup or delivery date. The breeder marks the handover once your puppy is home with you.
Once your puppy has arrived healthy and as described, you release the payment. The breeder is paid, and the sale is closed.
The heart of it: your payment sits in a bank-held escrow account the entire time. The breeder cannot touch it until you say your puppy is home and healthy.
Responsible breeders lose out to puppy scammers too. pawbestie gives your buyers the confidence to pay — and guarantees you get paid for every healthy puppy you place.
Tell us about your kennel. We visit in person, check registration papers, health-testing records for both parents and vet references.
Once approved, publish your puppies with photos, prices and health details. Listings reach buyers looking for responsibly bred puppies.
When a buyer reserves, the puppy is held and you can see their money is secured in escrow before you say goodbye to any puppy.
After the buyer confirms their puppy arrived healthy, escrow releases your payment. No chasing invoices, no bounced payments.
Here is exactly what happens to your money — and what you can do if something goes wrong.
Funds sit with our banking partner from the moment you pay. The breeder is paid only after you confirm your puppy is home and healthy.
If something goes wrong before your puppy is in your arms — the litter falls through, the puppy is not as described — the order can be cancelled and your money returned.
If you and the breeder disagree after handover, the bank holds the funds while our team reviews the evidence and works toward a fair outcome.
Vetting is not a one-time badge. We re-inspect kennels and review buyer experiences each year a breeder stays on pawbestie.
Only after you confirm receipt of your puppy. Until you confirm — or an admin releases the funds after a review — your money stays locked in the escrow account.
Your payment never leaves escrow until receipt is confirmed. If the handover never happens, the order is cancelled and your money is returned in full.
Do not confirm receipt. Raise it with us while the funds are still held, and our team will review the health records and the listing to mediate a fair result.
Yes, before you confirm receipt you can cancel your order and the puppy goes back on the market. The exact window depends on how far the sale has progressed.
Nothing extra. The escrow protection is built into the price you see on every listing.
Browse litters from breeders we inspect in person — with your payment locked in escrow until homecoming.