 But I can tell you that the AKC wants you to believe that having AKC papers means better quality of dog. It's sort of strange to use the term quality when describing an individual, even if the individual's a dog, right? But the AKC does want you to believe that having a dog with AKC papers means you have a dog that is of higher quality, like as a measure of excellence, referring to a state of being defect-free, like you and I might describe an object.