🏡 Breeders & Rescues
Always Free
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Create your account — enter your name, zip code, username, and password.
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Select your account type — choose Breeder or Non-Profit / Rescue.
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Verify your credentials — Breeders submit an AKC registration number, USDA license, or state kennel license. Rescues submit an EIN or Petfinder ID.
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Choose breed pages to follow.
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View-only access until we verify your credentials — usually fast.
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Once approved, you get full access to your dedicated page, litter creation, pet listings, and follower updates — 100% free, always.
🐾 Pet Parents
$1.99/mo to engage
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Create your account — enter your name, zip code, username, and password.
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Select Pet Parent as your account type.
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Add your pet (optional) — breed, gender, and age.
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Choose breed pages to follow.
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Enter a Litter ID (optional) — automatically connects you with your pet's siblings.
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Start browsing — search breeds, view litter pages, and find littermates for free.
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Ready to connect? Posting, commenting, and liking require a $1.99/month subscription.
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After subscribing, you're dropped right into your community with full access.
Free for everyone
- Creating an account and pet profiles
- Browsing breed pages and litter groups
- Searching breeders, rescues, and breeds
- Creating litters
- Full access for Breeders & Rescues
Requires a subscription
- Posting, commenting & liking (Pet Parents)
- Just $1.99/month or $19.99/year
- Breeders & Rescues always participate free
How do I find my puppy's littermates?
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Littermates Connect lets you search for and connect with your dog's siblings through their unique litter ID. When you know your puppy's litter information (breeder or adoption source), you can create or join the litter group and start connecting with other littermates' owners instantly. It's like a private social network for dog families who share the same ancestry.
How can I stay in touch with littermates' owners?
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Join your litter group on Littermates Connect with a $1.99/month subscription (or $19.99/year — that's about 16% off) and you can post photos, comment on updates, and like others' posts. It's a safe, community-focused space where littermate families share milestones, breed advice, and health tips without the noise of public social media.
Is Littermates free to join?
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Yes — Littermates is Free to Join. Creating your account, building your pet's profile, and browsing litter groups are completely free with no credit card required. To post, comment, or like within the community, a $1.99/month (or $19.99/yr) subscription is all it takes. Breeders and nonprofits get full access — Always Free.
Can I start a littermates group if I'm a regular pet parent, not a breeder?
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Absolutely. Littermates Connect is open to everyone — whether you're a breeder, rescue organization, or a pet parent who adopted your puppy from a shelter. Joining is Free to Join; just provide the litter ID and invite the owners of your dog's siblings. If they join, you instantly have a connected group.
What can I do with a Free to Join account vs. a paid subscription?
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With a Free to Join account, you can create your pet's profile, view litter groups, and see members' profiles. With a $1.99/month ($19.99/year) subscription, you unlock posting, commenting, liking, and full community participation. Breeders and nonprofits get full community access — Always Free, no subscription needed.
How do I know if my dog has littermates on Littermates Connect?
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Search by your dog's litter ID (usually provided by your breeder or adoption source) on Littermates Connect. If other littermates' owners have already joined or created the group, you'll see them listed. If no one's joined yet, you can create the group yourself and invite other littermate owners from your adoption or purchase paperwork.
How do breeders stay connected with puppy buyers after placement?
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Breeders can create litter groups on Littermates Connect and maintain lifelong connections with puppy buyers — Always Free. Share health updates, breeder recommendations, and milestone photos in a moderated community. It's a powerful tool for building breeder reputation, gathering health data, and supporting your puppy families long-term.
What's the best way for rescues to track adopted pets and maintain donor relationships?
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Littermates Connect lets rescue organizations create litter/cohort groups for adopted animals, stay connected with adopters, and celebrate success stories. Your adopters pay just $1.99/month ($19.99/year) to participate, but your rescue organization participates — Always Free. It's a low-friction way to build loyalty and gather outcome data for donors and impact reports.
How can I use Littermates Connect to engage with clients after adoption?
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Create a litter or cohort group on Littermates Connect and invite your adoption clients to join (joining is Free to Join — they only see a subscription prompt when they want to post or interact). You'll have a dedicated community to share adoption resources, breed-specific health tips, and celebrate their pet's milestones — all while building a relationship that encourages future adoptions or referrals.
Is there a cost for nonprofits or breeders to use Littermates Connect?
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No — litter creation and full community participation are Always Free for breeders and nonprofit organizations. You can create unlimited litter groups, post, comment, and engage without any subscription or fees. Your adopters or puppy buyers will have the option to subscribe ($1.99/mo or $19.99/yr) if they want to participate, but your organization never pays.
How does Littermates Connect help me gather health and outcome data?
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Breeders and rescues can use litter groups to crowdsource health updates, breeding outcomes, and adoption success stories directly from owners. Over time, you'll build a rich database of your breeding lines or rescue cohorts, helping you make better placement decisions, improve breeding practices, and demonstrate impact to donors and veterinarians.
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