Originally posted by wolf_Q
I remember watching on Dateline or some show like that where they registered a litter of kittens as golden retrievers (or something close to that). Puppy mills use AKC certificates for dogs that aren't even in the litter or purebred sometimes.

So an AKC certificate is not a guarantee of a high qualitly dog, or even a purebred dog in some cases. Maybe one could be created on the computer, or stolen, it's possible.
All one has to do is send in the registration fee of whatever it is, and they can register a stuffed animal with the AKC. I saw the same Dateline/20/20? show. It means nothing having that piece of paper. I clicked the e-bay links, but both were down....and I'm glad for that. Grrrr the human race.