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Do a little research on what it takes to get "papers". The papers are simply sold by mail to any "breeder" who registers with the AKC. There is absolutely NO requirement of any evidence, much less proof, that the papers match any dog with the listed parents. Some organization did a study a while back, DNA testing some of these "papered" dogs and their alleged parents. Found very little correlation between what the papers said and what the DNA said. Most "papers" are sold to puppy mills who pay no attention whatsoever to the genetic parentage of the puppies they mass produce. There have been a lot of documented cases of "purebred" dogs sold with AKC issued papers, that turned out not to even be the same general breed that the papers showed -- became evident after the tiny puppies started to grow to a size where you could tell what they were or weren't.